I sent you a bunch of asks about NewJeans and I felt bad at first that you didn't reply then I noticed you haven't replied to my BTS or Jikook asks either. In fact you don't seem to be posting at all. Is everything okay BPP?
The recent tone from your replies is like you don't like this comeback or you think it is below BTS standard, am I right in thinking this? Are you thinking of unstanning BTS?
No worries if you don't want to answer btw I am just curious. Me I'm trying to focus on the positive for both BTS and Newjeans.
I feel I've said everything I feel the need to say about this comeback, about BTS, about jikook, about Newjeans.
Of all of these I think my pullback from BTS might be the most weird, so I'll talk about it.
Compared to my excitement before the comeback, my response is muted now because I was mostly disappointed - the same sloppification happening in the rest of HYBE unfortunately made its way to BTS despite my best hopes - but I'm happy enough (shout out to Come Over, Like Animals, and 2.0) to remain interested in whatever BTS does in the future. I've never faked it with BTS. If I don't feel it I don't feel it. And with the sort of album Arirang is, with the sort of tour specifics I'm seeing now (no live band, disjointed playthrough, overall bad to average organization, etc), with the kind of non-music content served up (inflated merch prices for mediocre or uninspired products, vlogs that seem more like corporate obligations than genuine sharing - to some degree that's always been the case but it's even more glaring now, etc), I've decided to take what I like from this comeback and step back for now. I feel exactly zero compulsion to obsess or gush over anything related to BTS right now, including jikook. The members also seem to be going through personal transitions and are kind of figuring out the kind of people they want to be with the new level of freedom and wealth at their disposal. I'm observing that too and waiting to see where they land.
Whenever the guys are done with whatever's been going on this era, I'll check back in. Sorry if you've been expecting replies, especially the sorts of in-depths I used to do - I simply don't have it in me to do that lately.
I find very little about this era genuinely exciting. But I have hopes that BTS will eventually wow me because I still believe they genuinely care about music and each other.
Right now though? Their latest stuff simply isn't for me. I gave it time to grow on me. It hasn't, and so I've accepted it's time to check out until the next album.