🐻 We feel really grateful for your welcoming hearts, but we'd like you to refrain from coming to the hotel if possible. We don't really want to share where we're staying and it affects our condition for the concert and so we make this request of you. And as we go on our tour, it's really important to us to be able to try out delicious restaurants, walk along streets, and comfortably enjoy those countries. I hope there won't be any more times when you come to our hotels. We ask for your understanding!
YOONGI RAPPING HIS VERSE IN 'MA CITY' (ft. taehyung dsdjdjd) WORD FOR WORD OH MY GOD SDKSKDJJS 😭💘 and his smile afterwards?! he was so so so happy i'm gonna CRY
I watched FESTA 2022 and FESTA 2026 back-to-back, and was it one of the best decisions I've made in my life? Yes.
I could finally see what Hobi was talking about when he said, “I think we should spend some time apart, to learn how to be one again.” Looking at them today, it really reflects in everything they've become.
I remember Namjoon talking about finding who they were as individuals and how their solo music might strengthen Bangtan's overall music. He wasn't wrong. Their adventures as solo artists really did shape Arirang and what BTS 2.0 looks like today. You can see pieces of their individual journeys in what they're creating together now.
One thing that stayed with me from the 2022 dinner was Namjoon saying, “It feels wrong even to say that we're exhausted.”I'm glad now they're taking things slow and moving at their own pace. I'm glad they're making memories that will stay in their heads and hearts, memories that aren't constantly filled with pressure, high emotions, or trauma. They look lighter somehow, and that makes me happy.
They said, “Trust us. Stay with us. Be with us.”
And we did.
It doesn't matter if you joined ARMY yesterday, during Chapter 2, or before the 2022 dinner. You did. We trusted them, and they trusted us. Looking back now, I think that's what makes all of this so emotional. They asked us to believe in them when the future felt uncertain, and four years later, we're here watching it all unfold exactly the way they said it would.
I don't know. Watching FESTA 2022 and FESTA 2026 back-to-back just made me feel grateful. Grateful that they took that time. Grateful that they chose themselves for a while. And grateful that we all got to witness them learn how to be one again.💜