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That's a dog, for sure. He really loves his Tannie.

So if I download to my iPhone, I can still use Apple Music and have it count?

I'd go with Apple, too, but since I will buy songs on iTunes, the only way the streams of those specific songs would count is if I delete them. I know there are plenty of ARMY who would do that, and maybe buy many copies of a song to help the numbers and then delete them. Not me. I do buy actual CD's but also digital -only once each, though. And like to listen to them on my phone when I walk. I also have Amazon Prime so have a playlist there, too. But I had Prime anyway. Having the premier level of Spotify and YouTube does cost me but I rarely use YouTube for anything other than BTS and only use Spotify for them. Just the cost of being ARMY, I guess. (And less expensive than buying multiple digital copies of the same song and then deleting them,) Oh, the things we do.

How any accounts do you have? I've never been able to figure out if I need to set up a YouTube or Spotify account with my other email. I have premium on both and I'm not going to pay to have premium twice. I guess I wouldn't have to, especially of I don't actually watch or listen most of the time (I have Amazon music playing on Alexa all day)= and only watch when a new MV comes out)

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Eagle eye Sel

It is possible to see really well and still be clothed. Just sayin'. But this does sound good. And she, I believe, is the other headliner at the Global Fest, though I've never heard of her.

MTV awards - I thought I wasn't having votes count (and I think it's only a single vote and not ten, as it was before) - but now realize that you have to follow MTV on Instagram in order to get to the voting post (and it's a "story", not a post). I can't seem to pull up the voting for group of the year - they are currently offering ip song of the summer. It seems random to catch the IG "story" you want to vote on. Really seem squirrelly.

They did? How did you find that out? (Totally not surprised, of course - and also certain that Hybe was not involved at all in this one.) I love that Tae is being talked about as the "visual" in BTS - when that is what was initially behind Jin becoming a member. Ah, so many visuals. Seven of them.

I kind of hope so, for his sake. No circus, no cameras. And no one would know which camp he is at, either (at least not yet - )

That's going to be a zoo - think of him at GMA but the crowd multiplied. I guess he'll be in the states for three weeks? (Will Jimin show up?) I'm a little surprised because this means, almost assuredly, that OT7 won't be sending Yoongi off. And speaking of Yoongi -

They abandoned their original mission. Now they are basically trash programming. "Unplugged" was the only show worth watching for decades.

Seven is kind of nominated for "Song of Summer" - but so is Taylor and we know how the Swifties are. There are 16 nominees and you can't even start voting until the 7th. TXT (with Jonas Bros) and Fifty/Fifty are among the 16. Weird that it's the Jonas Bros collab that TXT got nominated for, when it Sugar Rush Ride that is nominated in two other categories. Not that JK doesn't have a chance, but if they aren't looking at sales and streams and Billboard placement (and they aren't) then I don't think ARMY can overcome the Swifties (). I think the timing of his trip to the states is coincidental to the VMAs. Maybe he would go to support the little brothers, but I'd be surprised (and I also think he'll go back to Korea by then, depending on what he's up to.) MTV sucks anyway.

That would be amazing!!! The "K-pop heartthrob really sounds like a star." Duh. There has been talk for a while about Take Two and I hope it is nominated, but one of the solos ......wow (I love the catchy-ness of Seven, but think Jimin's two major releases are as good or better musically. And what are the dates for consideration? The Astronaut - yes.)

It made me think they are sharing clothes, still. What do they mean by a JK schedule? There is no news (or even rumor, that I've seen) on what he'll be doing in the states. I suspect recording - though he spent a lot of time here before Seven. But I'd hardly call it a "schedule". And his absence makes me re-think the Yoongi date. Not today, obviously, and I don't think he'd go in on Namjoon's birthday (though that may not be a choice). I realize I obsess about this a bit too much - but hoping that OT7 can do a send off as they did with Jin and Hobi. They likely will be unable to get all 7 together at some point, and if military members are not supposed to be photographed, even three or four of them, in uniform, will have to stay off camera. Anyway - JK is in the states and I don't believe he'd not be in Korea when Yoongi has to leave. [Maybe we'll have a more accurate idea if we find out that the Tae Suchwita is the last one - wouod he have bamnked a bunch of content for later? Maybe...]

She's not.

Tae likes old things - that would be me! I love that there is mention or allusion to a Bon Voyage together when everyone is out. It's what we thought would be good, though without cameras, at least for the first part. And mentioning the aurora - Iceland! That would be someplace they could go and not be swamped with people following them around. Ot the northern parts of Scandenavia. Or one of the islands off the northern coast of Scotland. (I can't believe I'm already planning a trip for them - but I will write Hybe and suggest it.) And Tae being on this week is making me give Yoongi one more week before he enters the military, unless this is being used as both a Tae promotion and a salve for our sad hearts (when he is gone...) EDIT: but then next Tuesday is Namjoon's birthday - would be enter on that day? For those of us who purchased all of his concerts: I'll check it later, after I do stuff outside, before it gets too f-ing hot!

And they know, from Jin and Hobi, what to anticipate. I don't know what shape Jin was in before he went in and Hobi was never one to spend lots of time in the gym, but both were strong and had stamina. I imagine most newbies aren't anywhere near the kind of shape the four are in now (Yoongi - not a gym rat, either, but certainly displayed stamina and stength throughout his tour -) I saw this tweet and wondered if I live on a different planet (huh? What album is this?)- Must be a bid to push certain songs to over 100M. I intend on putting the three on Proof that haven't hit 100K yet just so that album will have all it's songs over 100k (Born Singer, N.O., Cypher, Pt 3:Killer) onto my next playlist after Tae's album is out.

I think there is no way the Korean media would have missed it, if he did. Of course, they might not know where he is (at his own place? at his parents?) and therefore couldn't follow him. My choice of the 5th is because it's a Tuesday and Tuesday is the day both Jin and Hobi entered their camps. So I'm guessing that training starts on Tuesdays. His announced on Aug 7, so that's a bit more than four weeks of time between announcing and showing up. I think that's the minimum amount of time between enlisting and showing - though I have no actual idea. Even though Hobi and Jin had more like 6 weeks, they did show up, like on Weverse. (Jin for his birthday and he just walked off camera without saying good bye...). It'll be roughly five month since Hobi went in and that seems like a long chunk of time between enlistments. Five months between, if a standard, would keep the last one out until Nov 2026. I'd think that the pace of enlistment will be increasing soon. They could all be in by February (?) and it would only four months before Jin is out, so not a super long "quiet" time. All just speculation, of course. Still kind of hoping Jimin and JK go in together and then maybe RM and Tae. While he talks about creating more music, a little piece of me wonders if Namjoon is staying around to semi-shephard the younger ones - though he clearly has no control over JK. Just so looking forward to seeing them all together again, I'd like them all in next month.

Tae and Jimin - (and I remain steadfast in believing that Yoongi will go in on the 5th - lots of content prepared for immediately after that, to help distract us.)

Just thinking, as I went to the MTV site (it's "double hour") and realized there is nothing to vote on today, it occurred to me that The Planet wasn't nominated in the "for good" category. I guess because there is no MV with it - even a video of them singing it - it wouldn't count as a MV - but I can't think of a song better suited for the "for good" award. The MTV site does say that the non-professional categories are all fan voted, but I don't believe it....

Having livestreamed (and recorded on my phone; transferred to thumbdrive) three concerts and attended three, clearly I do not have enough Permission to Dance.

Yeontan, if his heart surgeries were, in fact, successful should live another 7-9 years. He has a birthday this week! He turns 6 on the 7th. He actually has a page on "famous birthdays". I know Tae wants him to have his own profile on Weverse. I haven't been able to watch yet (it's 7:30 am....)but looking forward to it. I've had cats bigger than Tannie. But, true, dogs are not cats....

I'm pretty sure that MTV is one of those that manipulates the totals so there will be no vote totals released; just the names of the winners, at the show. I could be wrong about that - and they do a "bracket" type thing on these last categories so we'll have an idea. I'm going to have to predict TS to win any category she's in (unless Beyonce surprises - but if it's a fan vote, Swifties are very pushy). That includes song of summer, but JK may surprise. He should get it, by all metrics. It's interesting that StrayKids are up against TXT for k-pop, but StrayKids not nominated in the group category. Thats the one, based on competition that TXT may actually win, though Blinks probably will be voting their little tails off. Blackpink beat BTS for k-pop, which is ridiculous - but they appeared at the show (and were awful, as I recall) - which is what I think will give TXT a bump (especially if it, in truth, is up to MTV..) THey can split the baby and give BP or Straykids one, and TXT the other. It would be so great for their confidence. I have not read anything about Jimin's knuckles, but maybe he was boxing with JK and wasn;t used to it or the gloves too tight. Even the usual translators I follow on Twitter made no mention of it. Waiting for subs-