#dramatw

1. I can take almost everything with a pinch of salt but good lord I cannot tolerate the “COVID is over let’s partyyyy” thing…. I’m from India and we faced so much devastation and loss because of the variant (and our incompetent govt but let’s not get into that) and are currently facing a HUGE vaccine shortage and it’s crazy cuz we know we are not seeing the end of this any time soon. Everyone was like the MV is set in 2022 but it’s still… so insensitive?? I was so angry and I’m still angry at that, it was incredibly uncomfortable to watch

2. The dance is making my head hurt, like butter and dyna had somewhat fun choreography but PTD is a regurgitation of dyna choreo

3. Rap line haven’t even unleashed a 0.01% of their talent on this track 🥴🥴….. I hate to say this but you were spot on when you predicted how the song would be structured. I’m not even gonna talk about vocal line like I’m not sure they actually sang and just fed the lyrics to some freaky AI thing that emulates their voices or something. Jimin sounded so much better live than whatever the heck goes on in the studio version

4. I am still scratching my head HARD on how people manage to defend this song… Reddit and tumblr has shown me reviews that dub the song lukewarm at best but twt obviously is still on its “omg let’s stream” (cuz HYBE has once again organized a streaming party) and I don’t know how they can actually sit and act like this song is good I couldn’t even bear to finish it and I know the majority reviews are the same. I understand personal taste but how can people not posses a single critical thought

5. If they milk this “uwu comfort from pandemic” aesthetic one more time I’m going to seriously reconsider actually listening to their music again because I can’t explain how furious I was with how tone deaf this mv was. And it’s not like they don’t know cuz I’ve heard that SK’s restrictions have once again been tightened cuz the cases are rising, and I know that there’s one country in the world that’s very public ally trying to project the idea that the pandemic is over, so it’s almost like… this whole song… is ONLY for America…

thank you so much for your input! and just know that my heart goes out to india, i know what it's like to be basically left on your own because of the fucking negligence and incompetence of your own government.

literally only the US, some european countries and i guess east asia have any sort of "control" over the pandemic. the global north are the only ones capable of administering vaccines to their population at an efficient rate and i guess this just means south korea is already in the "with the vaccine we're good" mindset cause they have almost half of the population already protected.

lmfao fuck the "this is set in 2022" bullshit we might not make it to 2022 at this rate..... haven't these people heard of the fucking deathly delta strain? the vaccine doesn't protect against the delta strain and the vaccination efforts are so mediocre it allowed this mutation to happen in the first place. because the global south is not being allowed to get vaccines becuase of fucking companies wanting to exploit this disaster.

fuck hybe and fuck columbia idgaf about the intention behind this song pretty words means nothing when the reality is something else. they were the ones who wanted to shove bts into the spotlight and turn them into spokepersons for social issues so if they wanna use this now as an opportunity to get clout off the "the world is healing the pandemic is going to end" kumbayah bullshit they can fuck off cause that is so out of touch with reality i have no idea how this got approved and made it past the editing room

For those who are so priviliaged (me included) that they have time and energy to spend on other things, but then CHOOSE to be hateful. I'm sorry.

For those who continue to feed the fire, instead of pledging to ignore, AND fix the problem that may have caused this to arrive. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry:

For anything that caused you to be hateful.

For what may have happened in your past that you and I have no control over.

For the support you get while being hateful.

For the extreme hate you get for not being peaceful, instead of being treated with patience.

I am not sorry for:

Using these as an excuse to never change.

I don't want to talk about this, because it's not only my issue to fight, and there SHOULD be something so so so more important in our minds right now. But hell, I get swept away in drama if I choose to. I can get pretty negative if I choose to.

It's our choices to decide who we want to see on our dash, and whose blogs we go lurking on. Keep yourself disciplined, and know your limits.

Be kind to each other at the very least.

there's really people throwing their masks away at the end??

oh yeah. totally not a fucking tone deaf decision

i already watched it??? it's still tone deaf to do this when it's a theoretical covid free future far in the nonexistent distance while the present time is completely different from that. people are dying every day, more so than before because of the delta strain.

Look this is my problem😭😭.

he said something good, personally to me, coming from a misogynistic ass nightmare of a country a celeb of his caliber saying he supports feminism would spark so much outrage (please don’t steam roll over this, it’s factual: there have been multiple incidents where celebs in my country were forced to apologize after saying they are feminists) IT IS bare minimum but it’s certainly going to create dialogue if a high scale celeb says it and so it’s not like what he said isn’t going to have any effect at all BUT the fandom acting like this is The Rapture and hyping a man up so fucking high for doing the bare minimum is going to be my joker origin story. HOW DARE YOU all act like this is something brave and courageous to do when a plethora of feminist activists fight for gender equality RISKING their lives!!? HOW DARE YOU act like this is the final answer to feminism in SK when there are plenty of women in that country still waiting for a painfully long time to have their abusers prosecuted??? The president was right there!! If he was the feminist icon y’all hype him up to be he would have had the spine to AT LEAST discuss the pathetic situation of women’s rights in SK especially as an envoy for SDG which includes gender equality as one of its goals.

well I don't think this is a great achievement or anything to be applauded so yeah armys really will hype bts up for anything even if that's the bare minimum. but they're conveniently silent about the racism in their own fandom?? did they forget armys fucking DOXXED black people on twt after yoongi sampled a genocidal cult leader in his mixtape? and then he fucking hid behind a company statement? did they ever acknowledge the cultural appropriation of native american items that happened less than a year ago and all throughout dynamite promotions??? did they ever acknowledge that their partnership with hyundai made them complicit in humanizing a fucking murder robodog that is used by police and military forces 😭 so yeah miss me with that bullshit

also I can't even see the tweet you linked lmfao 😹😹

I adored BTS for standing tall, for always marking their own space wherever they went. A song would come on and people would be like “ah yes that’s bangtan” but lately it feels like some of that has been lost along the way along this mission to take over the American industry and then I wonder: do BTS really have no say in what their management does? That can’t be because then every rhetoric they’ve put out about being open with their company and decisions would be false. So BTS themselves want this, which is fine I guess… but it’s just not something I can align myself with.

Anyway, I love BTS, I’ve grown up with them and I’ve watched them grow and I want nothing but the best for them. They seem like good people too. But a part of me is actually quite disappointed with this direction and I’m also disappointed in the fans for defending it so blindly. Loving someone doesn’t mean you have to agree with all their actions and that you shouldn’t criticize where criticisms are due. Too many stans these days see one tiny criticism and start calling you an anti. (This got long im sorry I usually am on stan twt where voicing such opinions is a sure fire way to get suspended)

kpop idols have very little agency to dictate their careers, it doesn't matter what they tell you. it doesn't matter who they are. shinee are owners of sm shares the same way as bts and yet kibum has never been shy to comment on how they're barely able to do whatever they want with creative freedom. ofc contracts vary and saying this is not the same as saying bts are puppets completely controlled by hybe,,, but they have contractual obligations and they can't walk out on them. that includes releasing content they don't agree with on a personal level.

i think hybe benefits a lot from the "bts are independent and do whatever they want" narrative the same way they benefit from the self produced narrative and the underdog narrative. that's why they will keep pedaling it and it's not like the boys are allowed to just say whatever is happening is against their will. that will never happen. ever. both because of legal reasons and also because i truly believe that bts are thankful and loyal to hybe. it's a matter of opportunity costs. will they be better off in another label or will they stay in the label that made them and create opportunities for themselves as the years go by? i would choose the latter.