I saw some really good posts last week reassuring everyone that you don’t have to buy or stream to be army - loving them is all it takes. It sure would be nice to see that sentiment extended to folks who aren’t into this album but still wish them success and happiness.

Did Chris Martin hyung turn him on to this? His ex pioneered it.

You can see his minimoni detection antennae waving

What am I gonna do about my nearly full phone storage now that Bangtan is back? I’m in trouble

Koo positioned at the pinnacle of Bangtan 🌈 I see you baby

Why do I feel like JK is just popping his head up from doing some mischief, probably to Jin

I didn't expect the cd singles to be in plastic jewel cases. Very retro.

I just saw the funniest jealous Jungkook edit on twt 😭

Hobi with those 2015 JK looking shoes lmao

This is the song out of them all that is most often running through my head, so I have to thank Yoongi for fighting for this one!

Has anyone ripped the audio from the comeback stage yet?

Seeing them together makes me so happy 😭

I started whistling Mikrokosmos and my dog’s reaction is cracking me up. Has she never heard me whistle before, or does she really love this song?

Let's all make a note that this is the approved way to respond to the death of a national figure, according to Trump. I'm keeping this in my back pocket, hopefully for use very soon.

I swear I thought Namjoon was saying "I need the hole. Set it in the trunk," and tbh I think my version is better because why are you talking about a stadium in your sex song?

I expected them to use this release to make it impossible to call them a boy band anymore. What I didn’t expect, though maybe I should have, was that they’d try to make it impossible to call them Kpop. I don’t think it will work. The U.S. loves its pigeonhole gatekeeping.

I guess it's too much to expect them to go live now...

I'm so, so glad to see them performing together again after such a long time. But I miss BTS who dance. I hope they're saving it for the tour

jesus christ

JK is just dying to dance. Please let him dance

bighit videographers are the only ones you can ever trust. what the fuck, netflix

I'd like a word with the camera director

I like the live versions 1000x better than the album's constant autotune and voice effects.

Hhhhhhhhhhhhharness

A big name writer on twt is saying people who aren’t into the new stuff are intellectually lazy, and that kind of smug superiority is bullshit.

If they ever decide to release a version of Into the Sun that removes whatever that effecti is that makes the vocalists audible only to dogs and bats, I feel like I could really get behind it

I’m impressed with how well Jin’s voice holds up under the prodigious use of autotune

jfc

God they are so in their heads about being in their 30s

I’m listening to the Zane Lowe interview and I just wish Namjoon didn’t feel they had to chase some theoretical change in the industry

This ain’t it, Weverse

I’d be very interested to listen to the album Jimin would have put together

Today it’s “thumbless Florence Nightingale”

I can’t believe it’s here. The specter of military enlistment was already looming when I got here in 2017, and then we had the tour derailment, “chapter 2” and the actual enlistment. And we made it. Less than eight hours now. They did it, and so did we!

My students tried to negotiate for extra credit if they watch the MV premiere

I now have three comeback-related alarms set for the next couple days. It’s practically a full-time job

🚨‼️ STOP SCROLLING‼️🚨 ARMY, I’m interrupting your scrolling because I need you to pay attention to this, especially if you’re seeing them this weekend at the Gwanghwamun Square. Safety first, and please share if you can! (cr: @thekoreaherald.bsky.social)

So much for going back to sleep after the premiere 😭

I’ll never forget the faction of army vehemently insisting he didn’t realize those were condoms

This has been a multiple re-read fic for me.

One of my all-time favorite namkook fics!

Anyway, check out my fic featuring high-tech urban farmers of strawberries (and other produce) Hoseok and Jungkook ao3.org/works/23690653 Fun fact from Ch. 29: the hull of a strawberry is edible and nutritious!

And before anyone says “well, just don’t wear it”— You must understand WHY Black women wear braids. Natural hair is still policed. Still called unprofessional. And that’s despite over two dozen states passing the CROWN Act which prohibits discrimination against hair texture and protective styles.

I just reread my AI jinkook and icb how wild it is that I spend a not insignificant proportion of my professional life vigorously combatting generative AI, but this might be my best fic.

Hear me out…the store didn’t have sauerkraut. I have kimchi.

I cooked my corned beef yesterday because of the unexpected boon of a wfh day, which means I’m eating a Reuben sandwich for dinner tonight! 🤤

I have a recurring nightmare that I forget I have a pet and stop feeding it for weeks, and then I remember and go looking for it, and it's starved nearly to death. I had it last night and haven't been able to shake it all day.

They closed schools today because of the weather. I’m allowed to work from home, but I didn’t find out until after I got up at 4:45 because I was good all night and didn’t check my iPad a single time. That’ll teach me!

Oh fuck, I just remembered that I bought a 14-pound pork shoulder at Costco yesterday that I have to break up into reasonable portions 😭