It is not easy to be in a group, practising until you drop, travelling, writing, producing, performing and doing all this while maintaining a friendship between 7 people. They are still growing that bond even today where they are now basically like family. They were trying to show that this is what makes BTS unique. Yes they have argued but, as they have said themselves, they always resolve matters as a 7 and talk things through together. They really are special people and MANY lessons can be learned from them.💜
The rap line especially RM is behind those masterpiece, cause he reads alot of books and studies alot different different situations in the world and he relates them into his art.
Bts once said in one of their documentaries that people get surprised they are really close like no pretending because it's rare for a group to create a bond like that Bts themselves admit that it's worth envy (they indirectly/directly exposed that many groups don't really get along 😂)
So the title of this chapter is 'FRIENDS'. It's making a point about how most Kpop artists aren't actually friends. The BTS members support each other, are real friends and even treat each other like family. In Kpop you don't have a long career. Most groups don't even make it past 5 years and for those that do there are even less that make it past 7. That's because most contracts are 7 years and most of the people in the groups disband to move on to other things. For these reasons most artists (male or female) work very hard to make sure they get noticed, have more screen time and gather a big following of fans because, if they do, they will have careers after their Idol career. They generally move on to be actors, solo singers, models or influencers. And for the males - they usually have to perform their military duty which can be a career killer for most. For a lot of these reasons they will perform for the camera but a lot of groups don't actually like each other or only a few will actually form real friendships outside of their group activities. They are mainly there to compete with each other to make sure that the individual will have a future when it's all over. That's not saying all of them (group members) don't get along in real life but most of them don't. This is also why you will see 'FANS' saying often that their favorite isn't getting enough screen time or doesn't have enough lines in a song or not enough promotion. They know that if their fav isn't showcased enough they might not see them anymore after the group disbands. ISAC (Idol Star Athletic Championship) started in 2010. It is an athletic competition where Idol groups compete against each other. There is some controversy over attending since some Idols would get injured and not be able to perform for a while after the games. So, while it can be a fun competition to watch your fav's win, it can also be detrimental to their jobs. BTS won 3 gold and 1 silver in the 4x100 relay. What's funny is if you watch it again you will NOT hear the announcers even mention BTS until the end of the race after they won. The whole time BTS was running in second place (and JK's sprint to the finish was EPIC) but the announcers mentioned every group except them right up until the very end. Fun fact - a member from another group kind of dissed Jin in the wrestling competition and JK soundly put him on his back in return (in the arena of course).
Injuries happened a lot in running. The track is too smooth and small - it's not regular length - meaning especially in the curve your risk of falling is high which also slows down the runners.
Agree with everything you said but i would like to correct your "most" with "some". There are a lot of kpop groups who share very close bonds with eachother (SHINee, iKON, GOT7, 2NE1, ATEEZ...just to name a few from the top of my head). There are some groups out there where you can tell they're relationship isn't that close but those are mostly newer groups or some who might not have had many hardships to go through in both their trainee days and idol life. Saying that "most" Kpop Idols aren't real friends is kinda diminishing all those groups who share amazingly close bonds with eachother and have gone through a lot yet still managed to keep their heads up together. BTS isn't unique in that regard, it's just that their friendship is more famous as they as a group are extremly popular.
I’m glad they showed another company a little bit. It emphasizes how close BTS are and how their company didn’t put them against each other much although it was harder pre debut. The first runner was Jimin, then V, J Hope and JK.
Korea Now just had a short interview with a past choreographer and it got me thinking about their staff. BTS have always had good things to say about all staff. Staff has always had good things to say about the members too, how kind and considerate they are. I think they have had strong bonds with them. I don’t know if that is the same with all companies.
Bang PD was very careful which guys he put together. Selective to talent and personality. He told them fighting was fine, even to hitting but all conflicts must be resolved in 24 hrs, by all 7 of them and then they came to him, told him about it and how they solved it. USA award shows give awards to the highest bidder. The scammy's are the best example.
Just in case nobody said it in the chat (Its disabled now so I can't check) The show with the girls was Produce 101, a Chinese Idol show where one year girls, next year boys, compete to be put into a group and debut.... it starts off with 101 entrants and eliminations occur until there is 11 left. Tao (Huang Zitao) was a member of Exo and was a mentor on the show... It was kind of brutal, groups were formed from A to F.. and basically had to face off against other groups, but also against each other.... Some of the groups formed did better than others after the show finished..... It was axed as part of the new Chinese Entertainment Rules which kind of outlawed 'Idol' type shows... Basically they just rebranded them after a short while ...
I really like you as reactors, you never do too much, also you get to know bts and I really appreciate that!! most reactors don't do that, they just want likes and subscribers!! you really deserve a lot of subscribers, thank you
Thank you for the kind words. We appreciate the work BTS has put in. The backstory on them is amazing how they rose up. It’s a story like no other. These guys are just their genuine authentic self and it garnered so much recognition just from being real all the time. That’s what resonated with me the most. Their humbleness while being so talented is amazing as well.
All BTS members are multitalented, they're different from other groups....they had lots of adventures too. Better watch react to all Run BTS episodes, BTS bon voyage, BTS in the soop... They can act too, watch their BTS House of ARMY episodes including deleted Scenes 😂its funny. BTS RM'S speeches are poetic and meaningful...
BTS won in almost all disciplins they won gold overall, and also won the big prize witch was the stage where they performed. the gymnastic hall. witch is the stage that every idol want to perform at so it is a big deal. so they remember this moment like the biggest thing on their career
The scene with the Girl falling is from a survival show where trainees compete to debut in a girlgroup. The mentor that was scolding the girls is Tao, former EXO member and his story is actually very sad. He's chinese and SM (the entertainment company EXO is signed to) has a history of mistrearing it's foreign artists. Tao was no exception. From early on it was obious they didn't give him as much screen time as the other members. He was overworked and got injured a lot. Tao is a trained martial artist and was in charge of doing tricks and stuff for their performances so even when he was injured or in bad condition, SM forced him to still perform those tricks. At this point he had suffered leg injuries as well as a serious back injury. There are videos of him where he had to be supported while walking because he couldn't hold himself upright as well as him sitting in a wheelchair at the airport. SM wouldn't even provide him with proper treatment and he was seen buying medicine himself while in crutches. It all came to a burning point when Tao's father wrote a heartfelt letter to SM in which he said that everytime his son came back to visit his family in China, he had new injuries that weren't there the last time and that it had left him with permanent damage to his body. He pretty much begged SM to release Tao from his 10 year contract. SM refused. Eventually Tao decided to file a lawsuit against SM to terminate his contract. Interestingly enough, the two members who left EXO prior to Tao (who happened to be chinese as well) also filed lawsuits against them to terminate what their lawyers called "slave contracts". Sadly they all lost their lawsuits to nullify their contracts meaning Tao's contract remained valid until 2022. However Tao still left the group and was allowed to return to China where he recovered from his injuries and eventually build his own company. After years of mistreatment, he's now a very popular & respected singer/rapper in China. But going back to the video, knowing his story makes what he said even more impactful. Even though he was mistreated by the company, getting little to no screentime and pushed back so the other members could stand in the spotlight, Tao never once resented his members for that. He knows it wasn't their fault and even at his young age, he still always thought of the Team. That's also why he endured it so long until his father finally stepped in.
Driving license age in Korea is 18. Suga has a level 1 license, he can drive car trailers, buses, trucks and construction equipment. RM is the only member who does not drive (for world peace, lol). Several have Porsches, Jin has one as well as a Lambo.
@@TripTipsPodcast driving age in europe and korea is 18. drinking age in europe is 16 for soft liquor like beer and whine etc and 18 for hard liquor. in south korea the drinking age is 19
Hi good eve everyone. Watching now the rise of Bangtan chap.10..friends are hard to find..but if u are tru to them they will love u back with all their hearts.. God Bless us all D&J, Army and BTS..
Eventually you should watch some of their reality shows like Run BTS episodes, Bon Voyage and In The Soop. They show the funny side of them and their personality. I love watching those shows.
Idol Olympic was like a talent tournament between idol groups. BTS attended idol Olympics for just like 4 years i guess and they won that relay race for 3 consecutive years They did archery and wrestling pretty well too. They stopped attending in 2016, if i remember correctly there was some drama involved in why they stopped since other bighit group never set a foot there as well Edit: I'm sorry the show name was idol athletic championship (ISAC) not idol olympics lol
BTS stop participate in 2017. They only attend ISAC new year event 2017 but not attend for ISAC chuseok event 2017 (ISAC being held twice in every year, new year special event that airing on march and chuseok special event that airing on october. But since 2021 and 2022, they only held one time).
And for the reason why BTS not joined ISAC anymore after new year event 2017, because they have full schedule n tour in 2017, even bighit announced BTS schedule already full for next 2 years (from 2017-2019) due their raising popularity in US. That why BTS only can participate on new year event (held on february, airing on march) for ISAC 2017 and didnt join for chuseok event (that held on August, airing on september) coz they are already busy with love yourself world tour, beside doing comeback n attended talk show n award show in US n other countries. For MBC drama that blocked bighit/hybe artist only happened in 2019, because BTS cant participated on MBC year end music festival, because BTS choose attended Dirk Clark's new year rocking eve in 2019. Even Bighit n BTS willing do video recording for MBC year end music festival, but MBC reject it. After that, all artist that associated with bighit get blocked to attended to MBC program including ISAC.
That was like an Idol Olympics. 300 or more idols from different companies form 10 teams and compete. It’s for them to have fun and get to know each other. It’s just friendly competitions. The group that BTS was a part of won first rank overall for 3 consecutive years. Due to their very buys schedules, BTS couldn’t join the sports event ever since 2018. BTS are friends with some members of Seventeen, GOT7, EXO, VIXX, Shinee, Astro and BTOB. Most of the 4th generation idols looks up to them and see them as role models and respects them so much that considers BTS as the standard they should follow to be a great artist. 💜💜💜 I like How genuine your reactions are to BTS and I could see you truly recognize their talents, hardwork, sincerity and beautiful personalities. Kudos!
This was the legendary Orange haired Jimin era.... Army still miss orange haired Jimin... along with mint haired Suga. The last time BTS competed at ISAAC was in 2017. Check out their Perfect Man performance as it too was legendary..... their level of friendship and support for one another carries on. In all their recent individual interviews all the members have stated how much they mean to one another..... and they still spend so much time with each other. Their bond is so unique.
The white dog rm introduced, his name was rapmon ..namjoon says in his recent live that rapmon passes the rainbow bridge .. i wish that cutie rest in piece
The Idol Olympics are/used to be (dont know if they are still a thing) held every year. Each company would send artists to participate. Then there would be teams formed with other groups to make the numbers even. There were group competitions and individual competitions and then the points would be added to the overall group score and also to each individual group score. The events changed somewhat from year to year with the most popular always staying present. It was broadcast live on Korean tv, Also, each individual group were allowed a certain nymber of fans to attend in person. At the end they had a medal ceramony and closing ceremony. BTS were very successful. However, there were controversies over the years because the idols would get injured so fewer and fewer companies would send their groups to participate for fear of them getting an injury. I am not sure exactly how many years BTS participated but they eventually stopped going.
Looked like a fun competition but I totally understand the management and bands no longer wanting to compete for fear of injury. Thanks for sharing this with us. 😊💜😊💜
ISAC is held twice in a year. New year event and chuseok event. BTS is participate since 2014 until 2017 (they only joined ISAC on new year event in 2017 n not participate for ISAC chuseok event in 2017).
ISAC is held twice in a year. New year event and chuseok event. BTS is participate since 2014 until 2017 (they only joined ISAC on new year event in 2017 n not participate for ISAC chuseok event in 2017).
The point of the opening scene was her own teammates didn’t stop to check on her. Not that no one racing didn’t stop to check on her. To show a contrast of how BTS is a family unit compared to other groups that are workmates
There's a bit of context left out of the mentor scenes although i don't blame the creator for since they have to put enough in without deterring from the BTS aspect, but the girls who didnt help the one who fell were her own team if i recall correctly. So it kinda makes more sense for the outburst. Still questionable how it was conveyed but it got the message across i guess
FYI regarding archery. Korea is very well known for archery especially women's archery. Korea has won a lot of medals in the Olympic Games and just recently, Korea won gold and silver for women's archery in the 2023 Asian Games as well. Since ancient times, women in Korea were not allowed or taught any combat skills except archery and only the royals or the aristocrats were allowed, more as a status skills than actual use as far as my history memory goes. Any history buff can correct me if I am mistaken. Thus, a lot of Korean, generally, high school or colleges have archery as an extra curricular or team sport. A little anecdote for your thoughts.💜
BTS are overachievers😂 Theyre extremely workaholic. Even in the military as of now Jin is a First class Drill instructor, Corporal and Jhope has been promoted to special warrior within months. They're insane
I know it can become a sore subject with ARMY, but I think while we are thoroughly amazed at the level and degree of member involvement in the BTS project, we seem to minimize and/or ignore the utter amount of iconoclastic contribution of Big Hit, its personnel, and indeed Bang P D in the success of the boys. In our amazement at and desire to show off the skill level, dedication, and perpetual hard work the seven members exhibit, we act as though that was sufficient to get them recognized and to ensure their upward course. As a long-term ARMY, I have been impressed with the idea that had this group been assembled by different management it likely would have wound up in a much different place. I think it is important when discussing BTS to acknowledge the multidimensional role of management being part of the project. This is particularly true in the early years when logistics and guidance were that of a one group company. Frankly, I always hear accolades directed at the creative freedom Bang P D allowed, but I hear little management discussion beyond that. To me BTS's success in part is because they were a team with a whole lot of people acting as the horse's jockey in a congested stakes race doing what was necessary to bring their longshot entry to the front of the pack. Yes, their horse was loaded with talent and willpower. But the horse was not left to run riderless. Big Hit was there holding both the reigns and the whip. The stable, the training, the provisioning, the care and much more behind taking a fantastic horse to the winner's circle were based on an entire team. As with Secretariat, the guy who shoveled the hay in Secretariat's stall is obscured background when discussing the greatness of the horse.
@@bluehourtarot My comment had nothing to do with BTS's relationship with Big Hit staff or that staff's relationship with BTS. You are kind of making my point for me. ARMY narratives typically are BTS the group centric. They rarely discuss the role of all the other people who are integral to the actual BTS project fronted by seven truly exceptional artists. People involved with production, choreography, set design, cosmetics, storyboarding, fashion, advertising, product development, tour management, and much more tend not to be talked about. In this case I get a response how everything is kumbaya. I admit you expanded beyond my statement that ARMY focuses mostly on how management allowed the boys creative freedom. But what is missing is the important contributions of the literally hundreds involved in the BTS project. They had a significant role in taking the seven members from being a somewhat disregarded small company group into the most popular group in the world. I adore the members, but also recognize the Idol platform which (was honed over decades) has trained fans to maintain idealized views of their Idols. This focuses attention on the positives of the finished product and to be frank helps sell content. Even when letting in patrons as to some of the sausage making as very open booked Big Hit chose to do, ARMY more often than not does not push the role of Big Hit in creating the greatest musical superstars Korea has ever known. My point was ARMY tends to analyze the boys but leave out those who arguably might be considered the kingmakers unless it flatters the boys. I say this as long-term ARMY looking at my fellows, not an antagonist.
@@ericweinman9447I agree 100% with everything you said. I said my thing because I just watched an interview where staff was talking about them. Bighit and BTS employ so many people and kept so many employed during the pandemic. The behind the scenes staff are superheroes because they are working non stop in every area. I will move my comment. :)
Each member has their own group of friends outside of BTS but they always keep in contact with each other when they are away like any type of relationship. You can’t loose you in a couple or group so they do activities, hang out with friends, work separately then come back together. That’s BTS separate but together.
I'll never get over V trying archery. Possibly one of my biggest laughs In France there is no real age to start drinking, however you cannot buy alcohol before reaching the age of 18.
Recently the show has been stopped because many idols were injured ... The event was an annual event in Korea. In the past, all the idols participated, especially the less famous ones... many of the famous ones didn't participate... and if I'm not mistaken, Blackpink never participated (YG's agency didn't participate from the start of the show)
Yes they do all compete against other teams(kpop groups) from other Kpop companies. I seen the same thing with Actors in Thailand who who do the same thing they go up against teams from other TV Companies. I'm beginning to wonder if they do the same sort of thing in say Japan or other place's?
In the 70s and into the early 80s, the USA televised “Battle of the Network Stars” each year, where popular tv actors and actresses competed like the Olympics. The teams were the 3 major Networks/channels (ABC vs CBS vs NBC). So fun to watch, before social media and oversized celebrity egos tainted everything.
Love your reactions. Now, if you go back and watch your first reaction to BTS, would you see the difference? I really hope, for you, they are no longer only some guys who look like girls! 💜
148 IQ for RM and Suga was already before BTS was producing beats and music and selling them but got ripped off eg people didn't pay as agreed. If you look at RM's lastest album Indigo he's created on every track as Producer and Sound Engineer, along with others like PDogg and the pair of British Producers and who also do bit for them.
archery is part of korean culture and is a main thing in these sports event. and it´s actually not that hard with the right bow. both jimin and jk also hit the bullseye more than once. so did other idols in this competition. idk if it´s something they learn growing up. or if everyone can do it with little training.
For the cancelation of the Kobe concert, they said that V and Suga have a intoxication, but it's not true, at least for Suga. Suga have a panic attack this day, juste before the concert. He talk about this moment in his song "The Last" : " I don’t give a shit I don’t give a fuck /All those words uh/ Those words are said to hide my weak self/Those days I wish I could erase / Right, that performance day / Which I don’t remember very well /The day I confronted myself /When I hid inside the bathroom /Because I was scared of people" After that, he had a break. He go back to Kobe, and write a beautiful letter to Army .I will copy past it down below (it's quite long)
Suga's letter about Kobe concert: "Hello, this is Suga. Many people were curious as to what I was doing on my break, and to simply put it, I walked a lot, slept a lot and thought a lot. I wanted to go on a trip to organize my thoughts before working on my mixtape. I also had a place I must go to. I wanted to do things I was able to do not as a 24-year old BTS’ Suga, but as a 24-year old Min Yoongi. It was a time where I looked back at myself.The things I will say now are things I wanted to share not as a singer to a fan or as BTS to ARMY, but to talk to you as human to human. I've always wanted to be a cool person to a lot of people. Having rationale thoughts and making rationale decisions in any situations. I wanted to live like my father. My father said to take a look around you when there's something to be happy about. Be calm and make rationale decisions when happy. The first day when "I need u" got 1st place, I took a look at my surroundings. Every minute I'm happy, I acted as if I'm not. When I'm sad I acted as if I'm not. Even if I like it, I acted as if I don't like it. I pretended to be cold-hearted and pretended to be strong.If a joy is shared, it will be doubled but if a sadness is shared, it won't get smaller. That's what I thought. I know I'm a person who's bad at expressing my emotions but I've been living that way and I thought it's right. One day, I can't exactly remember when, I was in a car with my father and he said "Yoongi, don't live like me". The first day of vacation. The first day ever since I was born, I drank with my family. It has been 6 years since I left home. We were all just chatting, listening to stories that we haven't heard of. The strong and cool father that I know, knows how to feel hurt and sad, how to feel happy and love.. 1.5-pyeong in the practice room, my studio is my wide meadows and narrow prison. I can do anything and at the same time, I can't really do anything. I can work on music thoughtlessly for 20 hours, but I can also sit there and not do anything but just thinking for 20 hours. I was 13 years old when I first started writing my own lyrics. When I listen to good music, I will feel really excited and I feel really happy more than anything. To me, music is my hope and my happiness, I also want to be someone's hope and happiness. Actually I'm someone who would just walk away rather to crash and feel pain. Anyone hates being hurt and I don't want to get hurt. In "Nevermind", "If you feel like you a going to crash then accelerate more". Perharps, that's actually what I wanted to say to myself. The most upsetting time for me when I face a large number of people, is when I face myself who isn’t able to be fair to everyone. I didn’t want to hurt anyone, but there are times I couldn’t do that. I think I’m still a person that lacks in many things. The second day of the concert in Kobe... I don’t think I’ve ever slept deeply after that day. Could it be because of the fact that I gave a wound to many people? Whenever I fell asleep, I would wake up with cold sweat. Because I already once have not been able to go on stage before and have hurt many people, I said that I’ll go up (to perform) no matter what situation arises. Everyone tried to stop me. I really cried a ton at the situation of not being able to go up on stage. And I know crying is losing. It’s really easy for me to cope with my own sorrow, but witnessing those who love me in sadness is very hard. I made them sad, once again. If I could go back to that day, I would go on stage no matter what. So there was just one place to go. I went to Kobe during my break. Many people tried to stop me from going, but I didn’t want to be ashamed of myself any longer. so I just went to Kobe without planning. It was my second time visiting the concert venue after a concert. The first was Ax Hall at late night after finishing the first Red Bullet concert. The second time was the Kobe World Memorial Hall, at where I failed to perform. I hate becoming a numb person.I didn’t want to take the love and these glorious days for granted. I didn’t want to be a numb person. That’s why I visited the venues again on my own. I liked being on stage, and I still do. When I was 17 and performed in front of 2 people I stood proudly and made eye contact with them during my performance. However after my debut I feel that I have not been righteous towards myself. I think it may be because I knew better than anyone that I wasn’t perfect. And then on the day of the first performance of HYYH on stage I made proud eye contact with the audience that I didn’t do in quite a while. But after the second day of the Kobe concert when I was unable to stand on stage, I didn’t have the courage to confidently confront the large number of people. So that’s why I visited Kobe, the concert hall again. I kept wandering around the area by the concert hall from the time I arrived there until the time our performance was due to begin that day. From the ticketing booth to the entrance and the concert hall - I wanted to feel the same emotions as you all from every nook and corner. I felt many emotions. Happiness, the excited nervousness felt while waiting for the performance, sadness, resentment, anger, regret, etc. I wanted to understand you all, and I do understand. So I’m sorry and apologetic, for I am not a perfect human being. I’m a person who is weak but acts strong. Once again I realized that I was a person who’s lacking. Although I’m not religious, I prayed at that place. After all, at the end, it was a fated day. Even if it’s ended, let’s not let this heart become numb. To me, who wanted to spend every moment alone, you all were taking up quite a large part (of my mind). Age and gender, nationality and religion, what language you use - all of that isn’t important to me. "Whether you're young or old, whether you have a hidden child, I don't care", haven't I said this already. That day, we unexpectedly had a Music Bank broadcast and I boarded a plane and returned a day before planned. I returned after organizing my many thoughts. Once again, while feeling that I’m a blessed person, I felt that I need to be a person who lives every moment feeling thankful. This is the moment I realized the fact that 24-year old Min Yoongi, who hates being an adult, is standing in front of the threshold to being an adult. Thank you for making me a blessed person, ARMY. Although I’m never able to say this because I’m bad at expressing myself. Here I am conveying my feelings and thoughts once more through a piece of less-than-satisfactory writing. I will live while being thankful of every moment as I am such a lacking human being. I love you, ARMY."
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I can't watch Tao part..i found it cringe and funny because its so overboard and its so obvious its just an act for the show but at least it conveys the messages I guess.
Hi, I am back. Good reaction, ty. Another good chapter. It's sad that many Kpop groups are like these girls. They don't care for each other thus, they don't last. BTS is different and there are others too. But I think the percent that are like BTS are real small. TXT, Enhypen, &Team, Le Serafim, SVT, Shinee, Stray Kids I feel have a similar close bond like BTS. So they really started something special here. =0] I hope more groups follow suit. Bang PD told BTS to write from experience. So it was the company's idea from the get go. BTS and Big Hit /Bang PD just worked. The guys are such good ppl. They really learned well. The guys have said that they focused a lot on building their group bond. Some may say they overdid it but I like them as is. Their bond is special. I feel like bands that love each other and respect each other can last a long time in this industry. They share the burden of being an idol. Hugs. -NY USA 2019 Army💟 @ebony7177 said on 6/24/23 Actually they didn't have to become friends. There are many groups in kpop who don't like each other. One of the old guard Super Junior aren't lovey dovey with each other. They are FRIENDLY but not necessarily FRIENDS. It's funny Suga said on video when the guys were together, he talked about how some groups ask them how they are so close. Because they didn't get it.
