BTS STORYLINE SUMMARY + EXPLAINED | 2020 UPDATE 

I feel soo bad for Jin.... While saving every one , he is loosing Himself 😭

The storyline is genuinely insane, the fact that it's all intertwined through multiple MV's, notes, webtoon episodes, etc... It's crazy that Bighit and BTS were able to put this together. And it's amazing that army were able to figure it out. It's better than a book series or movie. It's all so well thought out, and everything really connects! And of course, thank you so much to xCeleste who was able to compose this video for us. The Bangtan Universe is crazy good.

“I should listen to K-Pop” turned into “I like BTS, their music is good, I should learn their names” which then turned into me becoming a Army and now I’m sitting and watching a almost hour long break down of LORE. I just wanted to listen to music, how did this happen. 😅

God I've been sleeping on the storyline for a year and now my brain hurts trying to pick it back up. You truly are a lifesaver.

I just wanted to learn their names about 3 months ago and now i am watching this, i have entered the BTS world without realizing and now it is too late to turn back ... Edit: It's been 1 year since i met them (January 2021) happy anniversery 🎉🎊

i realized that namjoon is the most normal character here; he is the least problematic and his family, despite his dad being sick and his brother being mischievious, is the one most in tact

After watching this video it just shows how unique bts is. Incorporating such a big complex story throughout the years into your work...without the audience loosing interest is a big deal. Not to mention the storyline is damn good and some solid messages. It feels like a thriller series with drama. Nobody is doing it like bts😍

i prefer this theoretical side of the fandom over the simp fanfictions side

Who is coming back to this video in the year 2024 when "begin youth" drama of hyyh started? 🤭 Ik I'm not the only one!!

If BTS theory’s was a subject at school I would so pass lol *please let this be a subject-*

Seokjin really is the Anpanman losing himself while saving others

Pls how they left us hanging with the whole "jungkook believing seokjin hit him with his car and the cat thing" is driving me insane!! 😭😭 It's been 2 years yet I lose sleep everytime I remember it

I just wanted to know who was the blonde guy in the carpool karaoke a year ago....Yep, I fell down the hole

I swear, if they never come out and reveal and explain the full storyline or connect all of it for us, imma cry.

If this were an anime or drama, easily would be the best production ever. This is absolutely insane, and to think of how much thought and processing went into this and how intertwined the albums and songs are to each other- I’m in awe

this just goes to show how big brain bts are- like- how do they keep track of all this for literal years?!?! the amount of planning they/ and their team must have done

Whoever created this whole story line is a genius. Just imagine armies trying to figure out the story line going to view their MVs again and again. It will gain views automatically resulting in the success of the mv. I know the story goes deep but imagine the win win situation created through all of this. Like wow!!!

Are there any old Armies who fell out for a second (well, more like a few years?) and have found themselves listening to and watching BTS’s stuff and are now falling harddd again? I didn’t realize how much I missed the boys. They’re so wonderful and talented. And so is this video omg

I don't know what to do about this infos, my brain can't take this much informations Edit: wew 2k likes 😳

Baby Army: "So what does this mean? XCeleste: "Ok, so let me tell you...." [54 minutes later] Baby Army:🤯🤯🤯🤯

alright hear me out, im not a fan of bts nor kpop as a whole but holy crap this is some genius storyline. respect+

We say Jin has the shortest lines and scenes in MVs but turns out hes the first and last

As a fellow FBI Army, I ugly cried reading the Notes Book 2, to be honest. The video is not even finished but I already know that you've done a great job summarising everything. I hope you acknowledge how helpful you are for the community, especially new Armys. You are so loved and appreciated, and your videos always make my day.

Listen for someone with ADHD with the attention span of a toddler I watched the entire 54:59 long vid without a single skip OR losing attention. Anything longer than 3 minutes immediately makes me lose my attention to it and get bored pretty quickly which is why I can't sit through movies. This is incredible, I feel like Jin rn, the constant loop, the confusion..gosh this is like a trilogy sort of book, if it is ever converted in a book/movie I am grabbing my popcorns and watching it till it's engraved in my brain. Props to you for arranging every detail so perfectly and making it make sense!

"I remembered it from somewhere." Legit got chills. This is storytelling done right, y'all.

We always thaught that jin is left behind in the group whether its song lines or dance steps but see how jin is actually the centre of bts like wow🤯🤯🤯

I am in my HYYH era but they are gone and without them i feel empty. Those who were together in HYYH era with them, you guys are lucky. I believe that Jin will reunite everyone after the military.

Wow.. I really sat here for an hour without skipping and payed close attention. I literally don't do that. This was so interesting to watch and hear, and picturing everything was so sad and painful, but nice. This story was so well thought out! :)

oh GOD it's NOT OVER. why can't this damn cat let our boys rest 😭😭

This should be made as a K-drama and release it soon. I get blown away whenever I think of this storyline. Props to the writer. edit: we've been waiting for the drama since 2019, and it's finally happening! 😭

Had to pause because I want to say how I admire your efforts and willingness to share this to us confused army's XD. Like it's very well arranged and summarised I'm so amazed! I think I'd drive myself crazy not knowing where to start explaining XD

It's kinda weird to think that once this story is complete, it just simply means two things, it is either the start of a new story or the end of bts. I'm guessing the latter.

These guys are on a whole different level. I can't think of any modern day artists putting together intricate storylines in different mediums like this not just in k-pop, but music altogether! Obviously I'm just now getting the BTS bug, but I'm an old lady. Djm...welcome me to the army! (And purple is my favorite color anyway, so there's that) 💜

“O my gawd I hate how they expect me to sit in front of this screen all day and listen to teachers😩😩” *54 minute video about BTSverse*

Seriously though... they need to make this story an actual kdrama, preferably with the boys in their own roles... ah, but they'll probably never get time for it...

Everyone always asks if Jin saved BTS but no one ever asks if BTS were able to save Jin......

Theory: Yoongi is the cat.

The dark web series like: we have the most number of confusing time travels. Big hit: hold my highlight reels.😂

*me before the video* : this is gonna be informative, creative and heartwarming 😊💜 *me after video* : - so how many times did Jin time jump? - did Jin hit Jungkook with his car? - I still don‘t really understand what the map of the soul is - Seokjin is not the only one with a headache 🤯 - etc.

Am I the only one who is here to learn the story by heart so that when Film Out and the new album come out I will not be confused?

I just want Jungkook to explode and be like 'I know you guys know it was Seokjin who hit me with the car' and then everyone can be confused and then they all talk it out and live happily ever after because God knows they deserve it after this damn. Also, superb explanation, now i finally understand so many things i'm gonna need a moment to process all the information wow

Who needs simping fanfics when bts gives us such amazing stories themselves, this is truly awesome ✨

These are all just theories and fiction. Why am i crying? This is the first time i got 100 likes awww😭

Damn, this is a lot and more complicated than WandaVision but I'm here for all of it.

I’m a 1-year-old ARMY and trying to play catch up of the 9 years of the Bangtan boys - I would’t have understood the timelines and their world without this video. THANK YOU!!! I have a feeling I’ll study this video for a very long time :)

Holy crap this was insane... I love Jin for trying to save everyone while also going through problems “Who is the guy with the blue hair” -The start of me with BTS

So In the end... Love yourself and accept your mistake... that's always been BTS message... It's just so amazing💜💜💜

I didn't even skip a minute, the coolest video ever. But I have a crazy painful headache now 😂

I'm a new ARMY and I didn't even know there was a storyline! My mind is blown. Also now that I finished watching the summary I feel like I'm coming out of a trance, my brain can't handle it! Thanks for making this video!

My brain: I I dont have think

I didnt skip a second, thats how immaculate and breathtaking these albums were, forever my first love 💜

damn...so...basically..the cat is the cause of all the chaos...only basically....because I remember that in txt universe too...this cat caused all the chaos...pretends to help...but signs them into a fatal bond....I think that something bad is gonna happen again...like...seokjin's father found the MOTS but does jungkook realise any of this?due to jungkook's rage...I think something is going to happen...

Dude, who hurt the storyline writer?

After getting announcement of their new song "Yet To Come (The most beautiful moment in life)" I have to come here. Now the things are very much clear to me. Thank you so much for this!!

i haven't finished watching but i know you must've put a hell lot of effort in this so im here to give a salute & a like before watching.

Here is MY theory, Each of the members are going through hardships, such as accepting transition to adulthood, personal problems, etc. Each of the members EXCEPT Jin, now, in all the music videos from HYYH era, we are seeing it kind of like through JINS memories/eyes. We are seeing it as if “Jin is trying to save the members” but what if, that’s not all? We see as the 6 boys go through depression, mental illness, suicide and so on. They are facing the problems of being an adult, they have lost their innocence, they are no longer little boys. Now in WINGS short films, I think it represents how they all grew up, but what about Jin? Instead Jin is finding a way to save them. But, what if he’s not necessarily trying to “save” them, but bring them back to their “youth”? I think Jin is stuck in an illusion, where he thinks he can be “young forever.” He’s trapped in a FANTASY WORLD, he hasn’t “grown up” yet, then this leads to the members “dying” The 6 of them dying by committing suicide, etc, is them accepting adulthood/genuinely growing up, but Jin doesn’t die. You see? EVERYTIME Jin tried to save them and failed because they died was because they eventually “grew up” Now onto ‘blood sweat and tears’ in the music video there are a lot of symbolic messages, main one being a “fallen angel” or a demon if you must, I believe WINGS album has many biblical references actually. This whole song is also about temptations and how we give in so easily, putting it another, falling into the devils trap, now THIS music video actually tells me a lot about this storyline. This video shows how all the members are giving into temptations, INCLUDING Jin, you could see Jin finally facing the reality of adulthood, BUT, he’s not giving up yet. In the “Love yourself” reels, every member has their girl, Hoseok doesn’t want his girl to leave him just like his mother did, Jimin wants what Hoseok has, NamJoon wants to help his girl, Taehyung protects his girl by sacrificing (giving himself) to the police, Jungkook is thankful for his girl for saving him and then Jin, Jin’s girl drops a Journey/diary/notebook. Jin then reads it and it changes everything, don’t think I forgot YoonGi...YoonGi’s girl helps him not give into his temptations, YoonGi then COMPLETELY falls for his girl, he is waiting for her to call...the phone rings but...it’s not her, it’s someone calling to tell him JungKook got into an accident, YoonGi then gets drunk and ends up fighting with his girl. Back to Jin, Jin then falls in love with his girl just like the other members, but as she is crossing the road to go see him, she dies. (Damn girlfriend, if I were you I’d look both ways, I would never ant to miss a chance to date WWH) Bare with me! (If anyone sees this) Now onto ‘Epiphany’ which is OBVIOUSLY tied to the whole storyline! everything is black and white, he’s watching as he keeps coming through the door again and again, thinking “where did I go wrong” and then it HITS HIM, he has an Epiphany...everything turns to color and we can see the Journal that his girl from the reel dropped, obviously something in that journal made Jin realize, where or better yet HOW did he go wrong, he was living FOR them, trying to get them back into their youth, really quick let’s go back to the ‘I NEED U’ original MV, at the end of the OG MV, Jin is in his truck at the sea where all of them were gathered but he’s by himself, you could see Jin take out a Polaroid photo, he then takes a look at it and is shocked because...he’s the only in the photo, though he remembers taking it with the members, He’s in an illusion, he’s in an illusion all by himself while the other members have grown up, back to Epiphany, Jin realizes where he went wrong, he needs to love himself “IM the one I should love in this world” he then walks out the door into the rain, at first he walks up to the truck by himself, then the other members appear...he finally joined them, he finally “grew up” This story they’ve been telling us...it’s not over yet. And again this is just MY theory! But to me it makes a lot of sense

For Jungkook's car accident mystery, there is this other video which is focusing on the cat that is in both BU and TU (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lRQER4HLT4U.html). In TU, the cat is responsible for the death of the boys (in multiple timelines) and one time the cat takes the appearance of a train that has green and blue lights like the cat's eyes. Each light is an eye. The train ends up hitting the boys, killing and injuring them. In the BU, in one of the entry of Jungkook's accident, he says that "the headlights of the car changed into green and blue bead-like lights." This could be the missing piece to understand a little better this "plot hole" in the story.

AYO QUICK THEORY- It's about Jungkook hearing the cat 'again'😃 So you know how in the beginning when Jin first started going through the loops? What I'm thinking is that when Jungkook died, his soul didn't completely leave his body, which is why he could still be brought back with the loop. His soul could have possibly been taken back with Seokjin the very first time he died because of the fact that he had died so close to Seokjin, maybe because of that his soul attached itself to Jim and heard Jin and the cat make the deal but wasn't allowed to remember because his soul was attached to Jin and not his body which can mean he could not store the memories because his body was reduced to a trance and continued to kill itself or the information held in his body kept leaving because it kept dying, until finally it stopped when Yoongi called him and allowed for Jungkook's soul to reattach to his body (anybody else think something was up with Jungkook and how he kept dying). It might explain why in that last entry of the book, there was no date. It's because it was in a lost timeline or something in which time doesn't exist and because Jungkook was kept in the dark after his accident, which also could have been where he heard the cat (was that confirmed??) didn't know that he knew something was up and was writing about what happened- Yeah it's a crappy theory but my brain cells are kind of dead at the moment-

I feel so dumb rn. I started staning BTS in 2021 and now finding this out RN. Like I honestly should have just knew about this before now I have to watch videos about the whole storyline from the beginning. UGH IM DUMB (but you explained it so well ty!)

If only I was this dedicated to my studies.

You deserve an award for your services to BTS Army!

BTS haven't released anything about BU in 2020 'cuz they know world want peace and they gaved us 2 healing songs stay gold , dynamite. And also a whole album BE , they made army's lives better in 2020 and also in 2021 too. (They made our lives better ever since they debut) I hope we get anything bout BU this year Edit : yay , ig FILM OUT MV includes BU. Also film out teaser gives FAKE LOVE and LOVE YOURSELF vibes, I bet this is gonna be a best comeback ever.

I’m new to this fandom and when I read the title of this video I thought it was going to be about how bts came to be and their success , but this is just mind blowing i never thought they had created this whole other universe lol

Teacher: what's the most hardest thing to understand?? Others: mathematics,physics, chemistry Me and my army friends: BTS MV and storylines... Thankyou so much for this I understood everything🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️💜💜

"-realize they want to become a better person" me: aww that's a cute ending 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝘆 me: oh shit

Wow this is another level of art, My respect for BTS just went to another level, I came here from twitter after hearing that the movie is coming out soon, thank you for giving us the summary of the storyline,did you later find out why Jungkook thinks Jin was the one that hit him, I feel so sad for Jin he was trying to save others while loosing himself 🥹

BTS storyline deserves a movie istg. This isn't just for music.This is a whole masterpiece.

this storyline is just MINDBLOWING to me even tho i don´t fully get it but i still love it !! thank you rosan for your efforts

I can’t thank you enough 😭😭 I had only known this story through bits and pieces.. but seeing it all put together this way is just heartbreakingly beautiful. so tragic yet masterful at the same time.. i’m in awe. thank you so much!!!

at this point i dont know if the cat is a good guy or a bad one..............

This is worst then a greek tragedy...

celeste is such a legend for her theories and summary vids- GIRL YOU FOUND ALL THESE CLIPS AND SOURCES WHATTTT i just know that editing these types of videos to such the extent must have taken ages and we stan u for that, the effort!! like.... to put in the effort to find all the individual clips and the little details just makes me appreciate this fandom more

BU was one of the big reasons why I got into BTS. When I was first getting into them and watching all the MVs my theorist brain saw the little connections and mysteries they had and I knew I wanted to learn more about it. Who ever is the team behind the BU are doing a really good job. The themes they have, the drama, the visuals! And you Celeste are doing a great job of organizing all the information and delivering it in a way that is fairly easy to understand even with all the confusing time travel, map of the soul things.

this is fictional but it feels so real and gives me chills AND MAKES ME CRY OMG

Here after proof hyyh yet to come is announced, I'm kinda convinced that yet to come will continue the story of jungkook and I'm hoping so. Thank you so much for this amazing video I enjoy it everytime I see it. You did great

Ok i can't believe that i just watched a whole 54 minute video without skipping or pausing and payed full attention i usually don't do that and watching a video this long never but i gotta admit this was a very intresting video thank you so much for sharing all this info i just couldn't understand all of this.

ok but who dafuq came up with the story and everything because THIS IS SO GOOD-

Can we take a moment to appreciate her hardwork!! It really means a lot unnie! Like, i was always stuck on their storyline which made it confusing but now it's all clea!! Thanks!!!! I'm in tears, hats off to BigHit's big brain and the boys' hard work And that's why I say BTS is not only a boybandwith attractive visuals, regaling vocals and dance but they are an emotion and an inspiration..... They deserve the whole "yooniverse" 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Lesson One: Damn, these boys have super-hero-backstory level parental figures. Lesson Two: DON'T TRUST THAT EFFIN' CAT!!!

Somebody give her a nobel prize You're excellent

Tomorrow is my exam. I wanted to take a few minutes break while studying but I ended up watching this. Idkkk I was so into it. I literally felt goosebumps several times. It feels like a deep mysterious story. I don't know that bts even have thought about these details. But it truly was very good and it felt what you said is actually true. I truly am obsessed with these theories.

My goddess!!!! My brain is a mess right know. She explained it in such a great way I was hooked to the narration for the whole time. And the fact that jungkook's car accident is still not justified makes it more like a cliffhanger. This is no way the end

their story is much much deeper than i ever imagined

It's honestly so beautiful yet sad. Almost melancholy with how the story used to be expressed through their music. I wish they hadn't stopped it :( Honestly, other than the Loonaverse, this is probably the best storyline kpop has ever seen.

I’ve watched theories of the bts universe story line many times, but I still get goosebumps every time. it’s all so deep and well thought out that it sends shivers down my spine.

54 minutes? Lemme grab my popcorn 😌

if you don't mind, can you please keep updating this. This has helped me so much with understanding EVERYTHING! i used to take the BTS Universe/world game very light heartedly, but only now did I realise the dark depth behind everything. Thankyou💜💜💜

This is "BTS" This shows how unique they are,how they managed the storyline for 8 years,feeling so happy and blessed to know them and being a part of this BTS Universe. BTW give this girl AN OSCAR please..keep it up girl.Take love

This is amazing. Cant wait to see BTS expand even more on their universe.

Love that their whole music career is basically an ARG that we have to figure out 😂 The amount of thought that got put into this is just astonishing, cudos to BigHit and BTS

Low key remembering that the missing child was named choi and there was three choi in txt shook--

Jungkook might be the last boss in this BU universe. I remembered the last scene from the BU game trailer which gave me goosebumps. He always seek for a place that he could be seen as worthy and was loved by someone but what if he felt ‘betrayed’ by his ‘brothers’ , will he chose to rewrite the world where none of them exist? I mean in the trailer he seem cheerful and friendly to his classmates which is so much different in the past BU stories we have seen. There are so many theories right now. (Sorry for my bad english)

The amount of times my jaw dropped hearing all the plot twists is extremely insane , my friend and I were about to sit and connect the dots from every MV and story and book where we found this video and honestly this is fricking legit 😭💜✨ .

Can’t believe I watched this whole thing all the way through without skipping even though I remember most of it from 2019 My attention span for RU-vid videos is really short so I’m really impressed with myself Can’t imagine the amount of time it took to edit tho 😬😬😬😬

22:54 "Y K, it was yoongi's initial" This is out of topic but my mind suddenly came out with yeon kimin

came here after watching Begins youth ep 8.

Since the cat appeared on txt's storyline and bts seems to want to grow distant from the story line, how do you think this is going to be told?

GIVE THIS WOMAN AN AWARD PHD AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE DESERVES PLS

It's time. Comeback is near. Refresh all the notes and theories

idk why but I feel like the cat always appears during times of like distress, like Seokjin finding out what happens to the boys and Jungkook's car incident. But we also know that Seokjin wasn't or isn't the only one that has been time traveling, like Seokjin's father. In which the cat had either appeared to him when his friend had disappeared or before, im not sure. buT in the end we see how Seokjin's father accepts charges but instead of being angry and stuff he seems relaxed and peaceful, which Seokjin also says that he has never seen that expression on his father. After that Seokjin goes back to read the diary, in which his father mentions how he has already found the map of the soul. I think to end this loop Seokjin has to accept faith, to leave the boys follow their own path and rediscover themselves, and also throughout that for Seokjin to create a snew beginning for himself too. this makes no sense 🧍‍♂️