lesliej⁷ ⊙⊝⊜

I'm a mother, wife, and a big soft & HARD STAN of BTS Yoongi, Hobi, Jimin bias, wrecked by OT7 !!! '73 liner #dopeoldarmy 🔞 no ships or solos
PART OF THE 90%

[lesliej⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ @grumpyin75]

I'm all for this.

[Miss H 💜 ⟭⟬⁷⁼¹ 🪷🍊🐳 ARIRANG ⊙⊝⊜ 💜 @littletweety89]

ARMY, I made these overnight playlists to help take the BTS hyung line to the Spotify billions club. Needless to say, these are very much hyung line focused playlists but with songs from all the members and BTS group songs. If you have a busy work schedule and don't have much time to stream in the daytime, please pick a playlist from here and let it play overnight. 💜💜💜💜

Namjoon focused:
https://t.co/YirmNGy6nG

AGUST D focused:
https://t.co/6sSypy1dnr

Jin focused:
https://t.co/8vsxqtwmJd

j-hope focused:
https://t.co/wnlgV9se3O

HL focused with ML:
https://t.co/4KkgqV5uiy

[sawbts💜 @orul8ce]

👀 HYBE America is pushing BTS’ Emmy campaigns🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏💜, reposting director…Bao Nguyen’s BTS: The Return FYC post and once again sharing the BTS: The Comeback Live (ARIRANG) FYC campaign🔥👀👀 Emmy voting ends tomorrow..June 22 at 10 PM PST👀👀

[linah🍁🍁 @linah_45]

😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it's sooo funny

[lesliej⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ @grumpyin75]

@tlovesorchids Oh, I hope you are feeling better now. I don't see the boys until August, but I will send you a pic if I remember to take one, because I'm normally in the moment. 💜😊

[myfriendscallmet @tlovesorchids]

I have something I want to share.

I don’t like talking about myself on this app but I need to talk. As some of you know, I retired in 2024. I had big plans, preparing and waiting for BTS to return from the military. I had many projects to work on and was super excited to start on the next chapter of my life.

Well, 2025 came. I started the year right, buying tickets for concerts, planning my travel, really excited to have my freedom after a lifetime of taking care of everyone else. Whether it was raising my kids, being married to someone I eventually came to loathe and finally divorced him after 20 yrs. Entering & ending another long relationship with someone who caused me to have trust issues, well I’ve spent the past 15 yrs living life on my own terms.

Since the latter part of 2025, I have been dealing with some serious health issues. This has taken a toll on me in ways I still can’t comprehend, along with the bullshit I have dealt with trying to maneuver my way through the worst health care system we have in the U.S.

I know a lot of you are young and in good health. What so many don’t think about is how illness can affect the quality of your life. Worse, not having a support network and family nearby makes it rough.

I come here as a place to have solitude. I am a huge fan of BTS. I have followed them for so many years and along the way, I have met some awesome people on this journey.

The reason I’m writing this is because there are so many people here who I follow and they follow me. I try to be nice and support everyone, whether I know you or not. It’s just in my nature to be social to engage with people. I love hearing people’s stories.

I just got out of the hospital on Tuesday. I haven’t been feeling well for a while. I went to the ER about 10 days ago, was prescribed medicine, I took it all but I wasn’t getting better. So, I went to the ER over the weekend and ended up being told I needed to be admitted. I won’t go into details, but I was scared. Thankfully, I have two very good friends here who checked in on me. Beyond that, they were the only two people who showed me any kind of concern.

While I was in the hospital, I had time to reflect on my life. To sum it up so far, this year has been awful. I had big plans to see BTS in El Paso, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and attend Namjoon’s art exhibition in San Francisco for my birthday this year and my dream trip to Australia. When I had to sell my tickets for El Paso and Las Vegas, I cried. Thankfully, my tickets went to army who had never seen them before, so that made me happy. I had prepaid for much of these trips. I was able to get some of the money I spent back but not all.

Anyway, I’m still planning to go to LA, SF but I had to tell my dear friend I can’t go see her in Australia to go to the concerts with her. We are years long friends for a decade and she recently became army. My heart just hurts knowing I can’t make it to my dream destination.

My point for writing this is to just let you all know that there are some nice people on this app. I have friends of all ages, ethnicities and lifestyle’s. I understand some of us are struggling. I also understand that many people are unaffected by the awful things that are happening in this world. My struggle is I never thought being a senior would be so hard, but I’m finding out fast how so many seniors are just forgotten about. Please show us some grace. I might be old in age and yes, I had a late child and he’s the same age as Jung Kook, but hey, I like to party and live my best life too.

Anyway, enough about me. If you see this, say hi and send me your picture you like the most from the BTS concerts so far. I am still writing my notes in my journal about the concerts and saving some of the best quotes and comments I see from everyone.

In spite of everything, I am doing my best to remain positive and hopeful! 😘💜

[Bangtan Streamers⁷⊙⊝⊜ @Bangtan7_Stream]

Critically acclaimed album and one of the best albums of 2026 so far.

#BTS_ARİRANG_AOTY

[wassuppwoong @mnilalala]

@mhereonlyforbts https://t.co/MkXOWAK2MS vote for bts . bts is at no 2 rn and 1st one is increasing......... voting will over in 3 days

[Miche⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ @MicheBangtan]

Hey, I’ve got a link that gets you 3 free months of Spotify Premium. Check it out. https://t.co/FVu28b1Bzn

[María- Simply put, I Love BTS.💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🥰 @Maria_26596243]

THIS!!
💯
👇🏾

[afrin⁷ 🪭 ia exams @skjnition]

i need them to alternate between "please" and "one more night" because neither of those songs deserve to be left behind they should keep performing both every concert 😭

[!Nspirenaire〽️ @Inspirenaire]

Take heed

[Liv⁷ met hobi | ㉧㉣㉣ | ❤️🤍 @Livheartt]

It had nothing to do with getting there early enough btw. We were there with plenty of time to spare.

They had no control of the massive crowd that was present. No clear paths set for where to go for admission.

My entrance was stand still for an hour. With nowhere to go. It was a wall of human beings packed literally body to body. And for some reason my entrance just stopped letting anyone in bc they ran out of wristbands and gifts for those who had facepass. They stopped everyone.

Told us to go to a DIFFERENT ENTRANCE WHEN WE COULDNT EVEN MOVE.

This was at ~6.54pm

A bunch of us made it in. We scanned our facepass and made it in.

I ran from the 3rd floor down THREE TIMES FOR THE GIFT. Each time the swarm of people rushing for it. People grabbing in. Those who weren’t in yet that were coming in just grabbed and went. Staff were yelling. Army was yelling. People were crying. Random people were grabbing the gifts from the boxes. It was the scariest shit I ever witnessed. At some point they said if you want your gift, you wait and possibly miss the start or you go take your seat.

????

It was my first OT7 in 7 years of being army. I wasn’t missing anything.

I was crying the whole time during that delayed one hour. I was shaking.

The only thing that got me out of it was the show starting.

BTS was everything and beyond. That 3 hours they made me forgot how genuinely heartbroken I was bc I read that news got to them. That they were hoping no army left without the gifts. That they handpicked them.

And then in the same line of vision I see posts of people selling their gifts. I can’t. Words can’t describe this feeling.

After the show we were told we could collect it outside. Here there everywhere. Finally it’s the information booths. Lined up. Got yelled at more. Then they just told us all to go bc there were no gifts.

And then as I’m walking out to get further away enough to get a cab. I see this small group. Who have two each. They just took extra.

I felt sick to my stomach.

This feeling is awful. Awful. I cried the whole cab ride. I’m still sobbing.

I would never wish this experience on anyone.

The apologies should come from staff who were not communicating with each other and the organisation who did not factor in what a mass of up to 80k would look like trying to bottle neck to into entrances.

BTS was everything. Seeing them was everything. I got Normal Korean version, Paldogangsan, Ma City and One More Night. It almost makes up for everything else. Almost.

[BTS_official @bts_bighit]

[#2026BTSFESTA]
20130613 Congratulations BTS🎉

#BTS #방탄소년단
#BTS13thAnniversary

[afrin⁷ 🪭 ia exams @skjnition]

the concert is an hour delayed and BTS are still waiting backstage and have been ready since 6 PM, and are waiting with us when the show will start because some ARMYs are still stuck outside the venue. Busan's management is such a mess.

[Sara 2.0 @SaraBangtan07]

I really wish their company would get some cultural advisors. Just as a hiatus does not always mean a pause, 낭만 does not translate well as romance. When 🐨 refers to SWIM as as a song with 낭만, it’s more akin to saying that the song is poetic

[beach?⁷⟭⟬ᴱ ᴬᴿᴱ ᴮ⟬⟭ᶜᴷ @btsworlddomm]

Arirang Streams - 09/06/2026

All songs increased except for Swim.

Can we increase again today? Arirang is only 25.6M streams away from reaching 3B streams, we did 25.86M just last Wednesday.

Let's give our best effort to do it again today so we can hit this record sooner!

[Carolyne🌱⁷⁼¹ @mhereonlyforbts]

JUNGKOOK WORDS FOR THE PSYCHO SASAENGS:

🐰:I wasn't telling you to camp out near my house. I'm seriously going to report/expose you*
🐰Don’t come to my house please. Do you get it? You can’t go out if you enter my home’s parking lot. Unless I don’t open it you’re trapped inside it. There’s a cctv everything is being checked
🐰even nowadays there are sasaengs in front of my house, that's enough coming you bastards.don't cross the line, you creep

HE HAS STATED COUNTLESS TIMES TO RESPECT HIS PRIVACY, WHY YOU CANT RESPECT HIM?! :(

[BTS_official @bts_bighit]

2026 BTS FESTA Timeline

#BTS #방탄소년단
#2026BTSFESTA
#BTS13thAnniversary

[Zach Sang Show @ZachSangShow]

Ryan Tedder on how involved BTS is in their music

[⦿ ☰ ☲ Fran⁷ ARIRANG ᥇𝕥ડ ꪗꫀꪖ𝕣 '26 @wanderingFranzi]

If anyone wants to hype on weverse. 🫂💜🫂

[bangtan⁷ | ⊙⊝⊜ @archvofbangtan]

Namjoon about Swim💜

🐨: Next is “Swim,” and honestly, I really love this song. I think a lot of people were probably disappointed by it. Like, it’s not exciting in the way “Dynamite” was, and it’s not an intense hip-hop performance track like “Hooligan” or “2.0,” so some people probably thought, “Why did they release such a subdued, low-energy song?”
🐨: But the reality is simple: No better song than “Swim” came out. We never originally intended for “Swim” to be the title track. But we had to think about radio play too, whether the song would have longevity, versatility, and lasting appeal. And in the end, “Swim” was the only song that checked all those boxes.
🐨: Honestly, I think title tracks themselves barely mean anything anymore these days. There’s more of a “lead single” concept now. Especially in American pop music, there really isn’t this rigid “title track” idea anymore.
🐨: So what made me really happy after “Arirang” came out was that it wasn’t just “Swim” getting attention. Of course Jungkook charting happened and ARMY worked incredibly hard streaming and supporting, but I also loved seeing “Body to Body” becoming a hot topic “Hooligan” getting talked about, “2.0” getting attention, even “Normal” being discussed. For an idol group album, it’s honestly really hard for so many tracks from the same album to all get talked about and chart simultaneously.
🐨: Maybe “Swim” felt less sonically stimulating compared to the others, but I was still so happy that the album as a whole was getting that much discussion and love.
🐨: Writing the lyrics for “Swim” took a really long time. And honestly, it feels sad to say this in 2026, but I wanted this to become a meaningful song too. Since it became the title track — because no stronger radio song than “Swim” came out — I wanted it to carry meaning.
🐨: The truth is, I’m actually not very good at swimming. But I think I started seeing life itself as swimming. Even during military service, counting down days one by one… waiting, wandering, just swimming forward through each day, one breath at a time. That’s why this song feels really sad to me. To me, it feels like the song of BTS in their thirties:
becoming more mature, building deeper rapport with fans, living more adult lives,
each person carrying their own life forward.
🐨: So lyrically and emotionally, this song means a lot to me personally. Of course, maybe it would’ve been nice if there had been an even better title track. But I think this is the kind of song that will stay with me for a very long time.
Honestly, I wish it received even more love.
🐨: Of course, performance is such an important part of who we are, and BTS grew from intense hip-hop sounds and powerful performances, so I understand why some people might find “Swim” underwhelming.
🐨: But for me… “Swim” is the kind of song I’d want to hear at my own grave someday. It sounds like a love song, but it’s also about life itself. I wanted it to feel open enough to be interpreted both ways. Looking at “you” beneath the moon and the sharks — that “you” could be someone I love, the fans, myself, or even my own life.
🐨: I think it’s a very rare song that contains all kinds of emotions together, joy, anger, sorrow, happiness. So yeah… that’s what “Swim” is to me. Personally, I just wish more people would love it a little more. And honestly, after finishing this album, I think I came to a sad conclusion: people don’t really listen to lyrics anymore. So if anyone hears what I’m saying now, I hope they’ll go back and look a little more deeply at what we were trying to say through this album. That’s my personal wish.
🐨: I still have a lot more I want to say about “Swim,” and I think I’ll probably keep talking about it in the future too.
But anyway, I really love this song. I also really loved the “Keep Swimming” campaign. Because honestly, life isn’t all that extraordinary. There are happy days, sad days… and all of us are just swimming forward one day at a time.