ARMY is known to be one of the world's top fandoms with a large number of fans. In the fandom, there are full of fans of all ages, genders, ethnicities, cultures, etc., but they all have one thing in common that is to give love to artists with good personalities. - is BTS.
Because they admire artists with golden personalities like BTS, their fans also learn good qualities, especially about not discriminating between people. Therefore, it is easy to see images of ARMYs from different countries taking care of and worrying about each other during concerts or elderly people attending concerts and dancing with young fans.
This was especially noticeable after a middle-aged fan shared her bad experience of being mocked at another artist's concert. After that, it was ARMYs who protected this middle-aged fan and showed a positive fan culture through the way they treated the older fans at SUGA's concert:
Attending a concert is always a great experience for many fans. However, there is also a bit of difficulty such as having to buy tickets, waiting for a long time or maybe getting stuck in the chaotic crowd. But this can't stop the older fans from showing their love for their idols.
Therefore, over the years many older fans have come to BTS' concerts and received a warm welcome. Most recently, in the concert series of SUGA Agust D D-Day Tour, there were also many appearances of older ARMYs and they were very excited to attend this wonderful performance.
However, it seems that not all elderly people have an enjoyable experience with other concerts of Kpop idols. Besides the images of older ARMYs happily going to SUGA's concert, recently, a sharing of a middle-aged woman attending another idol's concert exposed the truth about impolite behavior. of some younger fans of that artist with older ones.
This middle-aged fan is quite popular on Twitter, so her post quickly attracted the attention of a large number of music lovers. Specifically, she shared that she attended a concert of a popular artist today, but the experience left with her was extremely bad.
She shared her unhappy experience: "I wish this was a joke but last night at the ***'s concert the girl next to me asked how old I was and I said 31 and she laughed in my face". Although she was only 31 years old and could not even be said to be an old person, it was clearly mocking and discriminatory.
It wasn't a good experience for anyone especially as it was to experience going to a concert with a euphoric mood beforehand. After this user's share, many people expressed their frustration at the age discrimination of some young people attending the concert. In particular, many ARMYs in middle age, even old age, join the discussion.
Many people retweeted the post and made the point that they have the right to attend the concert of any age. In it, there are many people who have proven that they are older, love BTS and are very happy to have been through recent BTS or SUGA concerts. They even advised this woman to try a concert with ARMY to see how amazing the young fans are.
One man also shared that he is lucky that his elderly wife loves BTS so much. He feels the “all ages, everyone is welcome” atmosphere that has been incorporated into ARMY's fandom culture.
He also shared, that when his wife went to the concert, she was even invited by young ARMYs to dance to the music. They were kind and said, "Ma'am... please come out you don't need permission to dance."
Other fans shared that:
- 69-year-old Army came to Yoongi's concert on her birthday and she didn't have a light stick. Then other ARMYs gave it to her! ARMY'S are all so sweet
- I'm 46, a mom with 2 kids in the university.. My kids don't mind that I'm a big fan of BTS.. We just have to have an open mind & not stereotyping things...
- We do come in all ages! My grandma (94) mom (60), sis (28) and I
- I’m 70 and went to two LV concerts with my friend who is 60! No age limit in army! Love this fandom!!
- I’m 38 and went to SUGA's concert with my mom who’s 75. Literally all ages were having a blast and there was no judgement at all.
- My 93 year-old mother wants to go with me next time I see them. She’s Tae biased but she wants to enjoy Agust D Tour
- I'm 49 and went to PTD LA and LV. Had a blast. No one even gave me side eye, even at the club (I was worried, don't know why, had an amazing time and met so any äẅệsome people!) Bonus..we have adult money and can buy the next round ;)
- This is what I like about bts and army “we don’t need permission to dance” and I feel welcomed even if I go to events without my army daughter
- I’m Dope Old Person and I love BTS. My husband used to laugh at me for being BTS stan, told him they make me happy. Now all he says, do anything that makes you happy!! Great
- I was sitting in a row where half of us were over 40 and the other half was 20 or younger… totally having a blast in Vegas at the PTD concert. It was amazing!
- I’m 38 and sat next to a 23 and a 25 year old during BTS PTD LV. We had the time of our lives! We have remained in touch and they have taught me so much, ngl
- That's why I love army, they treat all ages like their ages and befriend with them awww
And in fact, we have no shortage of images of elders who memorize BTS's fanchant or elderly fathers, mothers, grandmothers and children going to the concert. They are prioritized and warmly welcomed by any ARMY!