Esensi Grup Korea BTS dalam Kesehatan Mental Melalui Komunitas Army Help Center Indonesia

Abstract

Mental Health has become a familiar topic, especially among young people. WHO describes mental health as complete
health, both phicically, spiritually and socially, and not just a state free from disease, disability and infirmity. Various
aspects will be affected once a person is mentally attacked, even human behavior can change drastically once they are
mentally unwell. This issue has also become a concern among the world, including one of the Korean group BTS.
BTS began to show their interest in mental health issues marked by the various songs they released related to mental
health and also carried out several campaigns. BTS' actions influenced some of their fans, namely ARMY, to createa
community dedicated to mental, namely the Indonesian Army Help Center. This study aims to describe the community
formed by the essence of the Korean group BTS. Where this community focuses on mental health, it is called Army
Help Center Indonesia. This community was formed with the goal of being a place of service for individuals who need a
forum to seek advice about their mental health, particularly for the ARMY. The analytical method for describing this
communtity is the qualitative method of descriptive research. The results obtained after observing the Indonesian Army
Help Center, namely the success of the Army Help Center in operating the community that was built, as evidenced by
the programs that were formed, and it seeed that not a few were also interested in the programs they created. The
existence of BTS is one of the factors behind the formation of this community.