Last Sunday, since the world has gradually opened up, we were supposed to have a few friends over to watch the online concert together. Since then, we have signed up for VLive and Weverse, have gone on world tours, overseas trips (Malta is a favourite destination we keep going back to), staycations in the forest, and played all sorts of fun games every Tuesday night with our newfound friends. We couldn’t go out and see our friends, so we found 7 of them in BTS. It felt like the perfect distraction for the ongoing pandemic, especially since we were in the longest lockdown in the world.
She made me watch 2020 FESTA, and from then on, we found ourselves combing through YouTube for more. They were blowing up balloons, cooking dishes, and frosting a cake. So fun.” The next day, I went into her room and she was watching a BTS video. Why are so many people tuning in? I had asked my sister to “Take a look at this, tell me what you think.” We watched the music video together once, and she said, “Cute.
We were monitoring BTS’ YouTube records for ‘Dynamite’ at work, and that got me curious. I’ve read countless stories and tweets about how BTS would come into your life when you need them to, and that also held true for me. It was not until the pandemic in 2020, like millions across the globe, that I would dive into the world of Bangtan. Throughout the years, this publication would cover new BTS releases, as well as their last Singapore concert for their Love Yourself Tour in 2019. I remember being enamoured with the video for ‘forever rain’. In 2018, I came across RM’s mixtape mono, and while I didn’t understand half the lyrics, the songs gave me this feeling of melancholy. One year later, the same writer asked if we could cover the Manila leg of their WINGS Tour, where she shared her first BTS concert experience and how she met ARMYs from across the region. I had first heard of BTS back in 2016, when one of our writers pitched me a story about a K-pop group who leaned heavily into hip-hop and wanted to dive into their sound and influences. But that didn’t stop me (and thousands of fans) from tuning in each and every single time.īTS bring generations together at PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE - LAS VEGAS concert – gig report #BTS #BTSARMY #PTD_On_Stage_LV /LKMhBxGiuK Going into the shows you’d know what to expect from the red and white fits and pyrotechnics to the vibrant band and dancers from THE LAB. This was the fifth PTD ON STAGE concert they were streaming online, and since it was part of the tour, it pretty much had the same setlist, save for a few songs here and there.