The care & preparation Hobi put into his concerts made them unforgettable works of artistry. This essay, for our blog, "BTS, With Sincerity," considers the layers & evolution of meaning crafted in the exquisite staging of "Daydream." We are resharing to celebrate the release of j-hope's movie🌞 #BTS

Superbly written, enlightening on so many levels and so satisfying to read! Check it out!

From our blog, “BTS, With Sincerity.” #jhope #BTS_Artistry @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social @musingsbangtan.bsky.social

“Throughout, j-hope pulls the audience in, and in a sort of dance with the camera, creates the illusion of deep, intimate proximity.” Read more: j-hope’s Daydream: Between Intimacy and Privacy, Artifice and Reality medium.com/@btswithsinc...

“At times, he looks directly at it as he sings the first verses of the song. At others, he lies down on the bed, eyes closed as the camera zooms in and out on his reclined figure.”+

“Framed in an extreme close-up, the audience is able to perceive every detail of his likeness and register every shift of his expression. Playfully, j-hope invites the camera to get closer.”+

In preparation for the release of #HOS_TOUR_Movie we are revisiting our essay “j-hope’s Daydream: Between Intimacy and Privacy, Artifice and Reality”— a look at the stage production of “Daydream” and how it represented a new level of openness and vulnerability for j-hope.+

“Culture and art are a powerful force that moves hearts” -Kim Namjoon APEC 2025 #BTS

in the way he seemed to be channelling raw feelings and sensations into pure instinctual sensual energy and movement." #JHOPE #BTS_Artistry @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social @btswithsincerity.bsky.social

While we wait for Hobi's new collab... A fun analysis of #HopeOnTheStage: "During the tour, the intimacy manifested in j-hope’s physicality, as the delivery of his choreography & freestyle dancing grew more unrestrained as the tour advanced, the mastery of his skill being evident + #BTS

and his acknowledgment, without shame or fear, of the fantasies that populate his shadow self."

A wonderful new essay about Hobi in concert by @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social "The lyrics, ‘Map of the soul, map of the all, that's my ego,’ that he joyfully sings at the end of the song, are a fitting introduction to ‘Daydream’ + @btswithsincerity.bsky.social #BTS medium.com/@btswithsinc...

A new essay about j-hope's mesmerizing performance of "Daydream" during the Hope on the Stage tour. It's on our blog, "BTS, With Sincerity." #jhope #btsartistry @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social @musingsbangtan.bsky.social

From: j-hope’s Daydream: Between Intimacy and Privacy, Artifice and Reality medium.com/@btswithsinc...

"j-hope enacts entering that world of fantasy... The dizzying camera work plunges us into this world with him, evoking the feeling that we are falling into the “hole Alice fell into” and have ended up in an upside-down world that is exciting and seductive in its subversiveness."

Saw this on the other place. Today is labeled The Kick

By the way, I am seeing a lot of jokes about Spaghetti (the name of an album) and I see the Spaghetti title on BTS’s X acct, but Jay’s collaboration is titled “The Kick” on YT if you want to give it some views #BTS #JHOPE

Hobi is too funny, leeking the collab #EAT_IT_UP_SPAGHETTI #JHOPE #BTS (Screenshots from Instagram: Le_Serrafim on Oct. 18 2025 and uarmyhope on Oct. 19 2025)

Jin ❤️❤️❤️ Nothing without your love April 18 Anaheim

Jimin's gaze in the mirror for his 2023 Fake Love & Butter medley is part of a story he wanted to tell "He is mesmerizing us with his dance, & at the same time disarming us with his humble and funny attitude..." "This is Jimin: Gifts of dance, humor, and memory" Link in 🧵 #BTS

“In the second #ThisIsJimin video, Jimin dances to 2019’s “Phone Numbers” by Dominic Fike and Kenny Beats. Jimin’s light approach is graceful and expressive–as though he floats above the rhythm…a contrast to the playful humor bookending the video.”

Thank you for your support & patience as we finished up this eye-opening birthday essay. So many times we asked ourselves "how did we miss the arc of the story he was telling ??" Thank you, Jimin for these gifts. We truly 😍 you. @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social @musingsbangtan.bsky.social

#JiminsDanceTime & #ThisIsJimin videos dropped in 2023 like little love bombs, woven through with a subtle meta history of BTS & ARMY, told through Jimin's eyes. ♥️♥️ Our appreciation of the gifts of dance, humor, and memory he gave us ⬇️ #BTS #Jimin #BTS_Artistry medium.com/@btswithsinc...

“RM, With Sincerity (2025)” by ⁦ @btswithsincerity.bsky.social ⁩ A short essay about connections between art and nature in Namjoon’s music 🌳🎶 #BTS ⁦ @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social medium.com/@btswithsinc...

“RM, With Sincerity (2025)” A short essay about connections between art and nature in Namjoon’s music. #BTS medium.com/@btswithsinc...

“BTS, With Sincerity” — a blog by @musingsbangtan.bsky.social and @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social #BTS_Artistry #Namjoon #KimNamjoon

Please enjoy our new birthday essay for Namjoon: "RM, With Sincerity (2025)" We explore the relationship between #Namjooning and artistry "Expressing meaning through imagery of the natural world is part of the language of RM’s art..." #BTS #RM medium.com/@btswithsinc...

don't know what mind meld is going on here, but my birthday essay for Joonie is about namjooning and I cannot wait to share it! @btswithsincerity.bsky.social

From “BTS, With Sincerity” — a blog by @musingsbangtan.bsky.social and @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social #BTS_Artistry medium.com/@btswithsinc...

but vague feelings that dissolve gently into the late afternoon sun. V’s Layover feels like a natural extension from “Vante,” the name V started to use to sign his colorful abstract paintings and photography, but that also encompasses his love of..."

Happy 2nd Anniversary to Tae's indelible Layover💜 "V’s stories are about love: relationships that have ended but remain unresolved, wistful daydreaming, relationships that seem to be slipping away. His album captures a languid, beautiful longing– intense+ #BTS #V_Layover medium.com/p/c6abadaa57a0

A heartfelt 🙏 to the amazing @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social for finishing our new #Jungkook bday essay when I was unable to contribute ❤️ "...to witness Jungkook perform feels like entering a special, secret place where he generously gives us back his singing + #BTS medium.com/@btswithsinc...

#BTS #BTS_Artistry @musingsbangtan.bsky.social @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social

“…Or sometimes testing out a new technique.” From “Jungkook, With Sincerity (2025)” a birthday essay to celebrate Jungkook on our blog, “BTS, With Sincerity.” #HappyBirthdayJungkook #HappyJungkookDay 🥳🎉💜 medium.com/@btswithsinc...

“Everybody who has… tried to learn to play an instrument can see themselves in Jungkook’s patient and methodical Lives, where he chooses songs while commenting on them and the difficulties they present for a singer, often correcting his pitch and starting over…”

“BTS, With Sincerity” — a blog by @musingsbangtan.bsky.social and @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social

From the essay: “Jimin, With Sincerity” medium.com/@btswithsinc... #Jimin #BTS_Artistry

“Images of the ocean and sea are seminal to the nature imagery threaded throughout BTS’s discography… it is unlikely to be a coincidence that a hidden fan song…brings back this imagery after Jimin has gone through the catharsis of FACE’s rough and searing emotional journey.”+

“In contrast to the rest of FACE, which tells a story about the struggle to be free, “Letter” is an acoustic-based tonal shift to a mood altogether softer and accepting. The album version begins and ends with the sound of waves and the ocean.”+

From "BTS, With Sincerity," a blog by @musingsbangtan.bsky.social and @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social

darkness? Is it a tranquil home? Or the blue that is far, far away? Where’s my safe zone,' the lyrics say as he gets out of the car to photograph the woods or when he talks about his band members on the way there..." #jhopeinthebox #BTSMusic medium.com/@btswithsinc...

"Another moving & important moment in 'j-hope IN THE BOX' is when j-hope visits his family in Gwangju, a city in the south of the country, where he was born. 'Safety Zone,' a gorgeous R&B track from Jack in the Box, plays in the background. 'Where’s the ray of light to relieve me in the + #BTS

BTS are the most generous artists I've ever known. So many Bangtan Bombs and other behind the scene videos, Suchwita, Run BTS, BTS Gayo-- all free! Not to mention Jin's free concerts, Golden showcase, etc... We are loved and lucky to have all of this. 💜

From “BTS, With Sincerity,” a blog by @musingsbangtan.bsky.social and @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social #BTS #BTS_Artistry

“Much like the videos, V’s aesthetic is a mixture of sounds and styles that evoke the past and the present, the organic and the inorganic, the real and the imaginary.” medium.com/@btswithsinc...

“‘Layover’ also bears this contradiction: V’s choices in classic sounds like a jazz piano or flute, in addition to his luxurious baritone, are juxtaposed with distortion, vocal effects, ambient sounds and electronic beats.”+ #V #KimTaehyung

From "BTS, With Sincerity," a blog by @musingsbangtan.bsky.social and @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social #KimNamjoon

"He shares his images of paintings, sculptures and art installations, mostly all contemporary, and a lot of it conceptual art, not with a niche group of art lovers but with a vast, global and extraordinarily diverse group of people: his fans, ARMY.” RM, With Sincerity medium.com/@btswithsinc...

"RM offers a respite among the ads, the transactional, or the algorithmically directed through his Instagram account."+ #RM #BTS_Artistry

From “BTS, With Sinceriry,” a blog by @musingsbangtan.bsky.social and @seeuinttukseom.bsky.social. #BTS #BTS_Artistry