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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 -

TXT seems to be getting the airport treatment now -

Nothing to do with BTS, but To Leslie, the film Chris edited and that received and Oscar nom for Best Actress is now available on Netflix - Please watch it. It's not often an easy film to watch but the acting and writing (and editing) is excellent. Shot in 19 days during the pandemic. Amazing economy of time... And I'm so proud. Also - Chris is now a huge TXT fan - and still ARMY!

What does #FindBTSPresents even mean? Where?

Except the very same department thought it best to force enlistment and we can't see OT7... This is a translation, nicely done, of just Namjoon's part - and I, too, wonder - how did they choose him? (Good choice, but just wondering...) And now I want to hear this entire interview- (and genuinely sad that Hobi will still be under the required number of days before he can get vacation days so will miss the Seoul concerts-)

Well, that was really weird. I know Namjoon is proud and honored. It annoys me that the government and the dept of defense have no issues with using BTS but only seem to recognize them, now - too late, as great ambassadors for Korea. Also "Rap Monster" is not the man seen here today. This is Kim Namjoon, BTS, Korean. I think that there must still be American soldiers lost and buried there. And I'm not really sure how RM got this honorary mission. If asked, he would never refuse. Did they need an ambassador? Certainly we see the serious adult man here - but I still think the ceremony was sort of odd.