Unboxing: BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage in the US Digital Code Box Set

My BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage in the US Digital Code Box Set arrived a couple weeks ago!

Obviously, it's been a while since BigHit released a concert tour box set — the last one was just over a year ago with BTS World Tour: 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' [The Final], which actually occurred in 2019 — since, you know, the pandemic happened and then they went on a group hiatus to focus on solo projects, and now all of them have enlisted for their mandatory military service. While not a full tour, Permission to Dance: On Stage was a series of concerts that were held in Los Angeles in November/December 2021, and then in Las Vegas in April 2022. (I had major FOMO from not being able to go to any of the Los Angeles shows, but I got a presale code for the Las Vegas shows, so I did manage to go to the April 16 show at Allegiant Stadium. In fact, I made a whole long weekend out of it.)

BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage in the US Digital Code Box Set — Outer Box

This set is available in Digital Code format only. (I guess BigHit realized that no one really uses DVD or Blu-ray players anymore and it wasn't worth producing different sets for them.) The Digital Code format enables streaming the video content through Weverse on PC, tablet, or smartphone, rather than using an external disc drive. (You register for the content through a QR code, hence Digital Code format. Once the QR Code is scanned, your device will bring you directly to Weverse, where you'll have to log in to your Weverse account. If you don't already have one, then you will have to sign up for one. From there, you just accept the terms and the content will be available to you through Purchased Media > Digital Code.) On Weverse Shop Global, this set retails for ₩77,000 (or $63.14 USD or ¥9,625 — I am currently using JPY for all my purchases on Weverse Shop because it is much more advantageous when converting to CAD right now).

The BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage in the US Digital Code Box Set is packaged in a bright orange outer box with multicoloured accents and features cut-outs on the front. The physical contents of this set are as follows:

• Digital Code Tag
• Member Photo Charm + Frame (randomized 1 of 7)
• Photobook — Los Angeles
• Photobook — Las Vegas
• Photocard Set (7 each)
• Accordion Folding Photo Card
• Postcard + Frame Stand Set

BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage in the US Digital Code Box Set — Digital Code Tag + Member Photo Charm (Jin)

The digital contents of this set are as follows:

Making Of Films

• Permission to Dance: On Stage in Los Angeles Practice & Rehearsal Sketch
• Permission to Dance: On Stage in Los Angeles D-Day Sketch
• Permission to Dance: On Stage in Los Angeles Interview
• Permission to Dance: On Stage in Las Vegas Practice & Rehearsal Sketch
• Permission to Dance: On Stage in Las Vegas D-Day Sketch

Permission to Dance: On Stage in Los Angeles — 1st Concert at SoFi Stadium

1. ON
2. FIRE
3. Dope
4. DNA
5. Blue & Grey
6. Black Swan
7. Medley: Blood Sweat & Tears + Fake Love + Life Goes On
8. Boy With Luv
9. Dynamite
10. Butter
11. Medley: Airplane Pt. 2 + Silver Spoon (Baepsae) + Dis-ease + Telepathy
12. Stay
13. So What
14. Medley: I Need U + Save Me
15. IDOL
16. We are Bulletproof: The Eternal
17. Permission to Dance

Permission to Dance: On Stage in Las Vegas — Last Concert at Allegiant Stadium

1. ON
2. FIRE
3. Dope
4. DNA
5. Blue & Grey
6. Black Swan
7. Medley: Blood Sweat & Tears + Fake Love + Life Goes On
8. Boy With Luv
9. Dynamite
10. Butter
11. Telepathy
12. Wings
13. Medley: Stay + So What
14. IDOL
15. Medley: Anpanman + Go Go
16. Permission to Dance

BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage in the US Digital Code Box Set — Photocard Set
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage in the US Digital Code Box Set — Accordion Folding Photo Card
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage in the US Digital Code Box Set — Postcard + Frame Stand Set
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage in the US Digital Code Box Set — Postcard + Frame Stand Set
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage in the US Digital Code Box Set — Pre-order Gift: Polaroid Photo Set

I'm so glad that the concert they filmed for streaming in Las Vegas was the same one I actually went to in person because it makes my memories of that show more vivid and nostalgic. And I can re-live it again and again — close-up and in 4K — because the Day 4 (April 16) show in Las Vegas ended up being their last concert as a group outside of Korea before they announced their group hiatus. Now we're just waiting patiently for 2025 so we can see them together again. You can be damn sure, however, that I will pay any amount short of the cost of a new car to go to their first reunion tour.