I need joy these days, and BTS is one of the few things consistently providing that for me. So what we're going to do about that is create a little thread of BTS things that bring me joy!

First: TV appearances

Carpool Karaoke is one the best displays of their personalities all in one video. It gave us gems like "baby mochi" and the classic backseat comedy duo that is Jin and Yoongi

Flinch on Late Late Show (nothing shows you what kind of person someone is like standing them behind plexiglass and firing a fruit canon in their face)

Hide & Seek on Late Late Show (Ashton Kutcher accidentally acquired a new baby because Jimin's power is too strong for any mortal)

Subway Olympics on the Tonight Show (cheating cheaters who cheat)

An interview from that same subway episode of the Tonight Show that's just really lovely and gave us some new stories (like how often they all just walk around in their underwear?)

The PUPPIES interview! Unmatched in softness/60

This is also older, from the Idol era, but it's pure chaos packed into such a short amount of time for something where they're just walking in and sitting there

Moving on to performances:

Tiny Desk made my life

ON at Grand Central Station was one of the first stages I watched in real time earlier this year

Old Town Road at the Grammys, aka the reason so many people jumped on this BTS train in the last nine months

I'm sure I'll think of more of these to add later (especially from the Korean music shows), but for now I'll move on to music videos. I already made a top 10 list earlier this year before MotS: 7 was even out so it's wildly outdated https://twitter.com/ClaireElaineH/status/1229571350546829312?s=20

Since then, we've had the Kinetic Manifesto ON music video which is just So Good

Black Swan which is wonderful and dark and weird

Dynamite which is the opposite and so full of light

Yoongi's second mixtape came out earlier this year and Daechwita is an absolute banger

I did not include Airplane pt 2 on my original list and you know what? That was a mistake

I'm going to take a break here, but I like the idea of continuing this as I think of more things to add if only as a resource for myself when I need a pick-me-up