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.
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Just gonna say, be careful how you describe this 'barking' action. It was popularized here in US back in late '80s w/ Arsenio Hall Show—a groundbreaking moment for Black culture, first Black late night host. It wasn't male only, crude, cheap nor "sh*t"; it was complimentary hype for an entertainer & united cultures back then. You may not like it, but calling 'sh*t' as someone did is bit much.
As for concerts, it's not happening after every song as they trying to suggest cuz let's be real if it were twt would be on fire abt it. Cuz no one here can keep anything to themselves for 5sec much less if it was overwhelmingly happening after every song. At HoTS, it was during breaks (while he drank or before a ment) & stopped when he spoke...unless he encouraged. J-Hope name chants far outnumbered barks easily.
Jin himself said he enjoyed it when he first heard it in Anaheim. And of the concert clips seen from US stops thus far barking isn't being heard in every clip. So yeah, concert name chant culture hasn't been completely replaced by barking. Quoting that clip to suggest he's not hearing name chanted anymore? Seems a bit disingenuous & w/ way some speaking on it starting to feel like another dig at US ARMY/concerts. We may each individually have our feelings abt it but no need to try to stretch truth ["after every song"] abt what's happening at concerts🤔