For as long as BTS began to become successful in Korea, they came to face a lot of hate and mistreatment from the K-Pop community. BTS were the underdogs of the Korean music industry and were not expected to even become successful in Korea, nevertheless, the United States. A lot of people think that BTS had a smooth path to fame but that really isn’t the case. BTS were mistreated by Korean music shows and were hated by other K-pop groups’ fandom’s.

There were a few K-pop fandoms that began to feel threatened because BTS’s success that they began to call out at every little thing the members would do. BTS were accused of plagiarizing their favorite group’s concepts, hair colors, poses and anti’s even trended plagiarism boys at number one on twitter. Enough became enough and their company BigHit decided that they would take action towards rumors that could harm BTS.

One of the biggest arguments that the K-pop community has with BTS fans is over who paved the way for the success of K-pop in the United States. K-pop fans have a misconception that the reason why BTS was given a chance to be successful is because of groups like Girls’ Generation, Big Bang, PSY, and the Wonder Girls who had began to promote in the U.S. around the late 2000’s. Even though their desire to stay relevant in the United States was unsuccessful, their fans claim they are the reason for K-pop’s recognition around the world.

The truth is BTS is the group who paved the way for K-pop to be popular in the United States. BTS were the first K-pop group to gain recognition with American music awards when they were nominated and won a Billboard Music Award. Because of this, more people were becoming aware of K-pop as music and not a joke. Even a member of the girl group Wonder Girls claimed that it is because of BTS that K-pop is global. At the end of the day, BTS paved the way.

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