SEPTEMBER

..and this is that story. I was about to turn 25. And by then now heavily associated with Momoland songs, Harry was supposed to continue doing his thing. But because of the impact that K-pop has placed on us, it has already reached the point where we have been redirected.

One of the groups that I follow is BTS. BTS, which stands for Bangtan Sonyeondan which translates in English to “Bulletproof Boy Scouts”, has been a very popular K-pop idol group that even Western people recognize them and become fans. But what would be a major turning point in this concept called leadership happens with one particular member.

Before I joined the fandom (known as ARMY or Adorable Representative MC for Youth), my biases were RM (Kim Namjoon) and Jungkook (Jeon Jungkook) because they were the only members that I knew and I liked them. But once I decided to know the other members, I got to know V, whose real name is Kim Taehyung. Initially he stood out to me for his very close resemblance to Aliza - hence further making sense of his position in the group as a visual and also winning “The Most Handsome Face of 2017”. It was also interesting because since then, I was already seeing Aliza but not as much as I was during his era. I promised not to see Aliza from his June 30 exit until 2021 but instead I pushed that back.. and I’ll save that story for another set of notes.

Anyway because of it I became curious. Once I got to know him better, boom. I just got bias wrecked. And I officially joined the fandom. September 10 marked the time when I became part of the ARMY and chose V as my ultimate bias.

As I got to know him more.. you know, why not hit it up a notch? I was beginning to consider him for something that’s more ultimate. Something that would make all of us ask this very important question:

Where was Harry?