Hi, same here, very old and therapist. I wanted to understand the phenomenon of fandoms, met BTS and became an Army. And I like this channel!

@@siggispock5102 same here.. My granddaughter introduced me to BTS. I haven’t followed a group/ singer since Fabian Forte in the early 60’s. Lol

@@ck1948 😘eh, we are funny people, lol. If 1948 is the year you are born I am 2 years older.

@@siggispock5102 nope 1946

@@ck1948 So, same age, lol. You know, what really puzzles me is the "countertransference", why do we emotionally react the way we do. I am aware of the countless projections, identifications ofc, but what in their music "reaches our heart"? Like you I wasn't into music before, art and literature were my thing. But maybe I am just daft. Though I did get into them because of the lyrics.

you and i both. i have a business and I do marketing. I want those insights, research... I want a full on geek session with him. LOL

I am a grandma at the threshold of the 70s territory. It was my 3rd child- my late20s daughter during the pandemic who introduced me to this group whose faces all look alike with their chinky eyes, rather long faces but firm jaws. What peeved me that time was how my daughter really raved over them, enjoying their music and practically dancing to her favorite song, Mic Drop. At first, I really found everything so silly that she could relate to their songs, even singing them with a lot of gusto..even if the band's songs were sang mostly in Korean.. remembered my days in the late 60s when I myself was fantasizing my idol group, the Monkees- at least I understood every word in their lyrics as they sang in the universal language.. me & my 2 sisters actually love music and dancing- our generation was more the rock & disco- frequenters.. but this group of Korean boys! .. I almost said "no way!".. but when there was really nothing to do during the pandemic starting 2020- perhaps the only constructive thing that I did during those difficult times was when we had to be really creative and experimented on what we termed as Q-PAL ( Quarantine Play & Learn) where I passed the time with my 2 grandkids- who were increasingly getting bored staying home as the schools even the churches remained closed as we were in total lockdown.. my family eventually thought of turning our home into a daily pre- school-of- sorts in the afternoons:starting with a prayer- the 2 kids- then aged 7 (girl), the other 9 (boy) taking turns as Prayer leaders then starting the day with basic English- Math-Science lessons mixed with exercises viewed from the internet; then my husband would teach them do-it-yourself things like making trash containers from empty plastic gallons of water & urban gardening at our small converted open-air top deck then my K-pop daughter would teach them music & playing instruments: guitar, piano, keyboards even composing lyrics & baking cakes or making pasta.. while waiting for food to be cooked/prepared, my youngest child- mid20s son-Law student would do his part by playing with them at our smaller than half-sized basketball court- playing the game, scooter-ing, etc.. before the day would end, my daughter would spread the mat & do yoga with the kids, closing everything with the Angelus & the Prayer to End the Pandemic..yes! Those were days full of fun & learnings despite the worldwide gloom pervading then.. And then, this- "Life Goes On" followed by Spring Day then our own Alumnae Association Silver Anniversary graduates adopted "Dynamite" as their signature song for all celebrating Alumnae from the 50s upto the present grads during the 2022 Homecoming of our High School via online. Surprisingly, these batches- across the generations- took on DYNAMITE with a lot of enthusiasm & energy, despite the age gaps!..the virtual concert staged at the empty Seoul Olympics stadium by BTS with just screens reflecting faces of viewers- whom I later realized as ARMYs- really amazed me & made me recall 1988 when I led a broadcast team assigned to cover the Olympics LIVE. That BTS concert really blew me away - imagine the guts & the zeal of these 7 boys -almost imagining them to be hibernating at the height of the pandemic bur they were doing exactly the opposite- tirelessly working on new, better & what's more relatable music & lyrics that all peoples- regardless of "race, gender, age & creed"- would eventually adhere to. Yes! I am not really a full-fledged ARMY, unlike my daughter who has blossomed into becoming one, but I truly appreciate the minds, hearts & purpose- (mission entrusted to them, perhaps would be more appropriate)- of these 7 boys who rose from the embers to become shining beacons- let not the secular world get the better of you..All the best.. keep on being enlightened & bringing this light onwards in this dark world💜

Thank you. I needed to hear that.💜 💜 💜 💜 💜

Totally agree

Yes,honestly we could see some parts of it just Hybe agenda but other parts well written

This makes me curious. I don't have the experience or history that most others have so I wonder if I will be able to catch those things. Hopefully that can be part of the discussion as more people have a chance to read it.

Happy birthday. I wish you peace and health.

@@AsianEntertainmentandCulture Thank you Borahae.

Hi, i am a 2013 ARMY. i was there from the beginning and watched them closely. like you, i know most of the stuff they talked about in the book. most of the "new information" i got from this book is the insights I got on the eloquence of their speech, the way they process their thoughts in specific events, seemingly foreboding things around them that points to their destiny and things like that. part of the reason i did my review this way is because of that. i believe they wrote with that mindset in mind, that they want to take ARMY in their heads and in that space between the 7 of them. however, in my chapter 2 video, i will mention some thing connected to the events they mentioned in the book that SOME new ARMY might not know about. i couldn't say much in chapter 1 because those are all pre-debut.

finished reading yet?

@@AsianEntertainmentandCulture Yes!!! continue LOL

Maybe this is just the way she speaks? Or she may like to be poetic. It may just be her preferred style