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[SPEAKER_01]: Bora, hey, iconic army.
[SPEAKER_01]: Bora, hey, all right.
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I have officially ran my 10K.
[SPEAKER_01]: I was telling you all about how is preparing for it.
[SPEAKER_01]: Kilinet Girl was definitely on the playlist.
[SPEAKER_01]: My 10K playlist helped me get through it.
[SPEAKER_01]: It was actually a really, it was a really good time.
[SPEAKER_01]: Lots of fun.
[SPEAKER_01]: I ran with one of my co-workers.
[SPEAKER_01]: She was super motivating.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I
[SPEAKER_01]: She runs all the time, she's done like half Mirathons, a marathon, so 10k was nothing for her, but she was great and I just really proud of myself for doing it.
[SPEAKER_01]: I've never ran a race before, so it was nice to just, I don't know, have a goal and go for it and be able to finish and cross that, that finish line.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: Let's just talk about how you've never, you've never even run like a 5k turkey trot, like signed up for any kind of like race before ever in your life and you went straight to the 10k and you fucking killed it, Bethany, tell them your time.
[SPEAKER_01]: I ran it and, well, it's not that impressive, but I think it's impressive in an hour and five minutes.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think that is so impressive.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is your first phrase ever.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that's incredible.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's like somewhere between like a 10, 20, 10, 40 pace per mile, which was pretty solid for me.
[SPEAKER_01]: That last, like, it was mile four to mile five that I was really struggling because it was all uphill.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then right after that five mile mark, one of my co-workers was cheering us on from the side, and then Cory and Millie met us at this six mile mark when I literally only had a quarter mile left, and it was just the perfect time to be able to stop kiss Millie and be like, I right-pushed through, like really good with all you got, even though I was exhausted.
[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, when we crossed the finish line and I saw it was an hour or five,
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm like dang, because my goal was actually an hour eight.
[SPEAKER_01]: That's where I thought I was going to fall at.
[SPEAKER_01]: So an hour five is pretty great.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think phenomenal.
[SPEAKER_00]: You crushed your goal.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, every single second when you're running, especially that distance can be so grueling if you've been really pushing yourself so hard.
[SPEAKER_00]: So the fact that you were three minutes under what your goal was and your first race ever, like amazing.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm so proud of you.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think it's freaking awesome.
[SPEAKER_00]: Thank you.
[SPEAKER_01]: We got something to do with it.
[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, I'm excited for this episode.
[SPEAKER_01]: We're going to be talking a lot about this BTS happy meal.
[SPEAKER_01]: This is just like we're going to have more than we talk about, but that's kind of the main part of this episode.
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't think the last point.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, can't wait to get into it.
[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome back, where you're host, I'm Kayla.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm Bethany and the sustaining BTS.
[SPEAKER_00]: Your favorite informative fan-girl podcast.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, all right.
[SPEAKER_01]: Today we're going to hang out for about an hour.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, we're really just going to be catching up on some BTS topics, so things like the happy meal that came out with the tiny town, talk a little bit about J-Hope's new tattoo, a little bit about this Jimin quote-un dating scandal, if you can even call it a scandal.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then there's some other little things like the BTS movie weeks, and then we're also going to talk some about the BTS pop-ups, which are called Space of BTS.
[SPEAKER_01]: We'll get into that, too.
[SPEAKER_00]: We are so excited to get into it.
[SPEAKER_00]: We want to say things iconic, so much for being here, and for all of your support.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thanks for being here for all of your support and of course for listening.
[SPEAKER_01]: So let's talk about happy meal hunting and how our happy meal hunting's have gone so far.
[SPEAKER_01]: I really would love to have the collection, but based on my experience so far with it, I don't think I'm gonna end up getting all seven, especially like with the additional encore edition that's gonna be coming out.
[SPEAKER_01]: I just don't know, like I don't foresee it happening for me.
[SPEAKER_01]: because the very first time I went to go get the Happy Meals, it was after one of Millie's doctor's appointments, and I'm like, you know what, she's been poked and potted.
[SPEAKER_01]: Let's go ahead and treat ourselves to a Happy Meal, and Corey's like, okay, so we got three Happy Meals.
[SPEAKER_01]: Of those three, two were Jungkook's, and one was RM, and I was like, okay, that's not bad.
[SPEAKER_01]: I've got two members.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then I had to drive all the way out into Kansas to pick up my like race information
[SPEAKER_01]: And going to pick up the packets, it probably took me like a good 40-minute drive out and a 40-minute drive back.
[SPEAKER_01]: So after I picked him up, I'm like, you know what, I myself, I'm going to go get a happy meal.
[SPEAKER_01]: And you know what, I'm not as well just get to, because that's like eight chicken McNuggets.
[SPEAKER_01]: And like, two teeny, tiny fries, so I'm like, yeah, you know all that.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I got to.
[SPEAKER_01]: And of course, the first thing I do is open up to see which members I got.
[SPEAKER_01]: both for Jungkook again, and I don't know if I told you this too.
[SPEAKER_01]: Before this, my sister Bridget went to McDonald's, and she's like, I got you with Jungkook.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I have, let's see, one, two, three, four, five Jungkook's right now.
[SPEAKER_00]: My goodness.
[SPEAKER_01]: And one Rm.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm gonna call it good for a little bit.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna be offering up a lot of my Jungkook's to some people who need them, but I have five JKs.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have Dibs on one.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, you have Dibs on one.
[SPEAKER_01]: A lot of my co-workers have reached out and they're like, hey, have you seen what's going on with McDonald's right now?
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm like, yes, I'm very much aware.
[SPEAKER_01]: One of my co-workers, she has a J-hope that she's going to give me and another one of my co-workers has a gen that they're going to give me.
[SPEAKER_01]: And it's just so fun because all of my co-workers have little kids.
[SPEAKER_01]: And so they're reaching out to me and they're like, hey, we just got McDonald's and did you know?
[SPEAKER_01]: So at least I have some people who are willing to offer some of their members for you.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's really nice.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I, they came out like a couple days before I was going over to my sister's house one evening to help her get like table decorations for her wedding organized.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I was like, it's right around dinner time.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'll stop at McDonald's on my way over.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I thought I would get a really good chance of getting two separate members, or potentially being able to buy them all if I went in and talk to them.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I went in.
[SPEAKER_00]: And the guy was super, super nice and I was like, is there any way that I can just buy the individual toys and he was like, no, but I've seen online some people have done that so it might be like franchise to franchise, but I did say like, hey, if there's any way possible, can you give me like,
[SPEAKER_00]: Two separate ones because I knew that there was a little number on the side and I told him like two different numbers just whatever you got and he was like no guarantee But I'll try So I ordered two happy meals and when he put them out and brought them out to me He was like I put two different ones in there and I was like okay cool So I opened them up and I ended up getting RM and Yungi which I was super happy about I was like oh my god, it's our linen and McCartney like got those two to begin with
[SPEAKER_00]: the little like cards that they come with are so cute like what they say about them and just adorable but Jeremy had been out that night too and so when I got home sitting on our kitchen table was another little blind box and he was like hey look at that and I was like
[SPEAKER_00]: did you go and he had gone just to get one just to maybe get me another one and I was like oh my god who is it and he's like you got to open it and see and I opened it up and it was Jay Hope so now I have the wrap line and I know literally perfect they're all like sitting next to each other on my bookshelf right now super cute and
[SPEAKER_00]: I have, I'm getting the jungle from U Bethanym, so I'm like, okay, I just need Jen, Jim and and Taehyung really.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I feel like it's pretty doable and my parents were in town this past weekend because it was my sister's bridal shower.
[SPEAKER_00]: And they came over to our apartment just to like see it but I showed them like I was showing them my BTS shelf with everything and I was like, oh yeah, here's the new happy meal toys and they were like, oh, maybe we'll stop at McDonald's and get happy meals on our drive back home to Chicago.
[SPEAKER_00]: And so today my dad texted me a picture and he was like, do you have either of these two and sitting on their dashboard was a tiny little yungi and a tiny little German.
[SPEAKER_00]: seeing the gym and I was like, yeah, like, yeah, so I was like, yeah, I don't have the one on the right.
[SPEAKER_00]: So whenever they're in town next probably for my sister's wedding in October.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I'll wait a minute for them, but they're going to bring me back those two.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I'll have an extra young guy can give him to you if you want, but I'm getting that gym in now.
[SPEAKER_00]: So now I just really need
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, nice.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, I will do the German.
[SPEAKER_01]: If you are not German, you and G. If you have an extra you and G. Yeah, I'll bring him to you.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then I just keep thinking we're going to have the on-core edition, too.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm really excited for the mic drop on-core one.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm just going to hold on my happy meal hunting until I make it a little bit more serious with the on-core edition.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I feel like I need all of those ones too, like if I can collect all 14 of all of the different ones, then I'd be very happy with it.
[SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, I definitely want to complete the full set of the mic drop on core.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then like on top of that, this is kind of separate, but they're dropping the new BTS Funko pops on October 6th.
[SPEAKER_00]: Um, like you can already pre-order them on Amazon, but I want to get all of those too because they celebrate each of their solo works and I think they are amazing.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm going to have to get like a whole new shelf just for like the new Funko Pops and then like these little tiny tan McDonald's toys.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, um, but yeah, that's my plans.
[SPEAKER_01]: those fungal pops are so cool.
[SPEAKER_01]: I cannot wait to see those.
[SPEAKER_01]: I just thought that was a brilliant idea having all of their solo work represented in a fungal pop.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's just really, really perfect.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's a great way to commemorate the entire chapter two of their solo home.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I can't get over the tag on love me again.
[SPEAKER_00]: Red turtleneck earrings.
[SPEAKER_00]: A little eyelashes.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like, uh, Komi.
[SPEAKER_00]: Right.
[SPEAKER_00]: Jins holding a moon.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like, I just, I, yeah, destroyed.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love them.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I can't wait to have those, too.
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I hope you all are having a lot of good luck with your happy meal hunting.
[SPEAKER_01]: Let us know and like the Spotify comments or whatever kind of your story and how you're obtaining all seven members and then another additional seven different versions of that.
[SPEAKER_00]: What's your plan?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: How are you acquiring them?
[SPEAKER_01]: Is there some tips and tricks that I should know?
[SPEAKER_01]: All right.
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, let's talk a little bit about Jay Hubs tattoo.
[SPEAKER_01]: This was kind of big news.
[SPEAKER_01]: He posted a TikTok of him dancing to Cortes' new song Go.
[SPEAKER_01]: And in it, he shows like a close-up of his knees and right above his right kneecap.
[SPEAKER_01]: It says, I'm your and then below it, you can see your my and then on his left knee, it says,
[SPEAKER_01]: Hope which is just so cool perfect for him.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah, it is literally perfect.
[SPEAKER_01]: We love it so so much.
[SPEAKER_01]: How cool.
[SPEAKER_01]: I just feel like I just, I'm surprised he's in had a tattoo up to this point except I guess maybe the seven.
[SPEAKER_01]: The seven, you know, he, I feel like, yeah, it's only a matter of time that he was going to end up getting a tattoo.
[SPEAKER_00]: He does seem like a tattoo person.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and I just feel like this is such an interesting spot, too, like on his legs.
[SPEAKER_01]: These are like the main muscle movers for dancing, I feel like, so it kind of makes sense that it's on his leg.
[SPEAKER_00]: Significant.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's a little sexy, you know, to some leg taps.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: Well also like the I'm your and your my script is like really dainty and in cursive kind of smaller and then like the hope is like more bold you know like angular tattoo script um and yeah I just feel like I love the balance of it.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like it's very him and on top of that for him to debut it with a dancing video is also so j-hope I think I mean he couldn't have
[SPEAKER_01]: We'll call another member here we go.
[SPEAKER_01]: Really love that tattoo journey.
[SPEAKER_00]: Can't wait to see what I'll see gets.
[SPEAKER_00]: Jay Hope's been the one showing off Jimin's tattoos lately, so maybe he was inspired.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's time for me to get some of my own.
[SPEAKER_00]: Speaking of Jimin, let's talk about his dating quote-unquote scandal.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like it feels dumb calling it a scandal by a lot of people, obviously.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's the language that was being perpetuated online and on social media.
[SPEAKER_00]: But like what it really be so scandalous in this day and age if any of the members are dating That's what I think Totally an invasion of his privacy and honestly there's been tons of dating rumors for members before and
[SPEAKER_00]: We've discussed on the podcast while going through album reviews like speculation of them dating or, you know, having heartbreak or being in relationships just based on, you know, the lyrics of various members, especially like the rap line.
[SPEAKER_00]: So there's been a lot of this before, but nobody has really like.
[SPEAKER_00]: exposed their personal life in this way.
[SPEAKER_00]: And so recently a video was posted on TikTok by Song Dayoon and it was her video and it was of Jim and getting out of an elevator to go see her and just like oh you surprised me like yeah he was like oh yeah like I didn't know that you knew I was coming
[SPEAKER_00]: Um, and it was like, he was coming to visit her apartment and she soon after deleted the video.
[SPEAKER_00]: But of course, people still captured it, screen recorded everything before, you know, was gone.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I feel like some armies online immediately just like tried to dispel the rumors saying that like, it wasn't German, which like, it was clearly German or that like, they weren't dating that that's structurally in the context of the video, but from this, we actually
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah and this is so interesting because we really haven't gotten something like this from Big Hit before because there have been a lot of scandals in the past, but they haven't like made any kind of commentary on it.
[SPEAKER_01]: And that's so much scandals is just like rumors of dating, like especially Taeyang.
[SPEAKER_01]: I feel like he's had a lot of rumors of dating.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: So this is what Big Hit said in response to this video kind of going viral.
[SPEAKER_01]: They said, quote, our company has refrained from making any statements and tell now in order to respect German's private life as well as the individual being mentioned in relation to it.
[SPEAKER_01]: However, a speculative reports concerning the artist's personal life have continued to surface and groundless rumors have been circulating.
[SPEAKER_01]: We find it unavoidable to clarify the bare minimum facts.
[SPEAKER_01]: The artists in the individual and question were once acquainted with mutual affection in the past, but that was several years ago and they are not in a relationship at present.
[SPEAKER_01]: We ask that you refrain from making reckless speculations about their private lives.
[SPEAKER_01]: We earnestly request that you also refrain from any actions that could cause harm to the individual who is being mentioned alongside the artist.
[SPEAKER_01]: And so, yeah, I believe that I'm not too familiar with Song Day Yoon, but I believe that she's an actress and has been in some K dramas and stuff like that.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, yeah, I mean, even if not, even if she isn't an actress, like, she deserves that privacy too.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, this wasn't meant to get out and go as viral and having all this speculation go on about both of their lives.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, it's just, it's really reckless and unfair to them.
[SPEAKER_00]: um she isn't actress known for a couple different k dramas like the golden spoon and more than friends um but i i agree and like yes she she posted the video but maybe like did not have his permission to post that video it was taken down um and like we really as fans aren't owed any kind of
[SPEAKER_00]: story or anything about what it really was.
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, and I think the wording here in their statements very interested saying that they were once acquainted with a mutual affection and they're not in a relationship at present.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like it makes it seem like
[SPEAKER_00]: it makes it downplay like it downplays their relationship that they had at one time maybe making it seem like it wasn't as serious or maybe it was like short lived or something and I don't know I just I don't want anyone to be sending her hate because of
[SPEAKER_00]: Like this happening, you know, and I think clearly like Jim and was probably like can we make a statement about this so like speculation Stop swirling You can tell in the video like this does look like Jim in from a few years ago like it is that era where he's burning like those Kind of like paper boy hats and you know, it doesn't look like him now.
[SPEAKER_00]: It looks like him.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'm pretty nervous
[SPEAKER_00]: That's right.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's exactly where my mind went to.
[SPEAKER_00]: So this is a long time ago at this point.
[SPEAKER_00]: I just think honestly like this was monumental because they've never acknowledged a member who's dating life before.
[SPEAKER_00]: They've never had to but they've never like put out like a statement from big hit about it before.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I don't know, maybe this is one of those things that like BTS can as they feel comfortable start publicly dating more and like this is just one little like here's one thing that happened okay see kind of test the water see how everyone's going to react
[SPEAKER_01]: And then move on type of thing, but it's just the culture is so interesting to me how in Korea It's much more of a bigger deal for the fans there that if they're dating It's just it's just a huge scandal and their culture I just feel that here in the States.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's maybe not as a big of a deal like when I saw the video I was like, oh, that's just a video I haven't seen before of German and I didn't care to look anymore into it like I was leaving
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, it's just like a random footage of him in an elevator and then I started to see it more and more and more like it was everywhere and I'm like, oh, okay.
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, this was like an ex friend or like an ex girlfriend or something, but I really didn't think much more of it.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, it just makes sense other than like why I was a little curious like why did she share it, but
[SPEAKER_00]: Right.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean that's what I would wonder is after all this time why would she share it So that was the only thing that made me curious about it and I like I hadn't really even heard much about it until you texted me about it and I think like it makes sense that we all As fans have a level of curiosity about their personal lives because here in the West
[SPEAKER_00]: it's really common to be a fan of like a celebrity or a musician and know who they're dating and kind of like follow their relationship and root for them or you know like when they break up it's you know it's kind of a form of entertainment right?
[SPEAKER_00]: And so, I think it's, it makes sense that we're all curious about any of the BTS members' dating lives because we're so invested in them as individuals and as musicians that we'd just be curious.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I was talking to Jeremy about this because he asked me about this dating because he had seen it on Twitter too.
[SPEAKER_00]: And he was like, how did you hear about this?
[SPEAKER_00]: And I was just saying like as a fan, the way that I love them, I would just be happy if they're happy and if they let us know about it, then great, but also like, they don't have to, you know, that's not our place to know, but it would, you know, I think that sometimes we just we want to know that they are loved and taking care of too, you know.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, as much as we're now speculating here, I do want to restate that big hit said like refrain from making reckless speculations about their private lives, and you know, so just let it be.
[SPEAKER_00]: Let it be a little frame action needed on this, but we just felt like we needed to talk about it since it was such a hot topic over this past week.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm switching it up a little bit into something else going on coming up very soon is BTS Movie Weeks.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is a re-mastered in 4K for week one movie a week release.
[SPEAKER_00]: into movie theaters of BTS movies.
[SPEAKER_00]: This goes from October 24th, or sorry, September 24th to October 5th.
[SPEAKER_00]: And when I read the lineup of the movies being shown, I was so excited.
[SPEAKER_00]: They're going to show 2016 live the most beautiful moment in life on stage epilogue.
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh my god.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm glad you're so cool to see you.
[SPEAKER_00]: Let's continue my delusions about the next age part of my age series being created right now.
[SPEAKER_00]: That would be so cool to see.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then BTS 2017 live trilogy episode three, the wings two are final.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like Bethany, I remember watching that with you when we were like brand new.
[SPEAKER_00]: baby army like at the condo, oh yeah, yes, yeah, baby, baby army, baby army, and then the BTS 2019 world tour, love yourself, speak yourself in London, iconic, Wembley, I mean like what an incredible show their record based on the show in Chicago, so it'd be cool to watch again, and then the
[SPEAKER_01]: Mm-hmm.
[SPEAKER_00]: Amazing.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: I can't.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I just think of like a immediately day short talk for four minutes with all the members.
[SPEAKER_01]: That's what I think of.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yes.
[SPEAKER_00]: What a spectacular lineup.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm so glad that it's not like burn the stage.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like I love burn the stage.
[SPEAKER_00]: But we saw those in theaters, you know?
[SPEAKER_00]: Right.
[SPEAKER_00]: The fact that they pick like I feel like these four movies like they've never been.
[SPEAKER_00]: as a movie in theaters before.
[SPEAKER_00]: So you can get your tickets at BTSmovieweeks.com.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you go there, you can try to find a theater near you.
[SPEAKER_00]: I went there yesterday and there's a theater near me.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I turned around to Jeremy.
[SPEAKER_00]: We're in our office and I was like, look, we can go every Tuesday, four Tuesdays in a row.
[SPEAKER_00]: We could go.
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, I would be so fun if you did.
[SPEAKER_00]: I know.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm I'm dragging him there because he was like, oh boy, but he he'll be army by the end of it.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm certain he's supportive.
[SPEAKER_00]: He's just like not as crazy as me, which is fine.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I really want to go and see these.
[SPEAKER_01]: I feel like I'm so sure.
[SPEAKER_01]: I want to see that most beautiful moment in life on stage epilogue because I have not seen that full concert.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, this would be the perfect time, especially if they're going to be doing some kind of
[SPEAKER_01]: you know, H.Y.A.H.
[SPEAKER_01]: themed something to just celebrate the 10 year anniversary of it, so I'm hoping to be able to make it to that one at least.
[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, the wings to our final, okay, I'm just thinking about like the first love performance.
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, yes.
[SPEAKER_01]: I would I would die to see that in theaters.
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, awake.
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, wake.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, in theaters.
[SPEAKER_01]: Of course.
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, those solos, truthfully, there's a problem would be just really neat to see again.
[SPEAKER_01]: The spirits are first like solo works, I guess.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and I mean experiencing like the choreography, the outfits, the VCRs, like everything, I mean, yeah, I can't wait.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm super excited for this.
[SPEAKER_00]: So tickets are already on sale.
[SPEAKER_00]: They sort of going on sale on August 27th.
[SPEAKER_00]: From what I was checking in my area, they're not sold out yet.
[SPEAKER_00]: There was a couple different theaters in my area, so make sure that you look around and see what your best options are.
[SPEAKER_00]: But I think that this is freaking cool.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, it goes up to it, yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Alright, something else that's going on too is there's a lot of these BTS pop-ups called space of BTS and these pop-ups are having, they're happening all over the world, cities like Sao Paulo, Sinches and they're just celebrating the solo works of each members and they're
[SPEAKER_01]: really kind of giving an opportunity to obtain merchandise and such for these solo albums.
[SPEAKER_01]: So some of them are particularly for certain solo works like for like G-Hope's work or for Golden with her jungle's work.
[SPEAKER_01]: The most current one that's going on is for Jen.
[SPEAKER_01]: But I just think it's a nice little final celebration kind of
[SPEAKER_01]: Last minute, if you want to get some merchandise from their solo work, this is a kind of a neat way to go and experience it with these pop-ups.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think that was cool too for them to do that.
[SPEAKER_00]: And to put them in cities that like, you know, obviously they didn't get to tour or, you know, that BTS have been able to go to an oiling of those armies opportunity to get those that merchandise there right there in their city.
[SPEAKER_00]: Super cool.
[SPEAKER_00]: Well, I also want to talk about RM's August 22nd letter.
[SPEAKER_00]: We wanted to talk about this a couple of weeks ago right after it came out, but we just did not have time on that fanfic files episode.
[SPEAKER_00]: The reason I wanted to talk about this is because I feel like when we are lucky enough to get letters from him,
[SPEAKER_00]: Sometimes they are, he's obviously a very pensive person, and sometimes he's letters, you know, you can kind of see into his mind a little bit and see maybe a little bit of like the depression creeping in or like the concern or maybe like the lack of like creative driving force or something at the time, and he just needs like write something down and get it out, at least in the last, you know, couple years.
[SPEAKER_00]: It may have been that way.
[SPEAKER_00]: very different and very helpful and ready and just like purely enjoying life.
[SPEAKER_00]: And so I just want to talk about, I'm not going to read the whole thing.
[SPEAKER_00]: Some sure you guys have read it already.
[SPEAKER_00]: But he discussed that it's been a little over two months since he's been discharged and that he's in LA.
[SPEAKER_00]: He said, I live work and play with the members and it's a strange experience.
[SPEAKER_00]: It feels like bond voyage which I think is so cute because it really is like
[SPEAKER_00]: It's not quite a vacation for them.
[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously they're all working on their next album, but for them all to be reunited in a city that's not, you know, soul for the first time in years.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure feels a little bit like a vacation or a little bit like summer camp or something.
[SPEAKER_00]: Um, he told us a little bit about his routine, which sounds like really healthy and Zen.
[SPEAKER_00]: Um, he has a lot of time to think.
[SPEAKER_00]: He gets to wake up at 10 a.m.
[SPEAKER_00]: Workout, E, and then goes to work in the afternoon around 1 or 2 in works until about 8 or 9.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then he sits on the terrace and thinks about the past and the present and the future.
[SPEAKER_00]: Just like,
[SPEAKER_00]: So can I all and I can imagine him like sitting on the terrace looking over, you know, the night time city and just having all these thoughts Something that like I don't know stuck out to me is that he said I'm not laughing or crying I'm just running and watching every day the ego is actually an illusion
[SPEAKER_00]: And the mention of ego here, like brought me back to map of the soul seven where they were really exploring the works of Carl Young and, you know, what ego is and how you're represented by like your ego, your shadow, your persona.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I just wondered if he was kind of reflecting back on that last work that they made.
[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously they made B since then.
[SPEAKER_00]: But I feel like maybe they
[SPEAKER_00]: together before the military was map of the soul seven since B was unplanned and you know so we're the other English single songs that that was like the last big project that they all worked on kind of like in their storyline and in their like thematic albums that they were going with
[SPEAKER_00]: So, I wonder if he was like reflecting back on that maybe rereading some of the works he read back then and, you know, as they're figuring out the next path and the next theme that they want to take this album.
[SPEAKER_00]: I just thought that was interesting.
[SPEAKER_00]: He talked differently about like what scientists think and what Buddha thinks and anyways.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's bringing in a lot of different philosophical, yeah, he's just, I just feel like he is in a place where he's getting creative.
[SPEAKER_01]: I really do feel like he, since he's talking, first of all, I just have to say, I think his schedule sounds really nice right now and he's stick to that where he gets to sleep until 10.
[SPEAKER_01]: he gets to work out eat and then he's working like seven hours and then gets to relax in his evening and just kind of be in this more offensive state that he likes to but he not likes to be in but you know it's just like to be his yeah he's just contemplating a lot.
[SPEAKER_01]: A good creative flow and yeah yeah so to be it
[SPEAKER_01]: looking at different philosophies of life, whether he's looking at Buddha or like what scientists like Carl Young have said, you know, I just I feel like he's just mentally in that place right now which is perfect for album writing.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I agree.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think so and he goes on to say something or Buddha is the result of flowing connection and I thought that was the same for mine a team too.
[SPEAKER_00]: something that's changing every day and not a fixed reality.
[SPEAKER_00]: In our hearts, Bangtan is a species of different colors, which I thought was really beautiful, just thinking about how different they all are.
[SPEAKER_00]: And he's like, now I'm thinking about what it was and I'm not really sure.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like what it was before the military, what it was before COVID and before all of their plans were,
[SPEAKER_00]: thrown off.
[SPEAKER_00]: But he said, but making something together with these friends, I'm going to commit myself to this moment and I'm going to thank you.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's our next album and I'm looking forward to what I'll become something that I've forgotten for too long.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm sure that's similar to how other members feel to where I
[SPEAKER_00]: you know, all it like it's been, I can't believe, truly can't believe that it's been like five years, six, almost six years since we've gotten like a planned album and come back and tour from them, you know, and I think that that was,
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, their process back then was everything to them, you know, it was their whole lives.
[SPEAKER_00]: And so I think they lost a little bit of themselves when all of that was thrown off.
[SPEAKER_00]: And now they're kind of like coming back and rediscovering who they are as not just as individuals, but as RM of BTS, as V, as Jin, as Shuga, you know.
[SPEAKER_00]: And what these roles mean and what they're all bringing to the table.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's kind of like reallying with those realligning with those roles, but also accepting that they've changed over time and totally kind of trying to intertwine all of that.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I just love going back to that mention of a bond that Bontan is a species of different colors because our M, I mean we've had mono and we've had indigo.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I just for him to have a lot of
[SPEAKER_01]: just creative way of explaining himself through themes of color, I think it's beautiful for him to be looking at BTS in the form of colors as well, like I just, I don't know, I really love this letter, I feel that all of these little pieces seem so him, like the mention of colors, the mention of just like talking about like, you know,
[SPEAKER_01]: scientists in the ego and him also to just talking about like bond voyage.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like I just feel like there's just so many little components that the whole letter is well thought out.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure he didn't just write this up in one go.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think he put a lot of thought into it as if it's like lyrics or a poem.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's just a really thought out letter that I think made a lot of armies feel at home and feel very comforted.
[SPEAKER_01]: really exciting future, but also everyone has no idea exactly where it's headed, and this piece of this letter that he gave us makes me very hopeful, and he seems very hopeful too, so yeah I loved it.
[SPEAKER_00]: It does kind of read like a poem the way that the lines are kind of reads like different stances and everything.
[SPEAKER_00]: I agree.
[SPEAKER_00]: He seems very helpful and it just makes me excited about what they're working on and it seems like they're having a great time Just being together working together Figuring out this next album together.
[SPEAKER_00]: He ends this album by saying I'll be there soon.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'll do my best until then.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love you Which is like a Perfect way to end it.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, it is.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah
[SPEAKER_00]: Happy for him.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm happy for him for where he's at, and I'm excited for what he's working on, what the rest of BTS are working on.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah me too.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, quick little episode, but it was really just a lot of catching up on everything that's happened the last couple weeks.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, you guys can let us know for missing anything.
[SPEAKER_00]: We, you know, episodes could be longer of BTS, but give us something to work with here.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, come on.
[SPEAKER_00]: We were like, what are we going to talk about this week?
[SPEAKER_00]: Like, all of BTS are back, but it's been
[SPEAKER_00]: Cricket, so it's been nothing.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's been working on an hour.
[SPEAKER_00]: They've been busy.
[SPEAKER_00]: So it's kind of hard to like, come up with content for you guys.
[SPEAKER_00]: When we said about an hour at the beginning, I wanted to be like, about 30 minutes today.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I could say that, but you never know.
[SPEAKER_01]: You never know where the episode's going to go.
[SPEAKER_01]: That's true.
[SPEAKER_01]: We did a ship series.
[SPEAKER_01]: We did a fanfic files, and so we were like, we went have to pull up like an old album review sometimes something.
[SPEAKER_01]: Right, something.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, that, that should be definitely something that we get into soon as an album that we have not talked about yet.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, let us know again in the Spotify comments or in the Instagram comments how you're happy meal hunting is going.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you're participating, which members you have who you're still looking for.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then, yeah, of course, we will be back in a couple weeks from now, just, I don't know, we'll surprise you with what we're talking about at the time.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: We shall see.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And of course, you can find links for all of the things in the description.
[SPEAKER_01]: Thanks for listening and thanks for standing BTS.