‘BTS saved my life’: How a K-Pop obsessed teacher bounced back from rock bottom

When you think of fans of the massively popular K-Pop group BTS, you might imagine mobs of screaming teenagers. It’s no secret that the BTS fandom, called ARMY, is among the most rabid, going to extraordinary lengths to show their appreciation for each of the group’s seven members: Jin, Jimin, RM, V, Suga, J-Hope and Jungkook. But one of their biggest fans is in fact 48-year-old Mary Russell, a mother, a grandmother, and a kindergarten teacher — something you’d probably never guess, if not for her BTS-inspired dyed hair and wardrobe, that is.