WHAT IS THE PURPLE RIBBON PROJECT AND WHAT DO THEY DO? 

THE PURPLE RIBBON PROJECT 

IS A PROJECT FOR BTS FANS (ARMY) WHO WILL BE ATTENDING BTS WORLD TOUR CONCERTS IN LONDON (UK). THE FIRST EVENT STARTED AT WEMBLEY STADIUM ON THE 2ND JUNE 2019.

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AS A PROJECT WE HAND OUT FREE PURPLE RIBBONS TO FANS (ARMY) TO WEAR ON THEIR WRISTS, TO SHOW THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR THE BOYS AT THE CONCERT. 

THE COLOUR PURPLE WAS INSPIRED BY BTS MEMBER KIM TAEHYUNG 김태형 (WHO ALSO GOES BY THE STAGE NAME (V) 뷔 , FROM HIS SAYING 'I PURPLE YOU' SIGNIFYING THE MEANING 'TO LOVE AND TO TRUST' AS ITS THE LAST COLOUR OF THE RAINBOW. THE COLOUR PURPLE HAS A DEEP MEANING TO ARMY AND BTS AS ITS A WAY OF BOTH BTS AND ARMY TELLING EACH OTHER THAT WE LOVE AND TRUST EACH OTHER. THE SAYING AND THE COLOUR GREW FAST BEYOND THE FANDOM AND FIRST INSPIRED ARMY TO HOLD A PURPLE RIBBON AT AIRPORTS TO CREATE A BARRIER TO PROTECT THE BOYS FROM BEING MOBBED AND INJURED BY DISRESPECTFUL 'FANS' IN AIRPORTS ACROSS THE WORLD. 

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THE IDEA TO WEAR PURPLE RIBBONS CAME FROM AN ARMY WHO RUNS THEIR OWN BTS FAN ACCOUNT ON INSTAGRAM: @_TAE_AMO_ (MARTYNA)

MARTYNA SHARED HER IDEA ON HER INSTAGRAM AND THE PROJECT IDEA BEGAN TO GET POPULAR. 

[ @M00NCHILD_94 (MEGAN)

@_JUNGSH0OK._ (CAITLYN)

@BTS_CRACK_HEED (CHLOE) ]

ALL WHO ALSO RUN THEIR OWN FAN ACCOUNTS ON INSTAGRAM BECAME INSPIRED FROM MARTYNA'S PROJECT AND REACHED OUT TO HER WITH HELPING HANDS TO START THIS PROJECT THEY DECIDED TO SHAPE  THIS PROJECT ON A SMALL BUDGET, ALL 4 TEAM MEMBERS BOUGHT THEIR OWN MATERIALS AND COMMUNICATED OVER INSTAGRAM WITH THEIR IDEAS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO MAKE THE 'SPEAK YOURSELF WORLD TOUR' AN EVEN SPECIAL CONCERT. 

#PURPLERIBBONFORBTS

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