While K-Pop fans are stereotyped as predominantly teenage, a glimpse inside ARMY Australia – the local fan club for the boy band BTS – suggests there’s no age limit for music appreciation. Via SBSKorean
I have to say it's their legs. Their dancing is so synchronised. I could not believe that people could be like that. The synchronisation and their dancing ability … they were so talented.”
I get to see content that ordinary people can't see. I get priority for tickets to their events when they have them.BTS ARMY Australia members, including Sharon Lynette RexterShe’s converted her adult daughter into an ARMY member after bringing her along to a BTS concert in Canada, while she says her husband – also in his 70s – enjoys listening to the band with her.
I'm going to be as disgraceful as I can be, within the realms of dignity, of course. So I love K-Pop,"And the last time I was in Korea not long ago, I went to a music show to watch them, and that's good," she says.Ms dela Pena, who has been organising ARMY Australia's events for the last five years, explains the scope of her work.
Last year, ARMY Australia embarked on tour of South Korea in collaboration with the Korean Tourism Organisation’s Sydney office.
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