Old Cat Lady

I kind of feel sorry for the athletes if half the stadium leaves after the opening pitch

I love that we have Jin (and Yoongi) serving up the opposite end of the spectrum from the other members. And Joon seems extra close to Yoongi post military

ah bummer. I knew it was a slim chance but it really would have been amazing. But apparently the family hasn't approved of any tribute album so it makes sense that no one in BTS got involved.

I'm so happy for you. That's a great price. I regret not having more experiences when I was young - it's good to be financially responsibly but you need to budget in fun

The speculation on X is that it's actually only 1 member that's doing it. I forget what song, but there was another occasion when it was promoted as "BTS" when it was only 1 member doing it. The Jackson family has praised BTS in the past and Michael's nephew (?) was very touched by all the references to Michael in Dynamite so I believe that they're involved in the tribute album. X is speculating that it's most likely JK, which would make sense since he's the one that's the most musically similar to Michael. btw, when I was at J Hope's concert, I remember thinking that while popular opinion is that JK is the closest to Michael, I thought Hobi's dance style and stage presence is the most similar to Michael's.

well, less exciting than a tour announcement but I knew I was reaching a bit. Were New Jeans the previous ambassadors for Coke?

by far, the closest I've been. 6 rows back from the floor. I was a little behind the part of the stage that protrudes so I saw a lot of the back of his head but this is the 1st concert where I watched the stage more than the big screens

Luckily looks don't kill, because pretty sure I would've been dead if you were there. My throat is still sore from all the singing and screaming I did. Not sure if it was the format or the energy from other VIP concert goers, but I think I loved this concert the most. It was the least polished of all the concerts, but the pure fun and joy was incredible. btw, my hostel mates and I were discussing the possibility of a maknae line tour. None of them have enough songs on their own for a tour, BTS isn't coming back until March, and Tae hinted at something happening in August. The timing is right for the announcement of a late fall tour. I already bought a bunch of JK stuff off of Temu to use as give aways (since the rumors are currently just about JK) ETA: btw, one of our songs for the acapella game was Dope and they gave us the rap line lyrics! Jin's face as we were trying to sing was priceless - his actor training was perfect for this format. He found such fun ways to roast us. But once he saw the lines we got he, apologized and said that even he wouldn't be able to sing that. And we were supposed to sing Yena's part in Loser and he said that there must be mostly men there that day because we were only singing the low notes One of our key words for Telepathy was Mission Impossible. I had no clue what to do and just started copying what i saw on screen in case I got on camera. He guessed Tom Cruise - I feel like they should have given him that one. It was really hard. He got zombie, the 2nd key word, easily

sound check was Super Tuna, Rope It, and Don’t Say You Love Me. he looks SO cute. I took video of it but it’s all shaky and out of focus because I want to experience it in the moment rather than worrying about the camera ETA: @barbaraand @rockstaryuzu would have hated me. I was totally the screaming fan girl

I’m thinking Jin for best male artist and Hobi for best dance and best collab

haven’t caught up on the thread yet. trying to decide if I want to sneak a pic or 2 from sound check FYI, lot of people dressed up in Super Tuna overalls outfits. a few cowboy getups. they’re all more committed than me - 90+ F and humid. I went with purple silk sun dress most popular merch item seems to be Wootteo key ring. it was the first thing to run out at the regular merch booth but I got one at the VIP booth. I’m told the jerseys are super popular too. people are very friendly and got a whole bunch of fan made stuff. I think I’m going to try to make earrings to give away at the next concert. I already regret not buying a ticket for yesterday as well - several ARMY at the hostel and they all told me it was worth seeing twice ETA: dammit. it occurred to me to get Wotteo keychain for @rockstaryuzu but they ran out by the 2nd time through the line

Oh well... It'll be exciting to be a part of my first VIP experience. At least I won't put too big of a dent in my bank account. For a while, I thought I had to be there at 7 am and was planning a way to rearrange my whole sleep schedule but turns out check-in isn't until 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm. I don't want to get there too late since if you don't check in by 5 you miss out but wondering if there's any benefit in being there earlier vs later beyond that

Hubby decided he wanted to go visit his Dad next weekend and we'll be camping so likely won't have good internet I admit that I'm not a good predictor of what'll be popular but I've heard of Glorilla (though don't know her music) and this song is super catchy and Hobi seems to be getting more and more popular in the US. I could see this charting well over here.

Of course they all look beautiful, but it's kind of unfair that Jin can look like this with limited time for skin care and no makeup. I remember actually wondering if he quick put on some makeup before he came out.

I admit, I didn't think he could win with Jimin having so many solos and Army's votes being split compared to the other groups having the full support of their fandoms. Sad to say, the past laxness by ARMY to support the hyung line has had a negative effect on me. It's hard to be motivated to stream and vote when you don't believe that it'll happen so I haven't even gotten a premium account to stream and didn't vote for AMA's. But ecstatic to see that ARMY came together to make this happen.

I was expecting a more angsty sound but this is quite light and catchy if you disregard the lyrics.

So excited! Still worried for Jin that he won't sell out. 2nd day of Tampa still has a lot of tickets left and he's already getting dragged online for not selling out on presale like Hobi did. If he doesn't sell out, at a minimum, I hope he doesn't internalize it like he's done in the past. I also read that London was a bit of a debacle - they split the tickets between 2 different companies and apparently a lot of people didn't know about the other one although Ticketmaster looks almost sold out except for resales Lisa at MetGala

I think Tae has bigger arms though. And JK is puffing up a bit more. Either of them will be able to toss Jin around like a ragdoll

@rockstaryuzu Not a concert, but something coming your way

Wow! This song is incredible

It was 589.40 after fees. Before fees, it was 495 and change. So $684.43 CAD

I feel like I've been stuck at 960 but I know you're not supposed to refresh. I started at 2200 so should have a good shot ETA: finally moving again. So nervous! ETA 2: when I got in, platinum pricing was already in effect so I went for a VIP ticket. I hesitated and canceled the order to look at the map again then my credit card required a security code and by the time I got back in again, my purchase window timed out. I tried again and ended up with another VIP ticket for $589.40 USD after fees well... what's the point of working if you're not willing to spend it on life experiences, right? ETA 3: Gabe's being supportive at least. His reaction was "that will be a cool experience". When I said I wasn't sure if it was the right decision due to the price, he said "everything there is to do is expensive. Living is expensive" ETA 4: just went to check out another presale to compare and Ticketmaster wouldn't let me in saying I was detected as bot activity. But I'm at work now and I have been having issues so not sure if you're blocked from buying more if you already got tickets or if it's a computer issue. Just an FYI for future purchases

I'd feel like a jerk, but I would love to see Jin in Peru

This is the rock star I want to watch