this reaction was basically everything i wanted from someone watching these performances. there's an entire existential crisis buried in here, they are so good they make you question reality. i'm gonna remember that comparison to RAM.
👏👏👏 did you notice that they changed the lyrics in the cypher? It used to be ´´...but I don´t care, you cant control my shit´´ and now they went ´´...Fuck you, I dont care, you cant control my shit...´´. Bear in mind that there were A LOT of gvt officials present as the concert was for the Expo bid. Then they go and not 48h later announce the enlistment decision. THEIR decision, not the gvt´s . They decided to not be pawns anymore. As much as I respected them already, now it is on a another level. P.S. fun fact, in Ma City, in Jhope verse he raps about a bloody civilian uprising in his hometown Gwangju from the 80s. Another political statement. They just have balls.
Lot to unpack here but them saying this is the last time they're gonna perform Cypher 3 & literally rapping "But I don't care you can't control my shit" in front of 1000s of people AND govt officials and days later dropping the enlistment news which was according to their OWN decision not something on the govt terms(which they tried a lot by the way) screams BOSS energy to me! Giving more context, BTS was on thread almost since 2018 regarding the enlistment thing. Every company except for Bighit filed for reconsideration of the enlistment law. Bts nor their company had appealed for this but those companies used bts name to further their case because of which BTS & especially Jin(cuz he is the oldest) got a LOT of hate Few months ago there was a talk that the govt will "allow" bts to continue their promotions as BTS but would have to do 36 months of military service instead of 18(basically doing both bts work & enlisted soldier activities) & any money they make will go to the govt cuz they're promoting as bts while still being enlisted as soldiers for k government This was not only absurd but outright abuse of power & exploitation! This was why when BTS came out & owned the decision that they will do the regular 18 month service we were all so proud & supportive of them
