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I missed Tae's but not Jimin. But he didn't answer any of my questions - that I asked using Korean. Like "where is the best fried chicken?" and "do you get to talk to Jin and Hobi?". Looking forward to subs. Have my view of Namsan Tower but not a lit up as I expected - it really is only the top of the tower... More later. My brain is still halfway across the Pacific -

It seems to me that almost no members will be in Seoul this weekend. And "live" doesn't mean live anymore. So, who knows about RM. I, on the other hand, will be in Seoul. At SFO and waiting for my (full) flight. A nightmare travel this time....mire later. So, I'll try to get photos of all purple things. And going to the Festa Festival even though it'll be 90 and no shade.

I'm going to try. And what do you mean -"and then there's Jimin?" He has a dancers butt so if his shoulders lack, it's ok. And I need everyone's fingers crossed that I get on the flight i want tonight at nearly midnight. Manifest starting now!

Love Tae's instagram posts (and where is he on his way to now?) but this one leaves me asking a question - what did Hobi land on? That's a big jump! I'd have broken something.

I don't know if this is still available and it isn't until about 7 minutes in that you get translations in the smaller screen. The TV networks were covering the lead up time to midnight and the start of 6/13

This is a translation of Jimin's - (and I leave tomorrow so everyone, please cross your fingers that I get on the flight to ICN when I want to!!) And another - And a Jimin Samsung ad- I don't have Apple Music but will try this - I think I have to delete Take Two from ITunes for my streaming to count, but willing to do that and buy another-

He must have been up all night again - I did not receive my usual notification that anyone went live -

Suchwita - loved it so much. And to know Jin wanted this to be on long after he would be in the military makes me smile. And Hobi - who can never stay away. You can't get out until you go in. Anxious for OT7 to be together again. Interesting article - He didn't start with Hybe until last year - I wonder who the tech wizard behind all the mind-blowing special effects for MVs is. There must have only been one or two initially and those are the ones I;d like to hear about. I suspect they have massive team now.

And something else: Also - no luck in getting into the "lounge" or special fireworks viewing area. Love how Weverse doesn't say you lost but that you "missed". I call it losing.

In regards to the news report - I thought it a bit odd they didn't mention the "why" of the hiatus, but I also suspect it's reasonably well known about their mandatory military service (bolds as a statement by me....). They have also covered when Jin and Hobi went in -

What does this mean? We know that they all 7 can't be in the same place at the same time until Hobi is at 100 days in. Maybe - and this is unlikely - they shot something when Jin was home after his 100 days and they were all together (?). More likely shot before the first enlistment. I can almost see the line up and who will be sitting where,-

Another translation of Take Two - And they are on the national news (kind of national as it';s in English).

He has a bright future both in and out of skating. He is so gifted.

And I just went and made a new Spotify and YouTube list - still need to do Amazon. Tomorrow. And bought it, too, of course. I so wish we could sing this all together -

I fly to Jeju on the morning the the 19th and then back to Gimpo on July 6 or 7. I'm looking at the flights today - and want to purple boarding pass. I will be back before the planes get wrapped, but since they will stay wrapped until the end of the year, there's always a shot I'll be back while they are still wrapped. It would also be nice to win a RT ticket but I tried with Asiana (with brilliant, beautiful photos and never heard a peep -) And I wonder about the 1.2 M views of the Festa video in 5 hours as off. Maybe some people are only watching it on Weverse and not YouTube. Jimin's letter to ARMY is at 3.3M views after a day and is almost at1M likes. Also - the YouTube video came out at 11 pm in Korea so maybe there are a lot of ARMY who haven't had a chance to even see it yet.

Sinve I'm the one who didn't get to go to his concerts in the states (or anywhere else - damn TM and the no-luck on any ticket lottery), I will be live streaming this (or these - probably both as I bet some other members will show up -) in Korea. And, as we know, you can't see their stuff too much. So I'll be able to share (I also shouldn't need the replays since I'll be in the correct time zones for the concerts). I'll pout this on the video thread as it gets closer... And Jimin - it is so sweet to be able to listen to that song whenever I want, without putting the Face CD into a player. I read on Twitter that some think that he'll be going into the military after FESTA -boo -and he has already seen Yoongi's concert live, but I still hope he waits for JK. Or until Hobi has a few days off so they can all seven be there when he (and the others) go in.

Well, this looks promising -

I think Yoongi has been almost immune to dating and shipping rumors because he's just always so damn busy. He spend SO much time in his studio.

Just listening (it was playing on my phone and I wasn't watching most of it), I thought Jimin was there!

And I suspect, also, that as each one emerges from their military service, they'll be training for the "comeback". Even Hobi will have to get his flexibility back. I 'm not worried about their stamina, but as they have all had voice lessons at one time or another, it just makes sense that training for singing and dancing resume ASAP (not that I am currently expecting anything as physically demanding as some of their MV, but they'll be aiming for that -)

Cannot wait - and looking forward to everyone in the media to stop calling them a "boy band.) PDogg knows them all very well (he and SloRabbit, I suspect, know them the best) and if he says they'll be back, I believe him. And if JK does release in mid-July, that basically just leaves Tae (unless his TV show counts, but I'm still looking forward to some crooning....), then we can, maybe, surmise that he'll be enlisting after that (and RM, Yoongi and Jimin - who may wait for JK - will be in by fall.) It seemed they'd be gone forever, but Jin is 1/3 of the way through. Maybe the plans are to never have all of them gone - though that pushes being together again to the very end of 2025...

@amylance1215 Are the released practice videos what they had at the Exhibition? And, to all of us, won't one of the Seoul shows be live streamed? They've added more stuff we can watch.

I didn't even try to watch the 4am show but half thought they would allow replays. They do have the dance practices up as "new media" - is this the ones they should in Proof The exhibition??? And Sowoozoo is great but makes me feel so badly for them. Both the concerts with no audience just hurt a little.

Don't know why the YouTube is crummy. Canada is better? The Weverse Live is fine. Now on Sowoozoo but tired and I've seen it. Didn't we have to pay for that? I may even own it I don't know what's pm ay 4am but I own't be up for it (still recovering from the 4AM ticket bloodbath the other day...

Watching the first part - it's 2019, Magic Shop. And the quality is awful. Out of focus, even on the tiny screen. I'll watch anyway, of course, but it makes me want to just buy it to get the quality. I know they are showing other stuff but it starts at 4AM so no - I'd like to know what they are showing. If starting with 2019, I guess they'll show the virtual concert but don't know which broadcast. The YouTube version is bad - the "live" on Weverse is MUCH better and far clearer -