🐻 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!
The reason why people think bts doesn’t have gp (which has been disproven by the recent luminate data btw) is because it’s difficult to be into bts and like them a normal amount. You will almost always become an army.
@VmjQIbRjURqjK6o What's even more lovely about this is that this is something he wanted to try - to bring in more vocals into his performances. So nice to see them all try new things!
BTS officially breaks Rolling Stones' seven year boxscore record. The group achieves the biggest monthly gross by a group since the chart began in 2019 ($127.8M), surpassing The Rolling Stones.
It would be so easy at this level of success to think you can do no wrong and have all the answers. Yet, they constantly reflect, question, act in line with their values. It makes me want to be better. To pause and ask questions. To give everything I do my all. Thank you, BTS 💜
I finally got the time to watch the Run BTS dinner and it made me so emotional. @BTS_twt constantly inspire me to live a more deliberately thoughtful life because of the integrity with which they live theirs. That's why we say we're in this Bangtan shit for life.
A lot of ARMY were surprised that Joon thought ARMY might leave or abandon BTS during their military service, & that he became emotional after realizing ARMY were still there waiting for them.
But honestly, Joon and the other BTS members had every reason to feel that way. Do you remember what happened as soon as they enlisted? Many companies, including their own, were busy debuting and promoting new groups, with constant talk about finding the "next BTS". Korean media seemed equally focused on pushing that narrative.
At the same time, boycotters and toxic multis were everywhere, criticizing BTS, dragging their name, and praising others. On top of that, that witch who tried her best to bring them down. Meanwhile, Namjoon was serving in one of the worst military locations near the North Korean border, isolated from his members & the outside world. Other members were also serving separately across the country.
If you were in their position, wouldn’t you have felt the same fears and doubts?
But there is one thing they underestimated: to ARMY, BTS are not just idols who can be easily replaced or forgotten. They are a source of comfort, strength, and countless memories. For many of us, they feel like family, and family cannot be replaced.
I am just so proud of @BTS_twt for continuing to put thought into everything they create when the times don't necessarily demand it. Namjoon had said in THAT festa dinner that they're always sincere, and nothing could be more true.
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I think the world isn't giving BTS enough credits for their incredible storytelling through cinematographic music videos and hauntingly beautiful from their honest emotions, hearts on their sleeves, that even something that is fundamentally monotonous & painful, can be beautiful.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the surprise song segment isn’t meant to be viewed as a performance. it’s a moment between bts and army, a chance to walk down memory lane together.
they’re not trying to put on a perfect show during that part. they’re simply having fun, being themselves, and sharing those memories with us.
so enjoy it for what it is: a special moment.
Grammys added a new category "Best Asian Pop Music Performance" at next year's ceremony..
— "This Category recognizes artistic excellence in Asian pop music performances originating from or widely recognized within Asian markets, including but not limited to K-pop, J-pop and C-pop, with meaningful use of one or more Asian languages. Awards are presented to the performing artist(s)."
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At first they weren’t mainstream enough. Weren’t global enough.
Then bts became the most successful global act across the board, breaking barriers, records, claiming longevity and relevance and still they weren’t “enough”. They were instead used for their reach, used for their name and their global fandom.
Now with Arirang, an album that has yet to reach its peak bc it’s quite literally peaking every single day, an album that has world-renowned producers who worked on it singing praises months after its release, an album about roots, identity, separation, overcoming adversity, resilience, reunion and legacy, an album only 3 months into its existence demanding the level of recognition that can’t be ignored.
So, what do they do to acknowledge it?
They create ridiculous categories in the name of diversity which to me feels like just a fancy word for exclusion.