On March 23, global icon BTS once again held a massive offline ARMYPEDIA event ‘ARMY UNITED in SEOUL’ that sold out in minutes. A crowd of 10,000 ARMY gathered at the Oil Tank Culture Park in Seoul to celebrate their memories of BTS. The event was live streamed around the world, garnering more than 130,000 viewers through BTS’ official YouTube channel BANGTANTV.
At ‘ARMY UNITED in SEOUL,’ BTS premiered their ‘BTS TALK SHOW,’ a special video where the members looked back on the journey of 2,080 days together with ARMY. In the video, BTS watched clips of moments that brought them to where they are now, from debut showcase to UN speech and others. They also showcased recorded live segments of their debut single ‘No More Dream’, along with ‘Just One Day’, and ‘Like’.
In appreciation of their fans, BTS shared the message, “We’re thankful for our ARMY for filling each of the 2,080 days in ARMYPEDIA.”
“We find strength and happiness in every moment you are with us,” RM also added, “You’ve given us so much love, and now we want to get to know our fans more. We filled our album with our genuine feelings and the messages that we want to share with you.”
“We planned to live stream the event globally to create a gathering to share and enjoy memories of BTS with fans all around the world alongside with the fans onsite.” Big Hit Entertainment commented, “The global campaign ARMYPEDIA provides a meaningful and unique experience where the 540,000 global fans can come together to embrace the message BTS delivers to those living in the same generation.”
ARMYPEDIA (www.armypedia.net) is a global campaign that takes ARMY down memory lane, re-living the special memories shared between BTS and their fans.
Meanwhile, BTS’ new album MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA is set to drop on April 12, 2019.