What being a leader means to Namjoon.
🐨:I think a leader is is just like this for example everybody is on the lying on the couch and the window is open and it's too cold. So, somebody has to close it. But nobody wants to because it's too comfy here lying on the couch. It's so annoying. If a one single person has to stand up and get off the couch and walk a few steps to close the door, then I think that's what a leader does for every part of the team. That's all. [laughter].
Oh my namu😕
YOONGI TALKED FRENCH AND SAID "C'EST PARTI" (LET'S GO) INSTEAD OF HIS USUAL "ARE YOU READY" AND HE GOT SO SHY LOOK AT HIM ♡
🐱: exactement! (exactly)
me: [losing it]
Yoongi about his behind-the-scene photos from every tour stop and vlog on his Instagram
SUGA: I just felt like it. I can never forget just how much ARMYs supported us, and I always make sure not to. Honestly, I just did the vlog because I thought our fans might enjoy it, so I'm glad they did.
J-Hope about people singing along to Arirang part of Body to Body🥹💜
“Seeing ARMY wave Korean flags and sing along to the “Arirang” section of “Body to Body” on night three at Stanford Stadium really felt like witnessing the exact moment one country’s folk song crossed international borders to become a love song for everyone. What goes through your mind when you see something like that?
J-HOPE: It gets me every time. It’s overwhelming. I can’t put it into words any other way! I think the “Arirang” part of “Body to Body” has become one of the most iconic moments among the things we wanted to do on this tour. I think that’s the very heart of it—setting aside differences like language, race, geography, gender, and all that to come together as one through love. I think communication onstage matters just as much as the performance itself. I think the two really feed off each other.”
#SUGA MAGAZINE
Something that stands out about this tour is how there are no subunit or solo songs, instead focusing on the seven of you being all together. The concerts really drive home how BTS is one unified group.
🐱 I think it’s so “Bangtan” that the seven of us are still so aligned.
This tour has BTS’s past and present coexisting side by side. The setlist is built around “ARIRANG” for the most part, but there’s also time set aside to connect with ARMY through songs from your earlier days. How do you feel when you sing those older songs with ARMY now?
🐱 I’m grateful that there’s still people out there who can listen to the music from that era with us and go right back to those old times. Everyone becomes a fan at a different time, but it was so moving to create this experience where everyone could come together as one anyway.
SUGA’s been posting behind-the-scenes photos from every tour stop on Instagram, and he even vlogged the marathon he ran during your time in Stanford for ARMY. What was the push to document moments from the tour like that?
🐱 I just felt like it. I can never forget just how much ARMY’s supported us, and I always make sure not to. Honestly, I just did the vlog because I thought our fans might enjoy it, so I’m glad they did.
At the end of the day, the “ARIRANG” tour feels like it’s both BTS 2.0 and a chance to think about what that name really means.
🐱 I’m just grateful that, even 13 years later, we still get to go on tour and keep being singers.
Namjoon talks about how they decided to perform only BTS songs, not subunits or solos, with all 7 members together.
🐨:We wanted to put more weight on reaffirming the BTS brand that's brought all of us this far. We're at a point now where we can end up with a totally different outcome depending on what we choose to pour our energy into. That's not me trying to explain or describe it. It's just a feeling. It's like, we have to do something to show that we're locked in as a group, now that we're back after such a long time away. After all, we're talking about 13 years of history that the seven of us and ARMY have been building together.
So @btschartdata was in the crowd for the first ever performance of louder than bombs live and I think that’s bangtans way of thanking him for all that he does for this fandom. We don’t say it enough but thank you BCD u’ve been a backbone! 🧡
[NEWS] FROM #BTS TO ARMYS via Weverse Magazine - Tour Report 🥹💜
#RM Now that I'm done with my mandatory service, I see this as a chance to step into my 30s and meet ARMY all around the world, say my thank-yous, and share in this 10-year-plus history. I hope I can get you to feel all the emotions this year's tour has to give. I hope it's fun, exciting, and brings plenty of tears and plenty of joy, too.
#JIN I've been to a lot of festivals myself, and some of those memories stay with me almost like snapshots. Sometimes I look back on them and go, "That day was really amazing," or, "I wish I could go back to that exact moment in time." I hope our "ARIRANG" tour stays with ARMY that way, too-as an all-time great pic, as a wonderful memory.
#SUGA Since it's been a while since we've done a show together, I just hope ARMY will enjoy this one with all their hearts. Thank you.
#JHOPE I'm so happy we finally get to see everyone again, have fun, and feel like one after all this time. Lately I've really been feeling how putting on a good show isn't everything. The audience has a huge effect on a concert, too. We're giving it everything we've got, every night, so that ARMY will really feel that they're getting their time's worth. And I hope the rest of the shows are just as fun. Thank you always! I love you!!!
#JIMIN A day so full of happiness that it makes all the time you spent waiting around for us, and coming out to see us, feel completely worth it-that's exactly how I'd love for you to remember our concert. And we'll make sure to put on the kind of show for you that makes that possible. Thank you as always. I love you.
#V This is what a grown-up BTS looks like! We'll always be right here beside you, growing as you grow and singing for you.
#JUNGKOOK I mean, I don't know if I need to say anything grandiose. (laughs) | just hope the "ARIRANG" tour is one ARMY will wish they could see over and over again.
#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG
BTS after performing "Louder than bombs" 😭
🐰: You’re looking a bit sexy sexy today.
🐱: Why do you like Louder than Bombs so much anyway?
🐰: The lyrics are originally pretty suggestive.
🐯: But we’ve never performed it even once!
🐰: Looking at it now, the lyrics are kinda suggestive.
🐥: Which part is suggestive?
🐨: Which part is suggestive? The lyrics to Louder than Bombs?
🐰: Am I wrong? The song itself is just sexy.
🐯: But we’ve never done it even once! Hyung, seriously! Hyung!