BTS 'Life Goes On' + 'RUN BTS' REACTION!! | K-POP 101

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  @BlindWave · 2 years ago · pinned

  Subscribe for us to react to "Dynamite" by BTS next week!!

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  @NanciBK · 2 years ago (edited)

  Aaron nailed it. &nbsp;The whole album (BE) is their Pandemic stories. &nbsp;Some depressed, some hopeful.<br>They were literally shooting in their apartment. &nbsp;They all lived together for about 10 years. &nbsp;The bedroom scene is Jimin and j-hope&apos;s actual bedroom. &nbsp;This whole album was done during lockdown.

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  @goeienacht · 2 years ago

  They don’t have “character roles”, they have personalities. That’s an aspect that attracted so many fans for sure

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• PU

  @punkrockpollyanna · 2 years ago

  I can&apos;t believe I am being THAT GIRL, but I think the guys would enjoy BTS&apos;s harder hitting songs like ON:Kinetic Manifesto, Mic Drop (Steve Aoki Mix), etc.. <br>Everything Janci is choosing is poppy, though I appreciate Aaron and Eric&apos;s open mindedness. <br>I just think that limiting all 5 songs (and that&apos;s all they are gonna get) to one style is a disservice. One of the things I love most about BTS is their diversity and ability to fuse genres in a cool way. Just my two cents.

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  @Xeverti · 2 years ago

  Actually there is one live performance of RUN BTS! It was at their free concert for the Busan expo 2030, if you search &quot;Run BTS &apos;Yet to Come&apos; Busan&quot; you&apos;ll see the performance uploaded on their BANGTANTV channel 😊

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• JU

  @juneseghni · 2 years ago

  He was looking at the stadium where they would have had a concert if COVID had not cancelled their World Tour

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  @NanciBK · 2 years ago (edited)

  Dance practices are (generally) done in their own street or workout clothes. &nbsp;They dress how they want. &nbsp;Jimin&apos;s outfit from the Airplane Pt 2 dance practice with his Italian boots and leather jacket is legendary and has its own fandom, and that&apos;s just all Jimin.<br><br>The long hair in RUN BTS dance practice is less a &quot;concept&quot; and more a reflection of the fact that they were facing their looming military service where they all would have to shave their heads, so they all grew their hair out during that time period. &nbsp;My brother did the same thing before joining the Navy in 1990. &nbsp;The Busan free concert was their last concert as a group before military service and this practice was for that concert.<br><br>BTS has never had fake boy band personas. &nbsp;That is kind of the whole point of them. &nbsp;Their &quot;brand&quot; from the beginning is their authenticity. &nbsp;They are themselves. &nbsp;They have always been themselves. &nbsp;Raw, honest, real, genuine. &nbsp;Even in their vlogs before they debuted, they were sharing their fears and worries, hopes and dreams, and just being their chaotic, silly and loving selves.<br><br>In fact, the big brands they are signed with as global reps now chose each of them because their personal style reflected the brands ethos in some way. &nbsp;Like the quirky, artsy uniqueness of Bottega Vaneta with RM or the casual rock n roll bad boy aspect of Calvin Klein with Jungkook, or the elegance and grace of Dior and Tiffany with Jimin, or the experimental, modern street hip dynamism of Louis Vuitton with j-hope, etc.

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  @bereasonable8018 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This song was helping Army cope with the CoVid shutdown and saying that life will go on. The song is like a balm to my heart. I miss them so much while they’re in the military.<br><br>I’m so glad you’re getting a chance to watch them sing live to realize their singing ability. These boys actually sing when dancing in live performances. No lip synching or autotune. This song doesn’t even showcase the full range of their abilities.

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  @ccx7004 · 2 years ago

  They did have more typecast “roles” in the very beginning (like Jimin was “sexy” and lifted his shirt during dances, Jin was portrayed as cold but handsome, etc, but pretty quickly (basically always) were very authentically themselves. I think the agency figured out quickly that we love their chaotic side just as much as their professionalism! I think what helped was that they were filming logs since pre-debut where people got to know their personalities and they learned to feel comfortable chatting and playing on camera. Nowadays they just do whatever they want lmao, I don’t think there are any “roles”, they are just humans with different personalities and preferences and musical identities. <br>Even the shift they do with every new album feels very real - they always write albums about topics that they’re going through at the time (Persona with Boy With Luv were written when they were extremely famous and questioning their public image, BE with Life Goes On was written in 2020 when they were in COVID Lockdown, Run BTS was for their 9-year anniversary looking back at their struggles and achievements and saying good job to themselves and that they’ll keep going). So the outfits and aesthetics represent their emotional/mental states.

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  @dbdnw4 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;d attribute BTS&apos;s success to the fact that they are very much themselves in their group. &nbsp;They started off having those roles of the &quot;sexy one, cute one, etc&quot; but they abandoned that concept pretty early on and in my opinion it contributed a lot to their success. &nbsp;They have A LOT of behind the scenes footage and vlogs showing their journey through success which also portrays their personalities really well. &nbsp;I didn&apos;t listen to K-pop a day in my life until I saw them in concert in 2021 just accompanying a friend who had an extra ticket and what pulled me in was their individuality and showmanship. &nbsp;Of course they cannot completely reveal everything about themselves but they have a very strong sense of authenticity and vulnerability that makes the audience relate to them and see them as friends rather than celebrities.

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  @Rayna_90 · 2 years ago

  In dance practices they usually wear their own clothes if I&apos;m not mistaken.. you can always clearly see their personal style..

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• AP

  @apobangboHkh · 2 years ago

  Bts are always themselves , they don&apos;t try to be someone they are not <br>In some western bands they kinda promote that specific member as the bad boy or the mysterious one for example ,but Bts are just group of regular guys who have different personalities 💜

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