Between Megan going to court to collab with the tannies and Chris Martin flying to Korea & quarantining for two weeks to collab with them & record in the studio with them, I’m very thankful for these artists for embracing the boys and genuinely respecting them & their work
I don’t care what anybody says, the bb hot 100 chart has been around for 62 years... that’s 3224 chances for a song to DEBUT at
#1
on the chart and only 43 songs have done that and Dynamite is one of them against some of the biggest releases this year. BTS will have that forever.
I truly think it’s bc they’ve never had it easy and they don’t take anything for granted, putting on a good performance every single time is integral to who they are as artists and it’s why they’re often regretful & upset when things aren’t perfect. The stage is their life
No y’all don’t understand OSTs & ballads are really Seokjin’s lane like his his voice is so versatile but you put that man on a good ballad??????????????? Unbeatable
The Naver-HYBE-Weverse-Vlive thing is a PERFECT example of the microeconomic impact BTS have & how their demand outsizes the industry. BTS was Vlive’s life blood, most viewed, most followed artist on there by MILES, Naver sacrificed Vlive completely JUST bc BTS moved to weverse
In comparison, SM offered 21,120 shares to split between 48 of their artists, w/ the max number of shares any artist could buy being 680 for veterans... BH just gave each member of BTS 100x that, collectively they’ll have a $53.9M stake in the company
More congrats to BTS. Each member has received 68,385 shares of their agency and each share will be worth up to $113 when the agency goes IPO this year. That means each member will be at least $7.7 million rich the moment shares are listed. Of course it's only a start.
‘Life Goes On’ becomes BTS’s first Korean language single to be certified under the POP genre. All other non-English singles were certified under World Music
I feel for her & I don’t think she deserves the hate but at the same time you have to realize that this girl is the poster child of privilege. Look at her reception by the industry vs literally any artist of color ever. It’s not her fault but yeah it’s fcked up
Billie Eilish on her Grammy wins:
“I love the Grammys so much but to be sitting in a room full of your idols and have them lowkey resent you was very upsetting for me and then having those people’s entire fandoms that I’ve been a part of for years, hate me.”
It’s very sad to me that BTS really just wanted to expand their music yet ended up having to take on the responsibility of being the representative face of the whole SK music industry, while battling racism and xenophobia in markets outside of SK & nobody behind them but Army
Many of us have sat through hours long award shows watching so many groups give lackluster performances while waiting for BTS to come on. We’ve seen them, we’ve heard them, we’re just not impressed 😕
Can y’all do me favor and go leave positive reviews on BE on ITunes if you haven’t already. Looks like a bunch of bitter fandoms went on there leaving bad reviews trying to lower the rating and that’s all that’s at the top
Btw it always rubbed me wrong how MHJ spoke about helping with Taehyung’s debut, like it was inconvenient for her but she it did anyway bc he “impressed her”😒
Disrespectful asf how the same week we got season’s greeting where Joon talked about wanting to be able to do sht without having to have his manager or a guard with him that you’re here complaining about there not being enough guards instead of addressing the stalkers mobbing him
I think anybody who believes BTS’ solo music is so “removed” from their group music, doesn’t really have any kind of grasp on what their group music is like at all. Bc the members wouldn’t be able to roll songs under the name BTS so casually into solo set lists if that were true
At the end of the concert two girls sitting beside me were talking amongst themselves about how they were kinda sad this was only their first BTS (or BTS adjacent) concert & they were like “that’s okay we’ll have 2025” and I wanted to start bawling. 2025 is really our lifeline😭
One day y’all gone stop pretending that JITB wasn’t promoted well when Hobi literally spoke about taking charge of the whole project from beginning to end 😕
The first performance of LGO was literally at the fcking AMAs… promoted on Corden, gave 50 different interviews, had a whole BE behind series leading up to the album release and after the album drop, performed LGO at every end of the year shows, + MTV Unplugged????
You know it’s funny bc when BTS spoke at the UN, Armys were already known to be charitable on their behalf, the Love Yourself campaign had raised millions of $ for a UN initiative, their entire Speak Yourself speech was based off the messages they’d been telling since DEBUT
I will never take for granted all of the stuff BTS did for us during the pandemic, like it’s simple things like going live to give us cute little activities we can do at home, bang bang con, the 822718 run episodes, or the fun songs that gave us an outlet to just be happy
Zayn and 1D NEVER had the type of relationship BTS does nor did they go through the things BTS have together, at the end of the day I’m not the one tryna live vicariously through the career of an artist & constantly speaking over them in hopes that my delusions will come true
@docskim_
@therealmikedean
Sincerely hope you pass these on to the WHOLE BH music team, crazy it’s really ppl that are supposed to be professionals acting like this towards other artists
7 y/o BTS had 5 BBMAs, 40+ daesangs including a historic daesang sweep, 5
#1
albums on the BB 200, 3
#1
songs on the Hot100, 3 hot100 top tens, a Grammy nom, toured stadiums of 60K+ capacity in the North America, South America, Asia, Europe, AND the UK… nobody on their level
I think the US industry is trying to use the Tannies not being able to tour to their advantage, bc you can’t hide stadiums full of people, but you can hide streams and sales just enough to minimize their impact
Our faves going to the military won’t change the fact that those girls are nothing more than mediaplayed frauds, the drag isn’t dragging, Bad Bunny was robbed 💀
We don’t joke about important chart updates or fake chart updates, since Joon was almost fooled by a fake update before by somebody thinking they were funny. Stop doing that sht, it’s not cute or quirky, it’s just annoying, ruins the moment, & makes you look desperate for clout
If you still ain't fully listened to BTS's discography including soundcloud stuff and read some lyrics, the absolute last thing you need to be doing is being on here setting them up in petty fanwars... You focused on the wrong thing entirely.
Personally I’ve never seen kpop stans START with the music when groups comeback, I see more “I love their outfits, the concept is xyz, they LOOK so good” so the audacity of these ppl to say Armys only care about numbers bc BTS is the only one who’s music can pull them is funny
So how is it that BTS gets questioned down while their sales, streams, and ticket sales match everywhere bc they have millions of fans that are willing to actually support them, yet these girls get articles written about their fans’ streaming farms & nobody bats an eye…
Learning that the military has literally set up a fanpage for Jin’s activities & “fan letters” when he didn’t even want his damn base revealed makes my stomach turn. Being in there is the big bad some of y’all pretend BH is, he has NO CONTROL over any of it & y’all promoting it
Btw in the US our credit and debit cards are linked to our zip codes…. That’s how Neilsen & BB can track if sales are ACTUALLY from the US. So yeah VPN & American shipping addresses will never work for charting
K reporters are mad because Sunmi avoided them returning from a personal schedule in the US. Her manager said that she would be at Gate B but Sunmi came out of Gate A and ran off. This was the second time Sunmi avoided reporters at the airport.
Just thought about how Joon had like 30K ppl in a stationhead listening party and he ain't ask nobody to buy a damn thing even once.... Folks was really hosting they own buying parties on there this year and giving special treatment to fans that bought, like that's wild
Groups are waiting for the company to tell them when their next comeback is planned, most of the time w/ songs already picked or being picked. BTS members are coming to the company and telling THEM when their projects are ready to begin the release process.
Ador said that this is normal practice and that Hybe doesn’t understand how the industry works. "Key talents in creative fields such as design, choreo, styling often can generate higher income when they work as freelancers. These people are needed in the label business and
Like WV was a fairly small new platform & just ONE of the many fan platforms cropping up since 2019, hell SM made Bubble/Dear U that has nearly HALF the industry (JYP, FNC, Jellyfish, SM) on there, but Naver CHOSE to invest in Weverse specifically, why? Bc only weverse had BTS
Kpop would go a lot further globally and probably be taken more seriously if more companies focused on growing their idols artistically instead of just focusing on visuals & giving groups tracks they get caught on video dreading having to record…
Calling groups that needed the help of a US label & US exclusive versions with multiple different PCs to even ENTER the billboard charts yet still debuting w/ less than 15M streams for a full album the “next BTS” is crazy tbh
No bc some of y’all are moving very weird, realize that not everyone has the same experiences as you or are very young, the world is very big and not everyone knows every famous song, someone asking “what song is this” bc they’ve legit never heard is not disrespectful
Honestly the way BTS's itunes numbers jump up every time there is an event that uses their music or they Samsung commercials proves to me the real barrier is exposure and radio really gatekeeps them from real main stream exposure bc they know that
Thinking about this, there’s 4 HYBE ppl in the top 5…. No other kpop company execs. & they’re the only non-Euro/Brit/Americans on the list… y’all wonder why the industry is so scared of BTS & looking to replace? Bc they know any “replacement” won’t threaten the status quo
Universal, Spotify, HYBE, Live Nation, Warner and SiriusXM's founders and executives lead Billboard's inaugural ranking of the music industry's top earners. Here, we look at the top 10.
Knowing how misogynistic SK is, MHJ had the chance to help pave the way for women in the entertainment industry to enter the executive level, be compensated equally in that space, & their work valued equally, but she let her selfish greed ruin it, I hate that most of all
Okay... Some of y'all not gonna like this but BTS have already said their solo work is handled the way it is bc there is less personal pressure for them to produce a certain type of result on the same level or similar to the group. Sometimes y'all gotta just enjoy things
If you wanna play fcking capitalism and morality police over a $100 FULL pj set, then pls start w/ miss eyelashes charging $100 A PIECE for a sweat suit. Y’all only care about this sht when it’s 875 in the picture, nobody is forcing you to spend money you don’t have
Ilgan Sports shares letter NewJeans’ parents sent to Bang Si Hyuk through Min Heejin:
— “Every time NewJeans members met president Bang Si hyuk at the company, we wondered why President Bang pretended not to know the members and ignored their greetings (…) it wasn’t just once
Idk when SK is gonna realize BTS is likely the single most influential Korean artists probably in the whole history of global main stream media and pop culture, but I truly hope this event helps wakes them up
Notice how solos & mantis always talk about what THEY want, never what BTS want bc what BTS want doesn’t matter to them at all. They only see members as company puppets so them making demands at BH on the tannies behalf is them demanding to hold the puppet strings themselves
BTS used to do whole performances, interviews, commercials for Tokopedia w/o BH ever breathing a word about it & Armys never cared, why? Bc it’s a privilege for the brands to have them, them being the global face of some unknown brand is always most advantageous for the brand
Imma tell you rn, when Proof drops, I’m not giving af about your streaming playlist rules tbh. Imma make playlist I actually WANT to listen to so I can stream efficiently and not get burned out. The more rules you try to push the less it’s gone make ppl want to stream honestly
Some of you have lied to yourselves that BE was “Americanized” bc Dynamite is on it & y’all legitimately have a problem w/ BTS singing in English bc you’re a fcking weirdo. Bc for every single song in BE I can bring you another one in their discography that shares the same energy
I said this on private but I lowkey feel like there was probably be a lot of red tape around the mass distribution of kaws’ album art as a physical CD bc he’s like a world renowned artist and that’s one of the reasons the release is digital only 🤷🏽♀️
JK solos hopping online to hope & pray JK leaves the group when he’s said multiple times he desires to do the opposite meanwhile it was JK that decided he immediately needed to come on live from his own kitchen to let us know BTS wasn’t disbanding/going on hiatus after Festa
And solos are LIARS as always. HYBE ain’t even file for the trademark BH DID. Privately owned BH. Only has 3 artists BH, where BTS is the ONLY ONE that has any significance to the word Borahae. Now solos claiming they filed it without Tae’s permission, who tf told y’all that????
See how you used a bunch of artists that ALREADY have tons of critical acclaim AND commercial success? See how you couldn’t use BP bc they have neither? Yeah okay
Armys don’t “harass ppl online”, we just don’t allow ppl to openly spread misinfo & hate against BTS in peace, why would you expect them to address us when the harassment against them on social media has gotten so bad they barely even post here & turned their ig comments off???
Oh yeah every Army needs to block all BB accounts rn, bc they are very obviously trying to bait us into joining that space for that group and the last thing we need is some more mess
I think ppl fail to realize that the reason BTS gets asked to do certain things or speak about certain topics is bc they are one of the FEW artists these days that has a large, active, & engaged fanbase that truly believes & has a history of DOING good work inspired by them
Some of y’all should realize y’all’s goals may not necessarily align w/ BTS’ & y’all put pressure on the fandom bc y’all care more about #’s than you do about what BTS’ intentions are when they release. Take Two wasn’t discounted, had 1 ver., no physicals, the signs were there.
This is embarrassing not a flex 😭, imagine popping into a storefront for a photo op bc you’re insecure that your biggest sponsor who hasn’t posted you in months just got a new ambassador that draws 20x the engagement that you do 😭
ADOR didn’t have the production budget to film another music video so they filed ‘Hurt’ in one hour of just close-up shots and people (hybe’s manic supporters) still accuse the company of having an extensive budget for NewJeans’ debut…
Siminvest a fcking bank card company bruh, are you serious? You ever seen BH post articles about BTS’ Samsung deal? Or Jin Ramyeon sponsorship? PFW was a PERSONAL trip, & ITS: Friendcation was literally sponsored BY BIGHIT THEMSELVES ARE YOU DUMB???
Like at the same time Lizzo was releasing truth hurts in 2017 (that had to go unnoticed by the whole industry for 2 years before she got any support), Billie was getting put at the top of Spotify’s biggest playlist. It’s sad.
YOU have made your entire identity about BTS to the point that it upsets you to see them existing and coping within the context of their own reality of having to be enlisted for 18mos bc it doesn’t fit inside the safe little fantasy music box you’ve put them in
@starrwinter
you see someone coping with their safe space being garbed in a symbol of war and your response is to ask them to unstan? ever heard of empathy? you have made your entire identity about BTS and cannot think of anything beyond "fandom"?
So that’s crazy bc like they actually underperformed their last album in sales and streams in the states, the only thing that improved was their chart placements and that’s bc the charts are weak as hell
Do kpop stans not realize that that lil two year extension Jin got, none of their faves qualify for that? They gotta report for duty at 28 MAX and a lot of their times are not that far off 💀💀
So where was the energy when your ilk were attacking sleep deez for telling us kpop companies be asking for BTS remakes and calling Tiffany Red a liar & clout chaser when she said SM didn’t properly pay her? 🤨
I’m glad BTS aren’t afraid to use their platform for things that truly matter to ppl. It would be easy to shy away from it, the more you put yourself in the spotlight the more you subject yourself to unwarranted criticism. They know they can’t save the world but won’t stop trying
I’m fucking SICK of yall throwing bts’ name in every fucking fresh scandal of anybody they’ve ever worked with, that the whole damn industry has worked with, that even you JUST found out about, then hiding behind your hybe hate for you centering bts in someone else’s bullshit
It just feels good seeing other big names artists within the industry genuinely take the time bc it so often feels like the boys JUST have us and that’s not fair to them bc they are so amazing, their artistry is amazing, and all of this has legitimately been a breath of fresh air
The crazy part about this discourse over “promo” is that it ALL boils down to some of yall obsession w/ numbers, you not asking for “promo” for yourself, you KNOW sumn is coming, you asking bc you fear the release not making numbers YOU personally want it to make bc of exposure
Maybe if y’all didn’t hype up stalker content and sht from paparazzi and kmedia tabloids that are literally known to outright lie then you wouldn’t be upset. Mad at his agency bc they didn’t specify exactly when or what the PRIVATE event held by Celine is for? Solos stay goofy
In summary, Taehyung is at Cannes to attend a Celine brand event.
If he was under a competent agency they would’ve announced it much earlier so confusion would be avoided.
However, they fail to fulfil their responsibility once again.
And they took on the responsibility w SUCH grace and have been nothing but polite & have tried their best to be good representatives and make everyone proud despite not asking for ANY of this, that’s why JM’s comment about winning the 👵🏻s being important as Koreans broke my heart
Hope the universe is watching over 🐻 & keeping his mind at peace, true or not, the fact that this sht keeps happening around the time he’s making moves for himself professionally is weird asf, especially bc he’s a super private person in general. This should not overshadow that.