Because Empty Fame Is Evil. That's Why.

Jimin's talent level when it comes to dancing is TREMENDOUSLY HIGH. He lives and breathes dancing. It's not so much abt him doing some mind-blowing choreography and more abt how instinctual and connected his mind and body ARE whenever he's got the chance to move around.

The choreography for "Who" is sensual and full of beautiful lines, working to enhance the rhythm and general vibe of the song.

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The FACT that Jimin himself was part of the choreography team is chef's kiss.

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Here's the MV's actual choreo. LOOK AT HIM GOOOOO!!!

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And finally, the one performance he's done for "Who" so far.


Closing out this year's Fannish 50 by squeeing abt Jimin feels quite in tone with the energy and mood I want to enter the new year with. Also, since this format has helped me be (moderately) active over here, I'm giving y'all the heads up that I'm most deffo doing yet one more iteration of Fannish 50 in 2025. \o/

Hope y'all have a safe, healthy, and happy 2025!

As of today (or abt 13-ish hours ago in KST), Jin's been a Good Chaotic KING for THIRTY-TWO YEARS (omg, he's OOOOOLD AF!*). Hence this post.

* I'm joking OFC. 32 isn't OLD at all. XD

A whole year and a half ago I posted abt the wonderfulness that is "Super Tuna". And, a little under two months ago, I did a post abt the 2024 extended version.

Since then, Jin's been B-U-S-Y. Not only is he still promoting Happy, his first solo album, but he's been a guest in a handful of shows. Such as Lee Mujin's Taxi Service. Behold 36 minutes and change of World Wide Handsome stunning Lee Mujin, heheh:

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The album's pre-release was a v. pop-rock tune called "I'll Be There". This is a sub-genre where Jin's vocals ride in an amazing way. Especially when he sings live; there's some extra sparkage in how he performs even the cheesiest songs with a v. fun type of confidence. You can't help but be swayed by his EVERYTHING:

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A little under a month ago (give or take a few days), Jin did a 2-day fanmeet/showcase thing with a live bande. It was also available for streaming for FREE NINETY-NINE (everyone's favorite price). In between songs, he played games with the audience. One of said things was to help him decide which is his best potential costume. The MOST RIDIC COSTUME WON...and he did an encore performance of "Running Wild" (the title track of his album) while wearing it.

Mild trigger warning for: lots of fan screaming and flashing lights.

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I love him soooooooooooooooo much! <<3____;


SO, out of the six songs in the album, there's a clear breakthrough hit. A song that charms ppl into listening to it as many times as possible. I'm talking, of course, of the synthpop MASTERPIECE that is "Heart on the Window".

Not only does this song has one of the most FLAWLESS melodies and beats in any song ever, but it's also Jin's first duet with a female singer. None other but Red Velvet's Wendy.

And this is where I gotta pause for a second.

Cuz this is a TRUE SURPRISE in every sense of the word. Like I mentioned, it's a duet (he's done at least one with V once way back), but it's the UNEXPECTED TWIST of the other singer being WENDY? THE Wendy?! This in turn added a whole 'nother layer of WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA? Because SM Entertainment (Wendy's agency) is INFAMOUS for pretty much blocking any and every attempt to have her work with anyone that SME doesn't think "worthy."

This collabo happened pretty much by kismet. One day between late June and early July of this year, Jin was having a meal with a friend. They were talking abt Jin's upcoming album and the convo turned into how Jin should sing a song with Wendy. The friend happened to have Wendy's actual cellphone number, so they called her right then and there. Jin got on the phone and, after a bit of lulz, straight up asked her if she was interested in recording a song with him. She accepted and then this song happened.

Had Jin called SME's Division 3 (the team that's in charge of Red Velvet), he'd have gotten a flat out no. This isn't as much hearsay/goss-goss. SM Entertainment almost always drag their feet when it comes to promoting Red Velvet either as a group or individually. In the case of this song (which nearly any other company would've been super vocal abt), SME did the least effort possible in promoting the "Heart on the Window" performance of a song that's 100% beloved by anyone who listens to it. The ONLY thing they've done was post a pic of this performance on Insta. That's it. AFAIK, to be a fan of an SME artist means accepting that the company will do a poor job with everything (except the album packaging? #Unsure).

One super positive thing was seeing ARMYs and Reveluvs (Red Velvet fandom) teaming up to promote the song. Like, yeah, Kpop fandoms can be messy (all of them. Yes, even the ones that appear to be chill from the outside), so it's always v. heartwarming to see fandoms cheering each other on. NGL, I got v. 😀 abt all of the YAYS going back and forth across fandoms.

Anyways, all this to say that ppl were PERCHED AND R-E-A-D-Y for Jin and Wendy singing the fabulousness that is "Heart on the Window'. When I tell you I was ON THE FLOOR, TRYING TO KEEP MYSELF FROM CRYING MY EYES OUT CUZ THIS PERFORMANCE WAS EVERYTHING AND THEN SOME? XD.

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FWIW, the synthypop aspect is v. diluted in this performance, with the sound taking a lite-rock sound that fits well. I heartily suggest listening to the original version of the song.

Kudos to the musicians in Team SUGA for performing with Jin too. ;___;

Happy Birthday, Kim Seokjin! You continue to be W.W.H. even as an Official Old (TM), hehehe.

The first season of Suchwita came to an end with episode 27. I'm going to generalize a bit here and say that it had the one person most ppl (probably 95% of the fandom) wanted to see as a guest: Jang Yijeong, a.k.a El Capitxn.

Even though he's not part of the OG crew--which includes PDogg and GHOSTLOOP--because he didn't join Big Hit until sometime in 2017/2018, Yijeong is most deffo part of the Inner Circle within the BTS team (meaning the production side). He's been involved in a ton of BTS songs (including "Friends", "Telepathy", "Mikrokosmos", "Christmas Love", "Stay Alive", all of the AgustD' songs in D-2 and D-Day). In addition, he's also worked with other artists such as TXT, IU, Sumni, Epik High, PLAVE, TripleS, ARTMS, Zerobaseone, and has one songwriting credit for one of STAYC's songs in their upcoming first full album. DUDE IS BUSY AF!

One of the most interesting things for me has been seeing his public profile rise over the past 3, most deffo past 2, years. Including full scenes with Yoongi in the latter's Road to D-Day documentary and performing as part of the band during the D-Day tour The Final concerts in Seoul.

Anyways, what made this a super fun episode was seeing how well Yijeong connects with Yoongi via their shared music nerdery. They love to sit down and create music (as seen in the docu.) Theirs is a playful, almost sibling-like dynamic.

IMO, this is one of the BEST episodes of the entire season. Not only because Yijeong and Yoongi chit-chat abt their friendship, but also cuz there's a LOT of stuff that nobody but them knew abt. Frex, Yijeong used to be a member of a group called HISTORY. This group debuted a couple of months before BTS did back in 2013. However, Yijeong ended up leaving the group for reasons that hadn't been discussed in public until this episode. It was an intense thing to sit through ,NGL.

Yijeong mentioned how Yoongi became a good friend at a point where both men were dealing with some dark stuff in their respective lives. And, it was thru Yoongi that Yijeong's own second chapter as an artist developed even if he couldn't be a singer anymore. One curious thing was that Yijeong tends to defer Yoongi a lot even though they only have a six month difference (Yoongi was born March 1993 while Yijeong was born in early September of the same year.)

The only downside to the episode, Yoongi says his goodbye and officially ends S1 of Suchwita. Seeing the neon sign turn off made my heart twinge a little. FWIW, there were two recent pics by some white guy music journalist in the Suchwita set. So, as far as we know, the set has not been broken down. My hope and that of many, many, many ARMYs is that we'll get an OT7 episode. It better be an hour long or, like, a 2-part episode. It'll be so fucking epic!

And so, this is my final entry celebrating Boramonth. I might do some non-Kpop entries next. <3

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Winding down Boramonth with the last batch of Suchwita episodes for Season 1.

It so happens that ep. 25 had CNBLUE's leader and lead singer (and actor) Yongwha as a guest. I..have to admit that I'm not into Korean rock bands in general, but I'm aware of who CNBLUE is the same way I know of Day6 and Xtraordinary Heroes.

In any case, what I didn't know was that Yoong and Yongwha have been really good friends for almost a decade at this point! As much of an introvert and homebody as Yoongi might be, he sure knows a ton of ppl, LOL. Anyways, the convo in this episode focuses (aside from how their friendship began) in how success can be an obstacle of sorts for inner creative fulfillment, the enduring love of fans, and (as it's been one of the undercurrent themes) creating a legacy within the music world.

Both Yoongi and Yongwha are ridic candid AND we get some previously unknown deets abt Yoongi's story with BigHit to boot!

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Dingo Story is a web series in which Korean idols and actors meet a fan and then do some kind of activity together. Each episode is appealing to fans (oh, look how down to earth my fave is!) and locals (oh, (celebrity) is so nice!) all filtered thru the fans lens. The admittedly few episodes I've watched have been funny and sweet.

Last August there was an episode titled "Lean on Me". It's abt a young woman called Kim Hayoung who has been trying (and failing) to enter the military academy. Her fave idol happens to be V. She shows up at a cafe for what she thinks is a preliminary interview...only to end up up meeting V. After getting over her initial shock, the two of them have a nice convo and go to a nearby arcade for a while.

To me, this is one instance that shows just how lethally charming Taehyung actually IS. It's pretty obvious that he's really enjoying meeting a fan in a 1-on-1 basis. And, obviously, Hayoung is in cloud nine. The ending was extremely touching as well.

It's all of 13 minutes and change.

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On December 4, 2020, Jin released a ballad called Abyss. Co-written with BUMZU, this was a song abt Jin's anxieties and worries at a time he was feeling v. low. It's beautiful yet v. sad.

Then, on December 4, 2021, he decided to drop a minute-long song that became epic in ways I can barely quantify:

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A trot song abt Jin's fishing dreams and desires (it's one of his fave hobbies), "Super Tuna" is something that, per his own words, was a silly thing he hoped ARMYs would like. For whatever reason, he never expected the tune to go viral not only in Korea but in social media platforms such as Twitter and TiKTok. Much to Jin's embarrassment, heheh. [Jin is, like all ppl, a complicated person. Yes, he can be shameless a lot of times, but he has his awkward turtle moments. Also, per his own admission, he's both shy AND an introvert. BUT, he's also quite impulsive and good/neutral chaotic at times. LIke I said, he's not just BTS!Jin, but a full human being.]

Here's a subtitled video abt how big "Super Tuna" became. The 6:23 video begins at 2:23 as that's the segment that shows what I'm talking abt. The section before that is abt Jin's reaction to ARMYs celebrating his birthday during one of the Permission To Dance Onstage concerts in Los Angeles.

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Anyways, this past Thursday, as part of the 2024 FESTA celebration of BTS' debut being 11 yrs ago, Jin (who had only been discharged from the military THE DAY BEFORE) held a long fanmeet that was divided in 2 sections.

The first part was a 3-hr session where he hugged 1,000 fans. Yes, ONE THOUSAND. Per his own request. O__o.

The second session was a one-hour, more formal event in which he played games, talked to the audience (both in person and the folks watching it via streaming), and sang 3 songs. Which, again, HE DID ALL OF THIS THE DAY AFTER COMING BACK TO THE MILITARY. GOODNESS GRACIOUS!

As expected, the first song he sang was "The Astronaut". He closed the fanmeet with a beautiful rendition of "Moon". I was a mess of tears from the start of the stream, but I can attest that his singing was AMAZING. This was also the first time he'd performed "Moon" in front of a live audience and only the second time he sang it live. With the first time he did that was for the ON:e concert back in October 2020.

ANYWAYS, in between those other two songs and all the cute games he played, he performed "Super Tuna". And, like, that's already an excellent thing. BUT THEN, SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENED: HE SANG A WHOLE SECOND VERSE!!!!

I'VE WATCHED THIS MANY TIMES AND I STILL END UP SQUEEING TO THE POINT OF DIZZINESS, NGL! (TW for a lot of happy screaming, some flashing lights, and mild pyrotechnics.)

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The amount of JOY this performance has brought into my life, y'all!!! One randomly wild thing is that Jin had asked BUMZU if he could help him write that 2nd verse. Then he recorded a guide, learned the new lyrics, rehearsed it, and performed in a space of 24 hrs. Wow! * ____________________*

According to him, this extended version will have an official drop at some point in the near future. I cannot wait to listen to it and make it go 20x platinum in my house, hahah.

My mini-Boramonth celebration is off to a late-ish start. For that I "blame" the onslaught of content that's been dropping since the start of the month + some IRL stresses.

ANYHOO, for the first of BTS-centric posts, I'm sharing a v. special Pixid episode that features Jimin pretending to be a provincial fan.

For starters, Jimin is ADORABLE AF both while hiding among the other folks as well as after he's revealed. Another thing I like is seeing depictions of what non-Seoulites ARMYs have to deal with as soon as a concert or tour is announced. Yes, it's true that they're In South Korea, but there's still a TON of traveling and logistic expenses that most I-ARMYs would never consider.

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NGL, I've had to the most to calm the fuck down in order to do a post with a semblance of coherence. Because, this was one of the most happy surprises this show has ever done.

Cuz the idea of SHINee's TAEMIN BEING A GUEST ON SUCHWITA????? LORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDE! (❤ ω ❤)

*Calming down*

On top of seeing him and SUGA interact, what makes this a MUST-SEE episode can only be brought up bulletpoint style:

* Taemin and Yoongi are both 93z--something that, as mentioned by both of them, is a rarity in K-pop. Not many 1993 folks became idols.

* Taemin is his group's maknae while Yoongi's considered the second oldest (after Jin). So their idol experiences are v. different w/r/t the members' dynamics.

* Taemin is also technically Yoongi's sunbaenim (senior) since SHINee debuted 5 years before BTS.

* Both are v. influential for different reasons that each admire in the other.

It's not like Taemin and Yoongi were total strangers. More like fellow idols who would chit-chat in a general way while doing their respective promotions. If anything, Taemin's connection to BTS is usually focused on his v. close friendship with Jimin.

*Takes a deep breath*

WHICH MAKES JIMIN'S RANDOM APPEARANCE HALFWAY THRU THIS EPISODE A MILLION TIMES AWESOMER. From then on, there's Taemin and Yoongi's nascent friendship, Yoongi and Jimin's bond (no explanation needed), Taemin and Jimin's besties' vibes, and all three having a friendly convo.

This is deffo one of those episodes I've rewatched a few times cuz the tone is lulzy, the conversation goes from introspective to casual, and the overall mood is extremely cordial.

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How abt a double-layered return to Suchwita? ;)

Filmed on September 3rd (but not airing until Nov. 4th), episode 21 of SUGA's talk show had the first guest to do a second appearance: Jungkook sitting down to have some noms in between talking abt his solo adventures. Early on in the episode, Yoongi acknowledged that Jungkook's first ep was a bit chaotic because, realistically, he (JK) only had one song to promote.

This time around, he had a full album plus several performances to chit-chat with his hyung. As much as I loved the loopy vibes of JK's first episode, I really preferred the way things flowed this time around. The conversation had more depth (in terms of Jungkook's own musical tastes and colors) with some funny asides. ON TOP OF THAT, Jungkook drops a v. mild spoiler that he and Jimin filmed some kind of travel vlog show at some point this year. #EXCITE

Even better, halfway thru the episode, Yoongi sat up and turned around, calling Taehyung from his hiding place. So the fun vibes went up a few levels and everyone (including the viewers) had an even better time.

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As a bonus, here's an 18-minute surprise concert that Jungkook did on Times Square on Nov. 9th of this year:

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V being the guest in Suchwita episode 18 completed BTS' individual members' appearing in the show. There were a ton of high expectations. Not only because V (like most of the members) didn't do a ton of in-person interviews (off the top of my head, I can only think of 2 Japanese shows and 1 episode of Yoo Quiz) during the Layover promo cycle. Just like the rest of the members, his involvement in the entirety of his first solo project was deep; so much of it was a good representation of what V sees as great ways to connect with ARMYs and any future/casual fans as well (see V-icnic, his fangsign event; inviting ppl (while in disguise) to see him sing; and v. few appearances in Korean web shows.)

Suchwita was an excellent platform for him. Not only because of his friendship/bond with Yoongi would put him at ease, but because everything abt that show invites some degree of self-reflection and personal insight.

The thing abt V is that he's the kind of person who has a v. unique way of moving thru life. Or, better said, he's a loveable weirdo who also happens to be TREMENDOUSLY handsome, LOL. However, by sitting down with Yoongi, he could let go and be as candid as he felt comfortable with. Secure in the knowledge that his hyung wouldn't trip him up or push him in uncomfortable ways.

This results in an episode in which V and SUGA discuss the 2018 burnout; V's process when it came to working on the album (including why he chose to work with songs others had written for him); the general vibe of the entire album; his friendship/dynamic/bond with Yoongi as well as with the rest of BTS, etc.

There's also a LOT of hilarity cuz, if there's one thing that Yoongi does when it comes to interacting with the maknae line is BE HELLA CLOWNING with them. The way he's so terribly indulgent with Jimin, Jungkook, but especially V always leaves me feeling a ton of emotions as well as quite light-hearted.

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Unrelated to the episode, here's a lovely performance of "For You"

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And now, my posts abt Suchwita hit pause once again! That said, the Fannish 50 (with a few of them being BTS-centric) will continue. :DDDD