Yoongi4ebbah! ⁷ - 2026 BTS Comeback Year

I truly do not even know what to say, which is impressive and, let’s be honest, completely un-me. This situation is both absurd and embarrassingly unprofessional at the same time. First of all, this feels wildly out of character for Jimmy, and I do not say that lightly. But there is also no world in which I am going to doubt friends who were there, especially when all of their stories are similar. And yes, I am genuinely happy for ARMY who got to see both songs live. That was, after all, the entire point. Or at least we would assume so. Now, while @jimmyfallon and @FallonTonight obviously cannot personally supervise every single member of staff, staff are still the people chosen to represent them. ARMY are not new to this. We represent BTS too, and that is exactly why we are constantly expected and demanded to be on our best behavior… If not, we immediately become: unhinged, ridiculous, immature, or everyone’s favorite: “15yo screaming teens.” So yes, the people representing a show of this scale should be expected to meet at least that same standard of professionalism. I am at least expecting a minimum of 4 explanations and 2 apologies. From the show. The MC? Don’t care about him. He will find out. 1.- An explanation for ARMY being separated into yes and no groups. If the bracelets had already been sorted by color, then surely it could not have been too difficult to offer people the option to stay for one performance and leave after. Or at least tell them ahead of time what was going to happen for the second performance. 2.- A clear explanation of how the group that got to see “SWIM” was selected. Based on what, exactly? Criteria? Structure? Logic? Vibes? And don’t you dare say looks and age. Staff “liking or disliking” people is not a professional selection process, despite what some seem to have believed on their power trip. 3.- An explanation for why attendees were taken to the recording location and then left stranded once filming was over. If the show arranged transportation to bring people there, the bare minimum would have been to return them to the original pick-up point. You do not get to use ARMY for atmosphere, energy, and footage, and then treat them as disposable the moment the recording ends. That is exploitative. I don’t care if the word is “too much”; it is. 4.- @Thezog. This is the explanation I am most interested in hearing, for obvious reasons. What exactly is the excuse here? It takes a special kind of arrogance to be both uninformed and disrespectful at the same time. And frankly, humiliating behavior from someone representing a show that chose to center BTS and invite their fandom into that space. As for apologies, that will, of course, be entirely up to Jimmy, the show, the producers, and the staff involved. I expect absolutely nothing from that excuse of an MC… But it would be incredibly sad to watch a genuinely good relationship between host, artists, and fandom start to crack because a few random people mistook access (the staff) for authority and disrespect (the MC) for “comedy.” ARMY have been belittled and disrespected for far too long, and Jimmy was one of the very few people many of us held in especially high regard. Or did, at least. ARMY, I am so very sorry you had to deal with this. I cannot imagine how painful, insulting, and exhausting that must have felt. Hugs you very much, P. 💫