12 Things About BTS' Beyond The Story You Might Have Missed In Chapter 4 2013 OG ARMY Perspective 

You being an early Army has added so much more. I’m Loving every chapter and you are never boring or too long, I for one vote for longer.

Not boring at all when you share 2013 ARMY stories! Please share more! Interesting aside: my son was on his honeymoon in Italy earlier this summer and sent me a picture of a huge stack of paperback copies of Damien on sale in a bookstore in one of the cities there. He was so puzzled as to why so many copies of a novel that old. I think the publisher is still very appreciative to ARMYs.

Never mind time constraints, keep telling us all your recollections, please! You are giving context to the book, something precious that can only come from someone who actually lived through it. And please do consider doing a companion series about the fan's pov for all these happenings. I've always admired how BTS don't talk down to their fans. They assume that the fans are intelligent and can research any subject they are interested in. Kudos to them for not treating fans like hysterical teen girls with cotton candy for brains.

The way you write, continues to amaze me. One of my major “ARMY” wishes is for the boys to be interviewed by you.

Again, yours is the best narrative I have encountered so far of what being an Army truly is and I came to appreciate the love and respect that BTS and Army have for each other. Thank you so much. I'm really excited and will patiently wait for your next installment. God bless you.

Loving the book and your videos!!! BTS, just incredible, what else can be said, they are incredible. For people who don't like BTS, I feel (my opinion), they don't like them for superficial reasons. Their talent in dancing, singing, writing, producing, their work ethic to make their dreams come true, their humanity, gratitude and respect for the fan base, really I'm dumb founded as to why would anybody not like them. They bring you up, they challenge you, they help you.....INCREDIBLE!!! Them sharing their personal stories too along with their professional journey, in such a way that is not after sympathy but just how that part did help them become who they are, how they gained strength and compassion. Though they might have gone through hell because of some fandoms, they still extend a respectful and friendly handshake to the idols/artists of those fandoms. Thank you so much for sharing, truly, I tune in every time a new video comes out. Thank you.

(sorry, translated with the help of Google, I'm from Ukraine) Thank you! for those who cannot buy a book, for those who cannot read in English - your stories are like gold! like water, which is never enough! our silent love for the guys is transmitted through you! a personal look at the past makes your stories special. Thank you!

Greetings from Australia ... I love to hear your storiessssssss. I just bought the book from my local bookstore last week. I became ARMY from Boy with Luv Era. Don't worry about the length of your video ... whether it's short or long video, I really appreciate you, sharing your stories with us.. hugsss

This is sooo interesting! Why don't you have more followers? I think the only album that comes close to the conceptional narrative of Wings is Pink Floyd's The Wall, which is epic in its own right. Still, the artistry and hard work put into the performances of BTS is on another level.

Appreciate your views and expressing your understanding and creation of BTS. 👍🥰

Thank you, really appreciate your analysis of each chapter. You can never be boring. I actually want more. You are spot on and extremely appreciated 💜🦋

I love your stories,I wish I had known of them in 13. I love BTS and am proud to be Army.💜

I really cant remember an artist, except for a few writers, who make me feel things like BTS does, I experience a lot of emotions watching and listening to them. Sometimes I even feel embarrased to realize that I'm crying or laughing like crazy, while I listen a song or while I watch a run episode or a music video. Its overwhelming but is real.

Thank you so much for providing background history and your knowledge of BTS. As a music lover, I had actually stopped buying and listening to American radio and the music it produced. I no longer watched the award shows, followed the charts or knew what was trending and frankly didn’t care. BTS brought me back to being a consumer of quality music and poetry. I am always interested in the back story and your insight is very much appreciated. Keep up the wonderful work you are doing.

No imaginas lo agradecida que estoy de tus relatos. Gracias por cada historia vivida y compartida sobre tu camino como ARMY. Para quienes empezamos este camino de admiración y conocimiento de BTS cada relato es sumamante valioso. Abrazos desde Argentina.

I love these vids you make for every chapter of the book! Thank you for your hard work and memories! Personally I see Wings a little different - but than I was not there when it happened and have the benefit to know what happened after and what connects to it. Blood, Sweat & Tears is about temptation but also about embracing it. We do need to embrace both to truly become us and grow up. I recently saw a good explained vid - I think the creator was "don't worry I'm not afraid" (maybe? it was a reaction vid to this vid so I'm not a 100% sure) Jin by kissing the statue/V is beginning that journey of growing up: good and evil are too narrow a concept to describe what it truly is about - after all the members are not actually religious. "Begin": actually JK was crying easily back than. He would cry when you just asked if he was crying. But he was also a little selfish/growing up and a bit hard to deal with which led to some explosions when the members could not deal with it anymore. Guilt is probably part of it. As much as growing up hurt I think JK was also aware that they sheltred him as much as they could and was thankful for it to some degree. It is a sign of their strong bond that JK discovered the members sharing their hurts hurt him far more than his own hurts/felt guilty because his hurts seemed smaller. That can happen when you do compare pain. We all know the stories of what the members did for him and so he was thankful but also beginning his own steps for individuation. "Lie": you are absolutly right - it's an inner fight. Jimin's perfectionism was hurting him and had quiet a few downs - he thought too much about his failures, about mistakes and not being handsome enough. The past seemed easier but everything seems so when you hurt and wish you could change something. again: growing pains. "Stigma" - what I found interesting was how Taehyung apologized to his siblings for the "dishonor" he brought/for being selfish maybe. It's tricky. Some Army felt this song had something to do with coming out as gay. IDK. It's rather enigmatic. It's actually quiet interesting that a month before the drop his grandmother died. But between both is not enough time for it to be part of it. Mind you being an Idol was probably not good for reputation and than was the fact that most Idols don't actually earn well or anything, too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ "First Love" - I think the "brown piano" depicts Yoongi's real first love: music. Like in the BU his attraction to music and the frustration was not always an easy one. We do know that he lives and breathes music and that influences all his relationships. It's his artistic struggle. "Reflection" is Namjoon reflecting on himself and he is a poet about it but also too much thinking. I believe the more intelligent a person is the higher the chance that their brain also attacks itself. We do know that he voiced his wish to love himself which also shows in which direction the music went afterwards: "The Love Yourself" era. I'm so thankfull for Brazilian Army to help him change the lyrics and help him on the way to healthy self-love. "MAMA" is definetly Hoseok's songs. I think he did a song before but since that was not an album track... Jimin said pre-debut about him than Hobi had the aura of a mother. And so it is not that surprising that Hoseok reflects on his own and aknowledges what she gave him, what she added to his story. It's quiet beautiful. He is hope. Mind you he is not the only one that helped with their emotional growth. I think Jimin played a role in that, too. So it is not surprising that till Hoseok moved out both were roommates in all of their dorms, even when the others put walls in to get their own seperate space. There are quiet a few clips about the other members taking emotional comfort from Jimin, too, even Jin. In fact there is quiet a bit of energy from the younger members to drive also the older members forward when they were exhausted. "Awake": Jin is not the only one who began from zero - even as he was the most unsure one: JK was pretty much in BTS on a whim, not that sure that he wanted a musical career; he was tought to sing, rap and dance. Taehyung played the saxophone but had no training for anything else from my understanding. But both younger members developed in a way faster than Jin or it may at least looked that way to Jin. I mean with JK being called golden because upon debut he sang, danced and even rapped and Taehyung's voice also easily different and he was more confident it's not that tricky to see why. Which is why I can hear Jin's unsurity of his own value in his lyrics. He may "never fly" because he felt like he was surrounded by geniuses. But Jin went from the youngest in his own family to the oldest with a lot of responsibility for the other members. That he went into cooking is one of the ways he cared for them. But it is also in the lyrics: "Still, I hold the 6 flowers tightly in my hands" meaning he saw himself as the other members protector. And he still spoke about that he had to try at least, give his best in more ways than that or better said to keep up with them. But yes, Wings was a big concept album with the BU also in the background and the shorts films while also depicting their real self and struggles. Thank you again for doing this! I love what you bring to the table as someone who lived it! You nice! Keep going! 💜

Thank you all for all the groundwork that the new Army loves and cherishes.

Your channel would grow exponentially in the coming days. Your content is robust and credible. I wish you luxk, hope you keep making good content. Borahae!

I haven’t had time to sit and read the book but I’m so excited to and love your thoughtful and knowledgeable overview of the chapters! I have to make time this weekend and just read all day !

Your review of each chapter has been wonderful! Thank you! And you are free to go longer if you wish to share more stories! I am more than willing to hang our here with you! 💜 Definitely appreciate your hard work!!!

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 Thanks again! I love hearing your stories, so don't worry about the time it takes to tell them. I really appreciate your generosity in sharing your thoughts and experiences. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

I heard the book (audible) when it was released, just a fee months after becoming an army. I’m now watching your analysis for each chapter and realizing that I missed many important details. I’ll hear the book again and pay attention now that I have a better understanding. As always, thanks for your videos; they are never too long or boring.

I love your channel so much! Your insights are priceless, and you present everything so clearly (I like an organized person 😁). So, I'm 57, I kinda slow rolled into BTS back in 2017/18 when I would catch them on SNL, Jimmy Fallon, etc, & thinking how good they were & I should look them up... then life would happen & I'd forget. Then Covid happened & while in lockdown & recovering from a pretty severe case of it myself, I discovered that RU-vid was for more than just DIY projects. BTS were virtual guests on Jimmy Fallon for a week & that was it. I was intrigued & had plenty of time on my hands for a few months to delve into them. (Sidenote - Funnily, I don't particularly care for pop or rap music, but here I am - I have learned to appreciate their versions of both... 😄). I discovered their lyrics & I was hooked. I've always been a bit of an intellectual, and I love the complexity & interweaving of their concepts... then I began reading the comment sections on some of the songs (B,S,&T & Spring Day in particular) and they were like master classes in philosophy. Everyone adding to the dialogue. It was a beautiful ray of sunshine & brain stimulation at a time when all I could do is cough & sleep. It seems the comment sections in the past few years have gotten... redundant. I miss those respectful, thought-provoking interactions everyone used to have. I learned so much! Anyway, sorry to ramble. I thank you from the bottom of my 💜 for your channel & the way you bring that spirit back. My wishes for your good health, success, & happiness 🙏💜

Firstly its so amazing to meet an Army from the beginning. Thank you for your shared information and narrative of the book. Loving it!!

Love your crystal clear presentation of each member's style and sharpness in every edge. Bts must be so proud too to have not just simple fans.but smart intelligent and bold fans. You're so good at analyzing their works and them as a person. Are you a journalist ? A writer? I admire your content. Maybe got to read fast so i can reach chapter 4.

Thanks so much for your perspective of chapter four. I could listen to a longer episode; maybe make this into a podcast? However, you have this twenty plus minute episode down very well. Yes, please, do an extra episode or two about personal anecdotes; this fifteen month old ARMY has missed out on so much.

I love to hear on how you interpret on us the story behind that book and I was eager to listen more on the next chapter of it we will wait until you have to finish enterpreting on it love to hear more good or bad about BTS good luck and happy days awaits you. Thanks

I love hearing the stories of og Armies for context. I also cried at how bad they were being treated and how they felt 💜🇧🇸

I really enjoy these videos.

Thank you I’am a ot7 for 4 years i love what you do lots love from the Netherlands 😘😘👍🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷💜7

Thank you for this video, I learned a lot from your perspective and story. I randomly came across this video, so I need to go back and check out the other chapters you covered. I've gotten through chapter 5 so far in the book.

Looking forward to it! Pls do 2013 Army stories. Thanks.

EXCELLENT REVIEW !! I enjoy all of them very much. Thank you.

Thank youuu. I'm always waiting for your reviews about this book. I really learn more about these boys. 💜

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! for sharing your views of this beautiful book of our BTS until I can afford to buy my own book 👐

Merci de nous faire partager vos sentiments en temps qu'ARMY ; je suis curieuse de savoir vos et leurs batailles que vous avez enduré, à la prochaine vidéo👍

This was very interesting. I am waiting eagerly for your next video. Also, listening BTS's story from an ARMY with your knowledge is priceless. I know to cram so much information and analysis in one video can be hard, but I would love to know more about Jin's journey because as you said he did a freaking mic drop 😅, but on a serious note, I think his "mic drop" (like the journeys of his other brothers, Jimin for example) was pivotal for the Love Yourself era and even for Map of the Soul and I would love to know how that was constructed betwen the members and the producers. Sorry about the long post, and my English, is not my first language. Thank you for your work.😊

👋🏼 I'm loving the book and taking time to review the songs, videos and events in the timeline as I read. Your additional comments from long Army POV exposure are adding another interesting layer in understanding these amazing people. Thank you 😊 Looking forward to your next story ✌️

Loved listening & sharing thoughts, you were great.

I love your stories and so appreciate the format and content of these videos. As always, thank you. 💜

Thank you so much for making these videos 💜 It helps me organize my thoughts after I read every chapter.

I love you more & more because of this... So many Thanks! Cant wait for more 💜💜💜

I been following you for a little while now and I'm very glade to be able to listen to some truth to BTS cause it's a lot of lies and I do have the book but im gonna listen to you first cause you give the in between story so keep up the good work

Please add another vid about your experiences as a 2013/2014 Army, promise? I found the comment about Kcon in 2014 very enlightening, particularly the reasons why (black) American fans liked them. I assume we are talking about a time when only the school trilogy and Dark and Wild were released. I belong to those who like their critical/political lyrics best. Thanks for this vid.

Hello friend thanks for sharing the stories av bts. I am a newbie bts fan and I love Jimin the most😘😘

Another great video. I would love longer videos or Prts 1,2 3 . . . . . .😅 You're preparations are thorough and deep and my cup of tea. Thank you and Borahae

Loved it and going to tackle anew the book.❤❤

Thanks for helping to understand, I really like your channel.

thank you, much appreciated from ph

Hai ❤ Waiting for this ❤❤❤

Thank you so much! ❤

Always Army Love, Peace, Wellness and Continued Blessings! 🙋🏽🤗😍💜💞✌️🙏🇺🇸♾️ #BeyondTheStory

I think you know the boys best out of all the army's out there and I'm really enjoying your reading and interpretation of the book. I discovered them late but I'm a huge fan and love the boys. They all have such different personalities and yet they are some how the same. I'm from Pakistan and get anything here is difficult. Can you help me to find an easy way to order it. I'll appreciate it greatly . Thank you. 💜💜💜

I am eager to hear every single detail and I like long videos about BTS! Longer is better. I am in America and due to the BTS suppression I never knew about them until this month and I am spending so many hours all day long sorting through the vast Universe of BTS. It feels like a puzzle that I am not able to complete without the help of the Armies who have been there all along. Help!! 😅. I wait eagerly for your vids! Question: Is this all from an album called “Wings”? I want to find Jin and Jhope’s solo songs you referred yo but don’t know the song names 😢 Borahae 💜💜💜

Thank you for doing the videos on BTS it was good but BTS is 7. You seem to give a lot of time on only 6 members and left out JHope. You didn’t give JHope the same treatment as others. Not as many pictures and just fast talk over his story as if it’s an afterthought.

I noticed you left J-Hope out but i'm not surprised lol