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I bet JK and Jimin were so excited to see her ARMY tattoo - but still, even though they pretty much admitted who they were, stuck to standard BTS protocol - no pictures. I'd have been as flustered as she was and unable to heat the pizza. And, of course, another song to get - and I will. English version of Be Mine. I am so excited for next week, with Run Jin and Are you Sure? I bet Jin will do a live after the first showing of his new show - be ready!!!

This and the Jimin/JK in August. And there's supposed to some Korean show where he's on a survivor-type show on a deserted island, or maybe that''s for his show. And JK answering "maybe" made me laugh so hard. That has to have been when they are in the states. Not only is it impossible to not know they are BTS, there's a camera crew with them.

An entire day with no post or update! We can't have that

Google translate really misses not only the gist of the quote but also any nuance. I think part of that is the lack of understanding of the Korean standard of beauty and masculinity. Guess I won't use google for my letters to the members....

I'm back - almost. Super jetlagged abd killing many hours at SFO but finally can post all the following twitter stuff. -

Sitting in my so-so hotel in Busan and have a crazy long day tomorrow but, have to share - two articles with Jin (Olympic torch bearer) and more records for Jimin -

And another one lost because of MHJ - the CEO is leaving - or stepping down which may be the same thing. https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/BTS-agency-Hybe-CEO-resigns-amid-feud-with-subsidiary https://deadline.com/2024/07/hybe-ceo-resigns-lee-jae-sang-bts-1236019847/

I think she is screwed all over the place. I know that business law is different in Korea, but only because the offenses have different names - but theft is theft. And they were using communications received by their employees, not info from the laptop they can't get back. I am surprised, really, they they can't access anything via the cloud. She'll have "wiped" her computer anyway, but you can't actually have it all disappear. The cloud is forever. I just hope she is charged and tried and gone before OT7 are back. I saw a "thread" pointing out ha the choreo of all the solo work have 6 back up dancers. So 7 dancing. I am never going to get standby - damn United, so I have to get a UA discount ticket. Really unhappy about it -----

There are a least a dozen Muse focused Spotify playlists. And yes, I do auto translate for all Korean stuff on Chrome. Have their been enough exhibitions? Evidently not. One for JK coming. https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2024/07/23/Jungkook-exhibit/6391721751171/

Yup - she is an equal opportunity slanderer. I think she's a narcissistic sociopath. Jin is so thoughtful. And Jimin such a star.

I need some personal one-on-one choreo instruction and believe this is the man to teach me. Even though it looks really straight forward, there are quite a few moves requiring flexibility. I hope he'll be patient with me. And I have to say that MHJ is even more corrupt and underhanded than previously thought. I'd say I can't believe she's trying to put blame on Bang PD but she is the type to take no responsibility for all her corrupt actions. I'd call her comments about Bang libelous - and Source seems to have a good case agains her, too. I hate that Hybe and BigHit are still unable to shake her out of he company but feel so incredibly sad for those girls. They are talented and have worked so hard but MHJ used and abused them.

And back to the melodrama - https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/433/0000106807

I can't believe how much time I spent updating my streaming lists and now have to rework them. The unfortunate fact that "editing" and 'inserting" a song or mv is not an option is killing me. And I made my Spotify list LONG. The best option, really, is to delete a lot of it and add the new stuff at the end (since I can't insert) and then go with the shuffle option. At least the new stuff has a good chance of getting played. This works really well with Amazon music. Oh,, Jimin Jimin Jimin....

I saw an ad or maybe an announcement promoting Jimin on Canadian radio - but can't find it now. Tumultuous news in the states so I'm a little overwhelmed to wake up to the renewed hope for democracy.

I'm curious -- does anyone else think it's actually possible that RM was unaware if what Jimin was doing for a year and a half? I don't think it's possible. And I remember plenty of times when members would go to RM for help with lyrics. JK helped with Hobi's last album - and helped with I think, the Dear Army secret tract on Face. We know that the three youngest were doing some socializing with each other. I know they wanted "solo" work out there but wonder if there was some kind of agreement that they all need to NOT have RM or Yoongi involved with any producing. Why would Jimin keep everything he was doing essentially a secret? They really should get away, all together, for a week, at least, after they are all out of the military. I've been thinking that they bump into each other when they are on leave and also were seeing each other at Hybe before they went in.

Nothing could make me feel better about Muse -- https://www.koreaboo.com/news/bts-jimin-defeats-donald-trump-new-song/

It's his manager --

What rule could keep him out of the Hot 100? In less than 2 days, he has nearly 1 million streams, just on spotify; the MV is over 10M views - in a day and a half! nAnd how many places is at the top of iTunes and also purchases. WTF does he have to do? He's setting all kinds of records.

And the story in Teen Vogue ( the MV is closing in on 10M views already!) I was a teen once...

Such a different vibe than Smeraldo and amazing choreography. Jimin was part of the writing and producing team on everything except Who. I love it -- but am annoyed with iTunes for not letting me purchase the song on it's own. A couple of Jimin short comments. I guess Genie is a Korean app? And I know Silvia sleeps - I shared a room with her in Vegas. But I'd be completely wiped out with her hours...

I want to out there that I am not completely convinced that Silvia actually sleeps at all. Just a few minutes away- and then a revamp of Spotify, YouTube and Amazon playlist. That should be good for, what? Another month before something else springs up to delight us.

A couple of these seem like two of the ones @ralucutzagy posted - maybe just a variance ( or pieces of the same interview...) - but the first one is about how watching the premiere of the MV counts towards ultimate stream numbers... I was worried if I'd be home but we had a horrific thunderstorm that kept us from going to the beach this morning, but it's about passed so we can go and be back in time!

Waiting until they have time for a photo shoot? But they don't have to. Bewildering. It's like we all know he is wearing Gucci so they don't feel a need? Love the lawsuits against MHJ, but feel so sorry for those girls. They seem to be doing great in spite of the chaos - I hope they can get some emotional help so they won'tt feel betrayed and can move on with their career - Only a few hours until Jimin's album!

The dates are actually the same - since Japan is 16 hours ahead of LA. I'd guess that there will be limited attendance and a couple of performances in LA - maybe all groups in specific categories so that if one of them wins, they can get a trophy there. But one of the problems with that is that groups or individuals are often nominated for multiple awards. And the timing just sucks. Let's say they start kind of early in Japan, like 3 in the afternoon. That's 11 pm the night before in LA.. That's late for a start and earlier than 3 in the afternoon is early for Japan. And that show runs long. So many problems. I totally understand wanting to appeal to the US audience, but Asian fans aren't going to want to have their show hijacked.

It looks like it's being held in two places - and I should think Japan will be the primary location. Maybe there will be some performances from LA (a whopping 16 hours time difference - totally strange time for performers: either middle of the night or middle of the night --). That Alo company seems to only be yoga - but curious that they are following them. Did Jimin record Who for Jimmy Fallon when he appeared for his promotion for Face? I feel that there will be a recording shot long after that, but, who knows? Reminder of how funny the members can be when together: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9i5d83tNRx/