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I want to believe that BTS will one day make their own song in Korean again. But it’s also dangerous to have too many hopes. Maybe just BTS making their own song, or maybe just a song that sounds like them should be the first goal. It’s sad it has come to this, but I really have to keep my hopes low, otherwise I will just keep getting disappointed forever. I hope we get something this year.
I can’t stand it anymore... I can’t... I thought at least ARMY were there for the boys. At least ARMY loved them. But some of you “ARMYs”, I wouldn’t even call you ARMY, are just as bad as Big Hit. All you care about is radio friendly americanized music which has nothing to do with BTS. This is the people who has taken over our fandom??? I want 2019 back so bad. I want everything back. Corona destroyed EVERYTHING
It has almost been a year since we got BTS singing in Korean. 11 months. Can you believe they needed to collab with a British band for them to sing in Korean again?
This is the producer of “My Time”, he often speaks with and comments on ARMY. (If he knows this, it means it’s a big thing in the fandom!)
I have two things to say.
1. I agree with him, if you don’t like ONE song and this makes you not like the artist anymore, you were never really a fan. If you not liking Permission to Dance - as the only thing you ever unliked about BTS - means you unstan them now, then you were never really into the boys in first place. That’s not true love. (What he might not get is a lot of people don’t like a lot of their last songs and the way they have been going the past year. But anyways, that’s another topic.)
2. I think he means “support” in just being there for them, sending love and maybe buy an album if you have money for it. However, I really like to point something out, in case he might mean something else.
You DON’T have to stream or buy something you don’t like. Don’t stream and buy Permission to Dance, if you won’t want to!! Being ARMY has to be a good thing, make you happy. It shouldn’t feel like a burden or wrong. I think this is something I learned this time. I streamed and bought Dynamite even though I didn’t like it, but it still felt like the boys. But this time, I’m not streaming and buying Permission to Dance because it feels SO far from the boys.
And that’s OKAY! As a fandom we should allow this! We should accept this from ARMY, we are not robots. ALSO streaming and buying is the ONLY way to show the boys what we like!! Let’s not give them the wrong picture. Let them not think we LOVE Permission to Dance when SUCH a big part of the fandom has a really hard time with it. If they think we love it, they will keep making music like this!! And I’m SO afraid this will happen.
Can you explain what do you mean by American comeback? (I’m simply curious). Do you mean like American style music like dynamite or when albums are released which target American market?
It’s the songs - Dynamite and Butter - so far. Hopefully and with a mio. fingers crossed it’a not gonna be a whole album, I’m not sure I could take that. I made a loooong explanation - and then realized you actually only asked if it was the song or the album. Anyways, here you go anyways 😆:
Dynamite and Butter are american comebacks, since everything is targeted and only promoted to the american audience - the general american public that is, not ARMY. They don’t promote these songs in Korea. The songs are in English and the distribution company in USA - Columbia Records - promote the songs A LOT (they don’t do shit with any of their other music), they go to all radio stations and play the songs for them. Also, the American radio stations actually play these songs, because they are in English - they don’t play the Korean ones. Besides that Big Hit releases a looot of remixes so the song can stay on Billboard 100, and they also target GRAMMY very much with these songs.
Also, besides the songs being in English the lyrics are on purpose not very deep, (very different from what we usually get from BTS), because the American audience like it simple and “dumbed down” (Joonie said this). The music genre is also chosen to fit the American audience (the same way they do with Japanese songs). And the way the song is built - I can only speak for Dynamite of course - is SO western and generic, you don’t usually see this in K-pop where they play with the genres and the songs changes all the time through the song, not one dull moment.
And last, but in no way least, the whole concept - the colors, the clothes, the themes, the grafic, the music video AND the cheography is VERY western and American in it’s style, it looks nothing like k-pop or the style they have in their Korean concept. The same can be said about their Japanese concepts ^^
I tried not to get too angry through this, I could easily have said a lot of very bad things - but I tried just to be informative ☺️!!
I don't want to admit, but i think you are right. I only started listening to BTS recently (maybe half a year ago), so i sort of got a taste of all the eras at once. But while most of the groups get better while they mature, BTS reached it's peak (in quality of music) but then started to drop, resulting in Dynamite. Concepts change, choreography and message changes, but the music they produce right now just doesn't hit as the music of their earlier years. (And i can compare to another group i am a fan of, they progress and get better even after 2 year hiatus). I'm just worried that Bighit will push most of effort into blops like Dynamite for western audience (and as a part of western audience i just want to say, DON'T) and then BTS will break apart because older members will go to military and younger will go onto their solo careers....
I agree 100% with everything you say, anon. This is exactly how I feel..... it hurts so much
I’m so afraid the boys will never come back to us. That their music will from now on be in the Permission to dance-hell. That now they won artist of the year with Butter and Permission to dance as the only songs released, HYBE will force them to only make this music from now on. I’m so scared. I hope they find their power and strength and love for themself and music and leave the company so they can make their own music again, with depth and beauty and wisdom and wit and unique colors. Simply with quality, music that is THEM. Not just a copy paste of bad American music.
When you love something or someone deeply from your heart, it's only natural to not being able to accept sudden changes. I would know. So i totally understand where you might be coming from. And by the way of your words i think you have been a fan for a long time now. I was a part of another fandom of a band before BTS. Idk much about what's going on with the BTS boys or their company. I'm sorry if i seem like i don't care about it, it's just my understanding about these things aren't that good to make comments. I have seen how these guys have enough freedom to do their own things without asking anything from anyone about anything! So i just don't seem to think they are ever forced to do the things they wouldn't want to do. So even if it's the slightest i think the guys don't exactly mind what they are doing at the moment. Given how the results aren't exactly disappointing. Also being someone who loves trying out new things and ambitious, i would guess maybe that's something they are doing as well. But that's just my opinion, i don't know what's really up. I just know as long as it's not anything that goes against my morals i have nothing against it. It's the same for anyone else even.
Anyways, that's not my what i'm here to talk about, sending you yet another ask! It's just i hope you would find your own peace and joy in your heart regardless what these guys or anyone else ever decides to do. In the end it's their choice to make. I don't think i'm making much sense anymore so sorry if this appears to be a mindless babbling, just ignore it please.
I looked at this matter as a person trying to not pose my opinions or beliefs on another person. It's a personal things ig, to be a better person. That was the whole point why i bothered to send that first ask.
The boys are mature people who can decide for themselves, and i would support them like i mentioned before as i would for any of my dear ones. With no imposed ideals of my own, even if i disagree, i wouldn't, cause that's not my place to do so.
I just wish we all would realize this simple fact. Cause this way no would have to be forced to be someone or do something they don't want or didn't decide for themselves. There are so many people out there feeling poisoned by the voices of others, and that is what bothers me. I never like anyone telling me what to do, i would never want anyone facing that either. I would rather cheer for all and everyone to be able to do the things they want to do, people they want to become and celebrate freedom like that!🎉🎉
And if we can't seem to be able to support it, well i just pray we still find peace in our hearts and be able to wish goodness.
Please ignore this stupid ask which is unnecessarily long and turned out to be nothing but a personal ranting!! Really sorry! I just carried away. You support or not, i hope for you to be happy regardless of anything. I didn't expect you to answer the last ask either since not most people can agree with something that can be contradicting to their view. So that was very big of you.
And joy and best things to anyone who might be reading. If they do that is. You don t have to reply if you don't want. Stay blessed my dear. Peace and joy!! ✌🎉
Thank you for wishing for my happiness, I wish you the same. I'm jealous of you for being able to take it so easily and not be affected ^^!
I will just post this, if others want to read it. But it's too long for me to answer ^^!
