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bts once said … 💗

30 minutes for my first ever bts comeback 🥺

🐹: “I have a deep desire to continue making music happily with my fellow members and ARMY. Of course, I do feel some pressure to 'show that we’ve grown even more than before', but I believe that only when we work on our music happily will ARMY be able to feel that joy too. 🐹: Because of this, I’ve tried to set aside that pressure while working on this album. Together with my members, who are just like family to me, we’ve created this album, Arirang, 'joyfully' and happily. Please give it a lot of love!"

what do you mean I have 30 minutes

I am awake oh my god it’s happening IT IS HAPPENING

🐻: "And the title track is 'Swim.' Among the songs in the album, it’s the most 'comfortable' and has an enchanting charm that makes you keep coming back to it. 🐻: While 'Swim' may not hit you super hard right away, it’s a song that stays with you. I’ve filled it with the message of continuing to 'swim forward without stopping,' even when endless worries come rushing in. 🐻: I hope you’ll enjoy listening to it, paying close attention to both the lyrics and the song’s overall message. How? By swimming!"

🐨: “I hope that through this album, listeners will be reminded of their own personal ‘Arirang’ within their hearts. While making this album, I naturally found myself reflecting on where our team stands and how far we’ve come. In doing so, I felt many emotions… the time spent away from the stage, the longing for ARMY, and the desire to move forward again. 🐨: Rather than 'Arirang' being strictly limited to a Korean sentiment, I hope it resonates more universally with anyone who has endured their own time of struggle and possesses the heart to take the next step forward. 🐨: I believe that as you follow our story, you’ll eventually find a point where it overlaps with your own. So, if there’s a moment while listening to this album where you feel, 'Oh, this might be my story too,' I think that would be more than enough."

🐥: “Working on songs together with the seven of us in a songwriting session itself was, I think, incredibly joyful. We'd gather at night and talk about this and that after working on music together during the day. It had been a while since we all gathered to work on music, but it didn't feel awkward at all. I think I felt a lot that we had finally come back to the place where we belong. I believe our most authentic selves come out when we make music and perform on stage together.”

🐿️: "While working on this album, I think the part that gave me the most strength was having the members by my side. Whenever I think of our team, I get this unexplainable, lump-in-my-throat, emotional feeling. Honestly, I think it’s because of that 'heart-warming' bond that BTS has been able to stay together for so long. Feeling that emotion again after a long time gave me a lot of strength while preparing for this album."

🌟 WEVERSE V post: I'm nervous because it's my first stage in a while, but I'm preparing to show you a great performance, as hard as I've worked. For that to happen, what we wish for most is for the concert to end safely without anyone getting hurt! On the day of the performance, please enjoy it with a relaxed and protective atmosphere for each other. I think that will make it an even more beautiful day. Thank you for always cheering me on, and I love you. I've missed you so much too. See you tomorrow!

🌟 WEVERSE Jimin post: It's finally today, ARMY! You don't know how long I've been waiting for this day. So my heart is fluttering and I'm nervous, hehe. I'm truly happy because I heard many of you are coming to see our performance tomorrow. But if you don't feel well during the show, please be sure to tell the security personnel closeby. And so no one gets hurt, I hope we can all take it a little slower and be considerate of each other. Thank you. See you a little later, ARMY. I love you. 🥰

focus on bts

I cannot sleep 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

being an army on march 20

@jms_strawberry I always have a playlist on 😭

@thvchapters Girl keep a playlist on, tracking day starts in 44 min

ready to receive bangtan after my nap. wishing everyone the best comeback moments. we made it. it’s finally spring 💜

🐱: “For this time, I wanted to capture a deeper and more mature perspective. In the past, I used to push myself hard to work until a good song came out, but this time, instead of driving myself like before, I tried to approach the music with a sense of calm and leisure. Since we made it in a fun and enjoyable way, I hope that feeling naturally reaches the fans as well."

Short (extremely) summary of ARIRANG from the Q&A session : - The group focussed on expanding their range, tried various genres and new sounds. Genres they werent familiar with - The album is most BTS-like, moving forward on their own terms - They worked on a title track other than SWIM for a month but swim felt the most natural - Korean elements are a key point of the album - SWIM is the most minimal track in the album - Album concept was established as the members' opinions were added from various angles - They focussed on their identities and backgrounds as Korean incorporating K-cultural, energy in the lyrics and album - Its difficult to say whether they are 100% satisfied but they are fully satisfied in the sense that they are still changing and moving forward.

taehyung speaking about how ‘into the sun’ came to life 🥺 my beautiful boy 🥺

🐿️ “there were days when the work went well, but on the days when it was blocked, we came back to the dormitory and comforted each other and took care of our condition” crying, screaming, throwing up 😭

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