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No it's a korean group of 7 men, 3 rappers and 4 vocalists who debuted in 2013 under the single "No More Dream" who received harsh criticism for not coming from a large entertainment company and so were not favourable for years until they achieved a BBMA in 2017 where there popu- https://twitter.com/JohnSwanYT/status/1320272809222811649
larity spiked, and koreans finally valued them as not failures (as they were seen as talentless, hopeless and failures for years in korean society). A cult by the definition I think you're using can be applicable for any popular artist (Billie Eilish, Drake, Kendrick Lamar etc)
But if you are talking about the devotion of fans the reasoning behind that is BTS and ARMY share a mutual love for eachother and we want to please each other as a sign of that love and respect, it isn't abnormal or unhealthy, some fans are toxic and unpleasant but if you
Look at those who have a lot of synapses firing up there we are quite intelligible and charitable, see we matched BTS' 1 Million donation to various BLM charities in 24 hours which no other fandom could even have fathomed doing. Our age range is also quite diverse
Obviously you would think the demographic is for only teenage girls but the majority of BTS fans are surprisingly in their 20s and 30s. You may be wondering, "Why would these fake and gay men have such a large following?" Well it's because they are far from fake
Or plastic at all, they were infamous for speaking out on topics in korean society in their early music with tunes like "N.O" and "No More Dream"- calling out the korean society for only valuing results and not the well being of students (having most of the members just-
Finished high school) they continue to talk about themes like depression, not fitting in, the scariness of growing up falling into temptation. With tunes like "Intro: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life", "Whalien 52", "Lost", "Blood, Sweat and Tears" and in Agust D's mixtape
"The Last". They write music from their own experiences and that can be heavily seen in the Rap line (Suga, RM and J-Hope), who write and produce most of BTS' songs including their own verses on said songs. If you have made to the end of this thread then LMAO +
You just saw me geek out on BTS for a bit. If anything I find this whole thread hilarious because it looks like "Oh he took it too seriously" when lmao i just wanted a reason to geek out on bts and this dude gave me the perfect opportunity to do so. STREAM "BE" ON NOV 20TH
