The kOrEaNs who spoke about BTS having a 'longer run' and not ditching kOrEa and wasting their best years in the military apparently were incapable of addition and subtraction.
They just wanted BTS to fail, period.
It was Bang's fault to not abandon kOrEa, since he didn't want to pay back the a few hundred million the kOrEan pension fund invested on Hybe and he wanted to play a mogul there.
They would have raked at least $10 billion. Their individual activities won't bring 1/10 of that, and now Jungkook is about to be smashed by Taylor Swift in November, that figure will decline further.
Without further ado, I will least forces friendly with BTS , hostile to it and neutral.
In 2021, when BTS had the world under their feet, the following people were friendly (list not exhautive)
Antonio Guteres, the UN General Secretary
Joe Biden, the US President
Kamala Harris , the US Vice President.
Paul McCartney
Coldplay
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber - Hybe
Kid Laroi Hybe
etc
Singers who were not too friendly but kinda acknowledged BTS' superiority
Taylor Swift
Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo
Drake
etc
Singers who were openly hostile to BTS
The Weeknd
end.
Assuming it returns in late 2025, or early 2026, as likely BTS's allies would have mostly left, having moved on to other acts.
Singers not too friendly to BTS, although not likely to attack it
Most of the R&B crowd
IU
etc
non-Singers who will be likely to be hostile to BTS
Donald Trump
all the followers of Trump
etc
Singers who will be hostile to BTS:
Morgan Wallen, probably the biggest foe BTS will face on this attempt to return to supremacy
An array of country singers, old and young, looking forward to become the person who knocks down BTS
Taylor Swift
Olivia Rodrigo, and virtually all the neutrals not listed individually above. They were quiet because BTS had conquered the world, but the moment it showed its weakness, they would all be very happy to gang up on it
Fifty Fifty, who would probably have taken citizenship of some other country by then
any new face which will show up between now and then
In other words BTS will have fewer allies and significantly more enemies as it attempts its comeback.
Will BTS be able to fight against an alliance of Morgan Wallen- Taylor Swift - Olivia Rodrigo - Donald Trump?