post military bon voyage bonding is going to be each of them sat round a table on a balcony in Europe having a contest about who went through the most macho, exhilarating, physically demanding training exercise and it gets progressively more untrue the further they go on
HE GETS IT 👏🏻👏🏻 ARMY have been saying this for years, and that’s why so many jumped into the hiatus media storm, they WANT them to be gone. many sad days for them ahead 💁🏻♀️
This was written by the guy who we reported that fake article to... he went after antis, checked out BTS and stayed for the good time. Karma is an ARMY 🕶
BTS fans are celebrating Festa - an annual two-week event to mark the anniversary of the group's first album
The band have kicked things off by recreating some of their classic photos for fans
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amygdala… a song that’s a conversation with your brain like it’s a separate person from you, a person who stole years from your life, and yet saved your life by erasing memories of traumatic experiences. still unsure if that makes them a friend or enemy… yoongi you are amazing+
armys saying that they can never forget namjoon because bikes and trees remind them of him, I’ll do you one better, the other day I had a 10 min internal monologue about how much I love this man all because I was peeling potatoes
imagine a bunch of people seeing Spring Day as the new no.1 and going “oh hey let me check out this group BTS” “oh hey this song is great let me listen to more” “their music is GREAT I wonder what they’re up to lately—” 💀
you know what I really miss about OT7 lately? the interviews where they’re all sat in formation and it’s a game of patience to see which one cracks first and does something out of pocket and then see them all follow along like dominos until the whole interview is in shambles 💜
You know what producer uses voice modulation as a stylistic technique a lot? Min Yoongi. He’s used it a bunch of times on traps that deal with internal conflicts or where’s he’s conveying others’ opinions. Interlude: Shadow, Honsool, Tony Montana, Respect, WDYT? to name a few. +
i’m letting it happen. i’m letting go of my 459 day duolingo streak. we had a good run, but that’s 459 days of not very useful korean learning. I don’t need to know how to say “the monkey designed the elevator” duo. I need to know how to say poetic shit so Namjoon falls for me.
wise they scheduled the concert a few days after the 👵🏻s because if it doesn’t go their way again unlike last time this year there would be over 100,000 irritated ARMYs ~conveniently~ staying in the Las Vegas area with time to kill and a score to settle… just saying 👀
oh hey this is me 💜👋🏻 can everyone saying I’m funny please text my family group chat because it’s been 27 years and they still think don’t get my sense of humour 🙈
fellow hyperindependent girlies who are comfortable alone but still crave love and can’t seem to meet someone the ways other can/do and are still trying to love themselves not believing they must be flawed for not having found their person yet… jimin made this album for us 💜
it’s sad how demanding I see people getting. yes, they’ll be back in 2025. as in their military service will have finished. but if you think they’re going to leap straight into the comeback cycle, that’s unrealistic and very unfair. there’s a mental adjustment period they’ll+
nah but let me tell you why I love minimoni so much and why biasing them together means so such to me. it’s because their relationship is so gentle and so safe. they are each other’s sounding board, emotionally and musically, and in the way those two overlap. they share these +
you know people can say what they want about if they like the music, if they find them attractive, if they like their personalities, that’s all subjective idgaf but you know what you can never take away from ARMY it’s that BTS are fcking GOOD PEOPLE. for 10 years, a whole DECADE+
I just PRAY that he posted that to appease these horrible people, that he isn’t feeling as low as it sounds. that he truly doesn’t think that he has transgressed in a way that sincerely deserves this level of apology. I hope it’s tactics and playing the game. I hope so much
funniest thing I’ve seen today is someone claiming HYBE’s crafted an image for BTS which doesn’t involve drinking 😂 who do you think arranged brand deals with BEER AND CIDER COMPANIES? And then filled fridges with said beer and cider on ITS so they could DRINK IT ON CAMERA 💀
a friend of mine brought up today how much we’ve gone from promoting charities to promoting big birthday projects, and I had to stop and think about it… and sadly I think it’s true. I’ve seen more fundraisers over the last few months for a billboard for a day on my tl than+
what if Jin stands up like “I TRAINED AN ENTIRE REGIMENT OF MILITARY WELPS” and the others all think he’s won until yoongi looks up from his wine goblet and is like “I filled out paperwork… all day” and they all go “wah” and Jin slowly sits down knowing he’s been beat
I find it lovely that those who seem to have connected most to Namjoon’s music in this new era are older fans who’ve been through some sht & come out the other side. I listen & it’s like Namjoon’s there waiting at the end of the tunnel with a goofy smile like “hey. we did it.” 🥰
spoiler free thing about the book, they use QR codes throughout and I love that for so many reasons. 1) demonstrates how much of their lives have been documented 2) gives fans an easy chronological guide through the wealth of content and 3) shows their talent/struggle was REAL
deeply in love with Joon over the fact that he’s choosing to collab with lesser known Korean artists that are really good and deserve more recognition. same as trying to make Korean art more known. he seems to take seriously his power to help Korean talent reach a global audience
also really enjoying this guy’s reaction videos. GameBoyy310 on YT. He’s a big J Cole fan and is making his way down the BTS rabbit hole after finding Hobi through On the Street ✨ we love to see it 🤩
everyone please appreciate my 66 year old autistic father getting to live his dream in a TARDIS replica today 🥹 he ran up to this like a little kid and was like “quick, take a photo before the Doctor comes back from their lunch break”
bts don’t deserve a grammy… because saying someone deserves something is admitting that thing has coveted value, that it serves an important function, that it’s NEEDED because it represents something you cannot gain or achieve any other way (repost from the clock app)
Thinking that if someone’s voice sounds unnatural or warped in any way is them covering up the fact they can’t sing is… so moronic, it’s not worth indulging. It’s storytelling. It’s the equivalent of putting someone’s thoughts in italics in a novel, or a different colour on +
Here’s what gets me most about these fans acting like it’s unfair the book didn’t name perpetrators outright because it leads to unfair speculation of innocent parties: I don’t think they realise how much information about these attacks against the Tannies have been passed down.+
which is saying what he’s not said out loud before. It’s a distorted, less listened to voice. It’s INTENTIONAL that it stands out from his typical vocals, which is his primary external voice. There’s loads of visual symbolism in the MV supporting that. TLDR: BTS are smart as fuck
idk if the dumpling incident will be in the book but it’d better be in the documentary. I want them to visit the park where they met at 4am and the producer asks “what happened here that’s so significant?” silence, then the camera pans and zooms to Vmin stood side by side like:
subtitles. It’s making sure the listener knows that there are different conversational points or different levels of consciousness, even when they’re all using a single person’s voice. In the case of Set Me Free Pt.2 the voice modulated part is Jimin’s angrier internal voice+
yoongi didn’t spend the entire season of suchwita mentioning over & over about how dedicated they all are to the group, how hard they’re working towards 2025, & how he dreams about growing old with army… for you morons to still be kidding yourselves about their future like this
successfully pulled off a work summer party with a team challenge that nobody there had any idea was 80% inspired by a Run! BTS episode. this is the true joy of being an ARMY in non-ARMY ranks. you can mock us all you like… but one day… somehow… when you least expect it…
they’ve been working their asses off and growing as artists while always maintaining humility and a desire to give back and help others. every artist who’s worked with them has praised their work ethic and their dedication to their fans and craft. behind scenes crew have gone +
just saw someone in comments of a tweet about hating on Beyond the Story saying they should burn it in protest and all I want in the world right now is for Jin to appear on Weverse, call them a dumb fuck and then take a photo of the gaming set up he bought with the royalties 😂😂
as someone who was diagnosed with PTSD a couple years ago, this track puts into words and sound such complex feelings that are so difficult to reconcile. and yet he’s managed to do that for me. because it’s so hard understanding that your brain did that for you years ago, and +
one time I think we’ve got to all put our heads together and make ARMY Con happen. I want dance classes, cosplay competitions, challenge rooms based on Run episodes, recreated music video sets, open mics, conferences discussing themes and influences in their music. And booze.
this festa project was for us marketing girlies because picking out of home advertising is my day job and when yoongi said the words ‘floating population’ I fell in love with him so hard I smacked my head
it leaves these gaps in your memory and makes it so hard for you to share memories with those around you who didn’t understand what you went through. trying to get them to understand that what they look back on fondly, did not happen for you. that your body thought you were +
just want to clarify here - this is not me EVER trying to put jimin in a corner where he’s a victim, a weakling or anything in between. that man has incredible fortitude and inner strength. a big reason he has been my bias from the get-go has been him helping me recognise +
on record over and over to say how included and welcome they feel, not stepped on or ignored as if the work they contribute doesn’t matter. BTS are GOOD HUMAN BEINGS, and not only are they that, they’ve done so much to try & make other people feel good about themselves and want +
finding out that
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did in fact opt in to dynamic pricing for D-Day and will in future is very regrettable, and I’d ask them to reconsider. fans understand the expense of concerts, but the reality is clear: ARMY’s demand will ALWAYS outweigh the supply. There’s no +
in such danger that it did that for you. it’s this emotion wedged right in between deep love and respect for yourself, and fury and hurt that a choice was seemingly made FOR you, that you can’t reclaim. that you can’t move on because you don’t know what you’re moving on from…
is “giving in to the hype” & makes you less “original” (it doesn’t) honestly you do you, idc. ARMY have fought off barrages of criticism about BTS and we’ve been able to deflect it all because at our cores we know we support good genuine people, and that knowledge is bulletproof.
the courtesy & kindness we have to give them. you might be gagging for an album and a tour. but there’s seven men at the centre of those products. we need to approach them with patience and respect. and as always, if you’re not willing to give them that, you shouldn’t be here.
sometimes fandoms go after us first and we defend ourselves, and I 100% believe that. other fandoms can be assholes. but when a group who has always given respect and credit to the Tannies wins an award and ppl try and ruin it, that is asshole behaviour and it’s embarrassing af.
to be good human beings too. they take what they deserve for all their success, but they have ALWAYS paid it forward. whatever notion you have about them, whether you think praising them is taking praise away from your fave (it’s not) or admitting you like or don’t mind them+
all need to go through after the military. hate it or not, it’s a different way of experiencing life. they’ll need to get back into the patterns of a different lifestyle where different things are being asked of them. being a drill sergeant, and then being a singer/performer +
“Comparisons to the Beatles do not do the band justice because they do not compose music and present themselves in a language that – through colonialism – is understood by most of the world” yeeeeeeessss 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
As something of a gateway to Korean culture, dramas and music, BTS have redefined what it means to have cultural power for South Korea and their popularity has put openly racist mores of arbitrating culture under the spotlight, writes
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again… those mindsets aren’t an easy switch. on top of that, sleep cycles, eating habits, social interactions, stress levels, your life going from being regimented to suddenly being loose and easy-going. it’s not like they’ll be permanently changed, but it’ll take TIME. TIME is+
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the funniest part was not once did Hobi stand up and go “that’s unfair, I’m not like that” like he puts the fear of god in them and he enjoys it 😂
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aww it’s Terry Crews, I never noticed him before. How cute that he ended up doing the Dynamite intro for AGT for them years later. Love him 🥰
that vulnerability is strength. telling your loved ones that you love them, and you need them, is strength and something to be celebrated. not suppressed. he helped me over many years learn that. I cherish that man dearly. and I worry for him. because I see a lot of myself in +
@Iuvpjmin
This is unprofessional - it's not "your song". If they're your client, they've employed you - you are producing assets for them. When you're done, you get fair credit and awarded in your field in your industry. But you don't do interviews claiming all the accolades. Get out.
that man was fighting for his life against self consciousness and embarrassment doing those dance challenges for us. like his ears could have erupted into flames right then and there but he pushed through FOR US. THAT’S LOVE.
what’s so trippy about having a curated timeline is that when drama unfolds somewhere on stan twt you only hear whispers of it, so you spend more mental energy trying to hunt down what’s actually happened and then you find out what and then it’s like “that’s it????”
talks with one another, and it’s vulnerable and it’s everything that I and many others want out of a deep friendship. but it’s also what you’re taught in many cultures that a male friendship can’t or shouldn’t be. there’s such a feeling of safety between them, and that pours out+
I really really hope that those involved in the fan songs got to feel the satisfaction of their hard work today. it’s hard sometimes when we put effort into a project and then it’s out in the world and into the ether and you’re not sure of its impact. but today we saw how JK+
here’s what you need to do if you ever feel like throwing a tantrum bc a woman has made contact with a BTS member: log off, step back, emotionally regulate your jealousy, refocus your energy, and move on. and if you can’t do that, get off of the internet bc you are not equipped.
never going to get tired of the extreme dramatics yoongi resorts to as a coping mechanism for all his Suchwita guests showering him with endless praise and compliments
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Love that he’s inspired by them bc I think people are often surprised K-pop groups like BTS have solo projects that coexist with group projects. W media would like to paint that as a worrying sign or a negative, a sign of weakness in the group, instead of what it really is +
it’s healing seeing namjoon goofing around. it’s healing seeing him experiment with his music and take a leap away from what he’s made before. it’s healing seeing him make friends with musicians and producers who push him to express himself. rpwp has really just been a warm hug.
things han so hee and jungkook are probably arguing about:
🎯 throwing out one of the mattresses
🎯 custody of jeon bam
🎯 the late night calls to Namjoon
🎯 that alien in the my universe MV
🎯 constant karaoke and noodles at 4am
🎯 perilla leaves
of the screen, from every small glance and word and gesture and you feel just how much trust there is. this full bodied feeling of peace between them, it’s so simple yet so powerful. they melt my heart and scratch my brain and deconstruct “masculinity” all in one breath, and +
this proves once again that a reason these traditional institutions direct so such malice in Bangtan’s direction is down to the simple frustration that they dared to challenge convention and break the mould of what’s been previously defined as K-pop: they refused to stay in line.
him and always have, and see his need for stability and comfort and a support system. needing that isn’t weak. but the military regime strips that away. it’s how it makes you adaptive to a lot of dangerous and uncomfortable scenarios, so you end up depending on your teammates +
the absolute mess that was caused by entitled fans demanding a JITB physical album, raising conspiracy theories, but then you realise from Hobi’s words that all this time his focus was on making sure the MUSIC was as good as it could possibly be, so he could be certain that +
I have a charity drive for a cause in need. This was such a wonderful thing about us, and I’m not saying that there are not still amazing people doing that work, they absolutely are, but collectively the attention we are giving it has taken a knock, and in all this conversation +
have both helped each other in those ways. it’s so so beautiful to see just how Namjoon helped Jimin with Promise, Jimin is now the emotional and musical sounding board for Namjoon when he was opening up in this new musical project that he was nervous about. oh I loooove them 💜
@voxdotcom
don’t slander a country’s music industry based on stereotypes/techno-orientalist sentiments and think we’re going to praise you for saying our faves are “not like other girls”. we don’t roll like that. especially when AAPI crime and slander is so high. this is irresponsible.
outright stating his feelings, so he used music, but he needed to learn to have those conversations. Jimin could more naturally express his feelings to others, but he wanted to transform that into music to make something beautiful and lasting and restorative for others. and they+
trap or selfish tactic of babying a grown man or painting a narrative where all his independence is taken away from him. to me doing that to him or any other member is the utmost disrespect. I loathe the infantilisation. I will never do it. Just had to make that very very clear.
I just always feel this overwhelming gratefulness to see that bond between them. I relate to these two a lot in different ways. they both want and need to be emotionally vulnerable with others. they need someone strong and secure enough to hear that from them and accept them. +
just a friendly loving reminder to fellow Namjoon biases that you ARE his wife and he IS sitting right next to you, don’t believe the lies spread by our enemies, my sisters ✨
here’s two things these fandoms need to understand. 1) a million copy first run of any debut author is unprecedented and monumental, and 2) your fave’s washed up ass is never getting an offer like that in their life so cryyyyyy meeeee a riveeeeeeeer
but also someone who is persistent enough to coax those feelings out of them, and ask them, to get them to open up. to not breeze past it or assume someone is fine, but enquire and want to know what ails them, because they in turn know its importance. I think Namjoon struggled +
and make you into a “family”. and if I placed myself in that scenario, I’d be tough on the outside, but inside I would be in turmoil. I would be anxious and uncomfortable, and desperate for familiarity. This is the perspective I’m coming from. I’m not blindly falling into the +
the fact senior execs of HYBE 🇺🇸 are lurking in our business to me is evidence of how rattled we’ve got them. they can push a big ego on social media, but in my experience, c-suite do not care what consumers do or say as long as the money’s there. this behaviour is pretty unusual
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point we could say it’s ARMY legend. Like fuxking campfire tales. So it’s truly laughable that they think we’re reading this book stumped going “gee, I wonder who it could have been—” WE KNOW. We’ve always known. This book has just been a reminder of what galvanised us together +