BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage in Las Vegas — I Got the Tickets!

Welp, guess I'm going to Vegas next month!

BTS Members Now Have Instagram

Well, I never thought I'd see the day. As of today, all members of BTS finally have their own Instagram accounts. On the one hand, it's about fucking time. They've probably had secret IG accounts for years to lurk in private. On the other hand, it's very telling that, on the heels of their 2nd official extended vacation announcement that it's revealed publicly (literally, it was on the international news), all seven of them now have individual IG accounts. Yes, eight years after their debut, a group that has always been "it's all of us or nothing" now have solo accounts. Something very interesting is going to happen for this "new chapter" that they're embarking on in 2022.

(But also, Jungkook's handle is witty as hell.)

Notice: BTS Map of the Soul Tour Cancellation

They finally made it official. I was holding on to a sliver of hope when the tour was just postponed but now we don't even have that, and this cancellation is absolutely devastating for BTS, ARMY, and all the staff, vendors, and venues that are involved. We know how hard BigHit tried to make this work just judging by how long it took them to officially cancel this tour. I am just heartbroken and it makes me fucking furious to know that there are people out there who aren't even TRYING to make this pandemic better.

BTS' "Life Goes On" Launches as Historic No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

The #Hot100 top 10 (chart dated Dec. 5, 2020)

— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) November 30, 2020

🎉Billboard #Hot100 No.1 & No. 3🎉
각각 1위와 3위를 차지한 ‘Life Goes On’ & ‘Dynamite’
역시나 언제나, 아미 여러분 덕분입니다. 아포방포💜

“Life Goes On” and “Dynamite” at 1st and 3rd
Again and always, it’s all thanks to ARMY! AFBF💜#BTS #방탄소년단 #LifeGoesOn #BTS_Dynamite https://t.co/fSFgTbzNPL

— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) November 30, 2020

"They say there are two ways of changing the world. One is to be a revolutionary. Two is to see the world more positively. I want to do both. I will do both." — Kim Namjoon, 05/11/2018

• BTS' "Life Goes On" is the first non-English language song to debut at #1 in Hot 100 history.
• BTS' BE debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200.
• BTS is the first band in U.S. history to debut a song and album at #1 in the same week.
• BTS is the first band in history to earn multiple #1 debuts on the Hot 100.
• BTS joins Taylor Swift as the only act in history to debut a song and album at #1 on the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 simultaneously.
• BTS becomes the first act in U.S. history to occupy the entire top 6 on the Digital Song Sales chart.
• BTS' "Dynamite" and "Life Goes On" hold the top two biggest debut digital sales weeks among all singles in the U.S. this year.
• BTS' "Life Goes On" is the first non-English song in music history that has topped the Billboard charts with a small amount of spins and no bundles or remixes. They are the first artists in history to reach this milestone.
• BTS is the fastest group to generate five #1 albums in the U.S. since The Beatles (1966 - 1968).
• There are only 11 non-English albums that have been #1 on the Billboard 200, and five of them belong to BTS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MY BABY BOYS! YOU FUCKING DID IT!

Photolog 2020: Day 325 of 366

This is all the matters today. Also, I think I may have found my favourite B-side track from BE...

Photolog 2020: Day 269 of 366

Been on hold with Ikea for over an hour now, for the third time. I was supposed to receive two bookshelves on Sunday, and I missed the 9:30AM delivery because my phone was on silent and I was dead asleep. That was totally my fault, and I admit that. So I called them on the same day. The rep was seeing if the delivery truck was still out and maybe could be re-routed. No luck. I asked if I could just pick up the bookshelves somewhere, maybe at a store. The rep said it would be going back to the distribution centre, which is non-customer facing. Okay, that's fine, I decided to re-schedule. Had to pay another $50 for a re-delivery. I was frustrated, but that's the price to pay for my mistake. The rep gave me several dates and time frames to choose from, so I chose Wednesday, again from 9:00AM - 1:00PM, because that was the soonest delivery time.

Wednesday came. I get a call from the delivery company at 8:00AM saying that my delivery was set to arrive. I made sure my phone was set to hear phone calls. Even got my mom and Ying to call me to make sure I could hear the ringtone. 1:00PM came and went. No phone call, no delivery. I called the delivery company that called me that morning to get an update. They said my items were at the Vaughan store and there was a note left saying that the items couldn't be successfully transferred to the delivery company. I said, "It's at the Vaughan store? I asked the Ikea rep on Sunday if I could have just picked up my bookshelves at a store, and he said it would be at the distribution centre that customers can't access. If it was going to the Vaughan store, I could have just picked it up." Of course, the rep could only tell me to contact Ikea, or the Vaughan store itself to see what happened to my items. I understood that it wasn't the delivery company's fault. They're just the middle man.

So I called Ikea again. Another hour wait to talk to a rep. Told him what happened, that I had already called about a re-delivery, paid the $50 fee, and it was set to arrive that morning and that I even got an automated message from the delivery company saying that it was going to arrive that morning. The rep didn't apologize, nothing. Didn't even give me a reason as to where my items were. I had to tell him that the delivery company rep told me they were at the Vaughan store. He said, "Oh, I don't see that notice anywhere." So he had to re-schedule another delivery time. He said the soonest time was on Thursday, from 4:00PM - 8:00PM. I said I have work, but I would get my mom to come over to accept the delivery. So that's fine, he confirmed the time with me. I even gave him my mom's phone number as a backup number.

Yesterday was Thursday. My mom came over. 8:00PM came and went. No delivery. No notice. No phone call. My Ikea tracking just says "On its way," but it's been that way since Sunday. Called Ikea yet again at 8:00PM. Their phone centre closes at 9:00PM, so I had about an hour to be able to reach them. Got my mom to call them from her phone because I had work. Waited until 9:15PM, still no answer. Hung up. My mom went home. Now, wasting my time is one thing. But wasting another person's time as well? That is fucking unacceptable. Now it's Friday. And I'm on hold with them again. It's been an hour, and I still haven't reached someone, and their hold music is ultra fucking annoying. But I am hell-bent on cancelling this order and demanding my delivery fee refunded as well. Basically, FUCK YOU, IKEA.

BTS' "Dynamite" No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week

This is just...#우리아미상받았네 pic.twitter.com/Kq3uhyACWb

— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) September 8, 2020

TWO WEEKS, BABY!

BTS Earns Their First Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 with "Dynamite"

BTS MAKES HISTORY YET AGAIN! Not gonna lie, I teared up when I saw the news this afternoon, my heart bursting with pride and happiness for BTS. (Like the boys themselves, who stayed up until 5:30AM KST to wait for chart to be updated, and who all cried out of joy all over social media here, here, here, here, here, here, and all over Weverse upon hearing the news.) Seven years after their debut and hot on the heels of their four MTV VMA wins last night, they have finally gotten their first #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. This is the last main Billboard chart that they had yet to get a #1 and they finally did it with "Dynamite," making them the first South Korean group to top this chart. Congratulations, my baby boys. You finally did it, and there's honestly no one more deserving of this.