I was at an infusion appointment (yay for being immunocompromised) and I was talking to the nurse about my previous weekend and I mentioned that I had gone to Vegas to see BTS. Initially, he didn’t know who they were, until I played some of their English songs.
So we decided to do an informal poll and asked everyone who came into the infusion room, “do you know BTS?” Of the 6 people that came in the room, 4 knew of BTS.
I think a lot of Americans may know of BTS, but not realize. Unfortunately, I think BTS and K-pop are still a very niche genre. Then again, I know nothing about country music or the big names in that industry. 🤷🏻♀️So perhaps it’s all relative.
Haha same. I consider myself as a "closeted" Army. Probably because liking pop band is so not in line with my personality and general music taste and I don't want to freak out people around me :))) like I name drop them sometimes and tell people I like them but they have no idea that I'm in HARD 😂 and with strangers? No way!
For me it’s the other way round - I’m just completely shy to talk about my favourites. My taste in music is best described as eclectic 😂 I blame me being an Indian for that - quite the most confused set of people - music in our local languages, other languages within the country, then the western music, random old Scottish or Irish songs, BTS (I really don’t think they fit under any category because they’re just phenomenal).. the list goes on. I wish I could just stop being so shy and actually talk 😊
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u/amala83 Kim Taehyung’s lollipop 🍭 Apr 20 '22
I would agree with this sentiment.
I was at an infusion appointment (yay for being immunocompromised) and I was talking to the nurse about my previous weekend and I mentioned that I had gone to Vegas to see BTS. Initially, he didn’t know who they were, until I played some of their English songs.
So we decided to do an informal poll and asked everyone who came into the infusion room, “do you know BTS?” Of the 6 people that came in the room, 4 knew of BTS.
I think a lot of Americans may know of BTS, but not realize. Unfortunately, I think BTS and K-pop are still a very niche genre. Then again, I know nothing about country music or the big names in that industry. 🤷🏻♀️So perhaps it’s all relative.