BTS 4/1 Live

빌보드 1위~ (Billboard #1)

My commentary in green.
For any baby ARMY watching, I'll be using the following abbrev/nicknames to refer to the members, in fan chant order:
RM = 🐨Kim Nam Joon, honey thighs, leader, bb koala, pookiekoalabbcutiecakes, etc. - I am OT7 but as of this past week... have found myself inconsolably RM-biased (still OT7!)
Jin = 🐹Kim SeokJin, hamster princes, eldest, mama
sugi = 🐈‍⬛SUGA, Min Yoongi, sugiball, sugaball, sugicakes, rapper kitty
hobi = 🐿️j-hope, Jung Hoseok (I am incredibly intimidated by this man more than most human beings and can't call him any stupid nicknames)
Jm = 🐥Jimin, Park Jimin, bb mochi, mochiball
V = 🐯Kim Taehyung, babybear, bbtiger
JK = 🐰Jeon Jung Kook, bunn, bb bunn, kookooball, kookoo, bb bobapuff, bobaball, ajkfdl;gjaklfjg, etc. - this one triggers my cuteness aggession to the ultramaxpro HD 5000

All mentioned YouTube shows linked throughout the translation as well as all at the very end.

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(off to a strong start with hobi/JK giggling at each other; Jin/sugi staring at hobi; RM staring into my very soul and disintegrating all of my composure; V making waves in front of his face; Jm dissociating into oblivion)

the left bow shows their names written out in Korean in fan chant order along the two ribbons hanging down
the right bow shows on one ribbon, "사막도 바다가 돼서" (samahkdo badaga dwesuh = Even a desert can turn into an ocean, recalling a theme featured in their 5th mini album, Love Yourself: Her, Sea (바다) was their second hidden track) & on the second ribbon, "Keep Swimming"

JK: what is that?
hobi - mumbles -that.. that..
JK, knowingly: ahh ::bunnygiggless::
Jin looking at hobi: there's nothing he doesn't know. there's nothing he doesn't know..
JK: -mumbles, but probably replying to hobi via meme response-

Jm: oh now come to think of it - we can't check anything huh?
(usually staff give them a tablet to be able to monitor themselves/read the comments coming in but it seems that they forgot this time? So you'll see all the members pull out their phones to check for themselves)

RM: aren't we starting?
hobi: we've started we've started [the live]

Jin to RM: please say hi
RM: cotdamnn damnn
JK in eager bb bunn: goddamnn!

RM: 2!3! Bang
BTS: Tan! Hello, We are BTS!

no one:
RM:

JK: I should turn on the Weverse app too
HELPPPP!! LOOK AT THE BOBAAAAAAA jkad;lfjgl;ajdf;lgajd;flkgj;aldfjg;alkfdgj

Jm: should I check if I got the alert?
::everyone on their phones except SUGI/Jin/RM::
Jin: oh the vibration alert just came through - I felt the vibration from the alert that we're live
V: [my phone] didn't vibrate to alert me that the live started
Jin: I got it - like "Billboard 1st Place" [the name of their live]

RM: so now.. okay we just heard that we got 1st place on the Billboard Hot 100..
BTS: wowww::clappies::
Jin: thank youuuu - it's all because our fans listened [to the music] a lot

RM: i think i was the very first one to see it..cuz i was sleeping ..cuz yesterday i *passed out ..was it yesterday? it was yesterday right?
hobi: wasn't it the day before yesterday?
RM: was it yesterday?
Jin: wasn't it yesterday?
hobi: it was yesterday it was it was

기절해서 (kijulhaesuh)= cuz [subj] passed out; literally - "fainted" but when used in this context, understood as "passed tf out"

RM: i was sleeping.. i passed out right after practice around 9pm and then woke up around 3am and saw that it was up all over the place
JK: oh! i woke up at 3am too
Jin: i woke up at 3am too cuz I passed out as soon as I got home
RM to JK: what did you do? did you stay up all night? (papa is worried about bb bobaball)
JK::bunnyblinks::nods yes::

RM: GOTDAMN! anyways~~~

(please see Jin who has had enough of RM screaming 'goddamn' and a sleepy kitty in the background)

RM: oh further.. we also got #1 on Billboard's 200list too
BTS:woww::clappies::

(please see how cutely JK claps. i cannot.)

Jm: i mean it is truly unbelievable..
RM: we've been able to turn on this live ..with really really grateful hearts..
Jin: we were sitting around kinda celebrating on our own [when we thought] it'd be nice to celebrate with ARMY
hobi: that's right that's rigiht
Jin: so we turned on the live

hobi: and [the staff] made it so pretty for us so.. like wow..
JK looking at the deco: thank youu [to the staff]

(banner says, in English, in hangul phonetically "keep swimming" 킵 스위밍- spelling English words IN hangul is the bane of my existence and ongoing trend that doesn't seem like it'll end. I, personally, hate this with all of my being - it's also the MOST difficult "Korean" for me to master because whyyyytf but there is a wrong way to pronounce/spell this hangul-ified-English version of words too and I don't want ANY OF ITTTTT... but lowkey have found myself using it too with my younger Korean fam to stay relevant and it's just NOW finally feeling more second nature... but.. i hate it.)

RM: i think this was only possible because SO many people helped us along the way
hobi: that's right
RM: I heard it was really neck and neck, re: the points, till the very end
hobi: truetruetruetrue
RM: so thank you very much
JK: thank you ::thumbs up::

Jin: this is the first album that we've released since being discharged from the military - that our first album did so well makes me feel really happy - we even have a cake

(the cake)

hobi (joking): i prepared the cake
Jin: oh did you now~
SUGA: wow the cake's made so nicely
Jm to hobi: *don't lieeeee

*뻥 치고 있네 (bbung cheego eetnae)= literally, you are hitting a 'bbung' - contextually, you are lyinggg or you're so full of it or BS!/i call BS!
*뻥 (bbung) = lie/exaggeration/bs, so you may see in dramas like one friend passing on some unbelievable gossip onto another, and the listener respond with just '뻥!' meaning like 'no wayyy/BS'

hobi who cannot lie for more than 0.1 seconds terribly::smiling:: it was! [a lie]

(help. hobi with his sunshine-i-can't-lie-smile and curious boba peeking over the shoulder)
(i know so many ARMY noonas that'd go to war for the boba no questions asked - we ride at dawn if you hurt the bobaball)

RM: the quality is really daebak (대박, daebak = awesome/amazing, from 大博 that was mainly used in gambling to mean 'jackpot/big win' but is now used in all contexts just to mean something is awesome/amazing/crazy good)

V:pointing to the cake: this.. this.. .[cake]
hobi: oh shoot this cake is ..heavyy ::as he's turning it side to side::
V: this..this.. is this from there?
Jm: they gifted it to us..
Jin: daebak (in this case, just 'awesome/epic')
hobi: they made the cake so well
V: Artiseé...

RM (moving off the cake strategically): I believe it's truly because of all of ARMY, we were able to receive this..coming back after four years.. so many people pooling their efforts to support us..
Jin: that's right
hobi/sugi: right
RM: is why we were able to get first place
Jin: heyy applause (i'm only now realizing this might sound weird because he's announcing/suggesting "applause" before clapping - and I didn't even realize this was weird until I had to type this out right now - but yea, whether it's applauding someone or like clapping for little kids in school or something or cheering on a team, there are many cases where someone will say/prompt for applause before applauding/everyone breaks into applause)

RM: thank you so much
hobi::clappieszoomies::

Jm: this was an album that we really prepared very diligently and is so precious [to us], we're so thankful that you listened to it so much and we feel like we need to do even better (if this language confuses you, echoed not only by BTS all the time but tons of other Korean celebrities/idols/entertainers/etc., please take a quick detour to this)

V: oh and like.. we also had a music video that just came out (at the time they went live, only the 2.0 teaser had been released)
Jin: the teaser came out
RM: daymnn
Jm: ohh Namjoonie hyung is sooO cool/awesome..
Jin: it's *chi blockingly incredible..

*기가 막혀 (gigah makhyuh) = Literally, "chi/qi/gi is blocked/flow of energy is stopped; but contextually this is spoken when something outrageous happens (good or bad) -like [the thing you're witnessing] is so TERRIBLE or INCREDIBLE that it's taken your breath away cuz of shock/stopped you in your tracks~

and OHHHHBABY did it ever mess me tf up today!? if you follow me on IG/threads, you witnessed me lose my everlovingmind in real time and double down with RM as my bias...um. friends. he's a whole dancer. bye🤪

Jin: [for] that video (2.0 MV) remember we laughed so much on the set too
JK: so if we wanna give a little bit of a spoiler..
V: you don't have to spoil anything though..
JK: why?

(why you say no to kookoo)

V: cuz it's coming out in a bit anyway..
Jm: isn't it coming out today??
JK: no that's what I mean though ::facing camera to ARMY:: you can look forward to it.. it's more *intense than before~
hobi: why?? (cheesing cuz he knows why... )
V: but it's really really funny..

*살벌하다 (salbuhlhada) = very harsh/severe, literally like "killing-level punishment" but contextually means 'intense/scary or insanely good/intimidatingly good/sometimes means edgy/scary

RM: the other friends [his members] are much more *intense/scarier/edgier than me
JK: very *intense
Jm: Taehyungie was very scary..
V: Jin hyung was very cute
RM: Jiminshi, you were also quite scary
Jm::mochi giggles::holding his twin's hand:: you were no joke, Taehyungshi

hobi: i think it's fun and came out really well ..and i think they'll really like it [ARMY]
Jm: I am curious about the response though..

Jin: i mean but there's a serious/sincere element to it too though
V: but truly.. there are like sincere vibes in it too though

(atp staff comes in, playing SWIM, with flower necklaces to put around the members' necks to congratulate them for the Billboard wins, the staff play kazoos, and it is chaotic for a few seconds~ #whatelseisnew once everyone has been given one, they get back to the live)

RM: oh shoot they're fresh flowers ..so they're falling off (never shedding the God of Destruction allegations)
hobi: oh they're fresh flowers!! it smells like fresh flowers!
JK: i like this!

RM: wow our company internal/external staff *worked really hard too

*고생 많다 (gosaeng manta) = literally, "you have a lot of hardship/suffering" but contextually, this is said to/about someone who has worked hard on something, a very common saying to acknowledge the effort/dedication of staff/teammates/etc.

Jin: ..even putting flowers on us..
V: really everyone has worked so hard for/with us
JK: that's rightt
Jm: oh but that's so funny.. they came in, expressionless/deadpan, like "congratulations" (in a flat tone) ::soul-less kazoo blowth imitation::
(Jimin's sass is also Jimin's warmth, it looked like all the staff that brought in flowers were young men and probably Jimin/the members have a great rapport with them all)
(i know blowth isn't a word. leave me be.)
Jin, chuckling: wdym they all came in smiling/laughing

V: our *ceremony?protocol? team knew I liked red, so they gave me the red one..

*의전팀 (euijun team) = ceremony, protocol, etiquette team; I had to look up what this was in English because I knew what it was in Korean but I wasn't sure if there were 'equivalent roles' - I imagine the closest equivalent would be like a Day-Of Coordinator/Manager/Ops situation but make it a TEAM that specifically handles coordinated arrivals/departures/etiquette/official greetings/receiving guests/etc. for celebs/VIP/diplomats/etc.

JK (playing along, because it looks like the staff just put the flowers on ppl randomly?): oh oh me too.. they knew that since my *saju is fire, they needed to give me the blue to cool me off

[the exact moment sugiball laughs at his youngest baby's joke]

V playing along with his derpiest babiest bro and partner in crime: oh me too! cuz my saju element is water, so they gave me the fire one
(red flowers lol and then they shake hands cuz they're the derpiest maknaes in the land)

this is also a throwback reference to one of their old weverse lives and running jokes, in general, when hobi says "don't you guys say you're like fire/water or something?' and V/JK agree and V says "oh yea I need fire" and JK says "yea and I need water, that's why I'm wearing blue"

hobi: why would that matter [the color of the flowers]... you guys are being so extra right now
Jm also playing along: ah, they knew I love ARMY so much so (Jimin's wearing purple flowers)
JK to RM: Namjoonie hyung, what about you..

Jin::panicking and looking at the color of his flowers:: we all have to come up with a meaning now??
hobi, playing along despite what he JUST SAID cuz boba is trying to make it a thing now: ohh they knew my sneaker collab is coming out so ..

j-hope's sneaker collab

Jm::cracking up at j-hope's quick turnaround::
JK, delighted: that's right that's right that's right!
hobi: you mean to say they planned that far (all playing along w/ the boba)
V: oh and because SUGA hyung's skin is so white (SUGA was given white flowers and is too stunned to speak)

hobi::cracking up::

Jm: Namjoonie hyungg..
RM: me too? ughh..
Jm: it's to wish your leg to heal soon..
RM: no no it's not that - it's because I'm Asian..

please note Jimin's reaction

Jin: ohh cuz they know I like mango sticky rice.. so they made mine orange..

Everyone, please behold the DELIGHTED boba.
Please also understand that 100% of his hyungs went along with this JUST to delight the baby ajk;dlfjg;alkdfj;glakjdflghjalkdfjhkajfdlhskjfglhsjfglh....

Jm to RM: ...isn't that too spicy? (as in too sassy to say)
RM: whywhywhy??
JK on behalf of RM: no it's fine!
RM: I'm Asian-colored.. we're yellow okay? you know what I'm sayin?

(😑)

hobi: ...okay
Jm: ..we're gonna take it there huh.. my face is gonna turn red..
JK: 2.0 2.0
RM: I'm proud of my race

hobi: Jimin, your hair today..

JK: yoongi!

RM: if you look around..

Jm: i couldn't get my hair to look right
Jin: you tied it up real cute

RM: okay but truthfully, looking around.. at everyone's *꼴 right now..

*꼴 (kkol) = super informal/crass way of saying like.. the appearance/state of someone or something

RM continuing, looking at V: i think one could say it kinda looks like this friend (V) kept the dress code to himself .. only one to dress nicely/different today.. because today's a practice day today for us..

sugi to V: oh you came dressed kinda nicely today huh..
RM: cuz Taehyungshi came from having very nice lunch.. dinner.. wait what is it.. lunch plans..
V: i came from having a nice lunch so ..
RM: you wore a nice watch
V: i wore a watch today

hobi: Namjoonie and I are wearing the same outfit again
::94s stand up:: BTS!
::mochi sees 94s.. gets excited and also stands up:: KEEP SWIMMING!

JK: BTS & Nike's collab

hobi, inexplicably: BTS!

RM: ...yea so we had that little back story (aka he's explaining why only V is dressed nicely for this momentous occasion)

hobi: so.. how've you been lately everyone?
RM: oh well cuz we've become YouTubers recently.. so..
hobi: ahh.. i have seen a lot of things coming out recently..
Jin: we all took on a few~
Jm: oh right ..recently..

JK: RUN BTS RUN BTS - our Run BTS teaser
hobi: oh that's right the teaser came out
Jin: right the teaser came out

Jm: oh I've heard it was really funny

V: oh you didn't see it?
Jm VERY QUIETLY: no i saw.. but i'm just sayingg..
hobi: loll
V: guess who they talked about..
Jm: huh?
JK: huh? wait a minute..
V: guess who they talked about...
Jin::laughing::
Jm: ..in the teaser??
V: no.. EPIKASE
Jm: ??? oh EPIKASE? I feel like we're all talking about different things..
Jin to V: we were talking about the Run Jin teaser
V: ahhh~

guys. if YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.. tFFFF are translators supposed to do lmaoooo
so yea~ turns out V was talking about EPIKASE, Jm was talking about Run BTS teaser

RM to Jm: it's cuz he's dressed fancy by himself (joke)
Jm: ..??
V to Jm: cuz I've been watching all the shows our members have been guests on

sugi to Jm: didn't yours come out yet?
JK to Jm: Jimin..the one where we were with ChooSunghoonie hyung
V: I saw it all ..the ear cleaning thing
sugi: oh all of a sudden they did the ear cleaning!
Jm: ohh 'Ajosshi' yes.. you can def look forward to that

*아조씨 (ahjosshi) = a cute pronunciation of 'ahjusshi' / middle-aged man - Choo Sung-hoon refers to himself/his YouTube persona this way
Choo Sung-hoon is a prominent Korean-Japanese mixed martial artist/celeb, has hosted an episode with j-hope during j-hope's tour promo era and is also known for being on the Netflix dramatic physicall challenge show, Physical 100!

Jin: I also saw you dancing on Hot Issue Ji
V: ohh of course i saw that too
Jm: ohhh

(friends, look how cute.)

JK: and i saw the wig fall off!
Jm: "hat."

(in one of the more chaotic things I've ever watched, that episode of Hot Issue Ji features Jimin teaching old ladies to dance in a salon and in so doing, one of the lady's wigs fall off and she says "oh my hat fell off!")

I was actually sincerely concerned about the global audiences' response to this show because it's so ridiculous but the main comedian is actually known for being super witty, great at impressions, and very thoughtful in her work. It just so happens that this sketch-based/part improv-part scripted skit was just so chaotic but it was filled with silly notes that a lot of Koreans would have found very hilarious - not just for the slapstick/loud/silly parts but because of how she spoke and what she said lol

Also re: Choo Sung-hoon's YT featuring BTS Jimin and Jung Kook hanging out with him in what looks like a sauna situation - I haven't watched it yet - and them having a moment to clean out each others' ears, I've seen global audiences' reacting ...in interesting ways. Yes- I've gotten weird/ignorant DMs/comments about it.. no I haven't replied to most of them.

I'll be the first to admit that when I see cultural practices that appear wild or edgy or chaotic or loud or super different - I might be caught off guard. That's natural. I think global surprise is expected... but I'd wished more people responded to it with more curiosity than judgment. I've seen everything from people being genuinely so curious (🤓) to people being disgusted and quite a few reactions in between (😒). So I'll just say this:

In Korean culture, especially a long time ago (now they have all kinds of new devices to do this with like apps on your phone all over the world and even viral clips or even whole accounts, from across the globe, dedicated to like ...ear cleaning..pimple popping..etc.) but with this little ear scoopy stick, with your head in the lap of a trusted (usually parent or partner), this form of ear cleaning is a very vulnerable form of bonding and care. It's not seen as disgusting, it's not done aggressively, it's done with great precision, care, and gentleness. Most often it's done by parents for their little kids during a portion of their childhood.

You don't have to find it beautiful. You don't have to want to do it. But when I see people purport to love Korean culture and then proceed to over hype aspects they pick and choose based on what they find most palatable, it doesn't feel like love - it feels like consumption. Korea doesn't exist for your amusement. Loving something doesn't mean blanket accepting or celebrating every part of it - no. But it means assuming a posture of curiosity and learning at the cost of your time and comfort. Cheers to those always growing and staying curious.

RM to Jm: did you see Jin hyung go through the reserve training?
V: Jin hyung?
hobi: I only saw Jin hyung get buried in the snow..
Jm: in the snow.. hyung.. hyung.. you basically conducted the whole interview while wedged/smashed into the snow..

(mochi was deeply concerned)

V: and then hyung, remember! you got a cold that day!
Jin: yeah, I got a cold that day..

NOOOOOOOOOOOO JINNNNNNNNNNNNNN 😭😫😭 NOOOO

JK: and then what was that.. Yoongi hyung and Namjoonie hyung..having the debate
Jin: oh the second half was really funny when Tablo hyungnim, very sincerely, asked if you went head-to-head with Jimin [in a fight] who'd win?
RM: I was curious to know ..like.. 'are we fighting using all our force or..?'
V: you said if you do a 'neck slice' to Jimin.. you could win

Jm: oh this.. oh this..
Jin: that part was really funny

RM: j-hope sshi, I also really loved watching you dance
hobi: i mean.. i did try my best
Jin: oh but yea.. omg it's so hard to match your level of energy but..
RM to hobi: like truly.. matching that level of energy was epic
hobi, in full acknowledgment: but tbh ..[she] has a level of energy that is trulyyy ..formidable
Jin: doing Swim, Swim - she was incredible, she caught on so fast
hobi: there's that.. where..
RM: right - you're both dancers! dancers!
hobi: right right but okay so i found that because I was trying to match her energy, i was like.. almost even OVERdoing it.. and i kept responding like.. laughing so much and like yelling and stuff in between

RM:giggles at his twin:

Jin: i've never seen j-hope's energy get drained during team activities...
V: isn't it that channel that you hyungs have recently been ..?

Jm: 🥺is the cake blocking out your face, hoseokie hyung?

hobi: oh no no it's okay
(i CRYYYYYYY. what a sweetiepants. i love.)

::Jin moves cake out of the way::
(it's hard not to love them all)

RM: anyway, we.. we each chose for ourselves
BTS mumbling: yup..right
Jin: which programs we wanted to go on..
RM: we wanted to do YouTubes but .. like trying to figure out which programs - at the end of countless discussions, we finally decided
JK: 🎶uh huh uh huh

(someone please help me. Jung Kook is so. cute.)

Jm: that's right
RM: yea..
V: i recently
Jm: i saw you on that too
V: on what

Jm: the interview video..
RM: ~fairy ::flailing zoomies::
Jm: oh and the one you both (RM & V) were on came up too
RM: osanggi? (i have no idea what he's saying here...)
V: osanggi and fairy Jaehyung

(in context because V & RM were on the BDNS show, I might conclude that "osanggi" somehow refers to that but I have no idea what that is - it's not someone's name, it's not the nickname of the show... the host.. idr if maybe it was an inside joke on the ep? But I have no idea why they would call it that - or what exactly they're even saying tbh..)

Jin: oh right that one
Jm: it was such a gently/softly spoken interview
Jin: oh and you spoke about your dad too
V: yea well
RM: it was like a 'father and son' kinda vibe [the fairy jaehyung show]
Jm: and you talked about hoseokie hyung too
V: that's right

hobi: well originally we wanted to do one with the three of us (hobi, Jin, and RM?) but ..
Jin: our schedules were so crazy
hobi: like in a scenario where .. truly our schedules were SO packed

RM: we were each going to try to take on 2 shows but like trying to get the schedules for the three of us to align ..there were issues so
hobi: right right

Jin: but i have another thing for 'Maple Story' too
hobi: did you have fun doing that one? ::as he fusses w/messes up Jin's hair for 10 whole seconds - yes I looked at the timestamp cuz he messed with it for SO long lmao:: (🥰🥰🥰)

RM: aren't they opening/launching something soon? it's opening soon right? world..
Jin: i think something is opening maybe..
(nice.)

V: hyung, I don't even play Maple Story but even I heard that your proposal [for Maple Story] was SUPER detailed
JK: hyung! i saw you recording something!
Jin: hehe
hobi: hyung is kinda good at doing 'events' and stuff like that

Jm: didn't you propose a corpse..
V: like when you have to face a boss.. it's super hard?? right?
Jin: I worked very hard on it but I mean I actually don't know everything about it yet.. but like I've heard bits and pieces here and there - but we put it together with our like.. 'user experience group' (re: Maple Story)

RM: so anyway.. in this way, we've all done a lot of activities ..
hobi: oh and recently all the remixes came out too right?
Jin: oh yea each members' remixes

Jm: so 2.0 is gonna come out soon but.. ::smirk:: do you think this is the end?

BTS: ooOoooo

it is also at this point that i noticed that the beverage in front of Jimin is from Compose featuring his derpus twin, V

Please look how derpy V looks vs. his pose on the Compose cup sleeve lmaooo plus Jimin's smug af cutieface ..I can't with the 95s

Jin: we were very busy~
sugi: we did a lot..
JK: by now - isn't [all of it] coming out like one after another, with no breaks

RM: we all worked really hard
sugi: no like ALL of a sudden - this week - ALL of it is coming out like ONE AFTER THE OTHER..

hobi: tbh while we were preparing everything I didn't really realize how much.. but NOW as it's alllll coming out - I'm like oh wow we did allll that??
sugi: we did do a lot

- -2 simultaneous conversations are happening: JK/V & hobi/RM/Jm- -

V in tiny: so then the fans would know why we said "next year spring!"
JK: hyung, YOU said 'next year spring'
V: no it's cuz they told me to say "next year spring"
JK: ...

(bunn is downloading thoughts, please be patient we will return at a later time)

Jm: truly.. January-February almost died.. really..almost died Jan/Feb
hobi: we did kinda do a lot huh
Jm: all dayyy long
RM: 2 whole weeks after the comeback, my dancing will finally be known
Jm: I know you did ::patpat::turns to camera/ARMY:: Namjoonie hyung dances really well so please watch once
RM looking down 🥺: I worked really hard..
Jin: you did..
RM: I'm sadd 🥺🥺🥺*i saddd

so he says 속상해요 (soksanghaeyo) = I'm upset/sad and THEN he says 똑땅해요 (ddokddanghaeyo)= which is an AEGYOful pronunciation of 'soksanghaeyo' because jakl;dfjga;ldfjlkajdflgjaldkfjlajldfkgja.

EVERYONE GO WATCH 2.0 MUSIC VIDEO 374856739487 times cuz bb leader wants to be acknowledged for his dancing!!!!!!!
but lowkey, I know you all have watched that music video for 72 hours since its release 24 hours ago so ..hehehehe I'm in good company

sugi: oh rightt ARMY doesn't know yet - they haven't seen Namjoonie dancing yet..
Jm: that's right cuz he's just been sitting for everything..
JK: oh that's rightttt...
sugi: rightt - he's just always on a stool
V: oh that's right!

Jin: Namjoonie would come out an hour earlier to practice..
sugi: i'd forgotten .. that they hadn't seen Namjoonie dancing yet

V: hyung, that part is trending these days..
Jin: ..what part?
JK::bunny giggless::
V: the part you practiced at home "take you out"
Jin::cracking up::
Jm to Jin: I heard you even use that step to go to the bathroom at home
RM to Jin: ohh i saw them do challenges [to that part]
JK: ARMY's been doing that in real lifeee
V: i knoww
Jm: oh really??
Jin: ohh the 'take you out' moves.. i couldn't get it at first.. so when I was walking around at home I just kept doing that choreography (joking lol)

(please witness RM crushing this part while seated)

Jm: walked home like that too right?
Jin: yea walked home like this ::also doing the move::

hobi to JK: ya, film a TikTok for the people
JK to Jin: should we?
Jin: wanna go?

Jm: let's film one! let's do whatever
hobi: Jimin.. wait but isn't it just your (JK/Jin) parts??
JK: yup that's right

Jm: Hoseokie hyung is going to make up a little choreography and upload a challenge soon he said..
Jin: wow daebak (see note above)
hobi: oh that.. wait..
V: hyung, swim!
Jm: hyung! hyung! proceeds to do the cutest thing i've ever seen
JK to hobi: hyung hyung did you make it up? [the choreography]
hobi: no no~ like.. there's an existing choreography .. i'm just adding a bit of my seasoning/my own flavor onto it
JK: seasoning!
V: oh this? this? ::does a move I can't see::
Jin: chef's seasoning
Jm to hobi: oh it was an existing dance?
hobi: no a fan was kinda vibing to the music and so i'm taking that and just adding a little bit of my own 'seasoning' to it
Jm: is this the last part?? stands up to do the second cutest thing i've ever seen

yall.. the way i was drinking water and spit out all my water watching RM calmly say this next portion

RM: so for the first time.. I was traveling around Instagram looking for things to 'like' related to our content..
Jm: i'm ALSO VERY very new [to Instagram] (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH #minimonitriesinstagram)
RM: it's my first time too..
hobi: oh but SOOOO many people really engaged with it
RM: they did so many different kinds of challenges ..
hobi: there's SO MUCH
RM: it was fun

LMAOOOO they sound like they're new to the internet

V: oh but the members recently
JK: these days, that's the happiness I live off of (FRIENDS. LET'S ALL FILM CHALLENGES. WE'RE KEEPING THE BOBA HAPPY AND ALIVE)
V: the likes that all the members have given are also
hobi: ALL OF THOSE ARE COMING UP TOO

i hope you knowwww we've been perceiveddddd

RM: like the recommendations and
hobi: yea it all pops up and then I can be like oh yea my members saw this too
RM: you know the hooligan part.. brace yourself for the most immaculate hooligan challenge you've ever witnessed - i will not be accepting questions at this time

JK/hobi/RM/Jm::dancing and making knife clinking noises for Hooligan::

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Jin: oh I don't really do Insta so I'm not sure what this is but I got in trouble yesterday because I wasn't following Jung Kook (help LOL)
hobi: omg we were like PLEASE follow him - hyung WHAT are you doingg
Jin: I didn't even know Jung Kookie had ..had an account.. I didn't even know JK had an accounttt
V: now Jung Kook is posting himself dancing
JK: well cuz
RM: oh I thought you were just reposting stuff from TikTok
JK: that's right that's right.. I just want it to feel like it's naturally linked [TT & IG]
hobi: good stuff~

RM: leftrightleftrightleftright (he's referencing this TT/IG post of JK's)
JK: i should film a TikTok today..

RM: so anyway, we've each been taking on the work of becoming TikTokkers, YouTubers, remixers and all these kinds of things..
sugi/JK::bunny giggles::what is a remixer??
RM: the SWIM remixes, we each chose our respective genres and, together, tried to come up with some remixes..

For reference,
RM (Chill Hip Hop Remix)
Jin (Alternative Rock Remix)
SUGA (Melodic Techno Remix)
j-hope (Afrobeat Remix)
Jimin (Slow Jam R&B Remix)
V (Electronic Remix)
Jung Kook (Acoustic Lofi Remix)

RM: to be honest, we have surprising news/a surprise - something is coming out nearly everyday!
sugi: ..a surprise?
JK: that's right!!
RM: yes regarding the deluxe LP including a hidden track
hobi: oOooo is that coming out now???

sugi::quietly laughing to himself in the back::
Jm IMMEDIATELY: oh why is SUGA hyung laughing so much back there??
JK: YOONGI!
kitty teefs. okay bye.
sugi: it's aboutttt timeeee it came out
Jm: why is SUGA hyung laughing so much thoughh ::mochigiggles::
(help.)

just no reason. look at his dimple. i'm obsessed even more than I was before and so ..someone check on me when their next visual thing drops because I will definitely have passed away 1-43times~

RM: the Deluxe LP will be out April 3rd and there's..
V: SUGA hyung was SO sad over that..
RM continuing: there's a hidden track and..
Jm: he cried - SUGA hyung (the 95s are trolling sugi, this is sarcasm lol)

sugi: what do you mean cried..::kittygiggles::
hobi just hearing what the 95s said: hahaha cry?? why are you making him out to be a crierrr
Jm, zero cares, piling on to the sarcasm w/ a straight face: he was legit wailinggg (sarcasm.)

(justice for sugi. look at the happy bunn. RM dissociating into oblivion because he wants to talk about the hidden track and they keep talking about sugi's non-existent tears)

::V inexplicably puts a pair of glasses on the table in front of Jimin::
::naturally, RM just takes it and puts it on::
::no one knows if it is prescription::

RM: for the people coming to the Goyang concert next week they'll be able to hear it ::slowly realizing maybe he shouldn't be saying this:: ....perhaps maybe..
JK: that's right that's right ...😳!! ::also realizing they maybe shouldn't have shared this yet::and then goes on to "act" except this boba cannot lie to save his life:: oh wait actually can they??
V tryna help::this mfer can lie like it's breathing:: wait can they??
RM::staring at Jimin:: oh wait can they?? O_O?
Jimin::staring incredulously at RM for the 237849275th time as his soul leaves his body:: -______-????

i am CRACKING up..

please look at everyone's eyes and cryheavelaugh with me... Jin's soul has also left his body

hobi tryna redirect to the "spoiler" they were DEFINITELY allowed to share (that the hidden track EXISTS): oh the way I see it - i think SUGA hyung should share a little bit of a spoiler at this point for them
sugi understanding right away.. but sucking at improv: ...um.. YES THE SONG IS COMING OUT! (nice save 😑 it was almost too smoothe 😑😑😑)

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-SIMULTANEOUSLY B Plot off to the side-
::meanwhile Jm casually exiling RM into his hoodie::
RM: 아님 말고 (ahnim malgoOoo) - if not, then whateverrrrr
#classicbts #7normalboys #minimoni

Jm::mouths to the staff, after tying up the liability, "what are we going to do with this hyung???"::

RM: no cuz.. .the albumMm ::is buried in his hoodie, courtesy of Jimin, the danger has been temporarily subdued::

(goodbye, RM)

JK::witnessing the violence against RM tryna draw focus to back to the hidden track:: it's really good!! should we try singing some of it??
Jin: yup 1 more song's coming out
JK::starts singing like 2 notes~::
hobi swivels around to look at boba, sugi smiles at boba, V is confused staring at boba, Jm just contained one agent of chaos and is now staring at the littlest one, Jin smiles the warm smile of a proud but exhausted mama, RM then ALSO joins in and starts singing...

hobi/Jimin: wait stopp..
Jm: stopp all of you stoppp
JK::sings a little bit more:: (but truly it's like not discernible~)
hobi::cracks up::
JK::stressing Jimin tf out::giant happy boba smiles::

sugi:... so the hidden track will be coming out but .. i think we had discussions over this 1 song and whether or not to include it in the album for like over 2 weeks.. but now it's finally coming out - a very special song on the [deluxe] LP

JK::sings a bit more::
Jm: ya eeeesh
hobi: you're spoiling tooo much
V: hehehe
RM::singing along?? sounds like he's making the noises from jaws but it's probably because i haven't heard the hidden track yet lol::
hobi::if you can't beat em, join em::starts singing?? along too kinda???::

V: ahh, really, I'm so happy (🥰)
sugi: the song is good.. the song is good
V: let's be happy ::reaches to give boba a handshake::
RM: the song is good
Jm: i do really like this song though..
Jin: it's good it's good
Jm: like really like it

sugi: ..is it going up on streaming platforms??
Jin: doesn't it have to?
RM: since it's n LP i'm not sure
sugi: cuz it's in the LP..
V: is it LP only??
RM: i mean in any case it'll be up on YouTube
Jm::looks off screen to staff:: "they say there is no plan for that yet"

RM: anyway.. truly..
Jm::laughing at RM's rando vibe::

sugi, j-hope, RM, Jin all start speaking at once about Take Two and then boba starts to sing "will you stay?".. i cannot understand anything that's being spoken clearly by any individual but i do hear "Take Two is good"

JK: and Take Two.. recently I was scrolling through YouTube while between filing and listened to it again and it was good
V: the one where we wore suits?
JK: no the ::mumbles::??

sugi: it's coming outttt April 3.. in 2 days.. it's coming outt..
V to sugi: hyung! do an official promo/announcement for it please!!
JK to sugi: hyung! sing some of it!!
V to sugi: hyung!! make a tiktok with it

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA sugi is sitting between his two youngest children and they are both yapping from either side and it's so cute watching sugi's tiny head turn to face one bingbong and then the other and then face forward like this...HAHAHAHA

i cry.

sugi: ...tiktok.. i don't even have an ID and i've never even downloaded the app once before!
hobi to JK: ya! you take the tik tok for him!
JK right away: okay!
Jin: I also don't even have the app

Jm: the way I see it.. if on Jung Kook's account we post SUGA hyung doing a challenge alone - it'd be SO funny..
#saveSUGA
hobi: oh that would be soo funny

RM: didn't Yoongi hyung do challenges though back in the day for like Haegeum and stuff?
JK::starts rapping to Haegeum::
Jm: oh yea he did! I did that one too!

oh yes, he did!
For the comeback marketing, BTS's official IG account deleted all their old posts/reels but they didn't remove it from their TikTok! So you can find older dance challenges and other videos there!

sugi: i just faked it idk..

sugi is being very humble - he KILLED IT EVERY TIME - every dance challenge he took on whether it was his own or ones with other idol groups!

RM: now! okay we have so much coming out. we have the 2.0 music video, Run BTS 2.0, then the concert, then other *거시기 거시기 stuff are coming out.. the hidden track's coming out..

*거시기 (guhshiggi) = is a verbal placeholder like 'thingamajig' or 'whatchamacallit' - "this and that" - saying it twice can kinda be understood like "this and that" or "such and such~"

Jin: there's a lot..

V: !! and then also Jung Kook's Tik Tok in between will come out!! (i love how all his hyungs adore the boba and how V, in particular, JK's partner in professional derpology crimes, especially loves hyping JK up in this way)
Jin: oh that's right..
JK: TikTok is always... i mean what should i film today?
Jin: oh you're making one today too?
JK: I was considering doing one maybe..

Jm to the boba: ....go to sleep. (but the tone/language with which he says it is like a mama who knows their bb is exhausted from refusing to nap in order to secure more playtime loll i can'tttt w the Busan nuggets. I love how soft/sweet/considerate Jimin is - and how boba is so excitable these days cuz of all their promo work)

JK: 🥺i was only maybe gonna do one...
sugi to JK: ...do you have fun making them? (HAHAHAHAHA suga is so cuteee ...tell me he doesn't sound like a sweater vest speaking right now but i love. i LOVEEEEE)
JK: ayy.. i think it's fun??
sugi: no i'm sincerelyyy asking because i've never done it before.. and I'm genuinely curious
JK: it is fun!
sugi: oh ::nods::
JK: i edit it on my own and then..

V: i can't edit it but .. so I just take it and then I can just give the file to Jung Kook
hobi: yea he [V] really does that!! he's just like 'ya! (to JK) make this for me' (partner in crime privileges)

JK: oh that's right - even the tiktok Taehyungie hyung recently posted - I edited that too!
Jin: oh really? Jung Kook, remember that thing we filmed hiking like 10 years ago.. ??
JK: at Ilsan!!
Jin: SEOKJIN! ..when's that gonna be come out? that thing we filmed while my legs were trembling like crazy.. when's thattt coming out??
HAHAHAHA JK's been sitting on Jin Kookoo content for a decade LOLLL

hobi: but really Jung Kookie edits really well~
Jin: Jung Kookie had his camera (it's really hard to hear) and then he held it right here (?) or he made me hold it right here?? i can't tell but in any case, the camera was held at chest height like Jin is showing - by someone

(please see kookoo's smiles, Jin's mamabird smile, and sugi's confusion - 1000/10)

[SIMULTANEOUSLY V/Jm]
Jm::inaudibly asks V something::
V: oh that one wasn't edited..
Jm to JK: Jung Kook, did you edit the one where Taehyungie jumped onto the bed??
V: oh no! that wasn't edited! I just filmed and posted it!
RM: i was really like ..what is this kid doing with all that.. and then ::imitates V's tt::

V: there's nothing I can edit ..
Jm to V: jumping on the bed was a really funny move
V to JK: there is something I wanna try though
Jm to V: a lot of fans tried that too [jumping on the bed parody]
V: oh really??
JK: oh that's right - there were people that even fell off the chairs while trying to imitate it!
Jm: oh yea!! there was someone who bent their waist like this

hobi: oh that's right - i saw that you [JK] liked it so I watched it too
JK: there are so many funny ARMY

sugi bringing order back to the chaos: hey so you know how we started the live... because we were grateful .. that SWIM did so well...?
BTS: yea..
sugi: should we maybe talk about SWIM a little bit more?

(i love sugiball).

RM: thank you so much for listening to it a lot, for doing so many challenges, and for showing it so much love
Jm: thank you
JK: it's fun because of you
(😫😫😫😫😫)

RM: recently my friends were asking me 'which song is your favorite [from the new album]? and ..to be honest.. it wasn't SWIM at first but now - after listening to the album over and over again so many times - I really do think it's SWIM

JK: OVER AND OVER!

RM continuing: but.. do I like it because it did well?? sometimes when songs do well.. I get ..
hobi: Namjoon, it's like 스며든 거야 (seumyudeun guhyah)= seeped into you; as in the song SWIM, grows on you)
JK: ah, "it grows on you" ahhh (boba echoes j-hope's word choice cuz he finds it nice lol)
sugi: SWIM.. SWIM ...

RM: you know how like when something gets 1st place - you start to hear 'the director's philosophy' and all that..?
sugi: ..but we said all that when we were making the album too like.. 2..3 weeks..
hobi: you're right

Jm: one of the things that made me feel the best was that.. my mom heard it and then she was like "you guys grew up some, huh - you all got more mature... you're an adult now, my son" - that's what she said to me when she heard it
(a sweet minimoni moment - as RM listens to softie Jimin; on Epikase, RM (and SUGA) both admit that Jimin is their go-to member when they're having a hard time because he's such a good listener/safe/comfort person for each of them)

V: ...why do I feel like I'm about to cryy
Jm, genuinely concerned: oh! really? 🥺
V: nah

HAHAHAHA whattt

hobi: cry.

(😑😂)

V: 🎶cRyY~ okay but really though all the hyungs around me said the same thing - that after they listened to it multiple times, why SWIM was chosen as the title track
RM: SWIM, SWIM
Jin: SWIM
RM: SWIM
Jin: SWIM
RM: SWIM... yea.. anyway....
(if you watch this part, you can see the trail of laughter as Jimin watches RM say the last 'SWIM' and makes eye contact with RM and then laughs, JK sees Jimin and laughs, j-hope/SUGA hear JK and laugh hehehe cute)

(and they must all be exhaustedddd this was Jin & RM deliriously rambling and you can start to see how exhausted they all appear to be - not that they look bad, but you just feel the 'drain' settle in after the initial hype from the beginning of the live and given it's taken me SO long to translate (because of things in my own life too) this live is exactly only 22 minutes long.. )

hobi: hehehe what was that..
RM: to be honest.. [we/i] turned on the live without much prep/coherence ...and today I got *경락 treatment so my energy is a bit low..
hobi: ohh shoot..
sugi: you got 경락 treatment and came??
RM: my face was.. beaten up pretty badly so..

*경락 (gyungnak) = like eastern/Korean high pressure massage treatment, esp for the face to depuff, etc. - RM has had that done which is why he says his "face was beaten up" - he's fine

Jm: oh and hyung, you did rehab/physical therapy before this too right?
RM: yea i did rehab/physical therapy before this too

Jin: ah, if you look around - all our kids (the members) are *exhausted

*피곤에 쩔어있어 (pigon-e jjeoreoisseo) = completely exhausted, but literally "soaked/drenched/steeped in exhaustion" - THIS IS WHY I DO TRANSLATIONS, friends. if you ever wondered - what does TK actually get out of this? I've always known how to say "I'm tired/sleepy/exhausted etc." - I've never heard this phrase. This is why I love poets and great authors [in ENG too]. They find new ways to articulate gradations of experiences so that you can precisely express things just so and i LOVEEEEEEE learning these kinds of things from people who speak Korean better.

hobi: actually.. today.. TODAY.. i really am a little bit tired
RM: it's cuz we're practicing every day these days...
JK: rehearsal.. rehearsal..
sugi: by now I just kinda wanna do the concert already..
Jm replying to sugi: to be honest- we could do it tomorrow..
V: ..that's true thoughh
RM: i can't though.. (😭😭😭)
Jm: ohh that's right ...hyung, you can't huh.. please heal quickly
JK: and it's cuz we're doing the rehearsals so far away..

RM: I'm recovering as best I can!
Jin: you know how Namjoon, when he's practicing.. he's in a wheelchair right.. omg.. setting our alignment [onstage] with him in a wheelchair is so funny to meee
RM: kinda like a boss.. i'm riding around in a wheelchair these days ..but it's not easy

JK: the members take turns wheeling him around
Jin: that whole scenario is so funny

(to be VERY clear, Jin is not saying that it's funny that RM is hurt or that he has to use a wheelchair- he's saying he finds it funny/ridiculous -the premise that the group is setting their stagemarkers, alignments for each performance, etc. and that RM has to do it all in a wheelchair)

Jm: I guess it'll be announced later..?
RM: please stay healthy..
sugi: it do be kinda funny seeing it from the back though
hobi: i mean we're all preparing the best we can so..
RM: also..::mumbles::

sugi: the concert will be really fun ..really
BTS: nods in agreement
sugi: i mean for me too..
Jin: it's quite different - this concert

V: now.. D-Day is..
JK::looks to see what V is looking at:: where are you looking at as you talk?? what's over there?
V: that ::mumbles::

hobi: isn't it exactlty 8 days? is it 7?
RM: ??? oh no it's 8 days.. oh today's April Fools Day!
JK: oh it is?
RM: 1st place was a lie!
hobi's piercing eyes of judgment; Busan nuggets are shooketh; Jin is also judging; SUGA is concerned that RM has actually lost his mind; V, of COURSE, is smelling his flowers, RM, has, in fact lost his mind.

hobi: please take that back
RM raising the roof: was a lie!! (as in saying that "1st place was a lie" - was a lie, he's lost it friends lol)

someone help Jimin: HYUNG, how many hours of that treatment did you endure??
JK::tappies hobi hyung:: wait is it really april fool's day?
hobi: yea
JK: in that case I should do another spoiler prank 🎶naAaaa~
BTS::laughs::
Jm: aishhh
JK: no! cuz it could be a lie!! (oh my tiniest hunnybunn, that is not how that works loll)
RM: ya.. just put it on tiktok atp

RM: actually among all the things I talked about today, there is a lie among them.. see if you can figure it out
hobi/JK: yea.. wHaT cOuLd it BeE~?
Jin: ...wait what is it though.. i don't even know what it is..??

Jm: anyway, now we.. our practice... well cuz everyone is waiting for us right now.. so..
RM: oh yea that's right they're all waiting..
JK: congratulations ::bunnyclaps::
Jm: so first off - thank you so much for the Hot100 1st place, we'll all devote ourselves to pressing forward- we'll keep SWIMming! ::stands up to show off his SWIM jacket::
JK: 꿈 희망 *정진 정진 (kkoom huimang jeongjin jeongjin) - Dream, Hope, 'devotion' 'devotion') (this is a switch up of the lyrics "kkoom huimang JEONjin JEONjin = dream, hope, forward, forward, from EPILOGUE: Young Forever because Jimin just said "jeongjin" and it kinda sounds the same so kookoo just remembered/recited this)

hobi: they're asking what flavor the cake is
Jin: try it
sugi: is it one you can eat?? (sometimes, because idols don't usually eat cake or at least not much of it - when they do birthday/celeb things and offer cake, only part of it is edible or sometimes the entire thing is just a like an inedible prop - as far as I know, BTS hasn't done anything with completely fake cakes before.. but I know they don't normally eat it, it's likely shared by the rest of the staff).
Jm: it is one you can eat
Jin: usually it's chocolate inside right?
V: we have to shout out [Cake Baker Name]
Jin: [CAKE BAKER NAME]

Jm sees something and bursts out laughing - they were not supposed to say the brand name.

RM::also gets clued in from off-screen:: oh really?
V::has not seen any staff:: [cake baker name] made that I heard
RM:... ::bows to the camera??:: thank you
hobi: indeed..
JK in tiny: shoutout to [cake baker name]
Jm in tiny to V: oh they just said we shouldn't say the name ..
V: oh did they?? oh sorry ::strikes a pose::

Jin: ...the 'oh sorry' is funnierrr
RM: no.. (quoting Jimin) "they just said we shouldn't say the name" is funnier" ::dies:: if we did it.. we did it already..
Jm::mochi giggles::
::Jin is dying of laughter and exhaustion::

RM: anyway
hobi: anyway, EVERYONE - please look forward to the tour, fighting!!
Jin: BTS Fighting!
RM: shout out to ARMY
JK::starts driving his flower necklace, singing SWIM::
Jm: ARMY, thank you!
hobi: ARMY, i love you
Jm: please look forward to it a lot!!
RM: SWIM! SWIM!
Jm: Love you!
Jin: SWIM!

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Thank you to all that waited and stayed to read the whole thing! I hope you enjoyed this crazy ride. I know I have to finish pt. 2/3 of the STUDIO notes - I haven't forgotten, life has just been lifing! But they're coming soon!

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