BTS THE RISE OF BANGTAN | Chapter 04: Reflection

for us ARMY, Namjoon is not just leader, he's our president

how do we get them to react to outro wings it’s genuinely so electric

You are missing that this series uses a storytelling device of showing how a lot of OTHER companies operated and then showing BTS being treated differently. They did not have their internet restricted or their phones taken. They were not put on diets or weighed. Sometimes they put THEMSELVES on diets, but their label was both too broke to afford people to manage their diets and didn't want to put that restriction on them. They were writing and producing their own music and saying what they wanted to say, telling their own stories unlike almost all other groups. They ate when they wanted and cleaned their plates. They ate out every day at the little mom and pop hole-in-the-wall place above their leaky rented basement dance studio, sometimes for three meals a day. Bang PD agreed with you that they need real life experiences to write good music and have stories to tell. He has said so. They were not locked up. They did go out and have quite a bit of freedom, even to the point that Suga was secretly moonlighting doing his motorcycle/scooter delivery job. The company did not control their schedule as much as other groups and gave the guys freedom to participate on their own initiative, despite the little scene of them whining about dance practice. Remember when Bang PD said Big Hit didn't mandate their schedule? But the members pushed themselves harder than anyone around them did. All of them are passionate and ambitious and driven. Those traits are part of what won them their spots on the team as trainees. They were also all DEFINITELY exploring and making the music that they wanted to at the time, from the beginning. They have just grown over time, as people and as artists, and expanded. But they were not being forced to make any specific music in the beginning. They were their authentic selves from the beginning, it's just that they were very young and sometimes they themselves were not sure who they were, and they had to experiment and learn and grow confident in who they were as they matured, as we all do. The guys also were not chosen based on perfection and did not receive training on media and public behavior. They were chosen on talent and skill and encouraged to be themselves and be honest and open with ARMY, with the good and the bad, instead of presenting a perfected image. They were vlogging and sharing and showing their fears and their flaws to ARMY along with their hopes and their strengths. It's one of the things that made them SO DIFFERENT and unique. In fact, most of the members did not even fit the very narrow male idol beauty standards of the industry and they were called "the ugly idol group" when they debuted. You really got the wrong idea on this episode. It was definitely hard, and they worked VERY hard (by their own choice) and there were expectations and pressures on them, from the public and the industry and from supporting their company as their only group. It was a lot of responsibility and pressure on very young kids. But Big Hit really did and does function VERY DIFFERENTLY to the rest of the industry, and that was exactly the point. That is the ethos the company was formed with and why the industry hates them so much and pushed back and attacks BTS and their company so much.

Jungkook was still a baby at this point. He signed with Big Hit and moved into the dorm as a 13 year old 8th grader. When BTS debuted in 2013 Jungkook was only 15 years old. In this episode, he is only just ENTERING High School. In S Korea, they do an entrance ceremony as well as a graduating ceremony. You don't take your book bag to graduation. They mention several times that it was his entrance ceremony.

20:30 - you REALLY need to react to this rap concert RM did with Jhope and Suga in 2015 https://youtu.be/ZzQ9Z0RAQ8Q?si=iowbfpPCyNs-Zfbq

Interesting that you picked up on how difficult it must have been for them to write lyrics when their life was so restricted/contained, because those issues still occur now. Namjoon did a live yesterday where he touched on this, again. He has lyrics in one of solo songs "Yun" that say "I wanna be human before I do some art" and yesterday he was reiterating that they need to live in order to be able to write about life. They need time to be able to create moments to write about. And many fans don't understand this. The K industry is very fast paced and restrictive, more fast paced and restrictive than the western music industry. No one gives Harry Styles a hard time if he takes 2 or 3 years to write an album, never coming live to speak to fans and having a relationship that is open and public - but BTS can't do any of that. BTS have been criticised this year by certain "fans" and k-netizens for not releasing group music in 2025. People can't even give them time to readjust to normal life after spending 2 years in the military, can't even give them time to write, plan, practice, rehearse and design an entire album and tour, they want everything now now now. It must be suffocatingly stressful. I think BTS have done a lot to break the mold in a lot of ways, but there is still so much expectation to live up to.

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I'd recommend at some point reading their book "Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS". It really dives into what the members faced (especially the criticism and uncertainty they faced from the very start) with the members themselves being interviewed and telling their pov of events. It also contains qr codes throughout that links you directly to the different videos and music that's being talked about in each part (mv, lives, interviews, behind videos, etc) It helps you to fully appreciate everything they had to push through to get where they are today.

Guys guys, it was highschool entrance ceremony..He was entering highschool in this video. It's a common mistake everyone seems to make haha. Graduation was a few years after that and his hair was brown/blond while graduating.

38:40 This chapter is from the end of 2013-mid 2014 and they were definitely NOT doing well financially or in sales. They did well enough to get rookie of the year but we have to keep in mind that there were no Big 3 rookie groups that debuted in 2013 either. Bighit was very much in debt by the millions and it wasn't until 2016 that they started to break even or even make money. There are scenes from the 1st season of Bon Voyage in 2016 were they had to put food back at the grocery store because their budget was that strict. It's really amazing they weathered through all of this. The instability, the industry push back, all of it. That's not to say that they didn't have popularity (at least outside of SK) but without the music shows wins (that came 2 years in in 2015 with I Need U) to prove it, it was difficult to get endorsements and other benefits that come with that sort of recognition and that's a huge source of income for many Idol groups, especially were they hadn't even gone on tour at this point - that didn't happen until the end of 2014 with the Red Bullet Tour but those were shows in theaters, etc not arenas/stadiums.

this is why the fandom holds namjoon to such a high regard because of his wisdom, his kind and deep words of encouragement.

Imagine this was 12 years ago and cancel culture has only gotten so much worse and it spread to everywhere. It's not "a cultural thing" anymore, it's just an Internet thing. The pressure BTS has on them has only increased with their success and I support their IDGAF era. Because we know they will respect their armys and the music they make so I hope they have the freedom to shed all the stupid, unrealistic expectation people have from them.

I'd like to subscribe to Patreon, but unfortunately it's not translated into my language and I don't understand English 😢

If y'all wanna get answers to some of the questions y'all have, as well as be entertained watch the deleted scenes and bonus scenes for the chapters. Y'all don't need to react to them. Just watch them on your own time.

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Warren G, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and DJ who helped popularize West Coast hip hop during the 90s. A pioneer of G-funk, he attained mainstream success with his 1994 single "Regulate". He is credited with discovering Snoop Dogg, having introduced the then-unknown rapper to record producer Dr. Dre.

I cant wait to see your reaction to next rise of bangtan..

Hey guys Huge huge huge fan I watch the videos on both channels I’m an anime and K-pop fan An army and an engene (Enhypen fan) I’d like to recommend watching the Enhypen killing voice You won’t regret it It’ll be a great way to be introduced to the group They are also under HYBE Much love to y’all 🙏🏼 https://youtu.be/6jlQkIgS40g?si=5HOMN8DOzT7DHLN4

Please please do album reviews!

Yall are supposed to watch the bonus content and deleted scenes after the main video for each chapter

Can't wait for you guys to get into Run BTS, Bon Voyage, and In The Soop!! So you can see more of the boys interactions and dynamics with each other

18:50 though the gemre popularity is not quite accurate, the derivative nature of idol music is quite correct. Mostly songs are nonsensical and just made with viral hook in mind. That's why BTS are like unicorns in this stable. I still don't have any other kpop groups in my playlist after 6 years.

18:50 this part about most popular genres in Korea is not really accurate, koreans said that it is: ballads, pop/indie pop, trot. Top artists in Korea who are not kpop idols are Lim Yoon Won and IU, who are trot and pop/ballad artists respectfully. Hip hop, rnb is popular but it's not like in US wher eit is dominating together with pop and country BTS are the most streamed kpop artist in Korea, but other than that girl groups are more popular cause they mostly do onoffensive lyrics about love and get men following be ause of it, male kpop groups are more popular overseas

Please react to Jhope's Sweet dreams, Mona Lisa and Killin it girl

Please react "Respecting seniors, mocking juniors" it is from boracity magazine, it is about bts of how they were treated by seniors in the past.

I think it would be great if you reacted to their songs and music videos album by album. It would be great if you can go from the oldest but if there are too many, you may start from hyyh! Thats where their bts universe story begins, and it would be quite fun with the way you guys are able to understand their messages and videos so far. And it is a big part of why some of us got so invested in these albums and these stories would be a recommended experience for anyone in the fandom! In fact it could be part of the reason why you were recommended lives instead of the music videos for some songs (other than the live vocals ofc).

You guys should watch Map of the Song: 7 from the 2020 Festa lol

Where's the DELETED SCENES & BONUS CONTENT????? 😭

Por favor los subtitulos en español 🙏

Cypher 1-4 live medley or Cypher 3 Busan concert

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I feel a genuine admiration not just for BTS as group but specially for RM...he went and is still going through a lot of hate and bad comments, it requieres a lot of emotional and mental strength to be able to overcome all of this and keep going, thanks for the reaction!

Check out: A LONG AND USEFUL GUIDE TO BTS (2024) by Purple Snow! It's long, but necessary! (I recommend turning on subtitles for better understanding)

Please react to j-hope lollapalooza Chicago (2022) and j-hope lollapalooza Berlin (2025).. it's so good performance 💜

I hope once after you have reacted to all of the title tracks,you should start reacting to their albums from day 1 cuz every album is a masterpiece with amazing bsides..and you’ll see the growth too..

Guys, I recommend this video where the boys sing three songs live, but they sound incredible. It’s a very iconic video among the BTS videos you have to react to. It’s called BTS ARMYPEDIA. Link: https://youtu.be/BFqF-3qTzRg?si=idU_FqHEepAcZlzw

i guess it's time to react to cypher pt 1-4

4:02 our little bunny smiling 💕

Iam waiting for next chapter

A lot of the times when they are talking about K-pop industry they are also showing you clips of bts doing exactly opposite of what the K-pop world was supposed to be for eg the writing lyrics things before bts success not many idol groups wrote their own lyrics but now bcz of bts the entire idol industry focuses more on the artists wishes than imposing what the company wants to put out obviously it’s not all black and white but bts literally changed a looot in the industry

If you are curious about their reaction pls watch their own documentary ’’bts beyond the star ‘’where it condenses everything they went thru and the boys themselves talk about their own story so it feels more authentic

Guys it was his entrance ceremony not his graduating ceremony he was just entering high school there

Please watch 'stigma' V solo song...watch the live directly not the lyrics viceo

You guys just reiterated how important the b-sides are … please don’t restrict your reactions only to tracks with music videos. An album is a collection of thoughtfully written and carefully sequenced tracks that they have chosen to share with us, and I would encourage you to listen to each from start to finish.

💜🫶🏽🫶🏽💜 Actually, that was Jungkook’s high school entrance ceremony, not graduation. 😊

Some take aways: • They trained and worked so hard that they didn't even get holidays off. That's why as they got bigger the company really made sure to make scheduled times for actually vacations. • I remember seeing it with Jungkook's solo promotions that he seemed really lonely and sometimes lost because he wasn't used to being by himself. A few members would go and visit each other during their solo performances and concerts. • All they've ever known has been each other. They have been with each other more than anyone at this point now. They only have each other and those bonds will never be broken. It goes beyond just family. • When they won 2016 artist of the year they all started crying but what really got me is, out of all of them, Yoongi was crying the hardest. Just like when they won 2018 artist of the year and they were open and honest with us (like always) about how they thought about disbanding, even after getting even bigger. And Hobi, but especially Tae was sobbing!! It still kills me to this day. • You talking about Dynamite and how they're so much more than that made me tear up. Seriously, I've been saying this for years. No one wants to take the time and actually see them for who they really are. So many just see and hear what's on the surface and make a snap decision and judgement and it's so upsetting. Because as you're all seeing, they are absolutely incredible in every single way. I truly can't thank you enough for taking the time to get to see and know them the way we do. Just like Namjoon said, "people only see what they want to see."

as a general time line for idols there was this big “Seven Years Curse” that happened a lot in kpop. 7 years is the general contract idols sign with the company when they decide to debut them. so groups either get fully disbanded or they never re-sign their contracts. some members leave the group. some who leave never become celebrities again (a pilates teacher path is a curse among ex-female idols) some become soloists, actors, or join new groups. it’s not as popular now with groups saying they’re on an indefinite “hiatus” and then have one comeback with hopefully all the members but it’s still the 7 years is the time to officially make or break a group!

Please listen born singer 🥹

Boy In Luv mentioned 🤭 the very song that got me into BTS >< at that time V and Jin was my faves lol but now I love them seven 💜

To get a sample of Warren G's music, I'd recommend you check out his biggest song 'Regulate' ft Nate Dogg (RIP). He's an iconic, old school, West Coast rapper who helped popularized G-funk music. I grew up listening to him, Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg, etc since they made music together back in the day. Anyways that's part of what drew me to BTS. I could hear bits of the West Coast DNA in them even though they were still young in the game back then. (eg. 'If I Ruled The World' where the production is very of that time and you can even hear the hydraulics in a low rider in there from the beginning)

You need to remember when they talk about the restrictions it's in regard to idols in general while it shows that BTS had quite a bit more freedom.

Pls it’s time you guys react to Cyphers 1-4 pls 🙏🏽🙏🏽

The introspection and feeling they all had during the early days of knowing "this isn't enough" or "This isn't what I wanted" and instead of letting it get to them and make them quit, it made them push harder to succeed will always be so incredibly inspiring to me. I love their work ethic and the determination to push through and despite the rigid restrictions they had, still found a way to have fun with one another.

PLZ also deleted scenes and Bonus content 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

There is this inside joke that bts had no idea they gonna be famous because their blue print is so unhinged 😂😂😂

This is why it would be great to listen to the old songs of theirs. The vulnerability and how meaningful their music is.

Lost my mind when Bang Yongguk showed up because his group B.A.P. definitely would have been just as big as BTS if it weren’t for multiple lawsuits against multiple companies because they were treating the members like garbage.

Please react to the deleted and bonus scenes for each rise of bangtan episode too.🙏🏻

please make sure to react to the bonus and deleted scenes theres so much content that doesnt fit in the episodes since she wanted to make them no longer than 30 ish minutes a episode. so all the extra stuff she thought is important enough but doesnt fit in the main episodes are in the bonus and deleted scenes videos. :)

Jungkook has been live playing a scary game for a couple hours so I'm gonna put this on hold RR 🤣🤣🤣

Guysssss IT'S TIME FOR BTS CYPHERRRS

BIRAJ AND RONNIE KNOW THE HONGDAE GUY LMAO

I would like to suggest since you guys are doing the chapters of rise of bangtan you would appreciate understanding how in their life and discography they came to this moment of having these kind of thoughts and growth, that would make you guys' experience much better i think, so i recommend doing album reactions or at least song reactions from way back in order so you can also sink them with the rise of bangtan chapters.

Time for BTS RAPLINE CYPHER 1-4 reaction PLSSSS

Hi Guys thank you so much for your reaction. There's a lot I want to say but I think a lot of ARMYs have helpfully covered most of your questions. What I would like to say is that BTS's first EVER long term vacation was in 2019, where they took 1 month off. This was their FIRST LONG VACATION after 6 years of grinding and working their fricking hardest. They were feeling very burnt out by that stage and decided they needed to put measures in place because they came to a realisation is that the most important thing to them was continuing as BTS and doing this together

Love your videos guys! Thank you for all the hard work pushing out videos so consistently. Happy Holidays!!!

Thanks guys💜 Just to point out some things: - Jungkook was entering High school, he was born in 1997 which means he was only 15 years old in these clips (he was a years late, because of their debut). Jimin was 18 years old and Taehyung 17, maknae line were just kids. - BTS actually have practice schedules of 15 hours a day. The context for this year is them not being welcomed by the industry, big hit with lack of found and being homesick. They lived together in that small dorm and practice in a small room (that's why it's too hot). It's truly sad to see them struggle so much and receive a lot of attacks online. Hopefully, ARMY was growing little by little 💜

Oh guys, thanks for watching this and showing us for free. 💜

22:23 you guys should do react to boracity. you’ll would love her journalism about btsxkpop. videos like “bts paved the way why is it so hard to accept” or “why the music industry is terrified of bts”

Although they were given more freedoms than other idols, I think they were self motivated and knew they had to put in the same effort (and more) than other idols to be competitive. You are right, how do you have experiences to give you inspiration for lyrics when your whole life is the dance studio, the recording studio, the dorm....rinse and repeat over and over. I forget where I heard it, but an idol once said "we're supposed to be able to write love songs, but not supposed to date?" That's a weird expectation. Suga making up little gift packages for 300 ARMY (on his own birthday no less) with handwritten notes, paid for out of his own pocket (before they were making any money) gets my heart every time. I hope those ARMYs still have those notes! They gave up their youth and privacy for their success, but that vulnerability with ARMY is what made us such a loyal fandom. Thanks for reacting.

GUYS WATCH BONUS AND DELETED SCENES TOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!

Hey guys, here's a list of BTS's official videos in chronological order, from oldest to newest. This way you can start reacting to them and watch them all. 1. No More Dream 2. We Are Bulletproof Pt. 2 3. N.O 4. Boy In Luv 5. Just One Day 6. Danger 7. War of Hormone 8. I NEED U 9. For you 10. Dope 11. Run 12. Young Forever(epilogue) 13. FIRE 14. Save Me 15. Blood Sweat & Tears 16. Spring Day 17. Not Today 18. DNA 19. Mic drop with(Steve Aoki) 20. Euphoria: Theme of love yourself wonder 21. Fake Love 22. Idol 23. Airplane pt. 2 24. Boys with luv (feat. Halsey) 25. Heartbeat (BTS world OST) 26. Lights 27. Make it right 28. ON (Kinetic Manifesto Film) 29. ON official MV 30. Black swan 31. Stay gold 32. We are bulletproof: The eternal 33. Dynamite 34. Life goes on 35. Film out 36. Butter 37. Permission to Dance 38. Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)

At the end of the video, what Rivas said about how even if it's commercially successful, it wouldn't matter to the boys if it wasn't something true to themselves, is very real. That's exactly what happened with Dynamite, Butter, and Permission to Dance; because it was in english, it had crazy good results, but the guys, especially RM, weren't very satisfied because it wasn't really what they wanted to do. Later, they released Life Goes On and the album BE, which has the same message of comfort and encouragement during the pandemic, but with all the authenticity and lyricsism of BTS.

Thanks! You might have seen a pattern with RM. Ever since pre-debut he's questioned who he is - a rapper, an artist, an idol, himself. He still asks those questions, even up to now. They never took a vacation. Once, pre-debut, someone's family invited the ones who lived far away over for Christmas. They constantly worked. The clips you saw of the beach and pool were relaxation time between photo shoots and concerts, when they were out of Korea. A concert takes a lot of same-day preparation besides being on stage, everything from stage and sound checks to make-up and outfits. So those small bits of fun time were rare. Another way they had fun away from studio and practice were the Run BTS shows. Finally in 2016 they started a travel show called Bon Voyage. Those annual trips were fun but they were filmed most of the time, so it was also work. They hardly ever had a moment off for themselves for the full nine years as a group.

The rap RM did is actually from Cypher Pt 2. It's a song by the rapline. The part where Suga raps is actually the same cypher that RM did. It's a BTS song. Anyways, thanks for reacting to this and can't wait for the next one. American Hustle Life is one of my favourite shows of theirs. This really helped shaped them as artists. You'll see. About the Idol trainee system, it was well known that the idols in Korea are typically being controlled by the company. Bang PD had different approach to his idols. He wanted them to be creative and learn to make their own music. He gave them freedom in that and guide them when they first started. He's lucky to have met all 7 members of BTS who are genuinely hard-working people, the producers, choreographer and also the team under BigHit who shared the same vision as them. It all comes down to their teamwork.

That was jungkook's high school entrance ceremony, he graduated high school in 2017 so that will be shown in the later episodes. Im pretty sure it was mentioned in episode 1 that he just graduated middle school, so yeah he would be entering high school by this episode. Oh and jimin and v also went to high school and they graduated in 2014 (they went to the same high school)

Okay after this documentary, i hope they can react the meme song of BTS as well lmao. That's a pop culture moment that every ARMY must know lol💜

I just wanna point out that Jungkook ENTERED high school. He graduated in spring 2017.

BTS broke the typical kpop stereotypes with their authencity, from next rise of bangtan vid you'll get to see that! thank you sm for the reaction... and I hope y'all will check out PROOF LIVE, DOPE, UGH!(live perf in Yet to come Busan concert on "prime video mexico" channel+ lyric vid)

Let me add some background information: They weren't actually doing well commercially then (not until 2015). I think it was a very strange situation: They did have a very loyal following right from the start, but ARMY was a very small group. At the same time, the industry obviously quickly realised how much potential they had because they saw them as a threat to their groups. The attacks came from different sides and were massive, especially compared to the little commercial success BTS had then. BTS also received a lot of hate from the fans of other idols. At the same time, BTS became popular with international K-pop fans very quickly - probably because they were different to idols from the established companies and shared so much of their struggles and also their music-making process. However, in the west K-pop was very much a niche music market back then. So for several years, there was this weird situation: BTS became more and more successful internationally, but were underdogs in Korea who couldn't get on music and other TV shows etc. (the big companies had the connections to get their artists on the shows they wanted) but at the same time they received an unproportional amount of negative attention (there were online hate campaigns against them, for example).

Please react to the deleted scene their so funny

Guys pls react to Deleted scenes and Bonus content of each episodes too.

Jhopes cry gets me everytime but then I remember V and Jungkook saying with tears in their eyes "hyung, your sister is pretty" LMAOOOO

Thank you for capturing what ARMY wanted to show in the documentary. I hope you can continue watching the next episode. Besides enjoying the songs and admiring their talents, you can also see that all the lyrics and results of BTS today are the result of their hard work from the beginning. In the next episode, you will see that the obstacles that BTS faces will be bigger and harder. So please you to continue this segment. Goodjob guys, thanks 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Thank you for making the rise of bagtan series free in patreon I am unable to upgrade I am from India I tried I love watching your reactions

25:22 purple wasnt a thing back then lol but now when i noticed that, it really seems like it was all meant to be😭

"who's Warren G?" i'm crying 😩 lol

Please react BTS JIMIN like crazy song MV and dance practice😊

bts have always broken stereotypes for this industry, whatever it be they've always been themselves and thats what has always made them stand out. yes they did struggle with the standard kpop industry stereotypes but they were also the ones to not stick by those and always branch out to not be controlled by the system, so half of this whole series is how 'the kpop industry is supposed to be' vs 'how bts has always been', like how we've seen in terms of creative freedom of writing and producing their own

Please please watch all the deleted and bonus scenes for these RoB (starting from Chapter 1), too so you all get the whole context from some snippets of scenes shown here. Thanks!!

I wish they react to standing next to you for jk instead of seven.. it has better vocals and instruments

Reaction to all Cyphers with their live performances!!!

Guys, you can now start watching the deleted scenes & bonus content. They're really good. Also, just to add here, from this episode onward, it really shows how BTS changed the rules of the K-pop industry & rewrote them again. Even their blogs & vlogs are now the common way for the idols to connect with their fans. Hope you check out the contents soon, to understand the change in dynamics of the K-pop industry post Bangtan exploded in popularity.

I’m not sure how far in advance you film, so I just wanted to let you know that Jin’s and V’s birthdays are coming up! Jin’s is in just about two weeks. I hope you’ll be able to film a birthday reaction for them 💜 Maybe even an album reaction? Jin’s Echo or Happy, and V’s Layover

They are even younger, because they used the Korean age system. They really were just babies 😭

Just a suggestion; It would be so amazing if you could react to their albums in order alongside TRoB episodes. The episodes contain almost all fan favourite music, and would spoil it for you before you delve into the albums.

💜x7 in 2025! On the road to 2026. #LoveAllSeven

Please react to cypher pt1 , pt2 , pt3 pt4 lyric videos

Also, Psy is actually very very big in SK and Asia, he has many hit songs. I recommend Boracity's magazine "why the music industry is terrified of bts" and "bts paved the way, why is it so hard to accept it?" they are really interesting videos and touches a little bit on Psy's situation

guys please react to IN THE SOOP or ARE OU SURE... u will love it

Please watch the DANGER live performance and the MV. Baby Jimins abs and fur coat will have you losing your minds. 😜

Thank you 💜 RM = best leader

Cypher medley live reaction pleaase

Please react to all the Cyphers since you already heard one of those in this episode. I'm sure you gonna love them

Everytime I see this series, my respect and love for BTS grows. Even though I've seen this series multiple times with others, there's always something new to learn about them. The kpop industry is extremely and the fact that these people make it and do their best and become the artists they can be deserves so much recognition

There's this meme I saw lmao where they say "When you try to defend BTS because someone says they're Gay, but you shut up 'cause they kind of are💀" BAHAHAHAHA CRACKS ME UP

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When Jk started to get homesick Jin took him to his own (jin's) family and told him he had another family with them here whenever he needed them

the sudden clips of bts tryna kiss each other with no context is killing me😭

This episode spoiled the cypher. U guys should react to all cyphers

they were not doing that well yet, they had won rookie awards but not any music show awards, skool luv affair actually had expected results but but the albums before and after did not

Also, Psy is actually very very big in SK and Asia, he has many hit songs. I recommend Boracity's magazine "why the music industry is terrified of bts" and "bts paved the way, why is it so hard to accept it?" they are really interesting videos and touches a little bit on Psy's situation

So, what this creator tried to convey is how idol music is usually perceived and how bts is different from that. Talking about companies not allowing idols to write their songs, but bts did that from the biggening, and it was smth very important to them

i was thinking like why is rivas always the one wearing a stand-out colour than the others but then i realised its just this past week's videos were filmed in one day lol

Keep em coming, I love rewatching this series with you all! Tysm

to answer who that is in the next episode preview: Warren G is an American rapper songwriter and producer/DJ who helped popularize West Coast hip hop in the 90s and pioneered G-funk (genre of gangsta rap) and he also discovered Snoop Dogg and was the one to introduce him to Dr Dre iirc. Was in a trio group with Nate Dogg and Snoop

They're still kids that time... Imagine the burden the pain they had that time, all the hate they received. They're chasing their dreams like everybody else, well those experiences made them who they are now. They deserve all the love. Thank you so much guys, you focus on every details 💜💜💜 you're right their lyrics are really inspiring.

Who's Warren G????🤣🫣 you guys got me feeling so ancient. Albeit I am old but d***. Love watching you guys. Thanks for being who you are.

I really love this episode! Truly a revelation after RM looking for what he actually is... an idol? An artist? A rapper? And coming to s conclusion that he is... himself. Just himself in the end of the day. I love that.

No purple wasn't a bts colour at that time, it only became that around 2016 but you'll get to that later in the series :)

What y'all were talking about, pretending in front of the cameras, is what the song Fake Love is all about..."For you I pretended I was happy, even when I was sad". That is every performer, but especially kpop idols. That is a big part of the reason BTS connected so well with ARMY, because in those little vlogs that they did, they were open about how they were feeling. It wasnt all sunshine and puppies, and they let that show, which was unusual for that time period in the kpop industry, and Korean society in general. But even then there were parts of themselves they kept hidden, because you have to do that so you can separate yourself from your stage persona. They put a book out a couple of years ago called "Beyond the Story" and that is the recurring theme.

Finally!! I was wondering when this would be posted!! Nice watching it together with you guys, as always! 💜

Please do cypher part 1-4 in 1 go

People who don't know BTS' background don't realise that when Namjoon was signed in 2010 he was just 16... JK was 13 when he was signed (international ages) and 15 when they debuted.... there is literally only 5 years gap between JK and Jin ... these boys grew together and were each others support system, they still lived together until 2021/22. Their bond will remain strong even now they're all grown men who have completed their military service. The comeback is going to be epic... Nobody is ready for the records these 7 are going to achieve from this point forward...it's going to be mental ! 💜Apobangpo💜

I feel like having a deep convo about life with Namjoon would be therapeutic he’s very reflective but also forward thinking and articulate which I can relate to and appreciate 💜

Our Boys been thru some💩! (Jimin’s had death threats😳) BUT ‘we are together bulletproof 🎶’ 💜 FIGHTING 🥊

Hello guys, have a nice weekend. Here is my suggestion for next schedule: 1 BTS Truth untold stage mix live + lyrics https://youtu.be/q9yaP4wZ_tI?si=KgmxJ8UKxO-2yWBr 2 Tear - live + lyrics https://youtu.be/UDuaJGYe8EQ?si=kHApToMl5K-UDx0E 3 Crystal snow live+lyrics https://youtu.be/5quwMW4cXEU?si=XuawkqDEo94iV2xX 4 Cypher 1-3 live + lyrics https://youtu.be/7FU2zPqApSw?si=zKgGjB7woqaIxS1d https://youtu.be/yE-4gjtKjyY?si=PxxPYYn7QMBcIhcI Or all 3 in one video - medley https://youtu.be/Hn3hIiCIlGs?si=7Hmmget6mh_-CkEV 5 Home color coded lyrics + live stage mix https://youtu.be/TzUsnRLaU40?si=RAXblxY5Vp2TJQht 6 Ugh live + lyrics https://youtu.be/HPZdb5bptCQ?si=v5o9lqRRkDD_h6qb

yeah I think y'all are prob realizing now that bts' digital footprint is crazy😭

Thank you 💜💜💜

react to suchwita eps too

GUYS!! You got a little sample of Cypher... there's 4 parts to Cypher... please react to all 4 together... Cypher 1-4 are Rap line songs 💜 and they are so awesome

It’s not that they didn’t have the creative freedom but it was more like how much can you squeeze yourself to come up with inspirations. Hobi was talking about that in that particular section. And yes all the companies follow the training system put together by SM but each company modifies it to their own. BigHit wanted talent that could tell about their own stories that is why rappers were 1st to join the group. Not saying that BigHit didn’t have restrictions for the boys but this is not a proper b&w discussion. Korea as a society is very different from Westen society & market. So yes having that many restrictions does hamper the inspirations and that’s also one of the reasons idol music is called manufactured music cuz for a lot of groups they don’t have a say in their concepts, songs they sing and even their onscreen personas. It’s all company driven. This is where BigHit was different with BTS giving them space to write about their stories but there was a final management decision on what would make it to the album. Also the one of reasons for BTS having such a strong fandom is cuz they were very authentic to themselves in the given liberties. And why they talk so much about self love is because they had to go through it themselves to be more comfortable with who they are. Jimi is the biggest example out of 7 that I can think of. Their taste in music, their likes were all reflected in the lives they did from early on. And the kind of digital footprint they have a lot of companies wouldn’t put it out there. Again not saying everything was great but they had a lot more freedom than others.

Thanks!!

Please react to all rapline songs with live performance and then vocal line with live performance 💜

Guys, given your reaction to the brief part of Cypher 2 featured in this episode, you will love the Cyphers 1-4. Rapline at their best. 💜

The only reason I've installed patreon is to see your videos here :) (only free access ones though🤣😭)

2:05 The chant is bts' names in order

I'm most looking forward to this guys reaction to the RPWP album, finally people who will appreciate Namjoon's genius

LET'S GOO!!

Guys, BTS were NOT big while they were in school... They didn't quite make it "big" til 2016 which was about 3 years after their debut when they won Daesang (winning all the major categories) .. And they struggled all the way through, literally swimming against the tide upstream the whole time... and yeah they gave up a lot to be where they are today ... In fact RM spoke his thoughts about the future recently such as having families etc... he mentions how at his current age his parents had already had him and about people around his age already married etc...I don't think he ever regretted the decision to pursue his dreams but there's this social cost too..

What about the deleted and bonus clips?

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Woohooo!! Early today 😍

U guys listened to the songs at the end. Thank you 🙏🙏💜💜💜

This episode was so emotional

yesss, thank u 💜

yayyy im always waiting for the rise of bangtan!!

FIRST!! YASSSS THANKS