BTS is now a big group that receives respect and admiration from many people including their peers. Big Hit Music is no longer a small company but has even grown to the point of surpassing the Big 3 in the Kpop entertainment industry.

However, many years ago, at a time when BTS was just flourishing in their career, they were despised and slandered about being able to win awards on music shows. The moment BTS was slandered is considered the most heartwarming moment of ARMY and BTS when being mocked by many Kpop fans unreasonably.

If you don't know the ridiculous story of that year, read it below:

There are some ARMYs who may not know the story that just because BTS is a small group from a small company, they are looked down upon to the point of being sued. That year, the lawsuit became a big scandal in BTS's career and the biggest regret of ARMYs when they were not strong enough to protect the boys.

Specifically, in 2015, BTS had only debuted for 2 years and came from a small company that has topped the Korean charts, entered the Billboard 200 chart, and the album sales surpassed two out of three big companies of the Kpop music industry at that time. Not only that, BTS's career started to flourish when winning the first music trophy with the title song "I Need U".

But at that time, the stereotype of the Big 3 in K-pop was too great and K-pop fans had a firm belief that groups from small companies were not allowed or could not surpass other groups. from big company. So the moment BTS surpassed Big Bang - the King of Kpop at that time in terms of album sales, made a large number of netizens think that BTS cheated to win the award.

A part of netizens has attributed Big Hit to buying BTS's albums so that the group can rank high on the chart. No one believes that a group that previously only sold 15,000 album copies in the first week could sell up to 47,000 albums in the next promotion, surpassing a huge group like BIGBANG. Rumors spread so widely that Big Hit was brought to court.

Before the accusation of fraud against BTS, Big Hit bitterly denied that the company… did not have such strong resources to do this. You must know that, at that time, Big Hit was still in huge debt and didn't even have enough money to make a decent MV for BTS. They don't even have the money and resources to counter the people who have filed lawsuits against them and BTS for fraud.

However, it was still not enough to convince netizens and break the stereotypes about groups and small companies that they have kept for a long time. Long after that, the keyword "sajaegi" (cheat) was often associated with the name of BTS, making ARMYs extremely upset and loved the 7 boys.

In the end, BTS and Big Hit won and the lawsuit ended. But all of this started because people refused to believe that a small company could outsell a large company. And from here, BTS broke this stereotype and they proved their great success, rising to the top of the world with a series of remarkable achievements.

This also proves RM's words in May 2015 to be true. He once said: "You and I, we will win in the end. We will win so naturally that no one will see us coming". BTS and ARMY have done this and made others jealous with their success.

But the story of that year still makes ARMYs unforgettable because of the cruelty of those who once accused BTS of cheating in album sales to achieve those achievements. Many ARMYs still consider it to be the most horribly fabricated story, but it is also the driving force behind creating such a successful BTS as it is today:

- The rumors was worst tbh. ARMYs during that time must feel hard to fight them. I mean they better don't touch 2015 BTS, we're sensitive to it

- It was horrible because we didn't want the boys to see the vile things people were saying.

- It was just the beginning of them outselling everyone

- I already said it but I'll say it again...I'm really grateful to the armys who were with BTS from the beginning and stayed with them because thanks to them I met BTS, these 7 wonderful and talented people who despite their success still work hard, are still humble 

- Yes thanks to all OG armies for working as hard as the bangtannies did.. you all paved the way

- honestly 2015 and 2016 were such hard years for us, I am scared to think how bad it was for BTS

- Everytime i read their history i always cry idk why but i feel so blessed everytime i read it. I am so proud of them

- Just because BTS was and always will be humble, it won't change the fact that they've been ruling the world from the very beginning! People really need to come out of their imaginary little bubble and see the world as it is

- Work their way up. With no mediaplay whatsoever

- It was a teaser of what was is happening they outsold Korean counterparts and are outselling everyone in the world

- You guys use the bts underdog story when it suits you. Now that it doesn’t suit your argument you’re saying they weren’t. BTS weren’t the BTS they are today which is 100% true. They were successful, yes. But no where near the stars they are today.