BTS ARMY celebrates 8th anniversary of the day V debuted as a member of the group

Seoul -- BTS Army (fans of BTS) from around the globe took the time to celebrate the eighth anniversary of the day V was first introduced to the world as a member of BTS on June 2. Twitter hashtags that trended were #8YearsWithTaehyung and 'OUR HAPPINESS TAEHYUNG'. Eight years ago, V introduced himself to the world by uploading a shot of himself on the group's official Twitter account. His face was half-covered with his cap in the post and he wrote a simple caption that said, "V". In 2011, V joined Big Hit Entertainment as a trainee and remained as a hidden member for the duration of his trainee period. On June 2, 2013, he was finally revealed as a BTS member, just 11 days before BTS made their official debut. The next day, V was the first member to have his full profile for BTS' debut teaser revealed on Big Hit Entertainment's homepage, as reported by Allkpop. [caption id="attachment_356691" align="aligncenter" width="522"] BTS is one of the most popular boy groups from Korea. Picture: Instagram[/caption] At the start of 2012, the BTS members, excluding V, had continuously communicated with fans through online promotion videos. The members filmed their video logs during their trainee period while V would stand in the corner, hiding from the camera. V was then known as the 'hidden card member', a secret kept so well that fans did not even know that BTS would be a seven-member group. Bang Shi Hyuk, founder and CEO of Big Hit Entertainment, now known as HYBE, initially wanted to introduce V last in order to create a strong impact for BTS as a group, through V's perfect visuals and all-round skills. V has now earned many titles, including 'History Maker V', 'Record Setter V', WORLDWIDE ACE V', 'Worldwide it Boy', and more. Yet, when asked what he thinks his representative accomplishment is, V responded, "I will work on making a representative accomplishment starting now", making fans look forward to seeing his potential grow even greater./TISG