For anyone who has watched a live concert stream before, what version would you recommend buying? I’ve seen there’s a 4k vers, HD, and one with multiple views as well? I’m kinda getting overwhelmed by the options 😅

Just a funny little story about what happened this morning. E is my daughter. Yes. I'm old. And I'm serious army ha.

Me: "E! I have lost my V!"

E (headphones on): "Huh?"

Me: "My V!" (Showing my wrist)

E: "Oh. Where is Jungkook? Probably there."

🤣😭❤️

We were talking about my lovely homemade bead bracelets. I have PLENTY. I desperately wanted to wear my V one today. Luckily I found it before I was late from work.

VMA Voting. BTS has been nominated for Song of the Year and Best Kpop.

Adding:
What makes the VMA nominations interesting is that BTS didn’t have to change their position on the Grammys to receive them. The two awards work very differently. For the Grammys, music has to be formally submitted for consideration before it can move through the nomination process. BTS made the deliberate choice not to submit ARIRANG this year, which means they removed themselves from Grammy consideration altogether.

The VMAs are different. MTV chooses its nominees, so BTS can be nominated without making the same kind of formal decision to enter their music for consideration. That distinction matters. BTS never said they no longer wanted awards or recognition, and they never said they would reject every category labeled K-pop. They specifically chose not to participate in the Grammy process after explaining that they wanted their music to be heard for what it is rather than divided by region or language.

And now “SWIM” is nominated at the VMAs not only for Best K-Pop, but also for Song of the Year. To me, that second nomination is the important part. MTV can acknowledge where BTS comes from while still allowing their music to compete in one of the night’s main categories. BTS didn’t have to submit themselves to a separate lane to get there. They simply made the music, and MTV nominated it.

So I don’t see the VMA nominations as contradicting their Grammy decision at all. If anything, they help explain it. BTS did not walk away from being recognized. They chose not to participate in a particular awards process under terms they clearly did not agree with. There is a very big difference between refusing to submit yourself to a system and being recognized by one anyway.

Long post alert

So many are trying to convert army into solo stans(specifically this week), I wanted to show my pipeline from solo to army.

Since solo stans are so looked down and most posts I see from them usually "I was army now I am solo stan". I thought I would give you all a look at my journey and also a perceptive that not all solo stans are bad. Toxic ones are in each fandom solo and group.

Was first introduced to bts via carpool karaoke. Liked the episode but that was it . I have been fangirl all my life - MJ, Britney, nsync, Westlife, backstreet boys, 1d, Rihanna, Taylor swift plus few regional artists as I am from asia. Adele till now is my ult, and then Jungkook joined her. Came across Jungkook at FIFA. It just sparked my Interest. By dec 2022, I was his solo, consuming everything I could find of Jungkook. I was downloading weverse, watching his tiktok reels, acapella videos. His album solidified in me that he will go far and is an artist I will follow for years. his raw vocals just always levitate me, I listen to into the sun acapella from his madrid weverse live at least 5 times a day right now. I had never seen in last few years any famous singer singing without a microphone. You know how raw vocals are just so rare. He just solidified himself as my 2nd ult after Adele. Then his personality was cherry on top. His loyalty to group made me look at him with different eyes. I will follow this mans career till he has grandkids.

when JK went to military , I thought let me go through run bts episodes, I had already gone through live performances and some concert clips. Run bts was so entertaining, so I just binged the heck out of it. Still called myself only Jungkook fan. What was the turning point for me,it was that I became a jinkook bias. I know Jin is my wrecker in kpop terms, but I don't like that term personally so I call him as my bias and jungkook as my ult bias.

Jin's fun personality is what drew me to him but it was the little glimpses when he was serious which intrigued me. I still love the in the soop flinging quote from him. then I started observing him more and more. all the small things he did for members, his humor and how he really boosted mood when needed. I like that he protects his peace by being as private as he his. I like how he knows when to save members in public setting using humor. His vocals in epiphany and background solidified his bias status for me.

then I thought if I like two members, I should look into others more keenly too. that just made full fledged army. Now I have found different things I like about other 5 members.

I love how jimin bosses BTS members and is a stage medussa with his dance, love his love for science videos as a fellow nerd. His personality is my fav after jinkook. So warm and naughty.

I love how tae is quirky at times and mogs everyone effortlessly. As an introvert, I love his extrovert side so much. Love that he is a menace at times and has the best ideas out there.

I love hobi dance leader persona so much, those judgemental videos always get me. He was the last person to grow on me as i could not relate to me with some over the top laughs. Can you believe now those things make me the most happy now.

Yoongi is my fellow introvert who i can sit with and not say a word too. I relate to him so much, on how he shows love via acts of service. Personally he is my fav writer and producer in the group.

RM was very difficult for me to understand as what i saw in 2023 was someone trying to find himself without BTS leadership. I admire his brain and deep lyrics. How he is still a student at heart. We both share love of books.

Recently, at the concert in Dallas, there is a viral video of Jimin giving Olivia a keychain. Because of that kind moment, my wife’s organization has been flooded with donations from fans across the world.

It’s so crazy that it happened overnight and was unplanned. The tickets given to the girls were donated to the organization and were just a very cool experience for them; no one expected the interaction or love from the community.

To put it in perspective, a country singer hosted an entire charity concert in the last year or so specifically to donate to Heroes for Children, and the crowd there donated less than 1/4th of what the BTS community has given without even asking them to.

It has been super fun researching all of the different currency types that we rarely see. Thank you!