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how it feels knowing that loneliness is still time spent with the world
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this is the core of why some women defend beauty standards - if they’re deconstructed even a little they have to face how much money/time they’ve sunk into them. it also exposes how untrue “i did it for myself” really is - if that was true, you wouldn’t be upset that other bodies are being uplifted
I'm sorry I need to urgently admire MR MIN FREAKIN YOONGI
This dude makes me so angry because how dare he make me believe in soft and safe masculinity? How dare he raise my standards? How dare he write songs that comfort me at my lowest? How can he be so understanding? How can he be so nonchalant yet so heart warming when it matters? How dare he tell me 'Everything will be Okay' in Snooze? How dare he be so compassionate? How dare he tell me that my dreams aren't just dreams? How dare he make me feel safe? How dare he be so effortlessly admirable? How dare he inspire me to keep going? How dare he keep me hopeful?
How dare you Min Yoongi!
ISTG I will sue you
what’s with ppl thinking chappell roan is the devil for being bitchy with paparazzi. in what dimension should we be taking the side of paparazzi. i feel crazy why am i always seeing news every few months of smth mildly uncouth chappell roan did when paparazzi swarmed her for probably the 500th time that month. she could rip a paparazzi’s throat out with her teeth like rick from twd in that one episode and id go “i don’t agree with her all the time but she did what she had to do here”
iirc she fired her former publicist when his name appeared in the epstein files a few months ago, and after about a week you started getting these articles about how she's a complete psycho bitch. so.
oh that’s interesting..
MV gives N.O meets DOPE mv😭
They're so unserious. It's like they sniffed are clownery and decided to adopt it😭😭😭😭
The END? Why does it feel like it's only been few mins?😭😭😭 I was just getting back into my proud Army feels (after the emo trainwreck I caused when they entered) and it's overrrrr.
They could be singing for hours and I'd never get tired of hearing them😭💜
The vocals and raps were so good that my mom legit said 'ye bache kaun sa gaa rhe h' (these kids aren't singing) but I could here the slight change in Joon's mikrocosmos rap, could hear their breath and changes in vocals😭😭😭
Be so good that everyone accuses you of lip syncing
The live show makes the album so much more cooler😭😭
I'm legit out here vibing. It's a mini concert at home 💜💜
Someone on twt said swim doesn't exactly represent Arirang.
And I agree, it doesn't but then I wondered which song does?body to body? Hooligan? Alien?or merry go round?
On a broader level, all songs give 'I am an angsty thot ready to shake it' vibes but the more I listen to it, the more varied each song feels like.
Swim gives Bside vibes but at the same time, listening to their studio notes - I realised why they chose this as TT. Maybe a more hard headed mv would've worked. Maybe ...just maybe we could've had Ejae or Ami or Audrey in place of lili(not hate to her). It would've tied perfectly with arirang as well as netflix promo.
Though I won't go on a rant regarding 'koreanness'. It's not my place, I don't get to tell actual koreans on how much or how little they should represent their selves. BTS- the singers who gave us Arirang made it clear what they meant by going back to their roots and how they want to present their culture. And they've nailed it. The 'englishness' of Swim or any track isn't prominent, production still shines through.
Now, from business perspective,Swim has just enough pull to reunite the fandom, emotional streaming works here, the beats are addictive in a way that it grows on you. My mind is legit doing 'swim swim i just wannaa' while writing this. Also it's good enough to attract GP.
There's this mutual on twitter, they aren't Army but I enjoy the unfiltered reviews they give..and istg this person has changed the pfp and added tiny ⁷.
And it's not what you think it is. They aren't a new fan but a hater who's legit posting on my other army mutuals, asking them to bot stream as it's rabid behaviour, making twts like 'I was an army but...' 'I am an Army but..' 'BTS have changed' twts😭😭😭😭
It's so embarrassing, I used to respect this person for being authentic and is now going on twt accounts they don't even FOLLOW and telling them what to do😭
Why??!
Just an analysis,
Recently I ended up watching festa 2022- where RM clearly mentioned that pandemic ruined their plans and that's when BE, butter, dynamite,PTD happened (with yoongi mentioning life goes on was pushed to the back aka ignored).
He lost the plot and BTS trajectory kind of became directionless. While Armys enjoyed everything but even we could feel slightly hollowness with so many releases and remixes. Also the English songs opening the doors for them that were otherwise closed must've been an ironical stage for them.
So swim, MV makes more sense with the leader being the captain and mapping the proper directions. Lili's character representing Army during hiatus. BTS being present for Army through their own solo ventures. (This is one of my interpretation of the mv).
I'm happy that RM admitted this during festa, also showcased his fear of loosing the fans and hence the BTS momentum. The enlistments and solo ventures helped BTS find their middle ground between western validation and sticking to their roots. This album (after my 3rd listen) clearly showcases how you can perfectly maintain the balance.
PS: I really want an economist to study the Army phenomena - I've never been a part of a fandom that is so dedicated (I've been a crazy directioner, had my Tswift and beyonce era) but once a musician becomes a superstar, fandom kind of mellows down. That's not the case with Armys.
Another interpretation of Swim MV,
So when I was a child, my father used to play elvis Presley, boney M, queen,whitney,amy etc (despite being south asian, He was obsessed with english music and has cassettes of all their songs).
Now imagine my suprise, when I realised the artists whom I wanted to meet, who's music was an integral part of my childhood were inactive or had passed away? For a very long time, i wanted to erase this memory of mine or imagined scenarios where I was in that timeline and got the chance to meet them.
Swim MV represents this too, a woman (fan) who discovered them a little too late, got obsessed with them and their adventurous journey of following their passion, the obsession was so much that she imagined being a part of that journey - a getaway from the real world. The last scene represents either the titanic scene (rose throwing away the pendant and reuniting with Jack) or it represents her finally letting go of the childishness and coming back to the real world. Hence, why I gave that example of mine in the beginning
Which also represents Armys who have grown up. Imagine being a teenager, supporting 7 boys from 2016(again my story)- being obsessed with them and their achievements. Only to pass out from highschool and enter the real world. College, assignments, jobs, social life, hermit life- there's no room for concerts in your own room with a comb acting as a mic,dancing like Ju-On. Yet Your favourite artist make a comeback as a group and you're 15 all over again, submerging yourself into their world.
So after all this nada nada, this is my interpretation of Swim MV
Just an analysis,
Recently I ended up watching festa 2022- where RM clearly mentioned that pandemic ruined their plans and that's when BE, butter, dynamite,PTD happened (with yoongi mentioning life goes on was pushed to the back aka ignored).
He lost the plot and BTS trajectory kind of became directionless. While Armys enjoyed everything but even we could feel slightly hollowness with so many releases and remixes. Also the English songs opening the doors for them that were otherwise closed must've been an ironical stage for them.
So swim, MV makes more sense with the leader being the captain and mapping the proper directions. Lili's character representing Army during hiatus. BTS being present for Army through their own solo ventures. (This is one of my interpretation of the mv).
I'm happy that RM admitted this during festa, also showcased his fear of loosing the fans and hence the BTS momentum. The enlistments and solo ventures helped BTS find their middle ground between western validation and sticking to their roots. This album (after my 3rd listen) clearly showcases how you can perfectly maintain the balance.
PS: I really want an economist to study the Army phenomena - I've never been a part of a fandom that is so dedicated (I've been a crazy directioner, had my Tswift and beyonce era) but once a musician becomes a superstar, fandom kind of mellows down. That's not the case with Armys.
Aliens remind me of an old bts song but I just can't name it. Maybe their come back home cover?it's so familiar that my hands are twitching.
Arirang is like that perfect blend of post and pre 2018 BTS. They really played out chapter 2 perfectly
Now imagine-
Body to body being performed at award shows and concerts but during 2:33(Arirang part) , they do something similar to Idol mma performance. Korean folk dance, enacting folklores etc.
That'd be a sight to behold.
What's No. 29? Meditation? Some chakra healing!? Or they fell asleep and it's some asmr?
R2 of listening to Arirang and some songs are growing on me.
Can we talk about how animals isn't what we predicted?🤡
One of the songs give pied piper vibes and rest of the song gives angst,thot,horny vibes😭😭😭