It is now clear that the Greatest Rival of BTS was not a nonKPopper

Most popular singer of 21st century

1 BTS

2 Cho Yongpil

3 IU

Most beloved song

1 Gangnam Style (Not BTS' competition)

2 Dynamite

3 Tell me (not BTS' competition)

4 Good Day

I have chronicled the history of IU undermining KPop whenever she could, and now there are quantifiable results that IU, not BlackPink or anyone else you could name, was the chief rival of BTS.

IF BTS was the only prominent act in Korea the people there would have been a lot more reluctant to send it to the military where it wasted 2 plus years while MHJ has had her free run , walking all over Hybe, a damage which is unlikely to be remedied ever.

But it was perhaps inevitable that the chief rival of the global, world famous boy group was going to be the local, stuck in Korea woman soloist.