[SPEAKER_02]: Consequence Podcast Network
[SPEAKER_01]: bar hey iconic army we are going to be seeing BTS in Tampa night 2 we are so so grateful and fortunate and lucky and just oh just feeling so so excited and happy to have tickets in our hands.
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, it's crazy.
[SPEAKER_01]: We really were so nervous about ticketing.
[SPEAKER_01]: So in this episode, we're going to be talking about just our experience with getting BTS tickets.
[SPEAKER_01]: A lot of what armies experiences were like getting tickets.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then of course, we're going to get into some of the more recent BTS comeback news and album and concert news.
[SPEAKER_01]: So definitely stay tuned for all of that guys.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's going to be a really fun episode.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so there's so much going on.
[UNKNOWN]: Mm-hmm.
[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome back, where you're hosts, I'm Kayla.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm Bethany, and this is Staining BTS.
[SPEAKER_01]: Your favorite informative fan-girl podcast.
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, like I said, we're going to just real casually tell you about our ticketing experience and what we went through with Ticketmaster.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then we're going to talk about all of our music experience, just like generally with all of the ticket sales across the world.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then we're going to talk more about just like the BTS comeback concert.
[SPEAKER_01]: We just got some new news.
[SPEAKER_01]: with Netflix.
[SPEAKER_01]: That's pretty exciting.
[SPEAKER_01]: So that's going to be discussed all in today's episode.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, before we get too far into it, we want to say thanks so much Iconics for being here.
[SPEAKER_00]: And for all of your support, before recording Bethany and I were chatting like,
[SPEAKER_00]: Once BTS comes back, we're going to have like five or six episodes in a row about all of this incredible content that we're expecting and anticipating and, you know, we truly do it for the love of BTS and the love of sharing that with you, Iconics and so, you know, we just appreciate it and we can't wait to talk about it all with you.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, thank you for being here for all of your support and of course for listening.
[SPEAKER_00]: Okay, so let's get into our ticketing story because this was really, I feel like we associate BTS ticketing with a lot of stress, anxiety, trauma, I remember like,
[SPEAKER_00]: sitting on a forest floor on a hike after not getting tickets to Yungi's concert like just despairing okay um so we did get really lucky this time like Bethany said and there was a lot that went went into it so we had a group of four hoping for tickets it's man Bethany and then Bethany's older sister Brit and our friend Caroline
[SPEAKER_00]: And with all of our Army memberships, we just like decided to divide our choices of cities between Chicago, Tampa, Arlington, El Paso, and Las Vegas.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I think we all chose Chicago and like two of us, we're going for Tampa, two of us, Arlington, one El Paso, and one Las Vegas, just like mix it up.
[SPEAKER_00]: Just to spread ourselves, just in case.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think we all decided our first choice was Chicago, but we were going to obviously go for Tampa and Arlington also and just see what we could get and if there was something that we wanted at those days.
[SPEAKER_00]: Right.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like Chicago is the closest city to where we are located and so that was kind of our first choice.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's just more realistic for travel and we have a
[SPEAKER_01]: a lot of family in Chicago area.
[SPEAKER_01]: So it just made a lot of sense.
[SPEAKER_01]: But part of me, and I think part of YouTube, Kayla, was like, man, Tampa is the first date.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's like, we kind of like, can we wait until August?
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, can we wait until August?
[SPEAKER_01]: I was like, let's see if we can make Tampa happen.
[SPEAKER_01]: So both you and I put Tampa.
[SPEAKER_01]: are cities where it's Caroline and Brittany ended up going with like Arlington, Arlington, yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh my gosh.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, and thank goodness we did.
[SPEAKER_00]: I remember, so like, I really appreciate about ticket master this time, the staggered presale times.
[SPEAKER_00]: So,
[SPEAKER_00]: Like Bethany, you and I took off work, Brit took off work, we were ready to be like on ticket master all day just hoping to get tickets at like one location, you know, and I remember you and I were both up like 7 a.m. 6 a.m. you know already like making breakfast and we were texting like I remember texting you I don't even know if I should be myself coffee this morning because I'm so anxious already.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like, do I need this?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, you know, like, to crack open as Celsius in the morning, like, absolutely not today.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, I just, my stomach cannot handle it.
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: I was going back and forth between which coffee mug I wanted to use as, like, good luck.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have a BTS DNA mug and then I, but that's just, like, little designs.
[SPEAKER_00]: And it says DNA.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's really cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then I have a mug that's, like, a picture of, like, OT7, like, a family photo from Vesta.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I was being pulled towards that one.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I used it and I felt like that was good luck.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like using that long that day.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then let's see, we could join the queue at like 7.30.
[SPEAKER_00]: And Bethany, you and I both joined immediately.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then we were just texting like crazy.
[SPEAKER_00]: So we just ended up face-timeing.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like let's just face-time.
[SPEAKER_00]: Let's figure this out.
[SPEAKER_01]: And we face time with Brittany too, she was there for support.
[SPEAKER_01]: And truthfully going in, we said, you know what, Tampa is kind of like practice.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: This isn't like this isn't our number one choice.
[SPEAKER_01]: We'll just see it as a practice where we're going to get a feeling for you.
[SPEAKER_01]: Give us a chance.
[SPEAKER_00]: Right.
[SPEAKER_00]: See how it's going to go.
[SPEAKER_00]: Right.
[SPEAKER_00]: And honestly, we said, we'll only buy tickets for Tampa if we could get VIP sound check.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like, like, tickets we want.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that's the best tickets, exactly.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's the only thing that makes it worth traveling to Tampa.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then, otherwise, we just get in there and see what prices are like, and then try for Chicago.
[SPEAKER_00]: It was fun face timing before they went on sale because we were able to look at a map of the stadium and brainstorm which area around the stage or which sections we would want.
[SPEAKER_00]: And we were looking at what was it?
[SPEAKER_00]: Was it section B or something right there in the section B?
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: Be for BTS.
[SPEAKER_00]: But we were, you know, there's like the sections on like the long side of the stage and I was like, but wait, Bethany, look at these ones like B and K where they're like kind of nestled into you can see the main stage but also like the runways coming off of it.
[SPEAKER_00]: And we thought how cool would that be because then we're going to see them right there on stage, but also coming out on the runways next to us.
[SPEAKER_00]: So we're kind of, you know, brainstorming planning.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then 8 a.m. hits and all my gosh, your screen refreshed so much faster than mine.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I was stressed.
[SPEAKER_00]: I was like, I'm going to get kicked out.
[SPEAKER_00]: Mine isn't working.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think what when yours refreshed, it was out like 38,000 and 40,000.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, for both days.
[SPEAKER_01]: I immediately was getting hope on the sage flashbacks like that.
[SPEAKER_01]: Ticketing experience was one of the worst ticketing experiences I've ever had to go through.
[SPEAKER_01]: And Yungi's concert a day was pretty brutal as well.
[SPEAKER_01]: But like, it was just me doing hope on the sage.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I mean, I waited hours.
[SPEAKER_01]: I felt like before I finally got through that queue.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I was like 40,000 plus in lines.
[SPEAKER_01]: Damn, like, we're screwed.
[SPEAKER_00]: We're so idiotly deflinging.
[SPEAKER_01]: We can take it.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then mine finally refreshed.
[SPEAKER_00]: And my day one was at like 3,000 people ahead of me.
[SPEAKER_00]: And my day two was at freaking under 2,000 people ahead of me.
[SPEAKER_00]: I could not believe it.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like we were all screaming on the phone.
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, I was like, Kayla, get it.
[SPEAKER_00]: Get it.
[SPEAKER_00]: You got it.
[SPEAKER_01]: You got it.
[SPEAKER_00]: I was just happy to be here.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then like all we could do is just sit there and watch the numbers go down.
[SPEAKER_00]: I was like eight hundred four hundred You know, and then we got it finally got in.
[SPEAKER_00]: I Say finally, but all of this happened within like literally five minutes and I immediately zoomed right in Deception be I see that there's like four there's like, you know four seeds in row four Then I'm like, oh my god, they're VIP sound check Bethany and Brittany were like
[SPEAKER_00]: Click on him, get him!
[SPEAKER_00]: I'd like to put him in the cart right by the time I did, they were taken, but then right behind them in row five.
[SPEAKER_00]: There was four more tickets, literally right there, and I was like, I'm going row five, I'm going row five, and got them in the cart and had them in there.
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh my God.
[SPEAKER_01]: I will say, even though you're like, you know, I'm going for five, I'm going for five, but you were so calm honestly.
[SPEAKER_01]: You were just like, all right, four got taken, row four got taken, but I'm gonna, there's four and row five.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna click on row five for like, yes, like, yes, absolutely.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, you had to get together.
[SPEAKER_00]: I was like, I had like the, you know, my profession, like, prepared me to be like calm in the middle of chaos, you know?
[SPEAKER_00]: Um, yeah, I had, I don't know, I just locked in.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and so we got him in the car.
[SPEAKER_00]: We were like sharing credit cards for whose card we're going to put it on Brittany gave me hers and like I typed I definitely typed in something wrong and it didn't go through and then I had my card in hand.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I was like you were like you were green off the numbers.
[SPEAKER_00]: These are not the numbers, but it was like it was like military like it was like eight nine seven five six like
[SPEAKER_00]: It was just so, and I was like, yep, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm
[SPEAKER_00]: But there was like a timer ticking down we had like eight minutes until they'd be gone and we got him.
[SPEAKER_00]: We freaking got him Viyaki soundtrack row five Tampa.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's always fucking day two for us day two.
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh my gosh the golden day for us.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah
[SPEAKER_01]: VIP it really feels like map of the soul seven karma finally circling back to us like this is it this we have never gone to a BTS soundtrack we had tickets for VIP soundtrack for map of the soul seven gold and silver happen yes gold soundtrack like really top of the line you know we were so excited to see them for a sound check and I mean that was
[SPEAKER_01]: Blacks one on time period shadow.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like I mean, I what a freaking amazing album.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Map of the soul seven.
[SPEAKER_01]: And so I mean, we have just mourned those tickets for literally years.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like it has been six years of mourning.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: That was.
[SPEAKER_01]: And so it just feels like it's so blissful.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like this is the time that they're coming back after military service.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's been so long and here we are VIP soundtrack and it just feels so good.
[SPEAKER_01]: We're so lucky.
[SPEAKER_01]: You're so grateful.
[SPEAKER_01]: We feel like deserving Army, though, you know, like we deserved to be there.
[SPEAKER_00]: We made it!
[SPEAKER_00]: We fought for those.
[SPEAKER_01]: We made it!
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: It was so happy.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, seriously.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think we were completely, like we had bought the tickets by, like, 815, 820, you know, like... Oh, that was the best part of the day.
[SPEAKER_01]: That was pretty, like... Then we had the whole day.
[SPEAKER_01]: We had the whole day after that, like we could just, like, relax, instead of the entire day being stressful, try not to get tickets.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: We just rode that wave.
[SPEAKER_00]: It was amazing.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, we had so much energy, we were like, all right, let's book our flights, let's book our VRBO, we got a rental car, like we just got to all set and stone, yeah, all of the hotels to know so far as we're already booked up, yeah, yeah, and there was even one Airbnb that I was like trying to get everyone's like feedback on, but we didn't have time for feedback, like by the time we went to go book it, taking on, yeah,
[SPEAKER_01]: But we have a VRBO that we're saying at everything is, but it's really so exciting.
[SPEAKER_00]: We literally just have to make it to that weekend in April.
[SPEAKER_00]: So we'll see them on the 26th.
[SPEAKER_00]: Then we're doing like a real quick trip turnaround just with everybody's work schedules.
[SPEAKER_00]: We're flying in on Saturday, concert Sunday, we're leaving on Monday.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, quick little trip journey short, short amount of time.
[SPEAKER_01]: It can't wait.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's so so unreal.
[SPEAKER_01]: It really is unreal.
[SPEAKER_01]: Even just talking about it right now, it still has not fully sunk in that this is happening.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I just am also so grateful because I'm just an impatient person truthfully beginning to see them.
[SPEAKER_01]: At the end of April are you kidding me?
[SPEAKER_01]: Like it's February.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, like it's like so close Basically two months away like it just is so insane to think about that and they're gonna be right in front of us I'm gonna be right in front of us.
[SPEAKER_01]: I can't with all of the armies who keep sharing like the seat geek AI Like view and there's like a crane kind of on that side of the stage and I'm like, you know what?
[SPEAKER_01]: You don't know that there's a crane there like this is like right
[SPEAKER_00]: And even if there is, it's gonna be right there.
[SPEAKER_00]: And it's the cream is very slim and it will be moving.
[SPEAKER_00]: It'll be moving, it'll be one of those things.
[SPEAKER_00]: You're brain just like e-races as you're watching the concert because everything else going on, you know.
[SPEAKER_00]: Plus we'll be far back, we're not like barricades.
[SPEAKER_00]: So we'll have like a popular review of the stage from where we're at.
[SPEAKER_01]: Agreed.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, we'll see.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and soundtrack, I mean.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's basically another concert.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, I just, the fact that we have soundtrack makes everything so worth it and you're right, it really does feel like map of the soul seven.
[SPEAKER_01]: We need to make a sign of like Fort Worth 2018, something like that.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's what I said, because like if we make it, like if we paint like a flag or something, then we can easily fold that up and like have it in like our bag or just really small, like a small flag, you know.
[SPEAKER_00]: And, but yeah, because you were saying to me, you were like, oh my god, this is the closest we're going to be to them since Fort Worth in 2018.
[SPEAKER_00]: Because truly, like, having that concert where it was GA, like open GA, just like a floor, where we were at barricade at times, or, you know, just like a couple feet back from barricade, and it was just like an open crowd, was, it's like unforgettable.
[SPEAKER_00]: But to be it to have the opportunity, we're gonna be, you know, 20 feet away from them.
[SPEAKER_00]: Literally, yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like it's, it's so exciting.
[SPEAKER_00]: We're gonna have so many.
[SPEAKER_01]: We're gonna fan all our faces off.
[SPEAKER_01]: I know.
[SPEAKER_01]: So we ended up getting really lucky with our ticketing experience.
[SPEAKER_01]: We've heard generally that people seem to have been able to get tickets.
[SPEAKER_01]: Not everyone.
[SPEAKER_01]: I will advise anyone who wasn't able to get a ticket.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, tickets, you can buy them.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like second hand, I know it's not a deal, but we did it for J-Hope's concert.
[SPEAKER_01]: We did it for Yungi's concert and we bought them on seat gate and everything turned out fine.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like the transfer worked out, I'm pretty sure you can't buy VIP tickets if I remember correctly.
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think you can resell those.
[SPEAKER_01]: And if you can, it's probably very tricky or, I don't know, that one, that's a little bit more sketchy to me.
[SPEAKER_01]: But just like regular tickets, like, we already have talked to a couple of Iconics who didn't get tickets and then went in to see Geek and they were able to buy tickets for not too expensive and are still getting to see BTS.
[SPEAKER_01]: So like, be watching those prices, they'll probably drop as like, it gets closer to the date.
[SPEAKER_01]: So don't give a pop, you'll get to see BTS, like if you, you know, can really make it happen.
[SPEAKER_01]: You really should try to
[SPEAKER_01]: I know that some armies reported like really good luck, but other armies reported having like over a hundred thousand people in front of them in line in the queue over a hundred thousand.
[SPEAKER_01]: I feel like US is so lucky for the amount of dates.
[SPEAKER_01]: that we can.
[SPEAKER_01]: Other countries don't have as many dates in cities to choose from.
[SPEAKER_01]: So the demand is higher in those cities and I can see those cues becoming over a hundred thousand people.
[SPEAKER_01]: We've really felt for Chicago armies.
[SPEAKER_01]: We heard a lot about Chicago being crazy with the queue and a lot of armies not getting tickets for Chicago.
[SPEAKER_01]: I really do believe that it's because the entire Midwest is trying to go to Chicago.
[SPEAKER_01]: There's a lot of...
[SPEAKER_00]: there are more eastern cities and western cities and even southern cities and then like the Midwest and northern Midwest just kind of it's Chicago that's all Chicago yeah and like I mean being in St. Louis and Kansas City a drive to Chicago is nothing a flight or a drive to like Arlington is doable you know like we're road trippers here in the Midwest
[SPEAKER_00]: But like even then like splitting the mid was like, Oh, Paso is way way west.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like that's you could not even like Yeah, it sounds like a Midwestern army is not gonna drive probably or not as likely But like you know for Midwest you really really have those two cities Chicago the main one and then like if you have to Arlington
[SPEAKER_00]: and that makes it super hard.
[SPEAKER_00]: I was seeing a lot of screenshots of cues for Chicago having those like over 100,000 people ahead of you, which is so disheartening to see that and like when it's so competitive you get tickets at one venue then it feels like a lot of people miss out if they didn't have another option to go somewhere else or you know if it's just not realistic for them to
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, always hoping with BTS tours, like, if they would throw in another Midwestern date, you know, a Midwestern city.
[SPEAKER_00]: We have, we have St. Louis, we have Kansas City, we even have, like, Oklahoma City, like, cities that have big venues, stadiums, you know, that they could go to, that they would still sell it out.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I even think about, like, Colorado.
[SPEAKER_01]: I feel like, yeah, like, dinner area, like,
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, but maybe they wouldn't go there because of like the altitude like it would be hard to perform in if they're just like I had not even thought of that.
[SPEAKER_00]: I just think to me just as I was thinking about it because like the Broncos stadium is like at a mile high, you know But yeah, there's so many other great cities in the Midwest like Chicago's an awesome city But definitely feeling for other Midwestern army that were really putting all their eggs in the basket of Chicago and then just not getting lucky there
[SPEAKER_01]: I hope you guys all had really good luck with ticketing, and if you didn't, you were still able to find a seat in a stadium, you know, like truthfully, there are no bad seats.
[SPEAKER_01]: Don't let those view blocking those stupid AI images to the photos.
[SPEAKER_01]: Literally, you can be anywhere in that stadium, and you're going to have the best time of your life.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah, so things did sell out really fast though live nation confirmed that BCS had sold out all 41 North America Europe and UK stadium dates for their role tour The tickets sold out within a few hours of the pre-sale and the general sale.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm pretty sure this this round.
[SPEAKER_01]: They did save some tickets for general sale.
[SPEAKER_01]: By the way, I have heard that.
[SPEAKER_00]: They did, but the general sale was so fast like almost instantly.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, real quick.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, nearly 4.2 million tickets were sold.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's crazy.
[SPEAKER_01]: I know.
[SPEAKER_01]: That is crazy.
[SPEAKER_01]: that is just incredible, though, like BTS really is the biggest group in the world.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then due to unprecedented demand, they ended up adding additional U.S. dates for Tampa on April 28th, Stanford on May 18th and Las Vegas for May 28th.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, they ended up having to add more
[SPEAKER_00]: which is so interesting and they were a lot of army in Mexico were hoping that they would add another date or two to Mexico.
[SPEAKER_00]: They have two nights there, but no, I think three nights there, but it was actually a high enough demand that Mexico's president Claudia Shijnbaum reached out and sent a diplomatic letter to South Korea's president Lee Jamyeon.
[SPEAKER_00]: And they were petitioning him to ask BTS for more tour dates in Mexico City.
[SPEAKER_00]: There was over a million Mexican fans that wanted to attend the concerts, but between the nights available, there could only be 150,000 total tickets.
[SPEAKER_00]: So that's a large disparity of fans' verses.
[SPEAKER_00]: a ticket availability and to only have one to restop in the very large country of Mexico.
[SPEAKER_00]: And just that small amount of tickets, especially after not being in Mexico since the wings to her.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think like I could have anticipated that there'd be much, much more demand for that for that venue.
[SPEAKER_00]: The South Korean President did respond to Mexico's president.
[SPEAKER_00]: He thanked her and Mexico for their interest in Korean music,
[SPEAKER_00]: And he said that he passed along her request to Hybe.
[SPEAKER_00]: So maybe internally Hybe is considering adding some to her dates.
[SPEAKER_00]: We have to look closer at the tourist schedule and see if they have any flexibility around that date before flying to Europe to see you.
[SPEAKER_00]: you know if they can add any dates now but this is obviously just me with like making a conjecture but I think there might be possibility for more dates in 2026 because a few different places on TikTok and Twitter I did see a potential leak from SoFi's website that BTS would be back in LA at SoFi in early February 2027 like the second and third or something like that
[SPEAKER_00]: Um, so they could be doing like a, love yourself, speak yourself, add on tour type of thing, where they kind of do an encore tour to this AdiDong tour and add a second leg with more tour dates in 2027, which really wouldn't surprise me, especially after not touring for so long.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I could see that, too.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, that's really what they did with permission to dance and they have the dates in LA and then they ended up adding more days for Las Vegas.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I had a much I don't know if it was a much later time.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's so funny how quickly for yourself, but it was added
[SPEAKER_01]: feels like like a month or two right after after.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, I mean for Mexican armies and any other armies that weren't able to go to ticket yet, you know, hanging hope that you could still get resale tickets on seat geek and like Bethany said, some of the prices right now are ridiculous, but they will go down because those people that have those tickets, they actually want to regain their money that they spent.
[SPEAKER_00]: So at some point,
[SPEAKER_00]: and then potentially more tour dates in Mexico that they might add or later on in 2027.
[SPEAKER_00]: So we shall see, we'll keep you guys posted if we hear anything.
[SPEAKER_01]: We will see, yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: So let's talk a little bit about BTS's concert in Korea.
[SPEAKER_01]: BTS are going to be doing a free combat concert on March 21st at Guangwamin Square in Seoul, South Korea.
[SPEAKER_01]: This square is a historical landmark.
[SPEAKER_01]: It was a central point of gathering during the Jocan period, which was also when the Auditang Tune was widely spread around the country.
[SPEAKER_01]: So we feel like there's a significance of this, like, his super historical landmark and gathering spot in Seoul, South Korea.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, so cool that it is.
[SPEAKER_01]: free.
[SPEAKER_01]: And we also saw that it was going to be potentially live streamed and we found out today that the concert will be broadcasted live on Netflix.
[SPEAKER_01]: So we all get to watch their comeback stage from our homes on Netflix, so it's how hell so for me.
[SPEAKER_01]: This is where we're going to.
[SPEAKER_01]: We've been talking a lot about just like
[SPEAKER_01]: How would their combex have evolved over time since we were fans back in 2017, 2018?
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, like, love yourself heard.
[SPEAKER_01]: They were still performing on Inchi Gaio and in Countdown, like that was the way that we got, like those comeback stages.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then they kind of evolved to doing their comeback through American media, like the Jimmy Falancho and James Gordon and all of that.
[SPEAKER_01]: And now they've just evolved past both of those things
[SPEAKER_01]: and having this free combat concert on hibes terms and BTS's terms, they get to just choose how and where they want to do it.
[SPEAKER_01]: And so it is very interesting that they're going to be using Netflix.
[SPEAKER_00]: I kind of love it.
[SPEAKER_00]: But also, I didn't know I was worried that, and I honestly, not that it was a worry, but I just assumed that they would do a live stream on weverse.
[SPEAKER_00]: But with the live stream being on Netflix, that is such a wider audience that this is going to reach, which I feel like is the core and like the purpose of Auditang.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like BTS have not toured in six years, they have not put out group music since proof.
[SPEAKER_00]: for them to be able to like make their global comeback and like re-dab you on such a massive platform like probably the biggest streaming platform in the world I think is so monumental historic like
[SPEAKER_00]: Impressive, you know, like you said this is like them coming back on their terms on hibes terms like it's it's you know, it's evolved past the American you know late night talk show come back which was like the next step up and now it's like it's back on their turf.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's at this historic
[SPEAKER_00]: landmark to like really show Korean culture and now it's being broadcasted to the literal world, not just the people that tune in and know about wevers but anyone who has Netflix that it's going to see it promoted on their homepage of Netflix.
[SPEAKER_00]: Um, how cool.
[SPEAKER_00]: It feels very, it's so cool.
[SPEAKER_01]: It feels very modern too.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like I feel that the, I always go back to the Beatles.
[SPEAKER_01]: I know I do this, but, you know, the Beatles whenever they were really like breaking into the US or debuting in the US.
[SPEAKER_01]: They performed on the Ed Sullivan show, which was like an American talk show, type of situation, just like Jimmy Fallon and such, and it just is like, how do we make it 2026, like the reaching a wider audience, like some people don't really watch late night shows anymore, and what do people do when they get home, and they've had dinner, their kids are to bed, they turn on Netflix,
[SPEAKER_01]: what's streaming, what's new, what's you know, and they see that there's a live stream for BTS's comeback.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like I just feel like that is reaching the people of today.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Totally.
[SPEAKER_01]: Um worldwide.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's crazy.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's amazing.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm so excited for them.
[SPEAKER_01]: How cool that the concert is free and it's in Korea.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like it's just a full concert's comeback stage.
[SPEAKER_00]: So awesome.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, another thing is I feel like they may have had like a planned deal with Netflix because also announced today is that they're going to do a documentary.
[SPEAKER_00]: They're releasing a documentary on March 27th about the creation of their new album Auditang.
[SPEAKER_00]: And Bethany, I don't know.
[SPEAKER_00]: I couldn't tell you what episode it was, but sometime last fall, you and I definitely guessed like when we were talking about it was like maybe August or something we were like,
[SPEAKER_00]: I bet they're recording all their behind the scenes for like a documentary for this album creation because Yungi did it with D-Day, J.
[SPEAKER_00]: Hope did it with, I want to say he did it with Jack on the box, but those documentaries that they put on Disney Plus were so good and gave you such an amazing glimpse of like the all of the work and intentionality behind their music.
[SPEAKER_00]: We were just really anticipating
[SPEAKER_00]: they actually did do it and that's also gonna come out on Netflix, you know?
[SPEAKER_00]: So like it's like this partner deal like concert live stream come back and then a week later here is the documentary for how all of this came to be.
[SPEAKER_00]: Very cool to me.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm really really excited for the documentary.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like it gives us just enough time to digest the album on our own like that week that will have it and then we can go and we can see their process behind it like
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm pumped about that.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean BTS always keeping it fresh, always keeping us on our toes, always bringing us something new, bigger and better.
[SPEAKER_01]: I know that that adds to the pressure for them, but it's just they continue to do this.
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, and they can handle it and I think that like,
[SPEAKER_00]: Just hearing a lot of their reflections that we have heard over the past year, so like they're ready to claim all of that pressure and all of that way.
[SPEAKER_00]: And like, especially RM, it feels like he's very much stepped into like shedding that imposter syndrome of like, why do I have this?
[SPEAKER_00]: Do I deserve this?
[SPEAKER_00]: And instead just being like, you know what we have worked our asses off for this?
[SPEAKER_00]: We do deserve it.
[SPEAKER_00]: And like, we're going to carry this title and this recognition with pride.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so special.
[SPEAKER_00]: I also want to, I think Bethany touched on that they were doing like this concert for free and that like they gave out 18,000 Free tickets.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's how many like people they can fit inside the square and there's already we were kind of looking online between like Korean times news and stuff
[SPEAKER_00]: All of the hotels around the area are booked up, a lot of the hotel rooms have views into the square and the Korean government and like police force are planning for like 180,000 people together around the area even if they can't go inside the square.
[SPEAKER_00]: Just to be near BTS's comeback, there's been talk about using a rooftop view from a nearby museum of history that has like a free
[SPEAKER_00]: rooftop you can go to that looks right down into the square too.
[SPEAKER_00]: So that'll definitely be I hope that on like the Netflix live stream We get some like aerial footage drone shots of the whole crowd and of everybody there just to you know It's like the Beatles mania just to try to see BTS there
[SPEAKER_01]: Mm-hmm.
[SPEAKER_00]: I agree.
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, it's so cool.
[SPEAKER_01]: What in the setting?
[SPEAKER_01]: Just, yeah, I am so incredibly excited.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like you said, we are going to be so busy, come March, and it's going to be like episode week after week after week.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I don't think I've been so excited to record the podcast.
[SPEAKER_01]: weekly.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, I'm so ready and so stoked to do it.
[SPEAKER_00]: Me too.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh my gosh.
[SPEAKER_00]: I so am too.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm very much looking forward to like album reviews and being able to do that.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like that is our like bread and butter of what we just like thrive off of just picking and dissecting this music and the lyrics and like the production of heart and really analyzing
[SPEAKER_01]: cultural significance and history, you know we're going to be getting that with artisan.
[SPEAKER_00]: You know it's just going to be like completely saturated with it and it's in like the best way.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean we're obviously so excited and we are still just like absolutely astonished that we are able to get VIP sound check tickets like anytime we talk about it we're still in disbelief so we're so grateful and very very happy and content and lucky and can't wait to see BTS and also like yes thank god we're we get to see them right in April you know we don't
[SPEAKER_00]: and we'll be able to talk about it here on the show for you guys like pretty quickly yeah literally we're gonna go to the concert we're gonna fly home we're gonna record a concert review episode that night to go out that week like it's coming in hot I can't be ready yeah
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, this was a little bit shorter of an episode guys, but we just really had to talk about Auditong ticketing and our experience and a little bit about what we can expect with the tour and the comeback.
[SPEAKER_01]: We hope that you guys continue to listen to us like this.
[SPEAKER_01]: I just feel so revived, you know.
[SPEAKER_01]: I am excited for all of the upcoming episodes that we're going to be putting out.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's a very exciting time for us and the podcast and for Army.
[SPEAKER_00]: So definitely stick to our stay tuned and thanks for chiming in and listening to this.
[SPEAKER_00]: And you can find links for all of the things in the description.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, also comment what you guys are going.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, we'll see you in the next video.
[SPEAKER_00]: We'll see you in the next video.
[SPEAKER_01]: We'll see you in the next video.
[SPEAKER_01]: Thanks for listening guys.
[SPEAKER_01]: And as always, thanks for standing BTS.