ARMY are clever, too: they urged fans not to buy J-Hope's mixtape Hope World on its release date, having worked out that delaying by a day would result in a higher ranking in the Billboard charts.
2019, Katy Sprinkel, The Big Book of BTS: The Deluxe Unofficial Bangtan Book, unnumbered page:
It's no secret that the ARMY is a formidable force, and one of the most influential fan bases in pop music today.
2018, Megan Jamora, "BTS reaches global charts, local hearts", Vanguard (Puyallup High School), 2 February 2018, page 16:
Their music continues to inspire millions of ARMYs (BTS fans).
2018, Alexus Gillette, "K-pop alert: Listen to the amazing South Korean Boy Band called BTS", Tri-Color Times (Granger High School), April 2018, page 8:
ARMYs are a strong fandom who consider one another family, and when you have fake people coming in they make not only the fandom look bad, but the boys as well.
2018, Ashley Chen, "BTS film rallies a large army", The Union (Milpitas High School), December 2018, page 13:
Entering the theater, I expected the room to be filled with ARMYs decked out in their BTS merchandise.
It began when an ARMY tweeted something along the lines of: “If there are so many of us everywhere in the world, shouldn't we make a change and help people?”
2019, Anushka Suharu, "The University of California, Berkeley to offer BTS course", The Boar (University of Warwick), 14 February 2019, page 7:
However, due to the popular demand of the course, many ARMYs are still trying to apply and asking whether it will be made available online, despite the conclusion of the application deadline.
2019, Rachel Lee, "BTS 'ARMY' Inflates Popularity", The Journey (Dougherty Valley High School), 14 May 2019, page 6:
Gracie Hahn is an eighth grader than has been an ARMY for a year who found the band through friends and YouTube.
2019, Julie Lee, "The power of BTS and ARMY", The Milton Paper (Milton Academy), 7 June 2019, page 14:
The people who chant them [the names of BTS members] are not only Koreans but all the ARMYs around the world.
2020, Rachel Anne Macarandang, "BTS To The World", BusinessMirror, 2 February 2020, page 4:
As of this writing, the Philippines is not included in the tour but Filipino ARMYs are hoping the group will eventually perform in Manila for a fourth time.