[SPEAKER_02]: Consequence Podcast Network
[SPEAKER_02]: Borahe Iconic Army, Borahe, so something huge happened in my life this weekend.
[SPEAKER_02]: I got huge, I got engaged, I got engaged, I got engaged, I got engaged, I got engaged, thank you so much, I'm so happy, I'm so excited, Jeremy and I had just gotten back from our trip, our vacation to Puerto Rico and
[SPEAKER_02]: the day after he planned this whole surprise like I was literally cry the morning we got engaged I was literally crying in bed and he was comforting me because I was like I just thought it was going to happen like if you know everybody's in town this weekend like I just thought really you know and I was like really sad I was like I thought we'd be engaged by now and
[SPEAKER_02]: He was just reassuring me how much he loved me and he was just, you know, he just trust me and I was like, I do trust you, you know, little did I know that like five hours later we would be engaged and that him and Bethany you and my sister had had like planned this whole
[SPEAKER_02]: to celebrate Father's Day, which genuinely I didn't think anything of.
[SPEAKER_02]: I was like, well, they celebrated in Kansas City last year.
[SPEAKER_02]: It makes them to celebrate it in St. Louis this year, you know, and so, you know, you were going to...
[SPEAKER_01]: I thought you would be a suspicion.
[SPEAKER_01]: That's the thing.
[SPEAKER_01]: Second, I told you, you were like, oh, yeah, actually my parents are coming into town that we can too, and I was like,
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I was like, but we were a face timing.
[SPEAKER_02]: So yeah, composure, but I was trying not to like, why didn't my eyes like, oh, no, well, maybe it's because you kept your composure that think anything because I mean, I was just saying that because I knew that our time to see each other would be limited because I wasn't sure what the plans with my parents would be and
[SPEAKER_02]: you know really my sister was like oh just so you know I'm inviting mom and dad for father's day I don't know if I've mentioned on the podcast my parents moved to Alaska at the beginning of this year and so we just haven't been able to see them much and so she was inviting them into town and I was like you know cool like I didn't think too much of that you know the only reason why I thought we were getting engaged in Puerto Rico was because of this like
[SPEAKER_02]: But then when it didn't happen, I was like, okay, it's not happening.
[SPEAKER_02]: You know, by Bethany, you had text to be like, hey, you want to hang out at like two on Saturday and I was like sure.
[SPEAKER_02]: And you had had the idea to come over to our apartment since Cory hadn't seen it, which I still didn't think was suspicious.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like I was like, oh, yeah, I would love for him to see it.
[SPEAKER_02]: And then after you guys had been there for very short time, like 15 minutes.
[SPEAKER_02]: And
[SPEAKER_02]: Jeremy was like, you guys want to go on a walk like at the park over there, which I still didn't think was suspicious because before you guys came over and I hadn't like vocalized this to Jeremy but I was already thinking like, oh we should go on a walk because it's such a nice day and I love that park like that's where I go on my runs and you know, just to show you guys that park and
[SPEAKER_02]: So we are walking along the path of this park and I'm just filling in Bethany about Puerto Rico and then, you know, Jeremy I just out of nowhere was like, hey, maybe let's go over here and he like, you know, leads me over into this grassy area like on the edge of the pond and then he got on on one knee and he was like Kayla
[SPEAKER_02]: I love you so much.
[SPEAKER_02]: You're my first love.
[SPEAKER_02]: I want you to be my last and, you know, will you marry me?
[SPEAKER_02]: And of course, I'm like, I'm like, take it on my sunglasses.
[SPEAKER_02]: I'm like, my hands are like gone up to my mouth just like in shock.
[SPEAKER_02]: And I'm like crying.
[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, of course, of course, I said, yes.
[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, we hugged and kissed.
[SPEAKER_02]: And then afterwards he, like,
[SPEAKER_02]: he was like oh well by the way over there is our photographer and he like pointed across the water and he had gotten his boss is actually like does photography on the side and so she came in took pictures like it was all such a such a surprise and you know well please don't
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, and it was a surprise and it meant a lot to me that you and Cory were there for that, you know A lot for us to be there.
[SPEAKER_01]: I felt so honored to be a part of it.
[SPEAKER_01]: He yeah Jeremy had called me and said Hey, like I'm gonna do it when we get back from Puerto Rico and I really want to do it at this park that we go to
[SPEAKER_01]: But I'm worried about getting her there because I'm scared she's going to be like tired and not want to go and he said Maybe she'd be a little bit more motivated to go to the park if she knew that like you know Korean I were coming in so I was like yeah, absolutely like totally my biggest thing was like How do I get her to dress up?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I'm picturing like if I said hey, let's go to the park.
[SPEAKER_01]: I would absolutely be wearing black shorts to be sure.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah
[SPEAKER_01]: And so I had talked to Cory for a long period of time about writing this text for you saying, hey, just so you know, like, I'm going out to dinner with my parents later, so I'm actually in a sun dress and I try to keep it as casual as possible.
[SPEAKER_01]: And you responded, like, I'm like, yeah, I'm going out to dinner with my parents later too, so I'm actually also wearing a sun dress.
[SPEAKER_01]: Okay, perfect.
[SPEAKER_01]: Mission accomplished.
[SPEAKER_01]: Literally.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like, trade with anyone with the conversation.
[SPEAKER_02]: Because I was like, I had a photographer.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, she has to look nice.
[SPEAKER_01]: She'll be, I think, she'll be upset if she doesn't look nice.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, I like, literally.
[SPEAKER_02]: And I was getting dressed up because I knew that you guys were coming over.
[SPEAKER_02]: And I probably wouldn't have time to like get ready for dinner.
[SPEAKER_02]: After that, so you know, you say in that actually made me feel better because I didn't want to be overdressed for when you came over and so like you say and oh I'm already wearing a sunglasses like okay perfect like, you know, we'll have the same vibe so that was not suspicious at all also and amazing and so it was just so wonderful that you guys were there.
[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, I mean, I don't know my gosh, I just I'm not easy to surprise.
[SPEAKER_02]: And afterwards, like, my sister had told me that we had Father's Day plans at 5 p.m. And right after you and I, and, you know, Cory and Jeremy are standing there on the path talking and Jeremy turns to me, he goes, so we are going to dinner, actually, I have an engagement party plan.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's at 4, not 5, at the same place.
[SPEAKER_02]: We have enough time to go home and feed Rosie, and then we're going to go out there and I was like, oh my gosh.
[SPEAKER_02]: And because I had told him,
[SPEAKER_02]: for after we get engaged to be able to like get together with all of our families.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like that was really important to me.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so here remember that and he planned that and we found out when we were there, they actually went to that restaurant ahead of time on his lunch break one day to like scope it out and make sure that the like the party room was going to be good for this.
[SPEAKER_02]: And like I just love that he did that.
[SPEAKER_02]: he really thought about everything and so we got there and my sister had asked like can I decorate the room and Jeremy said that that was a great idea so she had gotten like light blue table runners and you know made little bouquet is a flowers to put down the table and my aunt Brenda makes cakes for like family and friends and she made us this beautiful like engagement cake with light blue flowers all over it and light blue is our color and
[SPEAKER_02]: like our whole families were there.
[SPEAKER_02]: My parents, my sister and her husband, my grandma came in from Arkansas, which was also an amazing, my aunt, uncle, and then Jeremy's immediate family, his parents and sister, his grandma were there too, and that was just...
[SPEAKER_02]: Wonderful that we got to just like immediately see everybody of course I saw a crime again when like open the door and everybody was there and had to like immediately make my way around the room to go hug my grandma So that was just wonderful just being able to be there with everybody and celebrate with them and
[SPEAKER_02]: Then afterwards he had planned to get together with friends at this like, it's called the district in trust your field, but it's like this kind of like bar brewery, but it has like open space, you know, hang out space too.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so Bethany, you and Corey came back out for that.
[SPEAKER_02]: My sister and her husband came and then like our friend group met us all out there too, which was amazing.
[SPEAKER_02]: It was like just so wonderful.
[SPEAKER_01]: It was the perfect day, yeah, it really was and we're so happy for you, I'm so so happy for you.
[SPEAKER_01]: This was, we knew this was coming soon and it's been hard on my end to just be quiet about all of it.
[SPEAKER_01]: But you guys are just perfect for each other and I'm just like proud of you.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like where you are now, you just feel like everything in your life is so beautiful and you deserve it all.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm just happy where you're at.
[SPEAKER_02]: I appreciate it so much.
[SPEAKER_02]: Thank you so much.
[SPEAKER_02]: I'm really happy with where I'm at too and just like, I'm exactly where I want to be where I meant to be.
[SPEAKER_02]: And you know, like, just, I'm very, very grateful and just, yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: So, overjoyed, like, I just still can't believe it.
[SPEAKER_02]: We haven't talking about it for months.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like, we knew that it was going to happen.
[SPEAKER_02]: We obviously have plans that we know we want together.
[SPEAKER_02]: You know, we're, we're already planning our life together for a while,
[SPEAKER_02]: I guess like actually set in motion here, you know, is happening.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it's happening, it's crazy, but wonderful.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I'm engaged.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, you got to get in.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's also happy for you.
[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, let's get into today's episode, which is going to be all about Festa 2026 and the merry-go-round music video.
[SPEAKER_01]: That was release.
[SPEAKER_01]: Let's do it.
[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome back, where you're hosts, I'm Kayla.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm Bethany, and this is Standing BTF.
[SPEAKER_02]: We're a favorite informative Fiat Girl podcast.
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, today we're going to hang out for about an hour.
[SPEAKER_01]: And we are going to be talking about all of the content that we got for Festa, 2026.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then we are going to mostly be talking about,
[SPEAKER_01]: The music video for Mary go round.
[SPEAKER_01]: We were not expecting a music video for Mary go round at all.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's only released on Spotify and boy did it below our minds.
[SPEAKER_01]: We went into research thinking like, oh yeah, it's mostly going to be fast to content and then it became
[SPEAKER_01]: all about this music video.
[SPEAKER_01]: So if you haven't seen it, you definitely need to go see it on Spotify, but we're going to be talking about it here in detail for this episode.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, yes, yes.
[SPEAKER_02]: Before we get too far into it, we just want to say thank you, Iconic so much for being here and for listening and for all of your support.
[SPEAKER_02]: And if you'd like to support us further, you can do that by joining our Patreon at patreon.com slash standing BTS.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, thanks for being here for all of your support and of course for listening.
[SPEAKER_01]: So let's get into this timeline.
[SPEAKER_01]: We got a concept map of the Festa 26.
[SPEAKER_01]: The Festa, like, map concept map that they released, has just like a bunch of their, like, logos and album art from all of their albums are at the year.
[SPEAKER_01]: You can see, like, map the soul seven is on there.
[SPEAKER_01]: you never walk alone is on there, Audit on, improve, bother even on there, yeah, it's really cute.
[SPEAKER_01]: So on June 4th, they released the BTS family photos on June 5th, they released the Hooligan official performance video on the 7th, they released a normal log on the 8th, they did a 13-cer, is it 13-cylbum?
[SPEAKER_01]: And then after that, they released a run BTS teaser, well actually, what was the teaser?
[SPEAKER_01]: It was really the teaser for the like, Festa-Dar, Festa-Dar, it was like a brief little teaser for it.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then we got to see the actual Festa-Dar the day after that on the 11th.
[SPEAKER_01]: The 12th, we got a fifth album, Auditong, like limited edition picture desk on vinyl, and then we also got the come-over official release, which was a huge release for everyone.
[SPEAKER_01]: We've been wanting it on Spotify and streaming services, so that happened.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then on the 12th and 13th, they did a world tour in Busan.
[SPEAKER_01]: So we got to see Auditong in Busan.
[SPEAKER_01]: We'll talk a little bit more in detail about what they performed.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then on the actual 13th of their anniversary, they just had like, a congratulations.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, we have pictures that we're going to talk about, like, all the family photos.
[SPEAKER_01]: And so we'll get into more detail of each of these events.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: Listen, for me, one of my favorite parts of Festa every single year is the family photos.
[SPEAKER_02]: So I love when they kick it off with the family photos, and I think this year it hits even harder for me because it's their first year all reunited.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like last year in Festa we just had Jen and Jay Hope, Darina, and they did an amazing job with Festa.
[SPEAKER_02]: They did.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, it just felt so good to see them all back together, yes.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like the concept for this, they're styling is all kind of soft sweaters and neutral tones and some light blues, some tans, nothing really harsh and they all have really light makeup
[SPEAKER_01]: It's very clean and pretty and cozy.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, yes.
[SPEAKER_02]: I love they got both like outdoor and indoor shots.
[SPEAKER_02]: They shot at a house that they were staying in in San Jose when they were on like as they're on tour.
[SPEAKER_02]: So these photos were super recent when they posted them.
[SPEAKER_02]: But
[SPEAKER_02]: like there's some with them like outside on a bench like I feel like that's the classic family photo set up where they have like three in front, four in the back and they're all like serving face, you know, but they have one where they're smiling as well.
[SPEAKER_02]: One of my favorite ones is the one where they're outside and it's like a circular mirror and they're all reflected in the mirror and the sun is just glowing off of each
[SPEAKER_02]: one of them and they all like have these little soft smiles on and they look like they're just soaking up the sun.
[SPEAKER_02]: This to me is very like I don't it gives me nostalgia for like a traumatic like that's what yeah like it just really harkens back to those days.
[SPEAKER_02]: I just I love that photo so much and then they had some photos inside like some honest staircase and some
[SPEAKER_02]: on a couch and like I love this one on the couch where they're like a little bit goofier like Taehyung's kind of laying across Jin and like jungkook's laying across Taehyung's back and you know they're kind of all holding on to each other and you know, Dirty Boy is shouldn't be cute.
[SPEAKER_02]: I just love the family photos.
[SPEAKER_01]: Me too.
[SPEAKER_01]: Some of my favorites are the ones outside where you get this like higher shot of all of them where the camera almost looks like it's in the tree.
[SPEAKER_01]: It really makes me think of like the beetles rubber sole I'll blow them a little bit where they did some photoshoots outside and all four of them are together and so I just really get like band vibes
[SPEAKER_01]: this group.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I love that one too.
[SPEAKER_01]: So sweet.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, like the trees kind of like framing them too.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like it's a little bit further away and yeah, very nature.
[SPEAKER_02]: I yeah, these are some fantastic family photos.
[SPEAKER_02]: Why are they taking on just being in the beach?
[SPEAKER_01]: Like in some of these when he's in the middle.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's he's either like serving extreme face and looking so fucking hot or he's just like adorable being a cute baby.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: So on June 5th, the next day they released the Hooligan official performance video.
[SPEAKER_01]: And so we have to talk about this one a little bit more because this is like what we've been dying for like meeting for a Hooligan because the concert experience of Hooligan, like that is the opening song.
[SPEAKER_01]: So it's just like ingrained in our minds like,
[SPEAKER_01]: it's so fresh it's just like I need to relive that constantly and so we got that with like the AMA is a little bit with like getting the actual concert footage for that performance but this one is like really like top notch because it's
[SPEAKER_01]: actually on a, like, you know, a performance video where they're like doing just for this.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's the concept.
[SPEAKER_01]: So like, all of the production is like top tier and the camera is crisp and it knows where to be wind to be like it's just yes, yeah, yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: So Jay Hope stands out so much once again.
[SPEAKER_01]: I feel like Hulligan just listening through you wouldn't think like, oh, yeah, it's Jay Hope song, but then you see the performance and you're just like Jay Hope really is like the bread and butter of Hulligan and so it starts off with him and I just have so much appreciation for him and how he carries this song.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, like he's really just like rock solid in it
[SPEAKER_01]: And he's a visual king.
[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, the outfit that he wears for the whole again, like music video, I feel like is my favorite Jay Hope outfit of all time.
[SPEAKER_02]: He just looks so fucking cool.
[SPEAKER_02]: So cool.
[SPEAKER_02]: You said when we're watching yesterday that his waist looks tiny, because like there's like, you know, the big fluff on his shoulders and his pants are really wide at the bottom.
[SPEAKER_02]: So just like it gives the visual of like,
[SPEAKER_02]: at the waist, you know?
[SPEAKER_02]: And yeah, he fucking kills it.
[SPEAKER_01]: So snatched to you.
[SPEAKER_01]: I can also have an appreciation for all of the backup dancers and just the entire choreography for this performance as a whole.
[SPEAKER_01]: You don't get to see it as much or appreciate as much like live in concert because you're just kind of all over the place.
[SPEAKER_01]: And like the music video obviously has just like visual components where it's not looking at the actual performance side.
[SPEAKER_01]: and so you really could see just how chaotic and intense and detailed the choreography is for this performance and all of the backup dancers and it like it really shows how intense the song is.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I love it so much.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I really appreciate it too.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and then also I have to make no Taehyung and this whole music or this performance video His outfit has like slits right where his armpits are So like you see like he's caught he's in like tight black leather.
[SPEAKER_01]: I tried this other members
[SPEAKER_01]: He's like all the other members of this like bulky, edgy, kind of, you know, material.
[SPEAKER_01]: And he's like skin-tight leather to his body and his hair is like pin-strate.
[SPEAKER_01]: And it just, I mean, I think he really stands out if I have any complaint for this performance video, as he doesn't have enough screen time, but I digress.
[SPEAKER_01]: the armpits being out like there's a long running joke on this podcast with me and just like Taehyung armpit hair and like just show us more.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's like covered in this tight weather and then like the amount of skin that we're getting is just his armpit area and my sister texted me like
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, uh, yeah, our BTS soundtrack, and she also mentioned Taehyung's armpit, but I thought you had texted me about his armpits, so then I was like, oh my god, Britney just texted me about his armpits too, like I have to watch this performance video, and so anyways, it was just funny that I was
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, you're, and he has a call to watch this performance video because of his armpits, but anyways, because of this performance video too, there's a part of the choreography that I don't know, if Taehyung does this in the actual concert or not, but when his part comes, he comes to the front, like his very first part that he comes to the front, and he takes his fingers and kind of controls one of the back of dancers is like break dancing in a circle around him on the ground,
[SPEAKER_01]: is controlling the guy with his fingers and I just think that is so cool and I never noticed that before unless he just did it for the performance video.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I definitely didn't notice it until like this specific shot that we get, you know because it's so straight on but it is cool.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's like twirlness fingers and the person's on the ground twirling in the same way like very I just think that's a really cool way to use the backup dancers as like an additional visual for the choreography
[SPEAKER_02]: I just have to say on the know of Tae Young's outfit, it's like, his vest is so tight, like, how does it even zip up?
[SPEAKER_02]: Is how tight it is?
[SPEAKER_02]: You know, like, that's compared to the other members, but also on a fan girl know, like,
[SPEAKER_02]: Still never ever ever going to be over Jimmins outfit here for Hooligan with his stomach out like the big huge black trench coat But it's parted so that his stomach is out his lower abs are out and he's bringing like this big long necklace that is like pointing to it, you know
[SPEAKER_02]: and it's like he's being so nonchalant about it like he's he doesn't even seem like he's trying to like open up the jacket so that his stomach is on display yet he does you know it's just so subtle the way that he like moves the clothes Jim into doing that acting like he doesn't know what he's doing like please the shoulder yes he did for so many years this is the new off the shoulder
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, please keep doing this.
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh my god.
[SPEAKER_01]: I just I love it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Also like we're obsessed with Yungi's hairstyle for this performance video where he has just like one tough of hair this just like flipped up and like curled out like we always relate him to Chucky and the this is Chucky hair all over again and yeah totally and I also think in this video you get so much more of the impact of
[SPEAKER_02]: All of the background dancers frozen around him.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's like there's like 40 people around him as he's just like also standing still delivering his verse looking like so fucking cool.
[SPEAKER_02]: And then we get the one thing that we really felt like was remiss from the AMA's live performance that they gave from the Las Vegas tour was they cut away when Yungi's kick comes in their choreography.
[SPEAKER_02]: We're like, no!
[SPEAKER_02]: You know, but of course here in this performance video we get a very clear like he is kicking us right in the face and we love it.
[SPEAKER_02]: We need it.
[SPEAKER_02]: We also get a super clear gin cook, take you out, take you out, the shoulder moving, the side stepping, like just
[SPEAKER_02]: Mmm, chefs kiss just so fucking hot and handsome and like moving those shoulders and gin like backing him up You know, it's just so iconic so incredible.
[SPEAKER_01]: It really got the moment it deserves Yes, because it is like it's a TikTok trend, you know, like all of the armies are doing that exact part and so yeah I'm glad that we got this like super like high quality look at Close up, yeah, so good
[SPEAKER_02]: We also still really love that during this performance video RM gets his microphone, like on a stand during his verse because it's just very, I feel like that's such an RM motif at this point.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like starting like back with like persona, him like, you know, rapping at a microphone, it just stands out so much too because the instrumental drops out during his verse.
[SPEAKER_02]: So it gives more impact to what he's saying, like he's really preaching, you know,
[SPEAKER_02]: Um, so I love that they had that choice to keep the prop here in the performance video.
[SPEAKER_01]: I do too.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a staple.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I'm sure.
[SPEAKER_02]: Um, so yeah, we love the Holigan music video or performance video.
[SPEAKER_02]: We feel like it really highlights all of the best parts of the song's performance here.
[SPEAKER_01]: It does.
[SPEAKER_01]: All of your favorite parts are high quality front and center.
[SPEAKER_01]: You get to appreciate it all at once.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, incredible.
[SPEAKER_01]: Absolutely.
[SPEAKER_01]: So after this, we got the 13th side film project.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I am quite literally obsessed with these photos.
[SPEAKER_01]: I had to cut myself off from putting them into the dock.
[SPEAKER_01]: I was so it's linked because I just I had to be cut off.
[SPEAKER_01]: She was apologizing.
[SPEAKER_02]: She was like Kalem's so sorry.
[SPEAKER_02]: I'm so sorry.
[SPEAKER_02]: There's so many photos.
[SPEAKER_02]: I was like Bethany.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, you were like working in another part of the doc And I was like girl like I just like stop me.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm so sorry, but I have to add this when I've done this
[SPEAKER_01]: but like you really get all of these it's all behind the scenes shots of them you see them for like when they're doing performance music videos you can see when they're just like backstage you can see when they're rehearsing for the concert for music videos for you know hanging out and down at home
[SPEAKER_01]: All of Auditon content behind the scenes, anything is up for grabs in these groups of photos that you get to see for the BTS side film.
[SPEAKER_01]: And these photos to me are more intimate than just behind the scenes.
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know how that's possible, but there's like a shot of Namjoon where he looks bare face and he's just like throwing a peace sign.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like it just looks like he was walking by and someone was like, hey,
[SPEAKER_01]: And you're like, hey, you know, hey, like super casual, probably knew the person you took it.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, it doesn't even feel like a, I mean, these are high quality photos, obviously, but some of them just look like your friend could have taken down, right?
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, very casual, yeah, there's just really gorgeous shots of all of the members.
[SPEAKER_01]: One of my favorites of Jen is like this really like high production.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think this was maybe for when they did like,
[SPEAKER_01]: the very beginning of like the audit on like when they're about to come back fully and he is just like all of these bright lights are behind him.
[SPEAKER_01]: He looks stunning.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's glowing.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's like worldwide handsome staring into the camera like just gorgeous gorgeous.
[SPEAKER_01]: One of my favorite of Yungi is he's sitting outside this looks like they're like on in some like building in a city.
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if they're in Seoul.
[SPEAKER_01]: but like he's on top of this basically like a rooftop kind of area and he's sitting and just looking at his phone.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's literally looking at his phone.
[SPEAKER_01]: That is all he's doing.
[SPEAKER_01]: But he's like man spreading and his hair looks good and his glasses are like the the rimless glasses like oh he's an icon.
[SPEAKER_01]: He is an icon.
[SPEAKER_02]: I love that too.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's so mature.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: I love that
[SPEAKER_02]: Like so many photos of each member just like in fan chant order and they're all from like different things like Like I just feel like it's such a variety of Behind the scenes content, you know like them in so many different phases like one of you and geese first photos I don't know where there it looks like they're at like a soundstage or something But he's just like looking up the camera and smiley like rare You and geese smile like right at the camera like I just love the picture because like when do you ever see
[SPEAKER_02]: And I feel like these photos like each of them.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's kind of a goofy photo.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think he's totally caught up with it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Codas Garden just like, yeah, natural smile.
[SPEAKER_02]: I feel like, especially looking at Jens' photos too, like the one with Robert Ducky inflatable around him.
[SPEAKER_02]: And he's very like the flower sunglasses.
[SPEAKER_02]: I wonder if they picked which photos of each of them are going to go in here because I feel like they show different parts of their personalities throughout these, you know, few different pictures of each member.
[SPEAKER_01]: Did you see the much appreciated shot of Jay Hope with the rope drink like drinks to rainwater or like pull it off?
[SPEAKER_02]: Like of course that's one of them that they added in here.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, I did.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Absolutely love it.
[SPEAKER_01]: really cute shots of Jim and you know, just like I love the baggy clothes like just casual backstage rehearsing one of my favorites of Taehyung is this like I don't know if this is on the ship or where this photo is but like out of all of the photos this one has this like hazy look to it
[SPEAKER_01]: It looks like there could be like smoke or dust in the room.
[SPEAKER_02]: This is definitely one of the swim sets for like one of the swim music videos.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like the live performance video for it, where they all had the microphones and yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, but his collar bones are kind of out.
[SPEAKER_02]: You don't like the one right before that where he's wearing like the leather like aviation hat and like a floral vest.
[SPEAKER_02]: I do like that one too.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: I love it.
[SPEAKER_01]: He looks like he's, I don't know if that was his outfit of the day if he was like messing around playing dress up a little bit.
[SPEAKER_02]: I can't doubt.
[SPEAKER_02]: Taehyung, it's Taehyung, you never know.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's in this like vest, this pink flowery vest, uh, I love him.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then, yeah, Jungkook's photos are also so cute with him.
[SPEAKER_01]: And his suit, my favorite is like this back, it's like a backstage shot of him kind of holding onto a microphone.
[SPEAKER_01]: And his hand on his hip, it looks very like standing next to you.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think this is where this was from.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes.
[SPEAKER_01]: Golden.
[SPEAKER_01]: But it's not.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: And it's not, yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, it really does look like that.
[SPEAKER_01]: He looks so good.
[SPEAKER_02]: I like the one with him and it's from like the Swim music video where they're at the pool.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's like pouring the watering can.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's just so big.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's so cute.
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you.
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh-huh.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: So many wonderful LT7 shots truthfully like if you love the family photo shoot like this is even I can't say it's better, but it's just even more like an additional seven of them.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, like you see them actually in the rehearsal room
[SPEAKER_01]: like messing around with each other, being silly.
[SPEAKER_01]: There's parts where they're like outside playing badminton, eating food together at a table, just like, and it's just like an average meal.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like this is not a meal that was like they went out to dinner and stuff like it just was like some kitchen that they had.
[SPEAKER_02]: No, you can tell that this is like when they were in LA, make it their album.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like,
[SPEAKER_02]: that's the table, you know, because we saw it in the documentary.
[SPEAKER_02]: I love it so much.
[SPEAKER_02]: I love the the earlier ones where they're in a suit is like them from the album, you know, like the album are an album cover and yeah, oh my, this is just iconic.
[SPEAKER_02]: It is.
[SPEAKER_01]: These photos are fantastic.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like truthfully if you haven't seen these they're linked in the dark like go look at them We'll post them on our Instagram posts for promotion surely because like truly like this is some quality Content of all of them.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I feel like it's like these still photos treasure like it's a treasure.
[SPEAKER_02]: It is a of like just all of these in the moments between them Yeah, absolutely love it so much
[SPEAKER_01]: So then after this we got the teaser for their fest the dinner and then we got the release of their fest the dinner I still have not really been able to watch it, but Kayla has watched it You want to talk about a cure
[SPEAKER_02]: I love the festive dinners so much and this one was actually a short one.
[SPEAKER_02]: I feel like normally we've seen festive dinners that are like 50 minutes an hour long or whatever but this one was very short and sweet.
[SPEAKER_02]: They recorded it in San Jose while they were there on their Auditong tour.
[SPEAKER_02]: They recorded it right after they took their family photos that we started this episode by talking about.
[SPEAKER_02]: They did a lot of reflection, reflecting about their tours so far and how much they've loved each stop.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like they really loved their experience in Mexico City and especially when they were walking through the presidential palace and like they went out to the balcony to the plaza and to see like it just full of army.
[SPEAKER_02]: They were like that's the first time we've ever experienced anything like that.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like it was just so special to them.
[SPEAKER_02]: Something that stood out to me is that they said
[SPEAKER_02]: Tampa because of the pirate ship there at the Buccaneer Stadium.
[SPEAKER_02]: And I was like, yes, you better remember Tampa.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, but they reflected about how good of a time they're having on this tour and how on previous tours they've been very, very tired and you know, although they always enjoy the performances like they really don't have a life during the tour outside of those.
[SPEAKER_02]: They said that they really only slept in their downtime.
[SPEAKER_02]: they didn't have like real downtime.
[SPEAKER_02]: It was just time to sleep basically.
[SPEAKER_02]: But on this tour, they have time to take days off.
[SPEAKER_02]: They have time that they've scheduled to end to be able to go and do things.
[SPEAKER_02]: Jen was like, yeah, sometimes like between 12 and 7.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like, I don't know to do.
[SPEAKER_02]: I don't have anything to do.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like, that's how much downtime they have and Yungi.
[SPEAKER_02]: said, yeah, like, that's why sometimes we'll go and play like a tar for seven hours straight because I have that much free time.
[SPEAKER_02]: So, um, love hearing that.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I think Taehyung, like, first of all, Taehyung was elected as the MC for the dinner.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so when they would all be having a conversation about this, like, Taehyung would kind of wrap it up and, you know, tie up each conversation.
[SPEAKER_02]: And he did such a good job of it.
[SPEAKER_02]: And, yeah, one of the things he said there at the end was that they feel like they're
[SPEAKER_02]: They're, you know, so they're really enjoying it and just being able to really soak in each tour stop and each concert moment because they have that, that downtime.
[SPEAKER_02]: So that's amazing.
[SPEAKER_02]: It was also said like, Hobie and like Taehyung and Jungkook and Flimplant playing pickleball a lot.
[SPEAKER_02]: And I think I think it was Jungkook that said that he wants to do a pickleball tournament Like he was like they're all over the place in North America all the time like we should go do that like Hobie and I can play like doubles and you know and RM said that he thought army would love that But like at first there were like are you serious and he's like yeah like literally it's so big in North America There's always pickleball happening and like we could go do that so
[SPEAKER_02]: It seems like they have a pretty solid pickleball group too where, you know, we got some pictures on Instagram a while back of them all playing pickleball and they must like do it at every stop is just like, you know, something to go do and that they enjoy.
[SPEAKER_02]: But for me, like, my biggest takeaway is that,
[SPEAKER_02]: They really feel like they've had a lot of growth as individuals, and like Taehyung was saying this that, you know, they're all in their 30s now, and they feel like they have matured a lot.
[SPEAKER_02]: They were talking about how like they used to fight, and like they don't fight anymore, they never fight even about like, like little things like he gave the example of somebody might, you know, say something to Jen, that in the past would have like made Jen mad, and he would have, you know, yelled at them about it or something, but
[SPEAKER_02]: Now, like, Jen will just like laugh it off or like he doesn't even, you know, like it doesn't bother him at all.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so I really loved that and they talked about how like the ones that did solo tours.
[SPEAKER_02]: Jay Hope, you can get in Jen.
[SPEAKER_02]: They all mentioned about how when they were touring, they would be wondering what the other members were up to.
[SPEAKER_02]: and Jay Hope even said like when he was on stage sometimes he would have like a random thought about like oh I wonder what Jim and Sue and Wonder what RM's doing and it would kind of take him out of it for a minute and so they're grateful that they are all back together and they don't have to worry or think about what the other members are doing they just know that they all get to be together and
[SPEAKER_02]: and Jen also echoed that saying like he felt really comforted that if he made a mistake, you know, it would be easily covered like he knew the members would have his back and you know nobody would really notice it and so they I think that they are grateful for the time that they had a part because it made them grow so much as individuals and really realized
[SPEAKER_02]: how much they have as a group and how happy they are together but they're just they're having a wonderful time on tour and they're so happy to be together and they can't believe that it's been 13 years they were like if we were like all born together we'd be in middle school by now you know like yeah like it's true though long time yeah it's a long time and so they're just very proud of themselves and yeah it should be.
[SPEAKER_02]: It seems like they're in a wonderful place
[SPEAKER_02]: So yeah, that's the Festa dinner.
[SPEAKER_02]: It was great.
[SPEAKER_02]: It was wonderful.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm glad that it wasn't like no drama.
[SPEAKER_01]: No drama.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah, like it was just pretty straightforward.
[SPEAKER_02]: Super cool.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, that's insane.
[SPEAKER_02]: It was very quick because we're used to like a Festa dinner being much longer and then feeling like they have so much more to like
[SPEAKER_02]: I don't know, get through, but things just must feel very, oh, they also like kind of talked about like, oh, yeah, on our next album like we should do this or we should do that and how they're all like in a very similar place with how they want to work through their music or, you know, and they they're also not in a rush to put out new music like they they know like if if they have a song, if they don't all love it, nothing's going to come of it.
[SPEAKER_02]: But if they all love it, if they all love it, then, you know, they'll make it, you know, so yeah, I love, I love that.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, they seem like they're an amazing place.
[SPEAKER_02]: It was a great festival dinner.
[SPEAKER_02]: Okay, well, on the note of their music should we talk a little bit more about come over since it was officially released on June 12th.
[SPEAKER_02]: Our last episode before I went on vacation was about come over because we were like, oh, we need to talk about it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Can they please release it?
[SPEAKER_02]: And then while I was, you know, they were like, oh, by the way, we're gonna release it.
[SPEAKER_02]: So this must have been the reason why they didn't include it on the album.
[SPEAKER_02]: I know we theorized in the episode why they didn't
[SPEAKER_02]: it must have been so that they could special release it for Festa as a gift to army and we just love that it's finally out and available for streaming.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's amazing to listen to in the car like I crank it up to like volume 45 and I'm just bumping it so good and the lyric video is available which is great if you want to go watch that and support it on YouTube.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: It really is such an incredible song.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm glad that it got released and it wasn't just like lost in the voice.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: I know, right?
[SPEAKER_02]: Like it needed, it needed its moment.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: So after this, then we got the Auditong World Tour in Besan.
[SPEAKER_01]: It looked like incredible performances.
[SPEAKER_01]: There
[SPEAKER_01]: one of the few songs.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's the only song on Auditong that they don't perform in the tour regularly.
[SPEAKER_01]: But they don't perform one more night.
[SPEAKER_02]: Oh wait, maybe I'm getting this wrong.
[SPEAKER_02]: They perform one more night then.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, they perform one more night for a night.
[SPEAKER_02]: Okay, first time.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I put the wrong way.
[SPEAKER_01]: They get into views.
[SPEAKER_01]: Sorry.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, one more night.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, for the first time.
[SPEAKER_01]: And they also performed dimple, which is just so heartwarming because anything off of love yourself, her, I get a little emo about just with it being our first time when we became fans.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, just incredible performances.
[SPEAKER_01]: They broadcasted this particular world tour performance in Busan, globally in theaters on June 13th,
[SPEAKER_01]: which was so fitting in perfect because that's the actual date of their anniversary and what better way than to be watching a livestream of it in theaters feeling like you're there part of the kids are with them.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then on June 13th and 14th they did in person and offline events held at Context 2 featuring interactive booths, a DIY zone and a voice message center
[SPEAKER_01]: And so, that was just a cool little, like, a whole thing can also go to.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Okay.
[SPEAKER_01]: And to end this episode, we're going to get into this merry-go-round music video.
[SPEAKER_01]: If you guys have not seen already, it is nowhere else but Spotify.
[SPEAKER_01]: So when you pull up your Spotify, whether that's on your phone or computer, you can click on it to be able to watch the music video, and not just, like, listen to the song.
[SPEAKER_01]: And so I feel like it's just really obscure way.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like it could really like easily get lost, missed, but I'm telling you at this music video is like up there with like the Swim Music video, honestly, maybe not that intense.
[SPEAKER_02]: No, I feel like I feel like like if we're talking about just Otterdong music videos like this could be I think I could say this is better than this one music video Like Yeah, this is hard.
[SPEAKER_02]: This is high art like there's just so much the visuals are so cool.
[SPEAKER_02]: There's so much to interpret like no No shade to this one music video.
[SPEAKER_02]: We love it and like me loved it when it came out
[SPEAKER_02]: Jay Hope's splash drip like never ever gonna be over it Be just little sailor outfits incredible, but like this this is such a cool But this this music video has a lot more depth.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and if you love theories and Symbolism still one for you.
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, yeah, so it opens with a Mary go round and on this you can see like the
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
[SPEAKER_01]: You never walk alone.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's as you never walk alone, but it's like engraved inside this Mary go around and not only do we see this in that era, but we also saw it in yet to come music video like the you never walk alone Mary go around and so.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, we get consistent shots of like a merry-go-round, but then there's this, like, tiny carousel that it's like a miniature of the carousel that is floating within this labyrinth building that the members are inside.
[SPEAKER_01]: And it seems like the members are all trapped within this labyrinth merry-go-round.
[SPEAKER_01]: That also has this tiny little merry-go-round that's floating around with an exception.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's like an exception.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's very much like carnival, not like fun house.
[SPEAKER_02]: It doesn't have mirrors or stuff like that.
[SPEAKER_02]: But it's like that vibe where you're trapped in a maze, labyrinth type of like...
[SPEAKER_02]: Trying to get out and with like the most the constant motif of the the carousel really makes sense with the merry-go-round title and themes Yeah, yeah, what's interesting?
[SPEAKER_02]: So we we open the video We kind of get individual shots of each member like all the members are separate as they're all kind of lost in this labyrinth
[SPEAKER_02]: So we begin with John Guck and he's in this room that looks like there's just like a broken carousel all around him like the parts that hold the horses are kind of like piercing the floor and the ceiling and they're like kind of falling to the ground, the horses are on the ground, falling off their poles and
[SPEAKER_02]: and he's singing in the middle of this and starting to walk out of it and it feels like this room represents the overwork that BTS have experienced in their career because you know all of this equipment you know is like literally falling apart.
[SPEAKER_02]: Um, and next we pan to a room with Tang, where he's sitting in this chair and weeds are sprouting up all over the place.
[SPEAKER_02]: There's a huge mural of a horse in the background, like a horse, you know, kind of like the horses on a merry-go-round, you know, symbolizing like power, symbolizing drive, like horses are known for.
[SPEAKER_02]: They're strengths and they're speed, but here we are seeing this room where everything's kind of like dusty.
[SPEAKER_02]: There's weeds, you know, and this feels like it's representing the neglect that BTS might experience like they might be neglecting their bodies or
[SPEAKER_02]: their personal lives or other aspects, let their hobbies, other aspects of their life that is unrelated to their career.
[SPEAKER_02]: Again, and we're just thinking in the direction because of the lyrics and the themes of the song, Mary go round.
[SPEAKER_02]: So that's where it took us.
[SPEAKER_02]: So far, we have like visuals
[SPEAKER_01]: And so for Jim and he's in a very industrial, like space, there's an industrial rolling gate, there's brick walling, there's steel paneling, there's these super harsh fluorescent lights above him.
[SPEAKER_01]: You do get like a little shot of a window where you can see some stars outside, and then in front of Jim and is that floating miniature carousel and it's the leading him.
[SPEAKER_01]: And we really felt like this is like,
[SPEAKER_01]: The O'er of like getting back into it like why you can't get off this carousel like why it's like pulling you and attracting you The way that this carousel is leading Jim and really reminds me of Princess Aurora and sleeping beauty being like
[SPEAKER_01]: called to by the divide that takes her to go it like mesmerizes her and takes her to go prick her finger on the spinning wheel like that's it's very very similar and so we can take this as like if we are talking about like their life and entertainment and the industry of like the alert and how like it can be like put you in this trance of wanting to go like towards it.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then for Jen, he is also walking in a hallway.
[SPEAKER_01]: But in this hallway, we see this ink splattering or following him.
[SPEAKER_01]: And giving the feeling of like, it's like an interstellar dark matter almost with, because it's like a life that's moving.
[SPEAKER_01]: And like, it's not crawling, but of like,
[SPEAKER_01]: It's like spreading or spreading yeah and we felt like this really shows like the damage or like stains or like poison and just how like it can kind of taint their life Yeah, a little bit.
[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, he's like they're into the crash even to it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it's like you know carried with them and if it does get on them and it's going to like stain them or whatever very hard to like get over you know things that cause that type of
[SPEAKER_02]: damage or stay in you know so yeah so just interesting like the vocal line members representing these things that both like the miracle round do to them but also how they can't get off of it you know like we we hear in the lyrics
[SPEAKER_02]: So as Jen's walking, it leads him and like us as the viewer into this room where the vocal liner all sitting together.
[SPEAKER_02]: There's like seven chairs in the middle of the room.
[SPEAKER_02]: Junguk, Taehyung and Jimin are already sitting down and then there's doors all around the room as well.
[SPEAKER_02]: Giving like film out.
[SPEAKER_02]: Just have to mention it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Queen film out.
[SPEAKER_02]: with the door of course of course with the doorway so it feels like any given member is entering or exiting from those doorways you know they're all coming and going to different places and then so gin walks in he looks really happy he greets the members they all look happy to see him and then as soon as gin
[SPEAKER_02]: sits down, Taehyung promptly stands up, and he's still smiling, he's kind of like saying bye to them, and he turns and walks out through a doorway, and at first we were wondering if this kind of represented them not seeing each other having time apart or short brief moments together during military service, but after watching it again, it kind of feels like it's like a backstage or like a break room, like a break room from their work or from their career, where
[SPEAKER_02]: When BTS, even if they're not doing like full OT7 album promotion, they still as individuals are doing different work with like brand ambassadors or going to fashion shows or doing, you know, like sidewalks.
[SPEAKER_02]: solo projects, whatever, and so like any given one of them might be resting or having some time off, but the other ones are still out getting worked on for, you know, for the group.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so it's hard for them to all be together and like having a break at the same time.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then their moments
[SPEAKER_02]: I know it's such a lovely shot though to see them how happy they are when they are together but the happiest they look in the music videos when they're all together when they're all together and on a break like a break from work and I think that that's so intentional but when they have the downtime you know
[SPEAKER_01]: So then we get a shot of Yungi's room and his room, we were kind of joking about how it's just so stereotypical for Yungi shots to be like the most destructive.
[SPEAKER_01]: And you know, like harsh.
[SPEAKER_01]: And so Yungi's room is this wind storm.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's like a cyclone with this black matter that's like up on the ceiling.
[SPEAKER_01]: And it seems like that's where the storm is like brewing and where it's all coming from.
[SPEAKER_01]: And you see all this debris like funneling, circling around him, there's lightning that's coming during his verse, it's very intense.
[SPEAKER_01]: And so after this we see parts two of his verse where you see him and his figure is distorted by being stretched.
[SPEAKER_01]: And it gives the illusion of being lost in a cycle like he says he is in his verse.
[SPEAKER_01]: is also reminiscent of some of the chaos that you see in shadow as well, yeah, very cool shot of here.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, and we felt like to the black matter that was like collected on the ceiling creating the cyclone was the same that was following gin down the hallway.
[SPEAKER_02]: So like I love that they kind of continued that and how that that really made us think that that represents like the chaos
[SPEAKER_02]: and like the the true like hardships and danger and damage like of the industry and of you know their their chosen career here.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, and we thought too about like with the cyclone and the wind pattern being in a circle repetitive like circling is also very reminiscent of Mary go round with what they're saying about like this vicious cycle over and over and over right and I love that too if you like if you could visually or like mentally think about overlay and like a merry go round with the cyclone and the chaos and the debris and everything because when you think about merry go round you're thinking about this like a little
[SPEAKER_02]: kids ride and it goes very slow and you're just like kind of going up and down and you know like it's very chill but like this is how it's feeling for them, you know like the the cyclone the chaos part of it too.
[SPEAKER_02]: So I love that they can like push the visual in that way.
[SPEAKER_02]: Me too.
[SPEAKER_02]: After Yungi's verse we get like Jim and Jen with their hook and they are standing on
[SPEAKER_02]: theater curtain like it has a ton of draping at the top of it and it has like the silhouette of a horse projected onto it in Korea horses can symbolize strength and vitality but in like mythology in Korea and like folklore they can also be seen as like design divine messengers or representing talent and breakthrough and by this point in the video we're thinking like there's a lot of horse motif like yes
[SPEAKER_02]: like horses on them, but they don't have to.
[SPEAKER_02]: You know, they can have like a plethora of different animals.
[SPEAKER_02]: So like, why just the horse and why like the murals of the horses and everything?
[SPEAKER_02]: And so maybe the horse here is representing those things that, you know, they could be representing in Korean culture.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I agree.
[SPEAKER_01]: And that huge curtain to like, definitely is a symbolism of just like,
[SPEAKER_01]: Then being entertainers and the current also reminds me of just the theater that they were in and the curtains that are present in the box one music video Yeah, definitely Yeah So then the music video takes another turn and it goes into this like artistic break during some of the instrumental
[SPEAKER_01]: And it is such a cool section of this music video.
[SPEAKER_01]: We see a lot of really beautiful shots of horses like taking off and running, that then morphs, like you see like dusk kicked up behind the horse, that then spins and spirals into like a human figure, and that like zooms out into like a starburst and you see shots of members.
[SPEAKER_01]: That then are like streaking and have that blurring effect to kind of show that they look like they're mobile And they're going as fast as these horses that you see in these graphics and it's just like Really really well done.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and it it just shows how their essence is literally draining off of them And they are just going so so fast and then it leads into this
[SPEAKER_01]: super gorgeous and beautiful and truly cinematic shot of all of the members that I kind of wish that I had like a still, you know, really nice still as like a poster of the shot of them because you see all seven of them lined up.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's Jen is closest to us and Yung is the furthest away and they're all standing in individual rooms, but there's no walls between these rooms.
[SPEAKER_01]: And they're all just either like standing or sitting, but like they're lined up in position in a way that you can see all seven of them at the same time.
[SPEAKER_01]: And the camera takes us past each member through each different doorway.
[SPEAKER_01]: And again, it's just, it's just really cool and Kaylee, you said that this shot could repeat forever, like a mathematical, fractical, like I feel like that's a good way to put it in.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it just, I love the way you describe it and I do agree with you.
[SPEAKER_02]: It'd be so great as like a poster or a still because in the shot to the members kind of turn, they might not but a couple of them kind of turn and look at it.
[SPEAKER_02]: A couple of them do the one behind them or in front of them and it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Draws you, it continues to draw you in through the shot that little bit of movement that they have, like Taehyung turns his head back, Jim and turns his head back, and it is just stunning and so well done, and it feels like, you know, like a lot of this music video, they've been separated, they're all in different rooms and even right here.
[SPEAKER_02]: They're all separated from the other one and they're looking for the other members, but they're still quite not together, you know, so it's like as they're talking about being on this merry-go-round, like they have this like distance or these like walls, physical walls, you know, separating them, keeping them apart and, you know, they're just, I don't know, just kind of looking for the other one.
[SPEAKER_01]: Mm-hmm.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's cool.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: I like the shot.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, right after this shot, we get Jay hopes first and he's trapped in a room by himself.
[SPEAKER_02]: This room immediately made us think of like Jay hopes room and fake love or like, you know, like the room with all of the candy bars that he's like locked in the door's locked and he can't get out.
[SPEAKER_02]: And where he's trapped in this room and there's horses painted on the walls and they're all running and there's also weeds growing around him like similar to the weeds that we saw in Taehyung's room except for these there's even more here in this one and we just really were thinking about like the horses are running free in the wild
[SPEAKER_02]: But him like being trapped in this room is so starkly obvious that he's not, you know, he's not running free.
[SPEAKER_02]: He can't be free from this merry-go-round like these horses are so just a little bit of like dichotomy shown there visually.
[SPEAKER_01]: dichotomy showing, yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I feel like this is a good time to just really hone in on just the general setting of this building and lab rent that they're in.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like it is a super, super harsh environment.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like this building is cold that they are trapped in.
[SPEAKER_01]: The fluorescent lights, the concrete, the seal, the brick.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like it could represent just the harsh cold.
[SPEAKER_01]: kind of atmosphere that you have within the industry and the job that they face.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's not a very comforting space.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, no, not at all.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, and although they make beautiful art in their musicians that, you know, bring so much joy to the world, like the the back end of things, like we even saw a little bit of this, like in their documentary about the creation of Auditong.
[SPEAKER_02]: like the debates and the decision making that can go on behind the scenes on the business side is just very much like the ugly side of it and probably the side of it that they don't like to deal with as much like they just want to be able to make their music you know and enjoy it with the fans but of course they are kind of like trapped in this you know the industry regardless like there's no way to to separate the two you know you need one to have the other so
[SPEAKER_02]: But yeah, Jay hope is trapped in this like very harsh room and he kind of goes with his backup to the wall and then it pans over to RM with his backup against the wall on the other side.
[SPEAKER_02]: So so separated, but it's a great transition between them.
[SPEAKER_02]: I feel like it's kind of rare that we get it.
[SPEAKER_02]: like J.
[SPEAKER_01]: Hope RM transitions I love it and the way that J.
[SPEAKER_01]: Hope like leans against the wall it almost like immediately prompts RM to get up.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's almost like they can feel each other's.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, it does feel like they're connected even though they're separated.
[SPEAKER_01]: cause effect in how they transition.
[SPEAKER_01]: Totally.
[SPEAKER_02]: So then transitions to RM's verse and he's standing alone in a room and he's standing on an above ground coffin that's surrounded by burnedout candolabras and it just takes me immediately back to like wild flower where he's wrapping about like standing in his grave like but you know we know that he's
[SPEAKER_02]: Grown so much since then and it, you know, he's talked about how he feels like he's like conquered that that side of him So it's just I feel like a little bit jarring to see him in this symbolism again But maybe when they are on this, you know, the the merry-go-round and feeling trapped feeling stuck like that's how it makes him feel, you know And the music video kind of ends here with RM walking down a dark hallway
[SPEAKER_02]: And as he's like finishing up his verse and then you can see like his back and his silhouette and you can see at the end of the hallway his members all waiting for him at the end and So they're all back together, but they're not like smiling and happy and joking around like they Were in like the break room scene.
[SPEAKER_02]: It does feel like there's an air of resolve to being trapped on the merry-go-round together
[SPEAKER_02]: like they're all together.
[SPEAKER_02]: They feel like a little bit of strength maybe that they're all together.
[SPEAKER_02]: They're all looking to RM, looking to him for leadership guidance, what have you, you know, but they are all they're finally reunited all together.
[SPEAKER_02]: We haven't seen all seven of them together yet in the video.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so yeah, and then at the very very end you see the camera pull back out of that hallway out into the labyrinth out of a window and you could just see like a distant shot of the building
[SPEAKER_01]: And so this labyrinth is like floating, this building is floating in space, and beneath the building in space coming off of it are, is like a carousel, and it looks like a spacecraft without floating in space, and with this building and carousel beneath it, it's so wild-looking, but it's just crazy to see that, like this whole time they're like,
[SPEAKER_01]: out floating in space on a ship like that, but it's also like like what's that meaning?
[SPEAKER_02]: I feel like it could mean about how they can feel so alone in this journey that they're on because nobody truly understands what it is like to be in BTS unless you're one of the members.
[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, they have managers that are close to them, they have, you know, bang PD, they have pedog that have been with them from the beginning who, you know, help them and work with them intimately, but like, truthfully no one gets what they experience and go through besides them, you know.
[SPEAKER_02]: Something that I felt like, because I feel like the video has a pretty like poignant ending.
[SPEAKER_02]: But something that gives it some beauty is what you can see there while this building, this like spaceship is floating.
[SPEAKER_02]: One of the things related to the spaceship is that, I mean, it's kind of a nod to the song aliens on Auditong.
[SPEAKER_02]: You know, I love the spaceship, but also, I immediately thought of as it pulls out that they're floating in the microcosmos and that, you know, although BTS can go through these struggles that they do, that they know that they have the microcosmos of BTS Army supporting them
[SPEAKER_02]: I just mean we think about how they used that song to promote Auditong before it came out.
[SPEAKER_02]: So felt very intentional that they're showing, you know, all these constellations.
[SPEAKER_02]: And then lastly, there are a couple different sevens that you can very clearly see.
[SPEAKER_02]: in the constellations, like exactly to the left of this floating spaceship carousel building.
[SPEAKER_02]: One of them is shaped exactly like the seven from Map of the Soul Seven.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's like at the, you know, top into the left of the building.
[SPEAKER_02]: And it just immediately was like, oh my gosh, like that is the seven, you know.
[SPEAKER_02]: So I love that too.
[SPEAKER_02]: I love that the constellations are,
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: Shouting OT7 and so a little bit of beauty too.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, a little bit of hope to like the otherwise kind of heavy music video.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, like wow.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think that we had more to say about that out of all of the music videos that we got for Auditong.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I mean, we really loved the Hooligan music video also.
[SPEAKER_02]: But like this one, just the, I think also like the black and white visuals, like,
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh yeah, we didn't even mention it all.
[SPEAKER_02]: We didn't even mention that, but it's all black and white.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like, it's very like art house.
[SPEAKER_02]: That's what I said at the beginning.
[SPEAKER_02]: It was a, it's high art.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like, there's so much to dissect here.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like, we gave our perspective what we think.
[SPEAKER_02]: It could symbolize and represent the theories and whatever, but like, any army could watch this and take it in a totally different direction.
[SPEAKER_02]: And that's what I love when they put out a music video that has that potential.
[SPEAKER_00]: Mm-hmm.
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, thanks for listening guys, yeah, I hope you all enjoyed all of the Festicon sort that you're streaming come over, that you're enjoying this new music video and yeah, like just continuation with the Auditong World Tour and getting all of the wonderful army and BTS moments with their world tour that's going on right now.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: as always you can find links for all of the things in the description.
[SPEAKER_01]: Thanks for listening and thanks for standing BTS!