For the longest time, I didn't really get it - don't get me wrong, they can sing and dance and perform better than I ever could, and I could never reach the level of fame that they have, but I struggled with the grasp of an idol having so many people in a chokehold.

Last Friday, I was sat with two ARMYs and had an epiphany that I actually had absolutely nothing to contribute to the conversation. One thing about me? I LOVE to talk - so I had the worst case of conversational FOMO imaginable. 

My peers urged me to give them a quick stalk on Instagram, and from there, a new ARMY member was born. 

Why thanks for so kindly asking - it's currently RM, with V threatening to overtake him with his AI generated jawline (is this why his name is V?? Asking for a friend...).

RM's charisma, leadership skills and overall swaggy-ness is what put him at the top of my rankings, and V just looks incredibly meme-able despite looking like hes come straight out of a new anime series.

Hear me out: yes, BTS makes great music, but I don't actually think that's why people become obsessed with them.

Plenty of artists make great music, and very few build the kind of emotional connection BTS have with their fans - I fell into the rabbit hole, the more I realised people aren't just discovering songs, they've been* rooting* for their story.