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@BTS_twt 🇻🇳🇰🇷🇺🇸 | 탱탱볼 enthusiasm l

[may★彡 👑 @sjinsaltedfish]

Ohmmmmmmyyyyyyyyggghghhhhhhhgggggggggdhdhsjsixudbslsogbdsisgshdbxidjdbdidhdifjfiri - BTS 2020

[isa @solmerv]

BTS are ridiculous as hell for having these two visuals in one group.

[sena. @bysenajpg]

nice try, welcome back hyyh yoongi.

[jin files @seokjinfile]

OT7 🎞️

[jin files @seokjinfile]

OT7 🪞

[BTS_official @bts_bighit]

[#오늘의방탄]
260510 BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' IN MEXICO CITY

#방탄소년단 #BTS #BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG
#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_NA
#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_CDMX

[BTS_official @bts_bighit]

[#오늘의방탄]
260417 BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' IN JAPAN

#방탄소년단 #BTS #BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG
#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_JAPAN

[⁷ @teeheehyung]

BTS is playing a long game, not a fandom-validation game. What RM said today is the new direction & BEST direction for a once in a life time-act like BTS. let me break it down longevity in music & creative field for you:

first, “artists have to listen to fans to last” ; NOPE. the artists who only follow fan demand plateau fast. real longevity comes from evolution. look at acts that lasted decades; they didn’t loop nostalgia, they kept shifting their sound and identity. when you keep recycling past eras, you stop giving people a reason to stay curious. the audience already knows that version of you; there’s no tension, no evolution, no story moving forward. and in music, once curiosity dies, so does momentum.

“gaining new fans is tough with their new direction” ; it’s always tough bro. but that’s exactly why they’re pivoting. you don’t grow by feeding only existing fans, you grow by expanding your sound and reach. nostalgia might bring people back short-term, but it won’t build the next phase of their career. and BTS is too unique to be boxed in short term success. they are meant for expansion.

and the biggest flaw: “bring back old armys through nostalgia.” that’s a TRAP. once an artist starts relying on past eras to retain fans, they stop progressing. that’s how careers STALL. performing old songs? sure. building your direction around them? that’s regression. if bts kept feeding only what old fans miss, they’d be performing a version of themselves they’ve already outgrown. that’s not longevity, that’s maintenance. and maintenance doesn’t expand reach.

nothing will sound like “old BTS.” that’s the point. longevity in a creative field isn’t built on repeating what worked. it’s going to look rocky right now, that’s part of it. shifts always feel unstable before they make sense. fans will disagree, push back, say it’s not working, because they’re comparing it to what’s familiar. real transitions aren’t smooth. they’re messy, uncomfortable, and misunderstood at first. so I am choosing to not reach to conclusions too fast.

they’re not discarding fans, they’re refusing to be controlled by them. nostalgia keeps you loved for what you were. evolution is what makes you matter for what you become. and yk what, bts has served this fandom for 10 years no pause. and I want to back my seven this time and see what they do, so if you cannot, that's your problem. there are always other acts to support.

[mehreen⁷ @taytanniess]

this reddit post really said it all… speak your truth queen!!

[hope⁷ @winnttaebear]

Seven

[ajk ⋆ @archiveforJK]

photographer alexi lubomirski just shared some of the back cover pictures of the 'ARIRANG' vinyls in HD. (thread) ♡

[rkive @rkivethetic]

BET YOU STOPPED SCROLLING

[BTS Thailand @BTS_Thailand]

[📸] BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG
Photo by BIGHIT MUSIC / Netflix

#RM #JIN #SUGA #jhope

#BTSLiveonNetflix  #บังทันxNetflix 
#BTS #방탄소년단 #BTS_ARIRANG
#BTS_SWIM #KEEPSWIMMING

[BTS_official @bts_bighit]

BTS 'ARIRANG' Album Photoshoot Sketch
@ (https://t.co/QioraqDPIB)

#BTS #방탄소년단 #BTS_ARIRANG

[BTS_official @bts_bighit]

BTS 'SWIM' MV Photo Sketch
@ (https://t.co/TNQ3CkpYSf)

#BTS #방탄소년단 #BTS_ARIRANG
#BTS_SWIM #KEEPSWIMMING

[everythingoes ⊙⊝⊜ @xdebbsxx]

“i’m obsessed”

[jayvee @uarmyvibe]

uarmyhope liked this photo of himself at manila concert

[A LITTLE BRAVER 🐬 @ALittleBraver92]

250415 🛝

#방탄소년단진 #김석진 #석진 #진 #BTSJIN #Jin #환장의케미 #대환장기안장

[BIGHIT MUSIC @BIGHIT_MUSIC]

정국 (Jung Kook) 'Seven' Campaign Short Film

#정국 #JungKook #JungKook_Seven

[BN @_boxxo]

예전에 그렸던 거지만... 레몬 사탕 물고 있는 한수영. #orv

[방탄소년단 @BTS_twt]

우리 형 내꺼~🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
#진형생일ㅊㅋ
#아미질투유발
#HappyJINday
#석진에게_아미사랑_월척