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Proof... New Chapter... and a whole lot of thoughts!

So I’ve had time to remunerate on the announcement of PROOF and I have some thoughts.

An Anthology…

So when it was announced by BigHit Music that the new album would only include 3 new songs and will be an anthology album, my first thought was…

But then as the dust settled, I’ve come to the conclusion that actually this all makes perfect senses.

Artists tend to do anthologies for various reasons: they are about to retire or take a long break and want to produce the greatest hits album; to mark the end of a set of albums as a repackaged album; or to mark the end/transition/start of a new era. I personally now think it’s the latter, the press release statement backs this up 3 time:

“BTS anthology album that embodies the history of BTS will be released as they begin a new chapter…”

“…that reflect the thoughts and ideas of the members on the past, present and future of BTS.”

“We hope that you look forward to BTS’ anthology album “Proof”, and relive the history that BTS and ARMY made together so far, and will continue to make in the future to come.”

So basically, HYBE/BigHit are (not so) subtly telling us this is not the end, and it’s a celebration of BTS’s past.

And those disappointed by just 3 new songs, should focus on the phrase in the press release: “includes many different tracks.” This is born out of the with two tracklists we’ve got, which are identical to the leaked lists I saw on Twitter over the weekend. If CD 3 follows these, then we can expect a mix of previously unreleased demos, alternative versions of songs, as well as the odd SoundCloud/Festa songs.

I think the idea of possible SoundCloud songs, unreleased demos etc, being formally released and available on streaming services (like Born Singer) is too much of an opportunity to miss for BTS/HYBE.

Also, I don’t think the three track are subunit tracks that people have speculated.

Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)

Come on, aren't they just telling us there's more and better to come?

Is PROOF linked to Festa?

So when I thought about the date of the album launch, my immediate thought was it’s gonna tie into Festa 2022. However, now I’m thinking what if PROOF is the theme and the main focus of Festa. And therefore, if Festa occurs normally we can expect to get a Festa timetable around 28th/29th May and possibly a mini announcement next week about a week before that too. If that happens, I’ll be looking at 2 key dates from the PROOF promo, 6th/7th and 13th, and whether we have a possible link up. On the 13th, I’m expecting some kind of live stream event, that includes a performance of some songs, like Bang Bang Con.

I don’t expect any tour announcements, because BigHit has a tendency to announce tours about a month prior to an album release. Though if they are going on tour, I expect them to announce it this week. But like I said I don’t expect it, but I’ll come to that later…

Proof and Door

The interesting thing, when looking at the promo schedule, I was very intrigued by the concept photos on between 27th - 29th and 30th - 2nd. They are called ‘PROOF’ and ‘DOOR’, for me this ties in with the original press release, with the concept of past and future.

PROOF, is clearly about the past. The word has multiple meanings, but the two key ones are evidence of fact and protection, which is what they are providing, with the anthology.

Now DOOR, links in to the new chapter (i.e. future), it’s a metaphorical door, stepping into the unknown or into something wonderful.

This PROOF/DOOR idea is the new phase on the album cycle. Could PROOF replace Festa or merge with it and Door becomes an over arching theme for future projects, which weird has been hinted at with Film Out doorways. Also, Door links with BTS/ARMY logos.

“New Chapter”

So what is the new chapter, that HYBE, BigHit and BTS all go on about?

Firstly, I think later in the year we’re gonna get the album that I thought we were getting on 10th June, a proper studio album. Probably around October/November. But will the album be called DOOR? I’m thinking yes.

Also, I watched DDKTV the other day , and they discuss this very issue and mentioned many KNETZ think that BTS/HYBE already know that BTS aren’t going into the military full-time (i.e have assurances from the government) and that releasing PROOF now is merely a stop gap.

I also think BTS will also take more ownership of their content and music. I expect Suga and RM to produce tracks on the album going forward, and for the members to write more of their tracks than ever before. We might see more mixtapes next year, once the military thing has been resolved. I expect more things outside of music moving forward also.

As a side note…

Carl Jung and Doors

We all know how important Carl Jung's theories are to BTS’s music, it’s interwoven into several tracks and themes across multiple albums. Well, Jung has connections to Doors too…

Jung was once quoted as saying:

“The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens to that primeval cosmic night that was soul long before there was conscious ego and will be soul far beyond what a conscious ego could ever reach.”

He also had an inscription placed above the door of his house:

"VOCATUS ATQUE NON VOCATUS DEUS ADERIT." In English translation, the inscription reads: "Called or not called, the god will be there."

In a letter of November 19, 1960, Jung explains the inscription:

It says: yes, the god will be on the spot, but in what form and to what purpose? I have put the inscription there to remind my patients and myself: Timor dei initium sapiente [“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”] Here another not less important road begins, not the approach to “Christianity” but to God himself, and this seems to be the ultimate question.

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