I’m rewatching @BTS_twt content over my lunch hr (since I’m still WFH)
I’m on BV3 rn & this scene w Jimin talking to Joon abt the beginning of 2018 is so powerful (even if they kept it vague for cameras)they touched on how hard it was, they were so stressed, thinking why they’re+
BTS instead of doing something else. But they all realized they are @BTS_twt and do what they do b/c they love ARMY, performing on stage, & music.

Jimin talked abt how they can feel all of that the most at concerts & how part of his struggle was it had been more than half a yr +
since BTS’ last concert in Jan 2018. So he was rly looking forward to [Aug 2018] (LY tour start)🥺😭

I rly miss @BTS_twt concerts. I miss seeing BTS w ARMY even at all the performances I can’t go to. I just miss seeing BTS & ARMYs collectively SO happy. There’s so much JOY...
Bonus anti solo/manti🍵:
BV3 was filmed in summer 2018.
Shortly after this, in early fall 2018, @BTS_twt all early renewed their contracts w BH.
Early?
Yes.
They decided a YEAR before end of original contract term (which was 2019) that they all wanted to be BTS for another 7yrs +
So.
They didn’t make a last minute decision. They had time. They talked abt it. It’s fair to guess they thought abt it, the future, their goals/dreams, the pressure etc, a lot.
We even know from the Harvard Business Review BTS talked abt what they wanted frm BH if they continued+
After realizing they are @BTS_twt b/c of the things they love, & that BTS want to keep doing & feeling that, members directly told BH they wanted the new contracts to acknowledge their achievements. Joon previously called it a partnership, that took great risk for great reward +
. @BTS_twt speak up for themselves.
They don’t hv a typical idol/k-entertainment co relationship. It’s also not a typical artist/western label relationship. The IPO +shares made it v clear

Any narrative based in idol/company stereotypes needs to be viewed w extreme skepticism.
K?
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