[mnijungkook] Instagram story

JK - Weverse post

I heard that "RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR" was a concert you personally came up with, towards the end of the YouTube series "Run, Seokjin, which you had been running for about a year after returning from military service. I'd like to know how the fan concert came to be planned as the series' final send-off. One of the various ideas that came up during our team meeting regarding the final episode of "Run, Seokjin" was to invite ARMY and do a small busking performance. 'How many people should we invite? 30? 100?' Then I thought, "It would be great if everyone who watched the YouTube series could come," and that's how the idea grew into a full concert. Until that meeting, I had never imagined doing a solo performance by myself. I never thought I would have a solo concert in my life, but once the idea started taking progress, it actually became a reality. Thanks to that, I was able to show the ending of Run, Seokjin to far more people than I had expected. I remember putting in a lot of time and effort in the concert to show my gratitude. jjjin__1204

WHAT DO YOU MEAN SEOKJIN INITIALLY PLANNED A BUSKING EVENT AS THE RUN SEOKJIN FINALE FOR JUST 30-100 PEOPLE!?!!?

Expectations: Busking Event with 30 people
Reality: RUN SEOKJIN TOUR with 280,000 people all over the world

KIM SEOKJIN, THE LEGEND THAT YOU ARE. 🙇🏻‍♀️

(cr: Marie Claire Korea Feb issue)

Namjoon covering his eyes for what seemed to be a surprise

Arirang logo on a plate

From rkive's Instagram Stories: Louis Vuitton's ARIRANG-themed dessert platter.

brooooo they out here dropping spoilers left & right 😭

I have been sitting with this for hours now, trying to steady myself because, my goodness, BTS has done something sublime, yet again. Because, to name the comeback album, “Arirang” is not just an album title. And for them to send ARMY a message on Apple Music, calling us ARMYrang is not just a message. As a librarian, as a folklorist, as a writer of folk tales, and as ARMY, this moment reaches far deeper than fandom. It touches the part of me that understands how culture survives; how stories of ordinary people make the fabric of sovereignty and nationhood. Arirang comes from folk tradition. It is not a song you own. It is a song you carry. It is a story you offer. It has no single author. It belongs to farmers and migrants, to those who labored and waited, to people who crossed mountains and borders with grief in their pockets and hope folded carefully into song. Arirang has always been sung at thresholds, when leaving, when returning, when words are not enough. So when BTS name their comeback album, Arirang, this is not nostalgia. This is not branding. This is not a trend. This is inheritance. This is heritage. A cultural artifact brought back to consciousness.

BTS is not saying we are back. They are saying we endured. They are saying we crossed. They are saying we remember who we are and where we come from. And then, ARMYrang. That word undid me. In folk traditions, the refrain of song and story exists so others can join in. The song lives because someone answers back. To be named inside a song and story is to be acknowledged as part of its survival. ARMYrang is not a term of endearment. By using folk literature, BTS is addressing us as kin and community. BTS says: you are not the audience. You are not just a market. You are not merely a number. You are part of the refrain. As a librarian, I know this as second skin: for culture to survive it needs to be remembered and to be lived. Because someone must keep on singing, retelling, passing it on with care.

As a folklorist, I know what it means to step into collective authorship; to speak with humility, to carry a story without flattening it, to trust the people who receive it to hold it well. As ARMY, I know what it has meant to wait. As a mother, I learned how to hold joy and sorrow together. Being a woman, I know how to sing quietly when shouting would break us. And now, ARMYrang. It feels like love eternal not because it promises forever but because it promises continuance. Eternity, in folk culture, is not endless time. It is unbroken transmission. A song passed hand to hand. A name spoken with care. A people who show up, again and again, to sing. To tell stories. This comeback does not ask us to scream. It asks us to listen. It does not demand attention. It asks for reverence. Putang ina. Paiiyakin tayo ng Bangtan. (Fuck, Bangtan will make us cry!)

Not because this is dramatic. But because this is true. This is what it looks like when artists return not as products, but as people. And when they call their listeners not fans, but kin. I am still gathering my wits. Really. I think I will be for a while. But I know this much: To be ARMY in this moment, to be called ARMYrang, is to stand inside a very old song to be held and to belong there. Apobangpo! Purple and true! 💜

A beautiful breakdown of Arirang & ARMYrang by user zarahgeeh— Filipino librarian, folklorist, writer & ARMY. Sharing this here for those not on Threads because this love, history, and meaning deserves to be heard. 💜

(🔗: www.threads.com/@zarahgeeh/p...)

BTS named their new album Arirang. What is so striking about their choice? The title is loaded with meaning for all Koreans, and will give fans globally an insight into the folksong culture that shaped the world’s biggest K-pop group

#arirang #bts @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

namjoon and his cuteness aggression over jimin

THREAD: I highly recommend rewatching the ot7 NYE countdown and focusing on a different member each time

A black and white photo of Tae for Celine.

#v #taehyung

BTS Jungkook
#정국

sj's college msg board post from 2011.02.13 it's a post on a simple msg board. transcribed translated in main post

thinking about this 18y.o seokjin lore for no reason whatsoever

[university msg board post from Feb 13, 2011]

🐹 hello this is class of '11* freshman kim seokjin
🐹 please grant me post permissions
🐹 i do aegyo when i'm drunkㅜㅜ

*korean colleges use year of entry as class number

JUNGKOOK x ROLLING STONE
#JungkookForRollingStone

jinkook starting equal sign with hobi and then trying to find their way off the stage 😭

#bts #jin #jungkook #jinkook #jhope

🥹😭

💜 #BTS

🌟 WEVERSE

#Jimin posts

Until we have him naked again...

😭

Hoseok saying “We’re planning to prepare an album/comeback as quickly as possible. And after all, BTS is about performance/concerts, we’re also getting ready for a world tour.”

Hobi confirmed BTS are planning to prepare an album and world tour as soon as possible!!!!!!

Hobi said we are acknowledged as a worldwide global fandom, and that he’s proud to be an artist of this fandom. You could hear how much he meant it, too.

Oh, to be loved and seen like this. 🥺 We will always stand by your side, BTS, for as long as you’ll have us. 💜

#BTS #DailyBTS #BangtanOfTheDay

Jin struggled to contain his emotions when he heard JK singing besides him on stage

[uarmyhope] Instagram post

J-Hope Tour. HOPE ON THE STAGE. FINAL. Day2

It’s really interesting how much BTS solo work has been about escape, feeling trapped, etc, probably from the dual cause of celebrity in general and the looming military service in specific. It’s even MORE interesting that Kim Seokjin is like “I love you, I’m happy, let’s run forever and marry fish”