r/ARMYNeutral

Its getting rough out there

Edit: also it looks like BTS is not doing the Idol walk at the concert today

a lot of people are having very visceral reactions to this news. i’ve seen many people say that BTS are now lazy, they’re just not as hungry as they were for fame, they’re egos are too high, they think they’re too old, etc. now we, of course, don’t know the true reason why they turned down the offer, unless they speak out themselves, but i think automatically assuming anything i listed above is immature and illogical.

them turning down coachella is most likely due to their tour ending in Australia on february 21st and coachella taking place the weekends of april 9 - 11th and then april 16 - 18th. giving them less than 40 days to prepare for the stage with some relaxing after the grueling tour and traveling in mind. BTS, as headline performers, would need longer than that to prepare for their stage, as headliners typically prepare their stages months in advance. i’d expect an intense stage from performers like BTS, something that would gain a lot of attention, praise, and be visually stunning. maybe something like their 2019 mma performance, obviously not the exact same, but something as impactful and stunning as those stages. this would put immense pressure on them fresh out of their again, very long and physically demanding, world tour. i simply don’t think this news should instill any fear into fans of them disbanding or not wanting to perform on big stages anymore.

it’s just not realistic for them to headline coachella with their schedule this year. but i also think fans celebrating and saying “yeah, they’re too big for coachella anyways” is also harmful. no artist is too big for coachella, especially as a headliner. famous artists like beyoncé, justin beiber, sabrina carpenter, madonna, zara larsson etc have performed. it would be an amazing opportunity for them to perform at one of the biggest, if not biggest, music festivals in america. i’d love for them to and maybe it’ll be in their future! unfortunately, it’s most likely that the timing just didn’t work out this time and that’s okay!

new to K-pop and BTS's arirang was the first album release I’ve experienced. With all the marketing and the way the internet works now I’m surprised to see how some fans keep up every activity around them alongside their work, studies, businesses or whatever else they have going on ..how much of themselves they end up investing in all this.

I got really into it once too then at some point I had to remind myself, do I really don’t need to know every single thing BTS.... honestly good for the boys.. fans care this much, but am still curious how they are making this much mental space for all of this. Maybe I'm just looking at it differently

I don’t know if this is the right place for this discussion, but here goes nothing..