BTS is for Lovers: Army and Relationships

10/25/22 • 22 min

Afternoona Army: Thinky and Thirsty BTS Takes

Afternoona Army host Alison sat down with her spouse for a quick conversation about what it looks like to watch your loved one fall down the Bangtan Rabbit Hole. We cover bias/bias wreckers, the universal joy of seeing a live show, and the very real concerns about where our money is going post BTS ARMY life.

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Love Korean dramas too? Check out our sister pod over at Afternoona Delight: three American romance novelists exploring K-dramas through a writer's lens.

Want more great Afternoona Army content? Pop over to Instagram and find us at @afternoonaarmy or visit us at www.afternoonaarmy.com.

Love Korean dramas too? Check out our sister pod over at Afternoona Delight: three American romance novelists exploring K-dramas through a writer's lens.

Previous Episode

BTS Enlistment. It's Happening.

It's not that we didn't know enlistment was happening. BTS members are South Korean. South Korea has mandatory military conscription. However, the news came today. Starting with Kim Seokjin, BTS members are going to be serving their time. As for us? It's time to apply that red lipstick, learn to do victory rolls, and slide up the silk stockings to support the guys.

Join us as we unpack our initial reactions, share ways to cope and build community, and the personal messages that we give to members. Lia might weep. Just a little. Lexi too. Shhhh. It's fine. It's been a day.

Borahae.

Want to continue to connect over Bangtan? Find us on Instagram at @afternoonaarmy. We'll soon be sharing another way to prop each other up during the times ahead. We trust the members, and we will keep showing up for them, and each other...that includes you. So saddle up, friends. We ride through this together.

Next Episode

Bangtan U: Streaming for Billboard

BTS and Army are famous for breaking audio and video streaming records on platforms such as Spotify and YouTube. Why does Army work so hard to hit those big numbers, does it matter in the bigger picture, and is it something you need to be concerned about?

Because so many of us are newer, pandemic army, we wanted to do a short episode on the whys and hows of Billboard streaming. However, we also think that loving BTS should be about joy and healing, so it’s ok to start small — or not at all. We’re still learning ourselves, so come on the journey with us!

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Show notes:

Aja Romano, Why won’t American radio play more K-pop? BTS was supposed to usher in the K-pop invasion. Where is it? https://www.vox.com/culture/22337317/k-pop-us-radio-play-statistics-bts-dynamite-butter-loona-star

Janani Mangai Srinivasan, The BTS Fan Base’s Love-Hate Relationship With Streaming Services https://studybreaks.com/culture/music/bts-army-streaming-services/

US BTS ARMY Guide to Streaming and Purchasing: https://www.usbtsarmy.com/stream-purchase-guide

WeStreamBTS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeStreamBTS

WeStreamBTS on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/profile/westream

Billboard charts: https://www.billboard.com/charts/

iTunes sales worldwide chart: https://kworb.net/ww/

Apple music worldwide streaming chart: https://kworb.net/apple_songs/

Spotify charts: https://charts.spotify.com/home