if you were around for matrix era you’ll remember everything about that time was bonkers. not only was the entire fandom losing its shit that b.a.p were even back (regardless of our feelings about ts) but also there were kpop fans who had never even heard of bap, having only got into it via BTS’ rise to success, and thought they were a new group????
then yongguk did an interview with a bunch of other group leaders on a music show, and he was so shy and quiet and sweet and said his iconic ‘our team came back’ but people thought he was being tough and scary despite the fact he was probably crying internally.
also junhong for the first time ever had black hair for a comeback and the fandom was split down the middle on ‘finally! he looks so good!’ and ‘who is this man and what has he done with my multicolour son’
not to mention that the general public became suddenly aware that moon jongup is very, very attractive after years of putting him at the bottom of the most-to-least handsome scale
and himchan had gained all this weight back and for once looked healthy and happy and was talking about giving up dieting and eating whatever he wanted
and a whole bunch of people who’d never paid b.a.p much attention before out of nowhere were seeing Youngjae live on stage and losing their minds because they found him so hot
and daehyun had gone from mid-popularity to arguably the most popular member among fans and he looked so delighted all the time that b.a.p were back and he had the tattoo done and
guys it was just a whole hecking good era
