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Just random stuff he posted, maybe... Stream Persona - https://www.threads.net/@viennesearmy77/post/C4BqP4ANUC9/

I never thought TaeKook was a real deal, anyway - maybe a JiKook, but who knows. JK was certainly in the kind of fit shape to have made the special warrior group and he'd have known a while ago that the tattoos were going to make that not a possibility. He chose to get all that ink. I didn't know that the companion program is for less desirable locations, but we had already read/heard that the base Jin has been at (and where Jimin and JK are now) is considered a "hardship" post but has some perks, like more days off. That kind of makes sense - why else would Jin have volunteered for it? I do wonder when we will actually know what assignment Yoongi has. I'm just pleased that he's probably in Seoul. The Military Manpower Admin building is not very far from the Hanam district (is thatt where he lives?) and relatively close to the Hybe building so he, theoretically can just hop over to his studio on his way home. I wonder if the "best trainee" is a monthly award or one that is given once to an enlisting group. In truth, we haven't heard from JK and no matter what great shape he was in, physically, he may not be adapting as well to the military life a Jimin is. We've only gotten a couple of mentions about him from Jimin (who, incidentally, mentioned in his last live that he'd see Yoongi and that he was well - another reason to believe he's in Seoul). JK was close to tears in his last live, unlike the others. Being with Jimin is the best possible place for JK to be.

Another bit on Hobi - https://www.threads.net/@purple_lovetae07/post/C35X_Njv62v/

So hard to get anything fresh on the members. I am really looking forward to Hobi's new stuff. And I did find a couple of random things. cestlavie_90⁷💜 ⁦‪@cestlavie9090‬⁩ "This isn't mine. The img of ⁦‪@BTS_twt‬⁩ may hv been realized but that's quite abstract. Sometimes we take it for granted but I nvr thought of it as being mine. We've to stay humble & reflect on ourselves. We’re not the long time owners of these." Namjoon 💜 pic.twitter.com/m9C3Eu9qAp 2/27/24, 5:25 AM https://www.threads.net/@indianazayn/post/C32t2iAvZcI/ jin files ⁦‪@seokjinfile‬⁩ 105 days to go 😉 pic.twitter.com/p3oZuehfRD 2/27/24, 8:04 AM

It's as if they've been singing together for a decade! JK knows Jimin so well.

Season 2 -that is SO far in the future..... But he, once again, reassures us that BTS will be running around on stage again. Hearing that from Yoongi is the most reassuring. BTS Charts Daily ⁦‪@btschartsdailyc‬⁩ 📊| #SUGA / #AGUSTD becomes in the RAPPER with the Most Songs (4) to surpassed 100 #1's on iTunes Worldwide! CONGRATULATIONS SUGA ITUNES RAP KING MIN YOONGI #ThatThat100iTunes pic.twitter.com/86curg6NMg 2/25/24, 8:30 PM

I wondered how long ago this picture was taken. No lip piercing -

Evidently, this is a thing. And I guess today is the day Fake Love is being pushed by ARMY. Already in the top ten of Itunes - Hobi's album - forst I had to choose which version and now I wonder if it's actually two different albums. Prelude and Interlude. Maybe when the track lists are released, that will be answered. JIN GLOBAL 🌐 #JintercontinentalCup 🏆 ⁦‪@SeokjinGlobal‬⁩ 🌊 9 HOURS TO GO! Join the charting project for SUPER TUNA by Jin on the Spotify Global Chart! 🌏 🐟 February 24-25, 2024 🐟 Starts at 9AM KST 🐟 $1,084.84 for KSJ1 Get ready to participate and prepare maximum accounts! 🎣 GLOBAL HIT SUPER TUNA #방탄소년단진 #JIN ⁦‪@BTS_twt‬⁩ pic.twitter.com/1b0T7cmprC 2/23/24, 8:00 AM

Yum. Is Tae the other voice?

And now I am face with that recurring dilemma of what version to get. I definitely want to support Hobi in this. At least ITunes is only one. But of course, I will get a physical copy, too. I am okay with the dribble of new stuff to buy and it's good to have it. It does annoy, me, however, that Weverse has ads for merch on all the media - even teasers. I understand commercial behavior but, for me, the BTS page should be free of all this. That's just me.

He can be their manager, for sure. There was a notice from someone right near midnight, the 17th18th in Korea, from someone and I went ahead and sen him my birthday fan letter right then - bleary eyed. Clearly, he had a couple of days off - so far, I think, Jin is the one most likely to post a comment about anything from his phone, even while serving. The otthers seem to wait until they have a day off - except, I guess, RM, who also wished Hobi a happy birthday, though maybe he was off, too. I so hope tthe members see each other when they are off. Part of the birthday stuff from ARMY was a cup/coffee promotion that Hobi shows the cup from on his Insta-real. I did a quick screenshot - that didn't work https://www.instagram.com/stories/uarmyhope/3305469463497243645/ I can't get the twitter to work, still, but this is what it was about. I just cut and pasted. Sun, Feb 18 at 11:04 AM BTS Translations / Bangtansubs ⁦‪@BTS_Trans‬⁩ 240218 ⁦‪@BTS_twt‬⁩ J-Hope’s Instagram Story #SoTouched Cup: To the officers of the Korean army guarding the Korean peninsula, we are grateful for all the work you do. (T/N: The cup is the following event organised by ARMY to give free coffee to soldiers: twitter.com/_hope_s_mile/s…)… pic.twitter.com/nKVkxVjUju

6 new songs or dance to songs already out there will be the question.... and I wonder if the documentary will be something we have to purchase or available on Weverse. It would be a nice gift to ARMY for it to be free on Weverse. Jin left us monthly messages and I think is was Hobi who lamented that he hadn't prepared anything like Jin had. March 3 is only two weeks away- and a week before Yoongi's birthday. Hoping for multiple gifts to us in March. I'll hold off on revamping my playlists for at least a couple of weeks. And having watched the Jack in the Box documentary on Disney, it does seem to me that dance to the start and the end-all of what he truly loves.

And I was just about to re-work my YouTube and Spotify lists. - I wonder what this will be and if it will contain anything we haven't seen before. My twitter is not recognizing me on my computer so I can't actually pull up or repost anything from the, but go to @uarmyvibe as that person posted a neuron crew tribute to Hobi for his birthday

For unknown reasons, Twitter won't let me click on tweets on my computer so I don't know if these photos are part of the above - but, if like me, you can always screenshot favorites and make prints. I'd say 11X14 is about as big as you can get without losing resolution. But that's a nice size for sticking up on the wall. https://www.threads.net/@bighit_entbt/post/C3aZ9x3tqWs/ https://www.threads.net/@bighit_entbt/post/C3aZ9x3tqWs/https://www.threads.net/@bighit_entbt/post/C3aZ9x3tqWs/

The 15th division does not have a military band. It's just infantry. Each base does not have a band. Note - we have never seen anything like a band or anyone in one of those uniforms in any of the Hobi pics from assorted group graduations. And none from Jin's base, either.

Maybe so, but I do know that for any military band for any branch of the the US armed services, there is a highly competitive audition process. This is because, if you are in a military band, you will not be going into any war zone or be called to serve in a fighting unit. This was the reason my mother wanted all four of my brothers to be proficient playing their brass instruments. And while this may or may not be true, it was reported that he is in the 15th division and that is an infantry division with no mention of a band. And the info I've dredged up says “All musicians are all volunteering civilians“ - and need to be 27 or under. I would love to think of him NOT anywhere near fighting, but I'll withhold believing this until I see additional “leaked“ photos showing him in uniform with a sax.

I think this has to be photoshopped. Why would he be in a military band playing a saxophone? He may be able to play one but the only people in military bands are actually really good at the instrument they are playing ( so if we saw Tae playing sax, I'd give it more credibility.) Also - he is not at a training base so he wouldn't be at a graduation ceremony. Also - there would be some other report about this, if it were true. Did we see any evidence of bands playing at any other grad ceremonies we've seen ? If he was actually doing military band duty, he wouldn;t be at a base in the NW of the country. Thoughts ?

I'm seriously doubting that anyone goes through their 18 months putting on lots of weight, except for muscle, and the guys were pretty muscular to begin with. No one is coming out as the Hulk. I wonder why RM things he'll put that much weight on. Had to be joking.

I dont know what he was going in - but he was WAY too skinny after dieting for his photo shoots. Funny, Jimin doesn't ever shoot for weight gain. But any weight they gain while in the military will be muscle. It's good to be strong, but I should think that being lean lends it self to being able to dance more fluidly and fleibility.

I am, again, taken with just how extraordinary his transformation from big-eared goofy kid to this beauty has been. I think his biceps tendon looks off in the middle sett of pictures, but it's good to not be too perfect.

This is from yesterday - time does pass. https://www.threads.net/@viennesearmy77/post/C3NpDDjtAmI/

Has anyone else noticed how the views for both versions of Take Two on YouTube have 37M views and haven't changed in weeks. Do they add the views together? I don't think so, so it's perplexing to me that in 8 months ( ? ), the last song and MV released would be stagnant. I don't know - its bugs me and makes me wonder if that's just showing on my YouTube feed. Jimin's Closer than This has 16M in a month....

Maybe - there's a lot of flowing going on for most of them. And he must have been working on Face already. It was released 6 months later. It's weird to think of what their thought processes were in Sept '22. A month before Busan and less than two months before Jin was gone. They had been aware that they wouldn't be touring for at least a couple of years, something they already had experience with. The BTS documentary on Disney shows that, and how they wondered, as they prepared for SoFI, if they would ever be able to tour again; would they ever be able to really see ARMY again. I think that, until they saw their reception and felt the energy, and knowing they would all have to do military service, if they thought that being unable to perform live for years would mean ARMY would go away.

I wonder, since he clearly had at least a couple of days off, if he was able to see Yoongi - and was Jimin home, too? I remember when we heard that Jin was in almost constant contact with all the members. Are they staying in touch? And there were one or two photos of most of the members with Jin outside a restaurant when he was on break. I hope they can synchronize breaks. And will Usher feature JK in any way during his halftime show today at the Super Bowl? https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/usher-reveals-why-he-wanted-to-feature-on-bts-star-jungkooks-standing-next-to-you-101707570677366.html

I think that TS probably brings in more money - and I definitely hope the reason their first tour is monumental is NOT because the tickets cost a fortune. I'd love to see them do something similar to what Taylor has done to cut out TM from getting any thing from her shows. And yes to missing Yoongi. He's never been the most extroverted of the 7. JK has been - but we haven't heard directly from him. It is only from Jimin that we get JK updates. I wonder if he -Jimin- feels like he needs to update ARMY on JK because he knows JK isn't. I'd love to see a message from Jin that includes info on both Jimin and JK. RM hasn't messaged and Hobi hasn't either - someone, not RM, is putting stuff on Instagram, but that's not new anything. We hear, anecdotally, that Tae is doing well, but not how RM and JK are adjusting - except Jimin's messages. It makes me think that JK is having more trouble adjusting - but that's pure speculation. He has Jimin and Jin with him and that has to help. Happy Lunar New Year -