Photolog 2020: Day 232 of 366

Opened Box #3 out of my mass BTS merch delivery from Monday, and inside today's box was the BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package! The Special Package is the limited edition set that includes all five Graphic Lyrics books in the series. What are Graphic Lyrics, you ask? They're illustration books featuring stories from the BTS Universe, which is the fictional storyline that runs throughout BTS' music videos and short films. Each book is based on a BTS song and features the lyrics of that song, and all five volumes feature a different illustration style and layout format.

  BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package
BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Outer Box 
BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package
BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Vol. 1: A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone
BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Vol. 1: A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone
The first volume is A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone. (This song is from BTS' 2017 album, You Never Walk Alone.) This book features the beginning of the BTS Universe storyline and serves as the introduction of the seven boys and how they got together. This is the only "normal" layout format of the five volumes.

BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Vol. 2: Save Me
BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Vol. 2: Save Me
The second volume is Save Me. (This song is from BTS' 2016 album, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever.) This book features J-Hope and Jimin's storylines from the BTS Universe. It features illustrated vellum paper inserts throughout the whole book. This one's my personal favourite.

BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Vol. 3: House of Cards
BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Vol. 3: House of Cards
The third volume is House of Cards. (This song is from BTS' 2015 album, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2. The full-length version of this song is found on their 2016 album, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever.) This book features Jungkook and Suga's storylines from the BTS Universe. It's the only volume in the set that has a vertical layout, with pages flipped to the top and read from top to bottom.

  BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Vol. 4: Run
BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Vol. 4: Run
The fourth volume is Run. (This song is from BTS' 2015 album, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2.) This book features RM and V's storylines from the BTS Universe. This is the only volume that has a horizontal orientation, and is short and wide. It features extended fold-out illustration pages.

  BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Vol. 5: Butterfly
BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Vol. 5: Butterfly
The fifth volume is Butterfly. (This song is from BTS' 2015 album, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2.) This book features the BTS Universe from Jin's point of view. It is the only volume that features 1/3 cuts in its pages.

BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Illustration Cards 
BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Sticker Sheets
BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — File Folders and Music Sheet Notebooks
BTS Graphic Lyrics Special Package — Drawing Pad
And, naturally, as it's a special edition set, it comes with a whole slew of goodies as well, including matching illustration cards, illustration stickers, file folders and music sheet notebooks in the case cloth colours, and a huge blank drawing pad that matches the outer box design. (Basically, I have enough notebooks for years. Maybe decades.) What I love about these books, aside from the fact that they're STUNNING, is that they're such a unique idea. I've seen lyrics in graphic form, adorning artwork and clothing and posters. But to have full song lyrics in beautifully illustrated books, each one capturing a different story within a singular fictional universe? And making it not only marketable, but coveted? (The Special Package sold out within 30 minutes, y'all.) Only BTS, man. The creative geniuses at Big Hit have done it again.