How bts_twt became a pop music phenomenon bringing in millions. (via CNBCMakeIt)
At a 2017 BTS concert in Chile, screams from the audience reached 127 decibels, "well past the noise level at which permanent hearing loss becomes a serious concern," according toSunday, the seven-member group re-appeared in the U.S. for the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, mingling with stars like Taylor Swift and John Legend.
"I might have turned out to be a farmer because I used to do farming when I was in middle school," Kim Seok-jin, known as Jin,Kim Tae-hyung, a group member known as V, adds "I also might have been a farmer." The group got its start in 2010, when RM first met Bang Si Hyuk, the group's executive producer and CEO of BigHit Entertainment, based in Seoul."Bang thought I had potential as a rapper and lyricist, and we went from there."
He learned English as a teenager by watching re-runs of NBC's "Friends," paying careful attention to the subtitles." "Firstly, I watched with the Korean subtitle. And then next time, I watched it with the English subtitle, and then I just removed it."over two years, and the group debuted in 2013 as Bangtan Sonyeondan, which means Bulletproof Boy Scouts, with their album "2 Cool 4 Skool.
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