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Pairing- Tae x Named Reader

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Includes- Fluff, so much fluff, Tae being the perfect guy

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Part 2

J POV

"I found my soulmate Jo!", Elena gushes

"Oh yeah? That's great!", I answer, getting jealous and disappointed

I'm glad I'm on the phone with her instead of in person

That's way she can't see my face

"Yeah! He just came into the Starbucks and when I asked his name he said Stefan. I was so excited and I asked him his last name. He said Salvatore. It's the name that's been in my head since I was born! I had a feeling when I first saw him"

"Did you tell him your name?"

"No he asked if I was Elena Gilbert before I could tell him! It was him!"

"That's crazy. And so out of nowhere", I reply

I'm trying so hard to stay cheerful for her

"It's just like they say Jo. You can feel that they're yours. You just know. The love is there and it's like everything wakes up in you."

Sounds amazing

Too bad I'll never find mine

"I'm happy for you Elena. You're so lucky"

"Don't worry Jo. You'll find yours"

I hold back a snort

Yeah right

Not with the name I'm stuck with

"Yeah I hope so."

"I gotta go. Stefan is coming over and he'll be here soon"

Already?

That's quick

I mean I know he's her soulmate but she doesn't know him like that

What if he's a serial killer?

But it's her life

"Ok Elena. I'll see you soon"

"Yeah Jo. Ok. Bye!"

"Bye", I answer and hang up

I sigh

It's so not fair

"Urgggg", I whine

That's my last friend who didn't have a soulmate

Now they all have one and Elena's gone

Once they get their soulmate, my friends all drop off the face of the earth

They're with their soulmates twenty four seven

So now I'm alone

I haven't found my soulmate

I don't think I ever will

The name in my head is not something that anyone would name their kid

The name of my soulmate is "V"

One letter

One fucking letter

Never going to happen

I've had people contact me because they had my name in their head

Joanne Summers

Easy

But when they tell me their name, it's never V

Never

And I've given up

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I close the door to my apartment, sighing

I just got off of work and I'm dead tired from the commute

I just want to eat, watch TV and then sleep

After showering and getting into my pjs, I flop on my couch, turning the TV on

Opening the Uber eats app, I order some food, then watch TV

Looking up I see I'm watching Jimmy Fallon

Eh he's ok and I'm too tired to care what I watch

I'm just waiting for food

I scroll through Twitter, glancing at the tv now and then

Screaming comes from the tv and I look up

What the hell?

A group of Asian men come onto the stage and the crowd gets louder

A group of very handsome Asian men

Who are these people?

"We have the biggest kpop boy band here tonight. BTS!"

BTS?

Who the hell is that?

And what is kpop?

Jimmy asks the guys to introduce themselves and I grab the remote to change the channel

I don't know who they are and I don't care

Pointing to the tv, I'm about to change the channel when I hear, "Hi guys, I'm V"

I stop dead in my tracks and look up at the tv

Did he say...V?

Which one said it?

I don't know

The last one speaks and says his name is J-Hope

Which one is V?

I sit on my couch, my mouth hanging open and eyes glued to the TV

Jimmy is asking them questions and one of them keeps answering and talking

Is he the front man?

Is he V?

Five minutes later, Jimmy asks another question and the one who keeps answering hands the mic to the one next to him saying, "Suga, answer"

Suga?

What are these names?

I'm guessing their stage names like Avenged Sevenfold has

Suga answers and hands back the mic

I find out the one who talks a lot is RM and that they other ones aren't that great in English

Some are better than others

Jimmy asks certain members something and they answers

There's three that haven't spoken yet

"V, what do you think?", Jimmy asks

RM hands the microphone to V

And I see him for the first time

And hear his voice

He's fucking beautiful

More beautiful than I am, hands down

And his voice is so deep

Can the name in my head be his stage name?

He's the only person I've ever heard call themselves V

His English is alright, not great

During the commercial, I Google BTS and find out kpop is Korean pop music

So he's Korean

I don't speak Korean

I don't live in Korea

He does

Because of course he does

When Jimmy Fallon comes back, BTS performs a song, it's called "Boy with Luv"

I watch V and he has a beautiful singing voice

And he can dance

All seven of them are amazing

When the show ends, I grab my laptop and go back to Google

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I've been up for hours

I'm going to have to call in sick tomorrow

It's almost four a.m.

I've fallen into a BTS hole

I really like their music

They're videos are amazing and their dancing is incredible

I read all about them and I found out their real names

What V's real name is

It's Kim, Taehyung

The members call him Tae, Tae Tae and Tayhungie

Adorable

All the members seem like kind, generous and honest people

They care and love their fans who are called ARMY

They're really all just big goofballs having fun

V is a year younger than me

He's twenty four and I'm twenty five

BTS is huge, bigger than the Beatles used to be

And I instantly know, there is no way I can ever get in contact with V

Not unless I go to Korea and basically go broke buying albums for the chance to get a ticket for a fan meet

So I found my soulmate, maybe, but I'll never be with him

He'll never know me

I can't even guess how many fangirls tell him they're his soulmate

He's one of the maknaes, the younger members and he is the bias of so many girls

He's voted the most handsome man and he's the most popular member

Why would he believe me?

And how many Joanne Summers are in the world who are his fan?

My name is common

My chance is zero

Still I have to try

I'm in the middle of writing a message to him

I'm going to send it through Weverse

I read that the members answer their fans more on there

And my post will be public but I don't care

If he sees it, then I don't care what anyone says

I can't think of anything else to do

So I post a simple message and hope he reads it

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Tae POV

I'm eating breakfast with the guys

We came back to Seoul after the Jimmy Fallon show

I crashed on the plane and all day yesterday

Thank god we have today off

I check my phone while I eat

Instagram, Twitter, Weverse

So many people messaging us

I scroll through the "to V", messages on Weverse

Some are in English, Korean and other languages

I try to answer as many as I can

I see a long message from someone and it catches my eye because her name is Joanne

The first name of my soulmate

I basically have given up on finding my soulmate

There are so many girls messaging me that they're my soulmate but it's never true

I don't know how I will ever find her or how I'll know it's the right girl

But I can't just not read her message especially since she has my soulmate's first name

She wrote the message in English

I can read and understand English but I rather read it in Korean

Taking a bite of my sandwich, I hit the translate button and start reading-

"Hi. My name is Joanne Summers and I think you might be my soulmate. I just saw you on Jimmy Fallon tonight and heard you call yourself V. The name of my soulmate is V. I know you may not believe me and have lots of girls say they're your soulmate but I swear I didn't even know who you were until tonight. I basically have given up finding a V, and I'd like to meet you to be sure if you are my soulmate or not. I know I sound insane and I'm sorry. I understand if you never answer me. I don't even know if you'll see this. But if you do thanks for reading.

-Joanne

I gasp and drop my sandwhich

"Tae what's wrong?", Jimin asks

I hear him but I can't answer him

I can only stare at the message

And I know it's real

I know it's her

Because she said that the name of her soulmate is V

Every other girl whose ever messaged me says my real name is in their head

Kim, Taehyung

But this girl....she said V

And her name is my soulmate

Joanne Summers

"TAE!", Namjoon yells

I look up to see the guys looking at me

"I...I found her", I whisper

Yoongi raises his eyebrow, "Found who?"

"My soulmate"

"Uh ok, how?", Hobi asks skeptically

"She messaged me on Weverse"

"Seriously Tae? You can't believe that", Jin answers

"It's true.", I insist

"C'mon Tae, we all get so many messages from girls and guys saying that they're our soulmate but they're really not.", Jungkook scoffs

"She said the name in her head is V", I blurt

They all stop and look at me

"V. Not Kim, Taehyung. V. No one ever said the name of their soulmate is V. They always use my name."

"That's different. I don't think anyone has ever used our stage names before.", Jimin muses

"What's her name?", Hobi asks

"Joanne Summers"

"The name of your soulmate", Namjoon realizes, "Maybe it is real."

I nod

I think it is

I have to meet her to see

"Be careful Tae. I see that look on your face. You want to meet her. Just be careful", Jimin warns

I just nod

I'm not dumb, of course I'll be careful

Now I have to think of a way to contact her

I can't do it on Weverse

Everything there is public

I have to use Twitter or Instagram and message her privately

But how am I supposed to know which Joanne Summers is her?

I log onto Instagram and search her name

So many profiles come up

I sigh and click on the first profile

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Oh my god I found her

I've been on this goddamn app for over an hour, looking at every profile with her name

I know this is her because in her small profile description the only thing there is V

And a link to her Twitter

I take a few minutes to look at her pictures since her profile is public

She doesn't have that many

I click on a picture of her

And my breath catches in my throat

She's gorgeous

Beautiful deep brown eyes, stunning smile and long hair dyed pink

Going back to her profile I click on her Twitter

I decide to follow her

But first I change my private Twitter bio to include, "It's me. V", in English

Then I click follow on her profile and wait

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J POV

My alarm clock goes off and I want to die

I want to sleep more

But I have to go to work

I called out yesterday but I can't today

It's just the commute to the city that kills me

Over an hour going and coming back

It's exhausting but there's no where else I can do my job in New York

And I don't want to move

Not yet anyway

I sigh, forcing myself up and into the bathroom

I get dressed quickly and grab my phone, throwing it in my bag without looking at it

I'll get some tea and food on the way to the train

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I hate being on the subway

Weird fucking things happen on the subway

I avoid eye contact as much as I can

Which means I look at my phone

Which I'm going to do now

Taking out my phone, I look at it for the first time today

Nothing much

But I assumed as much

Like I said all my friends are with their soulmates so no messages for me

The only thing I have is a Twitter notification

Someone followed me

I click on the notification

I want to see whose following me, hoping it's not a weirdo

The name is in Asian characters

I have no clue which language, so I can't read the name

And the picture is of a painting

I scan the bio and my heart stops

There in English, it says, "It's me. V"

Is it really him?

I have no idea

But I need to take the chance

So I follow him back

I know that if he's in Korea it's a twelve hour time difference

It's 9:30 am here, so there it's 9:30 pm there

Hopefully he's still up

So I send a message

"Hi. Is this V? For real?"

Hopefully he'll answer

Maybe I found my soulmate

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My phone buzzes as soon as I get into work

It's a Twitter notification for a message

"Hi. Yes this is V. I saw your message on Weverse. I think you're my soulmate too. The name of my soulmate is Joanne Summers. You're right that many girls tell me they're my soulmate. But you are the first one to tell me the name in your head is V. That's why I think this is real."

As I'm reading, another message appears, with a phone number

"This is my cell number. Can I have yours?"

I'd usually say no but he spoke about the message I sent on Weverse

And said my name is the one in his head

And that he thinks this is real

I hope I don't regret it and I send my phone number

I'm about to send another message when my phone starts ringing

A video call

From the number V sent me

I rush into my office and sit down, picking up the phone

The guy on my phone is the guy I saw on the tv the other day

He slowly lifts his head, biting his lip, a ghost of a smile on his face

My god he's gorgeous

Sexy

That lip bite, Jesus

He's looking at me and I'm aware that I have to talk

"Hi"

"Hi", he answers

Fucking hell, his voice

"Are you V?", I ask

He nods, "You are Joanne Summers?"

I nod

"I uh sorry. I no speak English well", he says

"Oh, that's ok. I don't speak Korean"

Then I think of something

"How did you write the message to me in English?"

"Oh. Uh I write in Korean. Namjoon uh write what I write in English"

Ok, he got RM to translate

I don't have anyone to translate what I write into Korean except Google translate

And that is known for being wrong a lot

"I'm sorry I don't have anyone to translate things to Korean", I tell him

"It's ok. I can uh read and uh... understand English. But writing and uh talking no much"

He makes a writing gesture to show me what he means

"I uh want talk to you more. Are you work or school?"

I want to talk to him too

Get to know him and see if this is real

"Yeah I'm at work now. I just got here."

"Ok where you live?"

"New York"

He nods, "Twelve uh hour time, not same"

I get what he means

He's talking about the time difference

I nod

"When work done?"

"Five", I say, holding up my hand with five fingers up

"Oh. I sleep then"

"Yes ok. When do you wake up?"

"Different times. Sometimes six, but a lot eight or nine"

I nod, "It's night time here then. I can talk to you then"

"Ok. And I can talk to you when night here"

That sounds great

"Ok", I agree

"I come to uh U.S. in May. For Billboard awards and tour. I have uh show in New Jersey. I want to see you", he tells me

He wants to meet me?

I want too as well.

"Yeah that sounds good", I answer

"I uh want to message too. Is that ok?"

I nod, "Yeah"

He smiles and shit it's beautiful

"Ok. I go now and you can work"

"Yeah ok V."

He shakes his head, "Tae. Call me Tae"

His real name

He wants me to call him by his real name

I feel so fucking giddy

"Ok. Tae", I agree

"Bye Joanne. We talk later"

"Ok Tae. Bye"

He smiles at me, waves and I wave back

Then he hangs up

And I sit stunned

He got back to me

He actually called me

And he wants to keep talking to me

And meet me

This idol, this famous singer, wants to meet me

And he thinks I'm right, that we are soulmates

He's coming in May

In two months

It seems so far away

But I've waited for him for years, I can wait two months

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2 months later

Tae POV

"So I can see you tomorrow?", I ask her

She nods, "Yeah. Just tell me where you want to meet and I'll be there"

"Oh, I come to your job? I like museums"

"You wanna come here?", she asks

I nod

"Well ok. I can meet you here.", she agrees

"Good. At one?"

"Yeah that's good for me", she answers

I smile, "Ok. I see you tomorrow"

"Ok. Bye Tae", she says

I love the way she says my name

"Bye Jo"

She smiles, then hangs up

I'm so excited to finally meet her

After the first day I spoke to her, she's never left my mind

I think about her all the time

We text all day and night

We video call twice a day

We talk about everything

I've been practicing English and having Namjoon teach me more so I can speak to her

I've gotten better over the last two months

I still have a lot more to learn but at least I can talk to her

And I've fallen in love with her

She's an amazing person, she's beautiful and she's everything I want

And I know that even if she's not my soulmate, I'm going to ask her to be mine

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I scan the area as I walk to the New York Museum of Natural History

She works here but took today off so we could meet

I hope she's not annoyed that she had to come back to where she works

She's told me she's a paleontologist

I didn't know what that was and she explained she works with and studies prehistoric life, mostly dinosaur bones in the museum

That's amazing

I never heard of someone doing that

I'm hoping maybe she can take me to the back where she works and show me some cool stuff

I get to the stairs and look for her

She said she'd be by the stairs, behind the statue

Scanning the area, my eyes land on a girl with light purple hair

She changed her hair since I first spoke to her

To light purple

I did too

Mine is blue now

The girl has her back to me but her head is moving like she's looking around

Maybe looking for me

I pull down my mask, take off my sunglasses and cap, so she can see that it's me

The girl turns around and I see that's it's her

The second our eyes meet, something wakes up inside me and I know

She's mine

I found her

I feel unconditional love for her and the need to be with her

Everything around me fades away until I'm just focused on her

"It's you", she says, "I found you"

I nod and walk straight to her

I need to be near her

When I get to her, I pull her to me, my lips on hers in a second

Fireworks blast in my body and I feel like I'm complete

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J POV

I see Tae standing in front of me and I know

Everything that all my friends told me happens when you see your soulmate in person for the first time is true

I know he's my soulmate

I don't know how I know but I do

Honestly I fell for Tae these past two months

I love him

But the love for him that bursts in my body now is more powerful than what I felt before

He's mine

I belong with him

"It's you", I say, "I found you"

I can't believe I found him

He walks straight to me, pulls me in his arms and kisses me

The second his lips touch mine, fire races through me

I slide my arms around his neck, getting as close to him as I possibly can

He deepens the kiss, slipping his tongue in my mouth

Oh my god

His kiss is fucking incredible

When it ends, he pulls back and looks down at me

He's everything

He moves hair from my face and tells me, "I love you"

Complete happiness bursts in my body from hearing him say that

"I love you", I tell him

He smiles and I find his ARMYS are right

He has a boxy smile and it's stunning

He leans down again and kisses me

I know he's going to have to keep kissing me all the time because I'm going to want him to

He pulls away and asks, "Want to go inside?"

I nod and he takes my hand, lacing our fingers together and we start walking to the entrance

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Tae is so much fun

He loves taking pictures and is constantly snapping pictures with a camera he brought

He keeps his hat, mask and sunglasses off, telling me he doesn't care if people recognize him

"Jo", he calls and I turn around

He holds up his phone this time and I smile

He's been taking so many pictures of me with both his phone and his camera

I didn't want him to at first but then he told me that he wants pictures of his beautiful soulmate on his phone so he can look at them he anytime he wants

And I couldn't say no after that

But I know what he means, I'm talking a lot of pictures of him too

"Come Jo, selfie", he says

"Ok Tae", I answer

I go next to him and he holds out his phone

We smile for the first, make silly faces for the second and then he kisses me for the last one

Turning to me, he runs his fingers in my hair

"You so beautiful, aegi. I so lucky", he murmurs

I'm completely floored

He's lucky?

Yeah right

I'm lucky

"No, Tae I'm lucky to have you. You're the best man I could ever ask for"

He smiles so widely, "Thank you Jo. You the best girl. I was scared I don't find my soulmate ever. Because I am idol. I'm so happy I found you. You make me happy"

I can't, he's the best guy ever

The things he's saying to me, it makes me happy that I can make him happy

I touch his cheek gently, "You make me happy Tae"

Smiling, he leans down, his lips against mine in another sweet kiss

God I love his kisses

I want them all the time

I'd be happy just sitting together and kissing all day

He takes my hand again as we walk around

He always wants to be touching me somehow

Holding my hand, having his arm around me, moving my hair

And I fucking love it

We walk around the dinosaur exhibit

He was so excited to come here since he knows what my job is

"Wow", he says, looking up at the T- Rex skeleton

He takes a picture, then holds my hand again, walking to the next dinosaur

He lifts my hand and kisses the back of it

I blush and smile

He's been doing that also

Just kissing my hand

He's the best

"Jo, can you uh show me where you work?", he asks

"You want to see that?"

He nods, "Yes"

I shrug, "Ok. Come on"

I lead him to an elevator and we go to the floor where I work

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"This is a what?", Tae asks confused

"A Utah raptor claw", I repeat

I find the picture of the dinosaur online and show him

"This uh claw from that?"

I nod and point to the claw on the picture

"Can I hold?"

"Sure. Just be careful."

He slowly lifts it up, his eyebrows raising

"Heavy"

"Yeah. The bones are a lot more heavy than you'd think"

He places it back down

"More?", he asks excitedly

I just smile at how cute he is

We've been here for about half an hour

He wants to see everything and honestly I don't mind at all

No one really cares about what I do so it's nice to have someone interested

I close the drawer with the raptor claws and open the one under it

"Teeth?", he questions

"T-Rex teeth", I correct

"T-Rex?", he gasps, "Dinosaur king? Big one yes?"

God he's so fucking cute

His English has gotten better but sometimes he still speaks in broken sentences

I couldn't care less and I think it's adorable

I can't speak Korean for the life of me so I have no place to judge his English

"Yeah Tae. The big one we took a picture by"

He nods, picking up one tooth and looking closely at it

"Have you uh dig up dinosaur too?"

"Once. I had to take a class that sent me to Colorado to help dig up a dinosaur that was found"

"Was fun?"

I nod

It was but it was also nerve wracking

I had to make sure I didn't break any of the bones while digging

"What dinosaur you dig?"

"Uh it was a triceratops"

He just looks at me, "I uh don't know name, just what look like"

"Hold on", I say going back on my phone and finding a picture

"This one", I say, showing him the picture

"Oh yeah. Three horns. We see that too in museum"

We did, he took a selfie I'm front of it

"What is your favorite dinosaur?"

"That's easy", I answer, pulling up a picture of the dinosaur, "Velociraptor"

"Ooo like the movie? Jurassic world?"

"Yeah like the movie. But they weren't that big"

"No?", he asks, confused

"No Velociraptors were the size of a chicken"

His eyes widen, "That little?"

I nod, "Utah raptors were the size of the ones in the movie"

"Oh. That the claw in the drawer yes?"

"Yeah baby"

I freeze, realizing what I said

I slowly look at him and he's smiling

"Uh sorry", I say

"No. No sorry. I like it. Call me that please"

He likes it?

Oh man, ok

"Ok", I answer

I know he called me something before in Korean

I want to know what it is

"What uh...what did you call me before?"

"Huh?", he asks, confused for a second before his face smooths over, "Oh aegi"

"What does that mean?"

"It means baby"

My eyes widen

Oh my fuck, I like that

A lot

"I call you aegi?"

Uh fuck yes

Especially if he wants to

"Yes, if you want"

"I want", he replies, "You like?"

"I love", I correct, making him smile

Fucking beautiful

He puts the tooth down and I open the last drawer in this cabinet

"What is that? Not bone"

This drawer has small to large lumps in it

"Uh no. That's dinosaur poop"

Shock fills his face and he looks over at me

"Poop?"

I laugh at his expression

"Yeah Tae. Dinosaur poop"

"Why poop?", he asks disgusted

"Because Tae, the poop tells us what the dinosaurs ate"

"Oh I see. But still, yuck"

"You don't want to touch it?", I tease

"Ah no thank you"

"Ok baby", I giggle, closing the drawer

I turn back to him, "What do you want to do now? See more back here or go back to the museum?"

He doesn't answer, instead he comes closer and kisses me

My whole body is shocked as soon as his lips touch mine

I love how my body reacts to this kiss

I just get so happy

"I don't care. I want to be with you. Whatever you want, I go", he whispers to me

Pulling him back for a kiss, he puts his arms around me, holding me against him

God, I love being in his arms

"Do you want to go somewhere else?", I ask

"Yes. I go with you"

Should we go somewhere else in the city?

Or should we go back around my apartment?

There's parks there but it's not central park

"Do you want to stay in the city?"

He shakes his head, "You no like city. I know you come to work. We go somewhere else"

"No Tae. We can stay. I don't want to ruin anything for you. Whatever you want we'll do baby"

I don't want to take him away if he wants to be here

He doesn't come here often and it's not fair for me to be selfish

"I want you. I see New York before. I want see where you live"

"You want to go to my apartment?", I ask surprised

I'm worried that'd be boring for him

He nods, "I want"

Well if he wants to, I guess it's fine

"Ok. We can get a Uber or take the train"

"Can....can we take train? I already drive everywhere. I never go on train"

Right, of course he can't, he's an idol

He'd get swarmed on trains or buses

"We can go on the train baby but aren't you worried people will recognize you?", I ask

He shakes his head, "I have hat, glasses and mask. I'm ok"

"Ok", I answer and wait for him to put everything on

He's right, all the stuff hides who he is

As long as he's safe, I'm good

I take his hand and we leave the office

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naekkeoyoongi1993 · 1 year

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SuperMarioMovie x SUGA 🤣 on Fallon Tonight

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sherwynphilip · 3 years

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BigHit's Tweet | 1:45 PM • 14 July 2021

[#오늘의방탄] The Tonight Show with #BTS

방탄소년단은 아미만 있다면 걱정할 필요? 없찌없찌💛 맞찌맞찌💜

#BTS #방탄소년단 #BTSARMY #Got_ARMY_Behind_Us #PermissiontoDance #FallonTonight #BTSonFallon #으아아아아아악이게무슨일이얌빌보드핫100차트7주연속1위가수BTS

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[TodaysBangtan] @FallonTonight with #BTS! If BTS has ARMY, do we need to worry? Nope nope 💛 Right Right 💜

#BTS #방탄소년단 #BTSARMY #Got_ARMY_Behind_Us #PermissiontoDance #FallonTonight #BTSonFallon #AhhhhhhhhhhhhHhhhkWhatsGoingOnBillboardHot100Chart7WeeksInARowArtistBTS

source: @bts_bighit

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arreisstorm · 4 years

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Everything about this special was incredible!

From the meaningful in-depth interview, and also Kookie's English here, I'm so proud! 😭

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To a whole freaking RunBTS: NY subway edition! Or as Jimmy likes to say "Subway Olympics" 😂😂😂

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To a sweet, yet chaotic meal at an iconic NYC restaurant

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and finally ending with a first ever live performance of "ON" which they absolutely KILLED!

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It was a legendary show all around!

I've honestly never cried while watching The Tonight Show, but everything about this night made me emotional. I'm so grateful for people like Jimmy Fallon and James Corden, who recognize BTS for the true artists they are and not just this "K-pop superstar" image that so many others have chosen to assign to them.

Jimmy, James, you two are such an important representation for ARMY and a friendly and familiar face for our boys. You always make the environment comfortable/carefree, but you also hit on the most personal and significant topics when it comes to the interview portion. I'm so glad BTS has you guys in their corner 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Oh yeah, as this last gif reminds me,

Don't forget to tune into Carpool Karaoke with James and the boys tomorrow night!

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bisexualrapline · 1 year

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@BTS_bighit: [#오늘의방탄] The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with #SUGA #AgustD Agust D가 누구야? 대단한 가수지! 👍 팰런쇼에 나오는 4세대 신인 아이돌 = 그게 바로 Agust D 💜 #오늘의슈가 #슈가 #BTS #방탄소년단 #해금 #Haegeum #D_DAY #FallonTonight #SUGAonFallon

[#TodaysBangtan] The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with #SUGA #AgustD Who’s Agust D? An amazing singer! 👍 A 4th generation rookie idol on the Fallon show = that’s Agust D 💜 #TodaysSuga #Suga #BTS #Haegeum #D_DAY #FallonTonight #SUGAonFallon

#in my translator era? not quite but this tweet was simple enough for a simpleton like me to understand #anyway i needed it on my blog my 4th gen rookie idol king :') i love him so much #yoongi #bts #agust d #tweets #haegeum #suga x fallon tonight #suga #.txt #min yoongi #translation by me #? let's see if that tag becomes useful at some point <3

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7biases · 6 years

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BTS PERFORMING ’IDOL’ ON THE TONIGHT SHOW!

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bangtanpurplearchive · 8 months

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BTS 방탄소년단 August 2023

August 2023 part 5

19th August - 23rd August 2023

Jin - 317 days (10 months 12 days - 45 weeks 2 days ) until discharge from military (221213 - 240612)

JHope - 444 days (1 year 2 months 17 days - 14 months 17 days - 63 weeks 3 days ) until discharge from military (230418 - 241017)

August

19 August

Twitter: Big Hit (1) Instagram: Big Hit (1). RM (1), (2). (3).

230819 | Jimmy Fallon instagram story (1).

230819 | JK x Sirius XM interview (1).

230819 | JK x CK IG story (1).

230819 | Kpop boy group member brand reputation (August 2023): 1. BTS Jungkook. 2. BTS Jimin. 4. BTS V. 12. BTS Suga. 13. BTS Jin. 16. BTS RM. 17. BTS J-Hope. (1).

230819 | j-hope 'Jack In The Box (HOPE Edition)' Jacket Photo Sketch (1).

230819 | [EPISODE] j-hope ‘Jack In The Box (HOPE Edition)’ Jacket Shoot Sketch - BTS (방탄소년단)

20 August

Instagram: RM (1), (2). Tae (1), Weverse: RM (1), (2).

230820 | Tae x W Korea (1).

230820 | The Tonight Show x Jimin (1)

230820 |[n월의 석진] Message from #Jin : Aug 2023 (1). (2).

230820 | Tae weverse live (1).

21 August

Instagram: RM (1)

230821 | Seoul Tourism Organization (1). (2). (3). (4)

230821 | "Love Me Again" by #V won its 1st Melon Weekly Popularity Award (1).

230821 | SUGAㅣAgust D D-DAY TOUR Stage Photo Sketch (1).

22 August "Blue" by V Official Teaser 1

Instagram: Tae (1). Tik Tok : Tae x New Jeans Tik Tok (1), (2)

230822 | "Blue" by V Official Teaser 1 released (1). (2)

230822 | SEVEN Billboard IG (1). Global 200 #1 (2). Global 200 excl US #1 (3). "#Seven" by #Jungkook (ft. Latto) remains at #1 (=) on Spotify Global Chart with 7,714,483 filtered streams for 38 consecutive days (4).

230822 | LMA and Rainy Day on Billboard Global excl US Love Me Again #6 and Rainy Days #8 (1).

Billboard Global 200 #12- LoveMeAgain and #16- RainyDays (2).

Billboard Digital Song Sales US #3- LoveMeAgain and #4- RainyDays (3). (Billboard)

Billboard Hot 100 #96- LoveMeAgain (4)

Billboard bubbling under -#18 Rainy Days (5)

Spotify - "Love Me Again" by #V at #21 (+-2) with 2,583,341 (filtered) streams & "Rainy Days" by #V at #48 (-5) with 1,936,604 (filtered) streams on Spotify (6)

Billboard Artist 100 #30 (RE) #V [NEW PEAK] (7)

Billboard World Digital Song Sales #1 Love Me Again (8)

230822 | DEPARTURE V (BTS), Gimpo International Airport (1). (2).

230822 | Seoul Tourism x Tae (1).

230822 | Jimin x Samsung Mobile (1).

230822 | Tae x Arena Homme+ Korea (1). (2). (3). (interview)

230822 |Tae x W Korea (1). (2) (interview)

230822 BTS Land Season2, Ep.07 (1)

230822 BANGTANTV uploaded Jungkook @ BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge and BBC The One Show Seven @ Live Lounge (1). -Let There Be Love: (2) -Seven @ The One Show (3)

23 August

Instagram: Big Hit (1). RM (1), (2). (3). Tae (1), (2).

230823 | [EPISODE] 'Don’t ever say love me (Feat. RM of BTS)' Live Clip Sketch - BTS (방탄소년단)

230823 |Blvsh and chris James like crazy's songwriters "they hold the plaque of Like Crazy‘s #1 on Hot 100" (1)

230823 | Tae x Esquire Korea x Celine event in Japan (1). Elle Japan (2). (3). Elle Taiwan (4) Elle Singapore (5). (6). (7) Harper’s Bazaar Korea (8) Harper’s Bazaar Japan(9) Elle Thailand (10).

230823 | Jimin x Samsung Mobile (1).

230823 | SEVEN #1 Tope Global songs - Spotify (1).

230823 |Tae x Seoul Tourism (1).

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SCHEDULE 2020

GENNAIO

2 - [Weverse] Bon Voyage 4 - Behind Cam Ep.7 (13 🇮🇹)

5 - Golden Disc Awards

6 - Uscita di “WINTER FLOWER” di Younha feat. RM (10 🇮🇹)

7 - [Weverse] Bon Voyage 4 - Ep.8 (13 🇮🇹)

9 - [Weverse] Bon Voyage 4 - Behind Cam Ep.8 (13 🇮🇹)

10 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] Comeback trailer: SHADOW

14 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] CONNECT, BTS: ONLINE [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] CONNECT, BTS: LONDON [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.91 (13 🇮🇹)

15 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] CONNECT, BTS: BERLIN

17 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] Rilascio primo singolo & Art Film interpretato da MN Dance Company

21 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] CONNECT, BTS: BUENOS AIRES [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2019 - Ep.92 (13 🇮🇹)

26 - GRAMMY Awards (Los Angeles)

27 - iHeartRadio Live (Los Angeles)

28 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] CONNECT, BTS: SEOUL [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.93 (13 🇮🇹) The Late Late Show (James Corden)

FEBBRAIO

3 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] Comeback trailer: EGO

4 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2019 - Ep.94 (13 🇮🇹)

5 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] CONNECT, BTS: NEW YORK CITY

10 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] Concept Photo #1

11 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] Concept Photo #2

12 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] Concept Photo #3

13 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] Concept Photo #4 17 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] Tracklist

18 - Compleanno di J-Hope

21 - [VAPP] BTS Comeback Special (4am 🇮🇹) Uscita MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 & Kinetic Manifesto Film: Come Prima (10am 🇮🇹) The Today Show (New York) (1pm 🇮🇹)

24 - The Tonight Show (Jimmy Fallon) (5am 🇮🇹) Conferenza stampa “MAP OF THE SOUL: 7″ (6am 🇮🇹)

25 - The Late Late Show - Carpool Karaoke (James Corden) (6am 🇮🇹)

28 - [MAP OF THE SOUL: 7] Video musicale ufficiale per il singolo principale

MARZO

6 - Uscita di “Who” di Lauv feat. BTS

7 - Talk show per l’uscita di Map Of The Soul: 7 (Seul) [ANNULLATO]

9 - Compleanno di Suga

10 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.95 (13 🇮🇹)

13 - Uscita di “Sweet Night” - OST di Itaewon Class (V) (10am 🇮🇹)

17 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.96 (13 🇮🇹)

24 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.97 (13 🇮🇹)

31 - The Late Late Show - Speciale Homefest (4am 🇮🇹) [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.98 (14 🇮🇹)

APRILE

7 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.99 (14 🇮🇹)

14 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.100 (14 🇮🇹)

18 - [YouTube / Weverse] BANG BANG CON (5 🇮🇹)

19 - [YouTube / Weverse] BANG BANG CON (5 🇮🇹)

21 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.101 (14 🇮🇹)

28 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.102 (14 🇮🇹)

MAGGIO

2 - Kids Choice Awards 2020 (2 della notte tra 2 e 3 maggio 🇮🇹)

5 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.103 (14 🇮🇹)

6 - Uscita del singolo di IU feat. SUGA (11 🇮🇹)

12 - [Weverse] BREAK THE SILENCE: DOCU-SERIES - Ep.1 e 2

14 - [Weverse] BREAK THE SILENCE: DOCU-SERIES - Ep.3

19 - [Weverse] BREAK THE SILENCE: DOCU-SERIES - Ep.4

21 - [Weverse] BREAK THE SILENCE: DOCU-SERIES - Ep.5

22 - Uscita del mixtape “D-2″ di Agust D

26 - [Weverse] BREAK THE SILENCE: DOCU-SERIES - Ep.6

28 - [Weverse] BREAK THE SILENCE: DOCU-SERIES - Ep.7

GIUGNO

1 - [2020 BTS FESTA] Cerimonia di apertura

2 - [2020 BTS FESTA] 7° Anniversario dei BTS - Foto di famiglia (Foto)

3 - [2020 BTS FESTA] Choreography Video 1 (Video)

4 - [2020 BTS FESTA] Collezione di foto dei BTS 19/20 (Foto)

5 - [2020 BTS FESTA] Still With You

7 - [2020 BTS FESTA] Profili 2020 dei BTS 1 (Immagini) [YouTube] Dear Class of 2020 (21 🇮🇹)

8 - [2020 BTS FESTA] Choreography Video 2 (Video)

9 - [2020 BTS FESTA] Answer : BTS 3 UNITS (Foto e video)

10 - [2020 BTS FESTA] Profili 2020 dei BTS 2 (Immagini)

11 - [2020 BTS FESTA] MAP OF THE SONG : 7 (Video)

12 - [2020 BTS FESTA] We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal

13 - 7° Anniversario [2020 BTS FESTA] Festa di compleanno dei Bangtan (Video)

14 - [Weverse] BANG BANG CON in diretta (11 🇮🇹)

16 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.104 (14 🇮🇹)

19 - Uscita in anteprima di “Stay Gold” (11 🇮🇹) "SUMMER SONIC" - Replica del 2015 (14 🇮🇹)

23 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.105 (14 🇮🇹)

26 - Uscita del MV di “Stay Gold” (11 🇮🇹)

30 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.106 (14 🇮🇹)

LUGLIO

7 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.107 (14 🇮🇹)

13 - Anteprima di "Your Eyes Tell" a CDTV Live Live

14 - Esibizione a Sukkiri [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.108 (14 🇮🇹)

15 - Uscita di MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 ~ THE JOURNEY ~ (11 🇮🇹)

17 - Esibizione a BUZZ RHYTHM 02

18 - Esibizione a NHK Songs

21 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.109 (14 🇮🇹)

28 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.110 (14 🇮🇹)

AGOSTO

4 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.111 (14 🇮🇹)

14 - [YouTube] Partecipazione a I-LAND (16 🇮🇹)

20 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 1

21 - Uscita di “Dynamite”

24 - Uscita del MV “Dynamite B-Side”

25 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 1 Behind

27 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 2

30 - BTS @ VMAs

SETTEMBRE

1 - Compleanno di Jungkook [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 2 Behind

2 - Rilascio canzone BTS x Hyundai “IONIQ”

3 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 3 BTS @ ‘Press Play’ della Recording Academy

8 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 3 Behind

10 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 4 BTS @ NBC Today Citi

12 - Compleanno di RM

14 - BTS @ programma radio Bae Cheol-Soo

15 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 4 Behind

17 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 5 BTS @ America’s Got Talent

18 - Uscita del singolo di MAX feat. SUGA “Blueberry Eyes” iHeart Radio Music Festival 2020 [YouTube] Partecipazione alla finale di I-LAND (16 🇮🇹)

19 - iHeart Radio Music Festival 2020

21 - BTS @ ‘Tiny Desk’

22 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 5 Behind

23 - Discorso dei BTS alle Nazioni Unite

24 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 6

26 - Uscita del MV “Dynamite Choreography Version”

27 - Concerto Lotte Duty Free

28 - BTS @ Fallon Week, Giorno 1

29 - BTS @ Fallon Week, Giorno 2 [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 6 Behind

30 - BTS @ Fallon Week, Giorno 3

OTTOBRE

1 - BTS @ Fallon Week, Giorno 4 [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 7

2 - BTS @ Fallon Week, Giorno 5 Rilascio remix “Savage Love” feat. BTS

6 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 7 Behind

7 - BTS @ Radiodotcom

8 - [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 8

10 - Concerto online ‘Map Of The Soul ON:E’, Giorno 1

11 - Concerto online ‘Map Of The Soul ON:E’, Giorno 2

12 - Inizio mostra online ‘MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E (오,늘)’

13 - Compleanno di Jimin [Weverse] BTS IN THE SOOP - Ep. 8 Behind

14 - BTS @ BBMAs

20 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.112 (13 🇮🇹)

22 - BTS @ 2020 Asia Game Changers Awards

27 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.113 (13 🇮🇹)

NOVEMBRE

3 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.114 (13 🇮🇹)

8 - European Music Awards (BTS solo nominati)

10 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.115 (13 🇮🇹)

11 - Comparsa ai ‘Wall Street Journal’s Innovator Awards’ (1am 🇮🇹)

12 - Termine mostra online 'MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E (오,늘)'

14 - Apertura shop online europeo ‘MAP OF THE SOUL’ Intervista durante la puntata di ‘Immortal Songs’ dedicata a Pdogg (10am 🇮🇹)

15 - People’s Choice Awards (BTS solo nominati)

17 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.116 (13 🇮🇹)

20 - Conferenza stampa in occasione del rilascio di “BE” (3am 🇮🇹) Rilascio del nuovo album “BE” (6am 🇮🇹) Diretta su VLive ‘Live Goes On’ in occasione del comeback (9am 🇮🇹)

23 - BTS @ AMAs (2am 🇮🇹) BTS @ Good Morning America (13 🇮🇹) BTS @ GMA3 (20 🇮🇹)

24 - Late Late Show with James Corden (6.35 🇮🇹) [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.117 (13 🇮🇹)

25 - Late Late Show with James Corden (6.35 🇮🇹) Esibizione dei BTS @ festival musicale di Nippon TV ‘Best Artist 2020′

28 - Asia Artist Awards (BTS solo nominati) Intervista con Zach Sang (11pm 🇮🇹)

DICEMBRE

1 - BTS @ Disney’s Holidays Singalong (2am 🇮🇹) [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.118 (13 🇮🇹) Intervista dei BTS per ‘Mini Masterclass’ dei GRAMMYs (9pm 🇮🇹)

2 - BTS @ FNS Song Festival 2020 (13 🇮🇹)

3 - Rilascio di “Abyss” di Jin (2pm 🇮🇹)

4 - Compleanno di Jin

5 - BTS @ Melon Music Awards (11am 🇮🇹)

6 - BTS @ Mnet Asian Music Awards (10am 🇮🇹)

7 - Intervista pre-registrata dei BTS per il canale giapponese TBS (6pm 🇮🇹)

8 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.119 (13 🇮🇹)

10 - Rilascio di “The Song That Will Make You Smile” di Lee Seunggi ft. RM e J-HOPE Intervista BTS @ Amazon Music (4pm 🇮🇹)

11 - BTS @ iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2020 (3am 🇮🇹) Performance di “Dynamite” per il Time: Person of the Year @ NBC (4am 🇮🇹) Rilascio “Dynamite Holiday Remix” (6am 🇮🇹)

12 - BTS @ The Fact Music Awards (red carpet 8am 🇮🇹, cerimonia 10am 🇮🇹)

13 - Most Requested Live: Ask Anything Chat (1am 🇮🇹)

15 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.120 (13 🇮🇹)

16 - ‘Break The Silence: The Movie Persona’ disponibile su Weverse

18 - BTS @ Gayo Daechukje (12.30pm 🇮🇹) Rilascio rivista coreana ‘D-ICON vol.10 : BTS’

19 - ‘Break The Silence: The Movie Persona - BTS Commentary’ disponibile su Weverse On Air (in diretta) Intervista pre-registrata dei BTS per il canale giapponese TBS (1.30pm 🇮🇹)

21 - Replay Film + Commentary su Weverse Esibizione con “Dynamite” @ CDTV Live! Live! Christmas Special

22 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.121 (13 🇮🇹)

24 - Rilascio di “Christmas Love” di Jimin (4am 🇮🇹) Rilascio di “Snow Flower” di V (4pm 🇮🇹)

25 - BTS @ Gayo Daejeon a Daegu (9am 🇮🇹)

29 - [VAPP / Weverse] Run BTS! 2020 - Ep.122 (13 🇮🇹)

30 - Compleanno di V Rilascio MV “Life Goes On ARMY Ver.” I BTS ricevono il premio ‘International Music Award’ @ 62esimi Japan Record Awards

31 - BTS @ Concerto di fine anno della BigHit (13.30 🇮🇹)

La schedule può essere soggetta a modifiche in qualsiasi momento.

#bts #bangtan #bangtan boys #bangtan sonyeondan #jin #suga #j-hope #rm #jimin #v #jungkook #schedule #2020 #bts schedule

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marianel · 3 years

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¡Echa un vistazo!

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btsorpheus · 4 years

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(j-hope 'Airplane' MV; March 6, 2018.)

III. THE UNDERWORLD

There’s a recurring motif in the works of several East Asian artists that I’ve noticed: that of the airplane and the transpacific flight.

Even as young Indonesian rapper Rich Brian recalls all of his initial struggles in moving to the U.S., he repeats four times throughout his song, “Flight,” that “flyin' 20 hours never felt so right.”

Higher Brothers, a group of Chinese rappers, also draw attention to the physical journey they made to get to where they are in “16 Hours,” the first track on their second album, Five Stars.

BTS describes the same journey in J-Hope’s solo song, “Airplane,” and the group’s sequel to that, “Airplane pt.2.”

While Rich Brian and Higher Brothers spend a majority of their respective songs navigating the difficulties of the new world they’ve entered, J-Hope lingers in the plane itself. It’s a dreamy perspective: “Every day above the clouds,” he sings. “My feel above the clouds, check it above the clouds.”

(j-hope 'Airplane' MV; March 6, 2018.)

“Airplane pt.2” continues this sense of never quite touching down. “From NY to Cali, London to Paris.... From Tokyo, Italy, Hong Kong to Brazil,” the chorus never settles in a final destination.

Where “Airplane” loves the journey, “Airplane pt.2” is more difficult to place. It’s a song about BTS’s success as a result of the vehicle, with each rap verse tackling a different aspect.

RM’s rap verse takes on the temporary nature of flights and overseas trips. When you’re constantly traveling, there’s nothing to ground you or give a sense of consistency. There’s only the anonymous “hotel rooms” that exist “wherever in the world we go,” always doing the “same work.” Each destination could be swapped out for the last with no distinction. This anxiety develops into fears about their career (“One day it works out too well, then the next day I’m completely screwed”) and about his personal identity (“Who should I live as today, Kim Namjoon or RM?”).

By contrast, J-Hope’s rap verse continues the theme of “Airplane.” While RM dreads the repetition of the taxing flights, J-Hope revels in them. For him, being up in the air is a time for him to turn on “airplane mode” and “turn off all the concerns.” He doesn’t think of the destination, only the journey.

Suga’s rap verse is also focused on the flight itself, but he takes a more aggressive perspective. The many flights they undergo are just proof of their success--or as he puts it, “My passport is about to die from overworking.” Their careers are difficult (“I don’t know... how to stop”; “I don’t know... how to take some rest”) but they remain on top: “I don’t know... how to fail.”

Airplane

Orpheus is the great transgressor, the one who dares to make the journey that few Greek heroes ever can. The impossible quest of entering the Underworld even has a specific name--the katabasis.

Crossing oceans, even by plane, is no easy feat. Not only are the hours long (as Rich Brian and Higher Brothers helpfully point out), but the destination isn’t necessarily friendly. Eastern culture and Western culture can be vastly different, in manner as much as in language and food.

If the transpacific flight is to be taken as BTS’s modern-day katabasis, then it should be noted that there are key differences between their journey and Orpheus’s. For one, BTS frequently make this flight. For another, America isn’t exactly Hell.

But it is interesting that both BTS and Orpheus use the journey as an opportunity to display their power.

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BTS and Lil Nas X performing “Seoul Town Road,” RM’s collaboration with Lil Nas X to remix the latter’s hit, “Old Town Road,” at the 2020 Grammy Awards.

When Ovid recounts Orpheus’s katabasis, he takes care to mention Orpheus’s influence over the Underworld as he sings for Hades and Persephone. His music “[makes] the pale phantoms weep”--phantoms who have already been tortured for ages, but are still moved by his song. Even the Furies, demon-goddesses of punishment, weep for “the first time ever in all the world.” Though Orpheus does not come from the Underworld, something about his music resonates with its occupants.

It is because of this feat that Orpheus is considered one of the greatest mythic figures of all time. Not many heroes have the chance or desire to enter the Underworld. Hercules, Odysseus, Aeneas (a mythic founder of Rome), and Orpheus are some of the few to do so, and Orpheus’s technique of using music to essentially tame the Underworld makes him unique among them. Hercules, the notorious strongman, forces his way in; Odysseus stays on the surface and merely brings the dead to him to converse; and Aeneas journeys through the Underworld but takes nothing from it.

While each hero is able to show his skill and bravery by emerging successful, Orpheus is the only musician among them, thereby proving that he is the greatest, most heroic musician in mythology. Who else could move Hades and Persephone to such pity that they could lack the “harshness to refuse him?” Certainly no one else has ever tried.

The katabasis is what cements Orpheus’s position as the greatest musician in mythic history. In a way, world tours do something similar for BTS.

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A preview for the purchasable DVD recording of BTS’s 2019 São Paulo concert.

Their performance in São Paulo, Brazil, features an extraordinary amount of confetti and streamers, a multitude of fireworks, possibly water-jets, and definitely Jungkook suspended in the air encircling the stadium--a spectacle on the level of Disney and far-removed from anything the Superbowl could ever hope to put on. It’s a huge display for a group who claim to be “seven normal boys from Korea.”

Concerts and promotional tours are an impressive avenue to give fans the interaction that they crave, even if most can only watch them after the fact through a screen. But they’re also a tool for BTS to prove, over and over again, why they’re the K-pop group that’s always trending on Twitter, being invited to the Billboard Music Awards, getting their own special take-over on Jimmy Fallon’s “The Tonight Show,” and breaking records on YouTube. Many would believe BTS deserve to be there because they are the best, just as Orpheus deserves to be lauded as the greatest mythic musician-hero.

As RM, J-Hope, and Suga all recognize in “Airplane pt.2,” traveling around the world has become an essential part of their job. Their passports may look impressive, but it’s all just a day’s work to ensure they remain at the top of the music charts. Everything they do when they travel is to promote their group. Their recent trip to L.A. in early 2020, for example, had them doing a show with James Corden, rehearsing for and performing at the Grammys, and filming their music video for “Black Swan,” all in under two weeks.

Additionally, the simple fact that their music, which is sung and rapped overwhelmingly in Korean, is listened to worldwide is strange. Most people wouldn’t even dream of listening to a song in a language they don’t understand, but “ON,” a song from Map of the Soul: 7, entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #4, becoming the first K-pop song to break the top five on that list. Billboard chart rankings are specific to the United States, a country that doesn’t have a particularly large Korean-speaking population.

That BTS could succeed so thoroughly in a region that shouldn’t be particularly receptive to their music is a powerful, transgressive act.

It’s one thing to be successful in Korea, like the lesser-known but well-respected older groups SHINee and Wonder Girls, and it’s another to be the object of affection of the entire world.

Even John Cena, the pro-wrestler-turned-universally-beloved-personality, loves BTS. When asked by James Corden why he does, Cena answered, “They’re a Korean pop band, and they were the first Korean pop band to actually connect everyone throughout the world.”

A frequent claim that ARMY makes is that “BTS paved the way.” When an interview with Monsta X released on April 27, 2020, the group didn’t explicitly mention BTS when asked why they thought K-pop was so popular--and “BTS PAVED THE WAY” soon began trending on Twitter in retaliation.

A screenshot of Twitter trends on April 27, 2020.

Orpheus’s katabasis has persisted in the cultural consciousness in a more lasting way than those of other ancient heroes. BTS has gained more attention than other Korean artists.

Though neither Orpheus nor BTS are the sole champions in the endeavors they undertook, both are venerated above their peers.

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