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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.

Oh, Hobi -

I don't get into Seoul until the 15th - but will have through the 18th (morning) so present for a small part (and going on the 17th to the big deal, though it's going to be a zoo.) Also made sure I have a room with a view of Namsan Tower. I also made a reservation at the new Hybe Museum (not at Hybe) for the afternoon of the 16th but may change the time depending on what more is revealed between now and then. Also want to see what Jeju Airlines deal is going to be because I fly to Jeju on the 18th...

Ambassador from the Ministry of Defense? This is not service? Also Yoongi and tangerines.

And skinny -

Correction: Chris did see a couple of dance practice videos and thought they were great. I don't know how I missed them.

There was nothing beyond still (though beautiful) photos at the LA exhibit. No videos of dance practices. That would have been cool. And there wouldn;t have been time to watch them over and over anyway. We did the last photo op (and i don't think a single one is any good at all and only one has the entire BTS symbol, so we'd have seen if they had video screens. The first photo ops had 15-20 people lined up. By-pass! And zero original Proof merch at all - though you could scan a code to order the deluxe (metal, 25 pound ,crazy expensive) special edition. T-shirts and hoodies - one variety of a verse from Run BTS on the back and a BTS symbol on the front. The other just had a BTS symbol. I wonder if they just ran out of any actual Proof merch. I'd have gone for a t-shirt (if it had quality.) Chris, when he went to the men's room last night, stopped at the merch table in the stadium (no fans around) and wanted to get me a t-shirt but they wouldn't let him touch one He wanted to make sure they were thicker and were good fabric. Wouldn't let him even touch. It's okay - would be fun, but I have so much BTS merch.. He cannot get over how much he loved the concert and TXT (though a couple of songs he thinks are silly - like Ice Cream - I agree). I am so glad we went and look forward to their return. I guess they have Weverse Con and Lollapalooza and some Japanese dates - but since they sang a new, unreleased song, I think a new EP will come out soon after that. And then, maybe , another tour...(?) And I'll believe a Tae album is on it's way when there is an announcement - he is such a tease.

He started this DURING the TXT concert ----which was nearly three hours of awesome.