BTS — "NORMAL (Korean ver.)" Stage Cam at BTS ARIRANG World Tour in Busan

ONE MORE MONTH UNTIL I SEE THEM LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!

BTS VLOG: Suga's Running Vlog in Busan (with Jungkook)

"Where there's a downhill, an uphill awaits…"

Yoongi: "Hey, remember? The incline in San Francisco was about this bad when we were going up. We went up around six of these, right? Man, I thought I was going to die back then."

I never thought I'd see the day when Jungkook couldn't catch up with Yoongi. Man, runners are truly a different beast. 

BTS — "NORMAL" MV Behind the Scenes

Jimin: "I've never partied like this before. I usually just drink soju at home..."

Jimin, pretending to be on the phone: "Jungkook-ah, two orders of jajangmyeon?" *pretend laughs* [points at Jin] "Jjamppong for us?"

Jimin, while monitoring scene cuts: "Jungkook is in the middle of singing but then I'm asking, 'Jungkook-ah, two orders of jajangmyeon?" *laughs maniacally* "You're singing again and I'm going, 'Jjamppong?'" *laughs maniacally*

Namjoon: "We'll push each other around a little and bump into each other as you move. Meaning Yoongi and Jin, you can just be yourselves."

Jin: "Why, what's wrong with us?"

🎶 Yeah, we call this shit normal. 🎶

BTS — "NORMAL" Live Clip

When the live sounds exactly like the recording.

FIFA World Cup Final 2026 Halftime Show feat. Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber, Burna Boy, Chris Martin, and the Muppets

I know there was a lot of criticism over FIFA having a half-time show — the World Cup Final is the most watched sports game of all time, the players will lose energy and momentum with such a long break in the middle of the game, etc. — but I thought it was put together really well with great global representation. Obviously, I paid attention because BTS was performing (I wish they got to perform the full version of "Dynamite" instead of an edited one, but I guess they had to squeeze in 7 artists — yes, the Muppets count! — in under 12 minutes so it is what it is) but I thought everyone performed really well. I mean, even after all these years, Shakira's hips still don't lie.

BTS — "NORMAL" Official MV

I could go on and on about how much I love this song, and how it's one of my favourite tracks off of ARIRANG, but at the core, it's a brilliant contemplation on the pursuit of sincerity in a world where they don't know if what's real anymore because they're too famous, they have everything they could possibly want so they don't know what to want anymore but they know having nothing is worse, their homes are both palaces and prisons, and they want people to stop talking about them but also to never stop talking about them. Basically, success can be a real fucking bitch. 

Kerosene, dopamine, chemical-induced

Fantasy and fame, yeah, the things we choose

Show me hate, show me love, make me bulletproof

Yeah, we call this shit normal 

Run away, out of sight, don't know what I want

Wish I had a minute just to turn me off

Kerosene, dopamine, what I gotta do?

Yeah, we call this shit normal

Heavy is the head when you chasin' true

Will you colour me red? Will you colour me blue?

Two sides of a coin, and they both ain't true

Is it different for mе? Is it different for you?

Got me feelin' things unusual

And I livе 'em all

Got me and my feelings up on this wall

And my knees

Kerosene, dopamine, chemical-induced

Fantasy and fame, yeah, the things we choose

Show me hate, show me love, make me bulletproof

Yeah, we call this shit normal 

Run away, out of sight, don't know what I want

Wish I had a minute just to turn me off

Kerosene, dopamine, what I gotta do?

Yeah, we call this shit normal 

How I'm 'posed to feel?

Used to think that I was built with a heart made of steel

Now I understand the truth, some pain don't heal

If everything's just happy, that ain't real 

I breathe everything out like a thousand times

Normal and special, they are just some lines

One deep sigh, then it slips away, fades away

What I try to keep never want to stay

Runaway, pushin' me, pullin' me, said you wanted all of me

But what is even all of me?

Suddenly, part of me is hauntin' me, heard the things they callin' me

What the hell you want from me? 

Got me feelin' things unusual

And I live 'em all

Got me and my feelings up on this wall

And my knees

Kerosene, dopamine, chemical-induced

Fantasy and fame, yeah, the things we choose

Show me hate, show me love, make me bulletproof

Yeah, we call this shit normal 

Run away, out of sight, don't know what I want

Wish I had a minute just to turn me off

Kerosene, dopamine, what I gotta do?

Yeah, we call this shit normal 

No, we, no, we, no, we call this shit normal

No, we, no, we, no, we call this shit normal, yeah

No, we, no, we, no, we call this shit normal

This MV features a lot of parallels to "Spring Day," not to mention symbolism from "Black Swan" and "SWIM." There are dozens of analyzations of this MV already, so I'm not going to get into it because other ARMYs are hypothesizing way better than I ever could, but if "Merry Go Round" is the saddest song from ARIRANG, I think "NORMAL" is the darkest.

BTS — "NORMAL" Official Teaser

Okay, I never thought I'd see any member of BTS taking a piss at a urinal let alone all seven of them at the same time, but you know, I'm here for it. (Honestly, I just assume all dudes go to the bathroom together like this.) Although, I'm wondering why RM chose the urinal between Jin and Jungkook. It's like one of those memes that show random celebrities in specific airplane seats and you have to pick which empty seat to sit in…

Anyway, "NORMAL" is one of my Top 3 favourite songs on ARIRANG (which is genuinely a no-skip album for me — well, except for "No. 29" — but "NORMAL" is always in my Top 3 even though the other two tracks might change) so I cannot fucking wait for this to be released as the next single. I'm actually a little surprised that they've released so many tracks as singles so far from one album because they've never done it before but, hey, the BTS global dominance is non-stop.

BTS VLOG: Suga's Running Vlog in San Francisco

"Is that an uphill?"

"WHY WON'T THIS UPHILL END?"

"THAT UPHILL WAS CRAZY."

"THAT UPHILL ALMOST TOOK ME OUT."

"Should we have a banana?"

Ah, all's well that ends well!

(Yes, his stamina and resilience is truly remarkable, but also his skin is flawless? Like, it's so smooth and glassy, it almost sparkles? Like a Twilight vampire?)