QUICK COMBO: REFLECTION | CHAMPION | WILD FLOWER

QUICK COMBO: REFLECTION | CHAMPION | WILD FLOWER

My thoughts on this QC:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RRRRAAP MONNSTAA!

This QC is my favorite RM solo, favorite feature and favorite collaboration.

Reflection has some lines that cover a concept I've done my entire life. Whenever I'm stuck in traffic or waiting in line, I wonder if I've encountered the people around me before or will again in the future. It helps me remember that everyone is human and calm some frustrations.

I admit, I only looked into Champion because I'm a big FOB fan, but I genuinely like RM's version better than the original. It's a perfect taste of his lyrical prowress.

And Wild Flower...my love. It's honestly very rare that I like a song on first listen and Wild Flower genuinely shook me up. I remember exactly how I felt the first time hearing it and I still get that feeling today. It's an absolutely beautiful song.

(Honorable mention to Still Life. It took me a while to come around to it but it's definitely one of my jams now).

Listening Links:

When BTS said they wanna do 10 days for 10 year anniversary of FESTA...

They must have referenced this counting guide:

Just a few more than 10. 😋

Oh, just JK saying the same thing in a video released the day after I posted this:

SOLO TOUR MATH

To those that make comments about the remaining members doing solo tours, please allow me to present the following data. I've included counts of songs that were officially* released by the start of the tour as best as I can figure. Based on the data of the previous tours, we can guesstimate how many songs each member would need to release prior to starting their own Solo tour. I'm not including RM since he stated we wouldn't be seeing much of him before he starts his military service.

The Red Bullet Tour set list included 24 songs - 4 of which were the encore. (Source) There were 34 songs in the BTS library prior to the start.

The D-DAY Tour set list was 20 songs - 3 for the encore. (Source) There were 34 songs in his library prior to the start .

With only two data points, 34 seems to be the threshold of songs before a tour would start.

Jimin currently has 13 songs. He would need to release 21 more songs to hit the arbitrary 34.

Songs included: Lie, Serendipity, Filter, Promise, Christmas Love, With You, Vibe, Angel, Face-off, Like Crazy, Alone, Set Me Free pt.2, Letter

(Aw, 13 for our chim chim!)

V currently (sorta, I'm including LayoVer) has 14 songs. He would need to release 20 more songs to hit the arbitrary 34.

Songs included: Stigma, Singularity, Inner Child, It's Definitely You, Scenery, Winter Bear, Sweet Night, Snow Flower, Christmas Tree, Rainy Days, Blue, Love Me Again, Slow Dancing, For Us

(...never noticed how many of V's songs start with an S until I typed this out)

Jungkook currently has 9 songs. He would need to release 25 more songs to hit the arbitrary 34.

Songs included: Begin, Euphoria, My Time, Still With You, Stay Alive, My You, Left & Right, Dreamers, Seven

(Both FACE and LayoVer have 5 songs, do we think JJK1 will also be 5?)

This concludes my hypothetical presentation into the math of song library to tour count. Hopefully this made sense and we will stop seeing comments asking for a solo tour from the maknae line until they're given more time to develop and release.

*To calculate the release quantity, I included Spotify tracks that could have been performed, excluding duplicates, skits, and intros/interludes/outros that weren't really a full song. I did not include featured songs that aren't linked to their Spotify profiles. This method of inclusion is completely subjective and others may arrive at different totals.

NEW POWER COMBO UNLOCKED!

Listen to the songs at least once in the following order. Ear-melting guaranteed!

Promise

Letter

Take Two

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Why does this gif come up when i search jikook?? 😂

RUN BTS: THE SERIES

I wasn't part of the Fandom when most of these episodes were newly released. I have watched entire series many times though and would like to share some thoughts about each one (especially as we have current event context). so while we wait for the return of a regular BTS episodic show, I'd like to do another RUNthrough of Run BTS (see what I did there?)

Here are the items I plan to discuss with each episode. I'd like to invite anyone who's up for it to rewatch and share your thoughts as well, especially if you have any fun facts relevant to what was happening at the same time as the original airing.

Production: How successful the episode is as a variety show, including but not limited to: exposition, editing, set design, utilization of locations.

Endearment: How successful it is in showcasing the charms of BTS and making the audience want to engage in more of their content.

Winner/Loser: many episodes have an ultimate winner/loser. I will absolutely spoil this so please watch first if you haven't.

Best Cheater: BTS has the best cheaters! Who do I personally think was the best one in each episode? (This is all in good fun and not actually malicious).

Member Moments: a moment or quote from each member that stands out to me each episode.

Overall Rank: my personal rank of the episode on a scale of 1-5 of how much I enjoyed it, including the Production and Endearment notes above.

Bonus Content: Many episodes have bonus content on weverse and I'll give some general thoughts on the content. This will NOT be a transcript on the content itself. If I happen to know any fun facts related to the episode, I'll share here but I don't anticipate much since I wasn't in the Fandom during original airings. if you know any, please share!

I love a good spreadsheet so we'll have some interesting metadata to analyze after this series. Let's get it!

Source for original air dates as well as some extra info that I couldn't glean from just watching the content. I will be using the episode numbering per YouTube rather than Wikipedia though.

Post Links:

001: Open

002: The Greatest Man

003: Theme Park

004: 30 Second Mission

005: 100 Seconds Sports Day

006-1: Confession part 1

006-2: Confession part 2

007: Silmido part 1 Survival

008: Silmido part 2 Find the Flag

009: Silmido part 3 Bungee

010: Silmido part 4 Spy?!?

011: Back to School

012: Cops

013: The Spy Who Returned part 1

014: The Spy Who Returned part 2

015: The Spy Who Returned part 3

016: Snow Park Winter Olympics

017: Arcade Olympics part 1

018 Arcade Olympics part 2

019: Strike

020: Korean Food War

The analytics: Episodes 1-20

021: Board Game Competition

022: Hangawi Festival

023: Pet Friends

024: BTS vs Zombies

025: Game King

026: Secret Agent

027: Welcome to your First MT part 1

028: Welcome to your First MT part 2

029: A Billboard Hot 100 Promise; Be Each Other's Stylist

030: The Variety Show of Memories part 1

031: The Variety Show of Memories part 2

032: Take Care of Santa

033: BTS and Manito part 1

034: BTS and Manito part 2

035: Kimchi Battle

036: Kimchi Wars

037: BTS Marble Returns

038: Spin BTS

039: BTS Golden Bell part 1

040: Lunar New Year Special: Only Good Things

The analytics: Episodes 21-40

041: BTS Golden Bell part 2

042: Sports Challenge

043: Satisfaction of the Five Senses pt.1

044: Satisfaction of the Five Senses pt.2

045: BTS Cafe

046: BTS Workshop

047: Protect the BTS Village pt.1

048: Protect the BTS Village pt.2

049: Eve of Episode 50 Festival pt.1

050: Eve of Episode 50 Festival pt.2 | 50th Episode Special pt.1

051: 50th Episode Special pt.2

052: BTS Escape

053: BTS Outing pt.1

054: BTS Outing pt.2

055: BTS Outing pt.3

056: BTS Outing pt.4

057: BTS Chef pt.1

058: BTS Chef pt.2

059: Run BTS in Hotel pt.1

060: Run BTS in Hotel pt.2

The analytics: Episodes 41-60

061: BTS Sauna pt.1

062: BTS Sauna pt.2

063: BTS School Returns pt.1

064: BTS School Returns pt.2

065: BTS School Returns pt.3

066: BTS in a Manga Cafe pt.1

067: BTS in a Manga Cafe pt.2

068: Heart Pang

069: BTS in Toronto pt.1

070: BTS in Toronto pt.2

071: BTS in Toronto pt.3

072: BTS and Mafia

QUICK COMBO:

TOMORROW | 24/7=HEAVEN | SEVEN

What's a Quick Combo?

My personal recommendation of just a few songs for easy insertion into a playlist. This mini-combination makes an interesting transition or story when played in this order.

My thoughts on this QC:

I just like the progression from yearning to hopeful to confident regarding desires and wants in these 'timeline' songs.

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