Magic Mirror #2

How I Became Happier, Thanks To The 7 Stars 🇦🇱

Hi! I'm Lori and I am from Albania 🇦🇱 and THIS IS MY STORY.

I'm a baby ARMY, a 20 year old girl from Albania, a country in southeastern Europe close to Greece. My story is not the kind of dramatic or sad just a normal and fun I think of how I became an ARMY. To be absolutely honest I have known BTS since 2017 when I was in high school because some of my friends were fan but in that time I didn't show any interest at all.

As time passed I always listened about their sucesses but again I wasn't interested. Everything changed this year in march of 2021 when my younger sister became a fan. She listened to their songs with high volume in our room. It was the same song "Boy with luv " and I really liked it. I asked my sister who were singing and she said BTS and I was really surprised.

Then everything changed I started searching their names as everyone did in the begging I guess and played a game with my sister to find who were who. The first one I noticed was RM because I knew he was the leader then was V who became my bias, then J-hope because of his smile but I was always confused with Jin with Jimin and Jungkook with Suga.

This was just in the first day because I started watching every music video they had in full research mood and was amazed of how beautiful their music was. Then I started watching run episodes, their fun videos, bon voyage ,everything I could possibly found about them. I am a person that when I like something I become very passionate about that. Even though I'm a baby ARMY I could tell for sure that I have a lot of information about them. Since march it hasn't been a single day without listening to their songs, I also learned "Dynamite" and "Butter" choreography and bought my first album "Map of the soul:7"

The moment I took it I was shaking and was so much excited I couldn't describe, I was about to cry from happiness because I couldn't believe I had actually one of their albums. Another special moment was this 13th june of 2021. It was my first time being on a live BTS concert even though it was online the emotions were really strong and I felt extremely happy all the concert. I wish I could just experience being in their real concert and see them in person. This is one of my dreams and who knows maybe it could become real one day.

Their presence in my life hasn't been for so long but it has make me so happy. My room now has changed so much compared to last year. It is full of posters and photos which shows how much I like them.

When I feel sad I always listen to their songs because they give me comfort and cheer me up. My 2 favourite songs are " Young forever" and " We are bulletproof- the eternal". Every time I listened to them I have a mix of emotions is like feeling sad and happy at the same time kind of nostalgia. I feel sad bc I wasn't there since the beggining but I know for sure that I will be with them at every step from know on till the end (ARMY forever).

Since I said in the beggining this is not a sad story because I have a very normal happy life but thanks to them it became happier and I was able to improve myself and gained more confidence . I know that with time everything will change I also might change but the memories are those who will last forever.

I don' t know what to expect from my future even though I am working right now to create it but there is one thing that I know , BTS will always be one of the happiest part of my life even though I will create other happy memories, they will always have a special place in my heart.

I know that after many years when I will look back at my past in my teenage years and found my collection of albums and photo cards I will smile and cry at the same time being very happy and proud that I was part of this amazing journey in the purple ocean full of emotions and happy moments.

In the end I just want to thank our 7 stars for their amazing music, dedication and love toward us ARMY and for the inspiration they gave me.

Thank you with my whole heart .I just hope we could meet some day and thank you for everything in person , so I could fullfil one of my biggest wish.

I don' t know how this story may sound to you who are reading right now I am not a good writer and maybe it wasn't something extraordinary for you but for me it was.

Staning BTS and being an ARMY has been so far one of my favourite things and best part of my life because they have gave me so many happy moments and memories which I will keep forever in my heart as special treasures.