The BTS “Secret” That HYBE Revealed To The Whole World
Psst! Can you (and your millions of friends) keep a secret? Apparently, HYBE thought that BTS‘s fandom, ARMY, could!
On March 10, 12, and 13, 2022, BTS performed PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE concerts in Seoul. Fans at the concerts needed to follow COVID-19 restrictions, which meant plenty of dancing but no singing, screaming, or fan chants.
Ahead of the concerts, BIGHIT Music announced a clapper event for ARMY TIME. Attendees were to be given a clapper to cheer with during “Mikrokosmos” on Day 1, “EPILOGUE: Young Forever,” on Day 2, and “Spring Day” on Day 3. At the bottom of the notice, the agency made this request; “Please keep this event a secret until the concert to completely surprise the members!”
Everyone knows that the best way to keep a secret is to tweet it to millions of followers and post it on Weverse, the app BTS frequently visits…right? As expected, fans couldn’t help clowning BTS’s agency for making this private event extremely public.
"please keep this event a secret until the day of the concert" proceeds to screenshot the whole announcement on twitter with a caption of the exact words "clapper event ARMY TIME" … 🤌
— 아기전하💜| MIN⁷🌼(i/a) (@jeonsbubble) March 7, 2022
Well, at least the notice wasn’t posted on Instagram. If it had been, J-Hope would have seen it immediately!
As both fans and his members have pointed out, J-Hope practically lived there at the time.
Suga: the plating here is so pretty
J-Hope: it’s got a feel to it??
Suga: hey hope-ah, do you check Insta in real time
— Suga and J-Hope’s Instagram comments
