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baby. i miss him

starting to wonder if this was perhaps an accident 🤨

yoonmin literally just switched out their mics to take these 2 photos 😂

📸 INSTAGRAM Jimin post: ⭐️🎆🎇

📸 INSTAGRAM Suga post: TOKYO

📸 INSTAGRAM RM story

#KEEPSWIMMING with BTS: 오키로만 (5kmman) Stories of those who don’t stop. 🔗 youtube.com/shorts/fIce5di… now, what’s yours?

@MicMicBungee31 oohhh they were mad MAD when parismatch called their bullshit in 2024 😂

@ameviil trash criticizing another trash hahaha. k media thinks they can undo what they done to bts since the cb. i hope other media outlets call them out too

[NEWS] Japanese Tabloid Shukan Bunshun Faces Backlash for Stalking RM: "Is this a Yellow Journalism version of "Midnight Diner"?" Japan's representative yellow journalism outlet, Shukan Bunshun, is facing a severe backlash from public opinion after carrying out "hidden camera-style" coverage of BTS that many deemed excessive. Criticism is pouring in from fandoms in both Korea and Japan, as well as locally, calling it a "disgrace to journalism" In the process, Shukan Bunshun focused on framing RM as having violated public morals by claiming that "RM smoked in a non-smoking area and discarded a cigarette butt." Shukan Bunshun has a "past record" of using sensationalist language like "secret visit" to report on BTS member Jin visiting a Ryokan (hot spring inn) in Ito while on vacation. A K-pop official clicked their tongue, stating, "It is suspected to be a typical 'K-pop bashing' tactic of Japanese yellow journalism," and added, "However, as the media literacy (media criticism ability) of fandoms and the public has increased, it has instead ended up emphasizing only the low quality of the media outlet." 🔗m.entertain.naver.com/home/article/3…

@Hellonootme yoonmin au where freshman 🐥 tutors his senior 🐱 in calculus to pay those bills – all while learning from youtube himself

Its crazy to think about how I used to teach maths and physics to highschoolers one grade above mine for money ... like I would learn on YouTube and then tutor these bigger kids and they all would get great grades too.

@ameviil oh the irony of kmedia criticising j-tabloid yellow journalism

@_seesaw93 it was high school for me 😂 i used jpop song niji by aqua timez in my essay and got A for igcse. the only thing i will agree on is kpop paved the way for japanese market, especially tvxq. SEA? suuure but still barely. and for the rest of the world? tannies did the hard work

Ikr. I started to know kpop in around 2005-2006, i was still in a middle school, and literally everyone in my class found me and my besties as weird. ☝🏻😭 But i have this moment when my music teacher was so fascinated when i sang tvxq’s japanese song for the test, and i told him the song was in japanese but the singers are korean, it blew his mind and he gave me a perfect score and said “you memorized the lyrics alone is an achievement.” 😁

I witnessed bigbang’s journey since they were six members. Yes, they used to be six before YG cut Hyunseung right before their final debut that led him to join CUBE and ended up as BEAST member. Sorry to break this to you but they didn’t even open asia market for kpop. Rain, BoA and TVXQ did all the work for kpop to spread all over Asian countries. Especially Japan. The 2nd largest music market at that time. For a kpop group to be able to have a stage in Tokyo Dome was only a dream till TVXQ did it. TVXQ was the first kpop group to hold a solo concert there. Rain and BoA opened the door to asian market, then TVXQ turned kpop into mainstream across asian countries. Bigbang ride the wave, took a good opportunity with their unique style and did expand kpop, like any other 2nd gen kpop group did too. They did expand kpop to global audience along with other 2nd gen kpop groups, but mostly it was spreading in between kpop and jpop fans community. My point, TVXQ is the pioneers who opened kpop to Asian audience. Other 2nd gen kpop groups including bigbang did catch a lot of attention and spread kpop globally. BTS is another thing, they didn’t spread kpop. They spread their music genuinely without labeling it as any genre or some sort. It’s BTS music. Not hiphop, not kpop, not pop, it’s BTS. They set the stone for themselves, they got recognized, then after that Kpop claimed them as a part of it. And the rest are riding it till this second. What BTS started isn’t setting kpop music in a global market, but THEIR MUSIC in a global market. And that’s exactly why many international army didn’t start as a kpop fan. They were a general public who found and ended up loving bts, not kpop. Kpop use bts like “hey, check us out too, bts is one of us, we can do what they do too” But see? Did any other group surpass them in their nearly 4 years group hiatus? As long as BTS is standing strong and keep reaching more general public and turned them into an army, other groups will still be a nugu to many of them. If they know kpop, they will definitely know BTS. If they know BTS, there’s no guarantee that they will know kpop.

yes, there were attempts to break thru the western market (wg,gg), but they remained no more than a niche. UNTIL bts bbma paper award win. we saw in real time how klabel scrambling to open official twt too 😂 and now you can easily find kpop merch, ads, global collab, endorsement

and even then, only groups from the BIG3 (then) were known overseas. but still, you could barely found merch, k products, ads with their faces in the wild. like i said, it was a niche and not a household ground. so for kpoppies saying their fav paved the way is laughable

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I have a ticket for Tampa Day 1 section 124. Looking for a streaming army who can attend, no charge but you will have to show me your last fm stats from 3/20 to present date. ARMYs only!

@gothminyoongi @itsyourkoo did that OFTEN too

@itsyourkoo APPARENTLY on run bts yoongi said he did with jimin in the states

i’m so jealous of jimin it’s sickening i also want to take a shower with yoongi

@agustdreads the best friend

nursing an unrequited love by sipping whiskey alone, stealing glaces at his best friend who is smiling into someone else's shoulder while they slow dance in the living room

📸 INSTAGRAM J-Hope story: Off to TAMPA✈️

SUGA’s POV Jimin’s POV