One proud ARMY: Paulo Coelho congratulates BTS for breaking own record

MANILA, Philippines — Brazilian author Paulo Coelho showed that he is a proud member of the BTS' ARMY, congratulating the Korean group after making a record of more than 100 million views in 24 hours for their new single “Butter.”

In his Twitter account, Paulo praised the K-pop group declaring that he’s an ARMY. 

“Congrats @BTS_twt!!! Over 100.000.000 views in 24 hr! #BUTTER100M #ARMY 

"The Alchemist" author, however, said that he lost Twitter followers after posting his tweet.  

Congrats @BTS_twt!!! Over 100.000.000 views in 24 hr!#BUTTER100M #ARMY ????????????????

— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) May 22, 2021

“I am losing a lot of followers because I posted a tweet congratulating @BTS_twt but this is the price to pay when you support people you admire,” Paulo said. 

“The boys overcame so many difficult moments, prejudices, etc. and THEY WON!!!” he added. 

I am losing a lot of followers because I posted a tweet congratulating @BTS_twt but this is the price to pay when you support people you admire.
The boys overcame so many difficult moments, prejudices, etc.
and
THEY WON!!!????????????????

— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) May 22, 2021

BTS' "Butter" became YouTube's record-holder being the biggest first-day view count of all time. The group broke the previous record set also by them with the song “Dynamite.”