BTS FESTA 2024: Message from Jin — June 13, 2024 on Weverse Live

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(Image source: BTS Official X)
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(Image source: BTS Official X)

The way my eyes immediately started tearing up with the first line of "My Universe." 🥹

Jin, thank you for coming out to celebrate Festa with us. Even though you were just discharged yesterday and were so nervous to meet us again, your presence was such a precious gift. I'm so glad you're finally home. 💜

JIN IS BACK!

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IT'S OFFICIAL!!! 

GOD, I LOVE THIS FAMILY. 2025 CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. 😭😭😭 

BTS FESTA 2024: BTS Live Streaming — 2024 BANGBANGCON

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Ooooohhhhhh, a fine selection this year (including a serious throwback!). You know, I own all of these on DVD (I've watched The Wings Tour: The Final a sickening amount of times) but it's still exciting to me to watch them all over again. There's something special about watching BTS concerts during Festa. (It's like Christmas, but for ARMY!) Totally worth being nocturnal this weekend.

Jungkook — GOLDEN Live on Stage

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(Photo source: BTS Official Twitter)
(Photo source: BTS Official Twitter)
(Photo source: BTS Official Twitter)

1. Standing Next to You
2. Yes or No
3. Somebody
4. Closer to You
5. 3D
6. GCF in Budapest
7. Hate You
8. Shot Glass of Tears
9. Too Sad to Dance
10. Please Don't Change
11. Seven
12. Magic Shop
13. Still With You

Ooof, well worth waking up early for. Each song sounded amazing live, but the one that surprised me the most was "Somebody," which was actually one of my least favourite songs when I first heard it and is now one of my Top 5 on GOLDEN. (I initially thought there was too much voice manipulation on the recording to make his voice sound that deep, but that is his actual voice. It's incredible. He can literally make himself sound like a completely different singer.) I also thought he'd go with "Euphoria" for his encore, but he chose "Magic Shop" which immediately brought back memories of their Love Yourself and Speak Yourself tours, and I found myself starting to tear up out of sheer nostalgia. (God, I can't wait until 2025.) "Still With You" was the perfect song to end with — not just because she showcases his incredible vocals on it, but for the sentiment and the fact that he wrote this song specifically for ARMY. He could easily go on a world tour if he added some of his BTS solo songs and I would pay an exorbitant amount of money for those tickets. 

Agust D | SUGA Tour: D-DAY: THE FINAL — Day 3

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(Image source: BTS Official Twitter)
(Image source: BTS Official Twitter)
(Image source: BTS Official Twitter)

This was undoubtedly the most emotional and most meaningful concert of the Agust D D-DAY Tour and I am so glad this is the one I got a live streaming ticket for. With both Hobi and Jin taking the day off from military duties to attend, and RM performing "Strange" as well as a new, unreleased song, we have come full circle — all seven members were in attendance for this tour, and ended with BTS' founding fathers coming together for Yoongi's last solo concert before enlistment. 

Yoongi started crying during "Snooze" and throughout "Dear My Friend," and all ARMY watching, myself included, collectively cried with him. For me, it's especially heartbreaking to see Yoongi cry because he's usually so stoic and rarely shows his emotions so openly. You could tell how much this concert, this tour, his music, and his fans mean to him. He finally revealed his '7' tattoo on his left shoulder, right next to the scar from his surgery — a poignant reminder of his motorcycle accident, the accident that caused him so much mental and physical pain for over a decade — and said goodbye to us while walking through the same door featured in "Amygdala," showing us that he is finally free. It was the perfect ending to this tour.

And with that, he can officially put Agust D to rest.

At the Theatre: Agust D | SUGA D-DAY Tour in Japan — Live Viewing

So, I went with Iris to watch the live viewing of the SUGA | Agust D D-DAY Tour in Japan in theatres this evening. It was everything I wanted it to be and more. The setlist was fucking amazing:

1. Haegeum
2. Daechwita
3. Agust D
4. Give it to Me
5. Trivia: Seesaw
6. SDL
7. People
8. People Pt. 2
9. Moonlight
10. Burn It
11. Interlude: Shadow
12. Cypher Pt. 3: Killer / Cypher 4 / UGH! / Ddaeng / HUH?!
13. Life Goes On
14. Snooze
15. Polar Night
16. Amygdala
17. D-Day
18. Intro: Nevermind
19. The Last

It was the perfect mix of old and new songs, of mellow and aggressive songs, of Agust D and Suga. It covered a myriad of moods: sadness, anger, frustration, comfort. Even the VCRs — which featured an intricate storyline of Agust D vs. Suga vs. Min Yoongi — were detailed, intriguing, and beautifully shot. I've always known Yoongi to be an incredible musician, performer, and artist, but he's overwhelmingly impressive as a solo artist. His raw emotion, aggression, sincerity, and lyrical power are nothing short of electrifying. 

Anyway. I have a massive crush on Yoongi now, so.

BTS FESTA 2023: BTS Live Streaming 2023 BANGBANGCON

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BANGBANGCON IS BACK! This time, they're going to be streaming 5th Muster Magic Shop and Muster Sowoozoo back-to-back starting at 11:00PM EDT tonight, and then Map of the Soul ON:E a couple hours later (7:00AM EDT is way too early for me on a Saturday, but I already own the VOD so it's not a big deal for me to skip it). Technically, I own all of these on DVD so I can watch them anytime, but there's just something about ARMYs all over the world live streaming at the same time that makes them hit differently. If you've never watched these before or if you missed out on buying the boxsets or if you simply just wanna stream with ARMYs globally to join in on the fun, now's your chance!

World Expo 2030 Busan Korea Concert: BTS Yet to Come in Busan — Live Viewing

BTS Yet to Come in Busan
BTS Yet to Come in Busan
BTS Yet to Come in Busan
BTS Yet to Come in Busan
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Okay, so I stayed up until 7:30AM livestreaming the BTS Yet to Come in Busan concert and I have NO REGRETS. It was SPECTACULAR. Once again, BTS has reminded us why they're top performers and the biggest artist in the world. First of all, the set list was incredible:

1. MIC Drop
2. Run BTS
3. Run
4. Save ME
5. Butterfly
6. 00:00 (Zero O'Clock)
7. UGH!
8. Cypher Pt. 3: Killer
9. Dynamite
10. Boy with Luv
11. Butter
12. Ma City
13. Dope
14. FIRE
15. IDOL
16. Epilogue: Young Forever
17. For Youth
18. Spring Day
19. Yet to Come

BTS Yet to Come in Busan
BTS Yet to Come in Busan — "MIC Drop"
BTS Yet to Come in Busan — "Run BTS"
BTS Yet to Come in Busan — "Run BTS"

• WE FINALLY GOT TO SEE "RUN BTS" LIVE AND IT HAS A FULL CHOREO AND IT WAS INSANE AND DEAR GOD I HOPE THEY RELEASE THE DANCE PRACTICE.
• I also can't believe we got "Cypher Pt. 3"! I don't think they've performed this live since I became an ARMY six years ago. It was so fucking good. Rapline fucking slayed this.
• THE LIVE BAND!!! So, so, so, so good!
• Surprised and somewhat disappointed that "Born Singer" didn't make it on the set list, especially since they re-released this song officially for Proof, and it's the first song on the album, too.
• They made up for it with "Young Forever" and "Spring Day," though. Always gets us in the feels, especially with that beautiful ocean of ARMY Bombs.
• Jin is releasing his single next!!!
• I can't believe this concert was free. Not just the livestream, but for everyone who attended in person. 
• That having been said, Weverse really needs to figure out their technical shit. Their stream crashed after 4 songs. It's unacceptable, especially after advertising this free livestream for weeks.
• Naver also needs to figure out their technical shit. After Weverse froze, everyone moved over to Naver, which was listed as one of the official streaming sites for this concert. And then their stream crashed after the 6th song.
• Bless those Twitch users who livestreamed the concert from JTBC. They're the real MVPs here, and the reason why anyone was actually able to watch this concert from home.
• Weverse better upload a replay of this concert. We missed huge chunks of the broadcast.
• 49M people tuned into the official livestream. That's more than the entire population of Canada, and almost the entire population of South Korea. The power of ARMY knows no bounds and WEVERSE SHOULD KNOW THAT.
• I hope Yet to Come becomes a city-takeover tour like they did with Permission to Dance: On Stage. It would be incredible. A global festival and celebration of BTS and ARMY.  🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻