V goes viral as the "guy in red bandana' following BTS's appearance at the #AMAs

BTS member V, who is widely recognized as the "Ultimate Stan Attractor" by k-media and fans because of his ability to allure thousands of non-fans and locals into the world of K-pop, once again goes viral following BTS's appearance on the American Music Awards.

Right after BTS appeared, locals started asking about the "guy in red bandana," who is none other than V.

BTS V went viral as “the guy with red bandana” at the
dailytaepraise

the bts guy in the red bandana is cute. someone tell me who he is pls
obvsliv

SO THE LOCALS ARE GOING CRAZY OVER THE BTS GUY IN RED BANDANA KIM TAEHYUNG!!
UK_KTH

[INFO] “The Guy in the Red Bandana” search garnered such massive engagement amongst non fans after AMAs that it is now the default and most searched phrase for “The Guy” on twitter search bar
thetaeprint

Multiple terms related to "the guy in red bandana" & "the guy next to Ariana" are coming up on typing 'the guy' on Google search bar. 😭
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"BTS V" and "KIM TAEHYUNG" became trending topics on Twitter right after V entered the red carpet.

[INFO] V is the highest trending member Worldwide on Google Trends for the past 4 hours with a peak of 100%. KIM TAEHYUNG and BTS V are both still trending topics on Twitter
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V's searches also skyrocketed during the event reaching the highest peaks many times, showing the increasing interest among the general public. He became the most searched BTS member during the award show.

[INFO] The guy in the red bandana has been the highest trending query for bandna on Google Trends worldwide since past 4 hours
thetaeprint

[INFO] Taehyung's searches have skyrocketed in the past 4 hours reaching the peak (100) 5 times.

• KIM TAEHYUNG & BTS V both are currently trending with 310k+ tweets in many countries.
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Fans also loved V's cute interactions with several artists, like Conan Gray and Giveon.

Conan Grey & Giveon became trending topics following their interaction with V.

[INFO] Erin Patterson Vice president of brand management at Public relations agency AM PR Group updated her instagram story with the Giveon and Taehyung interaction at
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giveon x tae!
ikran

A cute lil'
Audacy

O Giveon cumprimentando o Taehyung, do BTS, durante a sua perfomance no
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I CANT MAKE THIS SHIT UP AS IM WAITING FOR MY FUCKIN CAR, I TURN AROUND & V SAID HE LIKED MY SUIT NAHHHHH
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JASDKLJASLKFJDKLGHDJKGHAKLJFKLJADKFLAJSFD I KNEW V WAS MY FAVOURITE FOR A REASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ME RUNNING INTO JENNIE AND V COMPLIMENTING UR SUIT EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
— Aria (@AriaSaki)
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Many verified accounts also tweeted about V and posted V focused gifs

KIM TAEHYUNG AT AMAs:
—being the ultimate stan attractor, attracting non fans and been dubbed as “the guy with red bandanna”
—Verified accs whipped for him
—being the social butterfly that handshook with giveon, conan gray and chris, compliments someone’s outfits
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