You know what. Your comments encouraged me to speak up. But this post is gonna be months of accumulated frustration and anger and it's probably not gonna come accross well and I'm probably gonna offense people. Maybe letting it out will help me in a way. I'm gonna let it out and say fuck off to decorum. You can label me whatever the fuck you want bcs I seriously don't even know where I stand. I just know I am a fan of bangtan and most particularly jikook.
So today's concert was...something right?
First, we couldn't see shit. I saw people say "there was fog" yeah the same fog the dancers put up themselves LOL and the lighting was bad too. It was dark. And what should have been lit up was not. The camera work was bad too bcs they weren't even properly focussing on the members when they sang. I wanted to see Jimin & Jungkook but I feel I barely saw them.
This whole concert energy was off because there was no dancing. The 360° stage was useless because they just used it to stand around. Or walk. It was the walking concert. And even when the members didn't walk, the background dancers walked instead. What even the fuck was this staging with the moving lightsticks and the screens and sheets and??? It didn't feel professional at all.
Everybody on this fucking planet is saying it was because of the rain but no guys it wasn't. If you read the BangPD article yesterday you would know that this man convinced the members they were old and above choreo, that all they had to do was "stand there and it was enough" but as we so today no BangPD it wasn't enough because the concert energy today was so fucking low I never seen a crowd so weak and Jimin even looked around like he knew it was off. Because it was boring.
BangPD said that he wanted the songs to stand on their own and for people to enjoy the music but sorry (and argggg my thoughts are all over the place) but this guy prepared this album long before they got out of military bcs "of numbers" he had 100 songs pre-made and forced the members (no, sorry, "asked them" LOL) to make this music bootcamp canceling their plans of free time. (You know that plan that everybody thought was most human, to give them time after military to recuperate) but NO this dude made them cancel their plans and do make some music because MONEY BABY and look at the result? The members being pressurized to their core to create A PRODUCT (And sorry it is a product).
I'm not saying this album is not great because from a technical point it is. Like the songs are great. It is polished. They are good songs. But they feel like a product bcs no time was given to the members to properly make it on their own termes. Like space and time and inspiration or even the decency to let them center themselves.
And now he wants them to stand there and sings these songs but the truth is that the songs AREN'T STRONG ENOUGH for a whole concert without choreo. So the result is just bland.
When was the crowd most hyped? For Mikrokosmos and I need U. The old songs. Because there is a heart connexion there. These songs mean something.
Will the songs for Arirang really mean something?
Maybe for some it will and I will be happy for you. But to me they are to tainted by money and greedy shareholders to hold much weight in my heart. I can listen to them and enjoy them but I have no emotional attachement to them.
And this fucking CEO is pulling ideas out of his ass and pushing it onto them but he has not a single clue of what he is doing.
People say "yeah the members have agency" "they are 30 and grown men" but did you see the meeting at hybe during the documentary?
And did you read the article how BangPD talks about them "I made them scrap the choreo"
"My idea is the best....but it's your choice"
It's fucking manipulation that's what it is. I honestly didn't think it was this bad. And he preys on the emotional vulnerability of the members. They HAD PLANS after military. But they changed all their plans "bcs he asked them". And why? Because they feel like they owe him. They will always have this feeling because this guy made them.
And I don't wanna hear that he cares about their wellbeing because my god no, this guy thinks about money and his own ass. If he cared about them the whole tour would have been thought differently.
The guys kept voicing their hesitation and tried to convince us and themselves like this was the right way to go because they are in a fucking echo chamber in this company.
They keep saying they are old because korean society and idol culture says so. But you know who should tell them otherwise? Because yes they are way above those standards? The company but it doesn't do that bcs the truth is that this company is handling the biggest band in the world and doesn't know what to do with it. They still don't get that they don't have to follow trends (who told them they had to? Who? This insecure guy who is scared they do not have it anymore?). BTS IS THE BIGGEST BAND IN THE WORLD. THEY DON'T NEED TO FOLLOW TRENDS. THEY MAKE THE TRENDS. Can someone tell them please? They seem unaware.
There is nothing that they "have" to do not even tiktoks or whatever the fuck the younglings do these days. That's not even the core fanbase they should target because their fans grew up with them.
Yeah we have supposed to have grown up but apparently it is still ok to push onto people ships from 2014 which doesn't make any sense.
No dancing...but the ships? Taekook? Go ahead.
I know tkkers are loud and the majority of the fandom. There is even more taekookers than people who listens to music. But pushing this ship so blatanly in our faces in a totally unnatural way is childish AND DESTRUCTIVE.
You know it's not like the tkkers bring money. Just look at the numbers. Tkkers don't buy the fucking music. They are here fot their fantasy porn only. They are here to hype interactions and hate on Jimin and wreak havoc and harass the members friends and family but no they are not here for the music. So what even the fuck are we doing hybe?
Why did you put your 2 most successful menbers on the backseat of this album?
Why do Jimin and Jungkook barely have lines? Why is Jungkook not center anymore? Why was he barely even there during the documentary? Why during Hooligan MV Jimin was half naked but the cameraman couldn't even film it properly and we had to rely on clips on tl just to see his cute tummy?
Why do you push away the two members who bring you the most money and you cannot bear to have them sit together during promo?
Why is V pushed so much when again, HIS FANS DON'T BRING MONEY TO THIS COMPANY.
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE HYBE. make it make sense.
And you'll probably say I'm a solo or whatever and maybe. But Jimin & Jungkook are my biases and of course I will always notice them and want the best for them. Of course they will always be my priority in this band.
And then they have the audacity to present us a RUN BTS concept that is not RUN BTS at all because I guess the members didn't want to do it (their schedule didn't align you see...but aren't they together for the next year?? What?) So they will do concepts that mildly interested them and oh yeah "units" (thanks hybe I see what you are). Well we'll never see jikook together that is for sure. And honestly I'd rather have them have free time and see their friends or whatever than creating content for the sake of it when they are not even that excited about it (Oh yes but money so "they have to"..)
And you know my dream of seeing them at their full potential I think I can kiss it goodbye because some asshole convinced them THEY ARE SO OLD (ancient) and like they are above all that.
Jimin & Jungkook being above choreo?
That is their whole reason for being. They are born to be on stage. And we are being robbed of them IN THEIR PRIME. Yes this is their prime. Like??? 30 is perfect age. And you're telling me they're quitting dancing NOW?
No wonder JK keeps making tiktoks. No wonder JM danced during I need U. Do not tell me these two do not want to dance because I will not believe you!
I thought this kind of transition would happen in years and years and in the meantime the choreos would be thought more intelligently to be able to sustain concerts and tour.
Like there was a middle ground somewhere that we just skipped entirely.
I swear to you this article coming out last night one day before the concert was no coincidence at all.
And yet western artists continue to dance until way older age and yet this guy makes it sound like they are finished? Is this a joke?
And I'm sorry but the "music for healing" is long gone. It's "music for the shareholders now".
I don't know if you remember in the past the 7 being together and making music put us in such high vibration. There was something magical there. And even the fandom was more united. We all breathed the same songs in love and harmony.
And people say we need to grow up with them. But what does growing up means? Truly?
Seeing the members barely holding it together last year? Seeing them doubt constantly and being sad and not sleeping? Seeing day after day this fandom being A WAR ZONE with toxic haters and tkkers everywhere wreaking havoc? Going through hell day after day?
And now that they are back together we're supposed to get back to this high vibe pretending like nothing happened? Like everything IS JUST FINE because they are doing their best and together? And of course the members are doing their best and I am not putting any blame on them. They are in SUCH an impossible situation. But I'm supposed to think that because they are together it's already precious and I should have no expectations? It's impossible to have no expectations at all! Especially with how much they hyped how "shocking" it was gonna be. Yeah so far the comeback shocked me in a bad way but I'm not sure it was intented??? What do they even mean more mature? They are pushing ships from 2014! Is this what mature means? What even the fuck?
But what is fucked up is this whole situation. This company, the society they live in, money greed above all. The fandom being what it is.
And yeah they won't be able to please everyone and no if this continues I won't be one who will be pleased. I canceled my tickets for the saturday show in cinema.
Like I do not want to watch this concert again it's to tell you how bad I think it was.
And people will say "I am ungrateful" but NO because I know how hard they work and like everything I laid out here isn't even their fault.
The truth is they are in a too little of a pond with a company that doesn't know how to handle the biggest stars in the world and who doesn't even attempt at branching out internationally bcs they are too conservative so they are getting squandered and they probably don't even realize it.
Nicole saying "if you wanna go global" dude they were global in 2016 what even are we talking about here.
They also misunderstand their target audience. And the fact they keep pushing tk shows they don't give a flying fuck about the wellbeing of the members or even this fandom at large.
If one day one psychopathic person brings a knife and tries to kill Jimin they'll have only themselves to blame.
So yeah. This is the end of my grievances.
And that may sound very negative and it is, but there has been also good moments during this comeback. Of course I was glad to see the members together. Of course I loved the jikook moments. Of course I was glad for the performances. I was glad to see them smile too.
And I guess that's what keeps me going. It's that overall even if unsure of their direction they seem all fine and smiling and they are doing their jobs. They will keep living their lives. They will do this tour. And they will be fine. And I will try to hold onto that.
But man this is fucked, entirely fucked and it is just hard to accept and process and nod along just knowing how fucked it is.
Don't get me started on jikook's relationship because that's also a whole subject that makes my blood boil.
So yes I have a lot of anger and frustration.
I swear to you guys I really wanna enjoy things lol
I don't know how I am gonna deal with any of this moving forward???????
I told you I care too much
Anyway I'm gonna end this post there and prepare myself for the angry asks in response 🤡
Edit: OH AND I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS FANDOM PRETENDING EVERYTHING IS FINE and always giving positive feeback only so this company sees social media and thinks everything its doing is great so it's a snake biting its tail 🤡 like nobody would tell them their ideas are shit? No? I guess we'll keep getting more bullshit then. Noted. Thank you fandom.

















