BTS DID do a song with Juice World... that's literally what the video said; It's called "All Night" and is on the BTS World Soundtrack. SUGA also is on a track with Juice on his posthumous album; the track is "Girl of my Dreams".

I also recommend watching suchwita with members. It's a show where Suga hosts and talks to the members about solos and stuff. I think you'll like it. 💜

I used to never enjoy Rap\Hip-hop as I didn’t appreciate the subject matter. BTS changed that for me. RM, Suga and J-Hope all have different rap styles which I love. It makes a difference when you have artists that love and respect you as a fan and want to only bring good feelings and ideas to your mind. They also want to help by talking about mental health and social issues. This is why we love them. They are sincerely relatable.

BTS is at a disadvantage as being bigger than Taylor Swift because most of their songs are not in English. Around the world, English is often the language that is used to commmunicate and it’s the chosen language most common learned to communicate outside their own native language. Unfortunately, western countries like the USA have a lot of individuals who don’t listen to non English songs no matter how good it is simply because it’s not in the English language. Though BTS is very popular, there are many in USA that don’t know BTS like Taylor Swift because she sings 100% in English. It’s remarkable just thinking how a Korean boyband from a small country that is singing mostly in Korean can achieve the level of success they’ve reached worldwide. Whether they are bigger than Taylor Swift or not, the success of BTS they’ve achieved so far around the world is already mind boggling.

Thks guys… this video doesn’t get played enough imho Boracity recently put out a video about their entire discography which is very interesting Xceleste’s this is BTS army is an eye opener too Keep going… we are walking with you… 💜💜💜

7 guys in the group, with 7 different styles. This is how they got to try different styles of music. Getting made whole by playing the type of music they like.

Correction :Jungkook auditioned in the talent show when he was 12 And joined at the age of 13

I do not get how the rap can make you aggressive in real life. Um? It is a talent. RM, Suga, and J-Hope are rappers and that would never change. Their rapping has always been with BTS till this day. Like the latest AGUST D trilogy from Suga. It is not "leaving rap" lol, it is about being versatile and able to evolve throughout the course of time just like how the mainstream artists manage their careers in the ever-changing industry. That would not make sense if the rap line would suddenly become singers just because they want to be "relatable". The hip-hop concepts still pop out from time to time when they release a new song like "MIC Drop" (2018) and "Run BTS" (2022) and rap-heavy. I am pretty sure rap is a large reason why BTS is so popular.

there is one point which i dont agree with this documentary is that dynamite was made to get the western audience cuz that was their first time trying a whole english song and no on really expected the success . u can say butter and ptd was for trying the success again but dynamite was really just made to make armys happy when everyone was in pandemic and the boys also said they tried to convert the lyrics into korean but it didnt work out

Recently, RM said he doesn't deserve to speak as a Korean or represent his country, if he doesn't at least do his military service like every other Korean citizen. The group knows credibility has to be earned the hard way.

It's pretty common in Korea that they cast people on streets especially for the entertainment industry even more so if you are good looking. But of course it doesn't guarantee that u will stay, you still have to do audition and work hard to prove yourself during the training. And I think people always overlook that they also have more trainees. It's not like only seven of them from the start. They have to compete with other trainees too.

It wasn't a switch to main stream pop at all, the pop music came later. But bare in mind that the group has 7 members and they all have different music tastes so throughout the years they experimented with different sounds and each member got to participate more. The true hiphop heads were Suga and RM. Their rap music was still relatable for the target demographic, they sang about what the youth in Korea were going through at that time that is why they had fans. But the fans grew steadily that is why eventually they started to rise, they gained new fans with every comeback. And if you listen to their very first album not all the songs were aggressive hip hop. I don't like some of the narration on this video but it's good overall.

One thing I feel like it’s important to say when analyzing the shifts in sound and image that BTS has gone through throughout the years is that, yes, they’ve always wanted to keep up with the trends and to be more well accepted, but that desire has never overcome their authenticity, they have the freedom to express in whatever way they want in their music and that is something that sets them apart from most of K-pop. They will write and sing abt whatever they want, and as a testament to their identity as true musicians, true artists, they never stay stagnant. They’re always looking to grow and learn from other music genres, from Latin pop, to hiphop, to EDM, to rock, to bubble gum pop, to folk, to country…they’re not afraid to explore and try new things, in fact, I’d say that’s one of the reasons why they’re so big, they don’t attract fans of just one genre, they attract fans of many different genres, bc they are just that good that they are able to explore completely new territory and sound and make it sound good enough to compete with major artists within those genres. Loved this, I think a good boracity video to start understanding how groundbreaking the things they’ve accomplished within the American music industry is, is a video called “why the music industry is terrified of BTS”. And a cool one that I think you guys will enjoy is “bts are rockstars” Edit: ignore that last one, I’m an idiot, I know you’ve watched that last one already lmao

Just saying bts never left their hiphop roots . Till now they always have hiphop influenced songs like run bts from proof album 2022 Their core inspiration was and still till this day is hiphop music 💜 Bts took the good sides and did something creative 💜

BTS always strives to give the society new music everytime and whenever they release an album, it is always a new concept with meaningful lyrics depictng the prejudice, thoughts roaming around them and the solution to facing its challanges. And that why people respect their music and try to understand them. Also i think, as they grew old together, their thinking style and their perspective on life changed and that is why their music changes their style and concept every time and every album they release. Their CEO is also one of their most trusted person in terms of music as he always feels that their delivery in every music should be ethical and practical and also suggests them that if they want to be respected and adored by fans, they need to experience everything and write their music honestly based on such experience and this advice really helped them to be this big personality around the world and many fans love their music irrespective of their genre. Also Burn the Stage is a documentary where behind the stages of BTS concerts are shown.

It wasnt the company who pushed them in this or that direction. It was the boys decision to talk about their stories in the way they wanted. Of course Bang PD gave them some advices but they`ve always stayed true themselves and never felt for "we need to make money, so let`s go for it". Till this day they never choose the easy way! And btw... they love McDonalds! 😂 They`re just like you and me... really!

As trainees, they learned everything. No way they could ignore how good they were vocally. I bet the rappers were surprised that they could write such good songs that were heavy on vocals. I think it was the company, but also the growth of the members being able to do it all.

No juice wrld actually met up with BTS in Korea to record this track. They were actually good friends and Juice Wrld was a big fan of theirs

When you see how many fluke things happened to bring THESE 7 together…you have to believe these guys were fated to be together!

Talking about JuiceWorld, he have a song ft Suga in his last album "Girl of my dream". Beautiful song, you should listen to it, even if you don't react to.

The IFPI Global Recording Artist award: “The award for 2020 went to BTS. The band's fourth and fifth studio albums, Map of the Soul: 7 and Be, were the top two best-selling albums of the year. BTS became the first Asian act to win the award. The band repeated the feat for 2021, becoming the third artist-after Drake and Swift-to win the award twice, and the first to do so in consecutive years. Swift became the first artist to win thrice when she was awarded the Global Recording Artist of 2022. “

The construction of the different labels/ companies how Bang PD set it up, was for BTS to still be under BigHit. So Scooter Brown could never get his hands on their Music/ Royalties etc. Bang PD is a very smart/wise man to do that. 💜💜

Well that's what they were saying..They actually have 2 collabs with Juice Wrld! SUGA was on Juice Wrld's album for the song "Girl of My Dream" and Suga and RM for the song "All Night"! Also.. rap has always still be central to their music all along and their rap even in early days was already speaking on social injustice and yes they had a tougher image but their sincerity as you see in the rise of bangtan has always been the same😊 but their music is definitely genres bending

Bang PD realized that if they wanted to compete with the current groups, he would have to have an idol group instead a full rap group. This decision was made while they were still trainees. The rappers were not happy about it but stuck it out and now enjoy and are proud of what they do. Koreans have never called it kpop....kpop is a western term that ended up representing the whole music industry in Korea to the rest of the world. However, it Korea, it is called idol music and they have all the other genres like we do here in the US plus their Korea only genres. There are 2 Juice World collabs. The first you saw was for the mobile game and the song is called All Night it has RM, Suga & Juice World. The second song is called Girl Of My Dreams and is on Juice World's posthumous album and feat Suga.

Look this is BTS x Celeste please

Every their poppy song has deep meaning. The became more mature, their discography reflects their lives. It's not because they wanted become mainstream, they just bring life and true feelings llto their art. If you closely look to each bts album, you'll find how complicated and meaningfull they are. And their rap never go away. Every member hold his position, at the beginning they also didn't all rap.

9:39 ill probably edit this to add stuff but i wanted to pause and say, casting agents for those companies go everywhere looking for talent. Schools, talent shows, etc, but yes, also one the street. These companies sign people on for more than just to become idols. The companies also sign on songwriters, producers, and actors, both for mvs, and movies and dramas. And because they have intense training that can last months, up to years (bang chan from stray kids was a teainee for like, 9 years or something before he debuted, not sure of the exact time but it was longer than most), it often happens that theyll scout someone for their looks, or people who have even the smallest bit of singing / rapping / dancing etc, knowing they can be trained. Im not sure if other companies are like this too, but i know big hit, bang si hyuk, cared about "potential" during an interview once, jin explained "i was getting off the bus in college, and a lady came up and grabbed my face and said 'ive never seen such a handsome face before! Please join our agency!'" It seems odd to us westerners, but its pretty common over there to scout everywhere, for anything. Jins amazing because he was scouted for looks, had no real experience in singing or dancing, and now look at him. Widely recognized as a silver voice and a great dancer. So their training system def works 💜 13:20 his "friend" went online after jimmy fallon asked Tae about his audition. Fallon asked what happened to his friend and tae said "he failed". Not in a nasty or braggadocious way, just factual, and the friend tried to talk some shit anout Tae. Everyone saw it for what it was though, jealousy, so his trash talk didnt do him any good or hurt Tae's rep in anyway. 18:15 big hit did change it from a hip hop group to an idol group. The members, especially the rappers, were stressed over it. But the project had changed before they debuted. Thats why they all had to learn to dance. It was originally going to be just a hip hop group. But the other rappers eventually either left or were cut. Namjoon almost quit the team due to dance, and j hope tried to leave because he wasnt sure how he fit, being a dancer but not a rapper. As for their musical change, the music changed as they grew, mostly. And they still have had full hip hop songs throughout their career. "Run bts" is insane and that was released last year. Although this documentary has some good info, im not rly a fan of how they present the info. They way they explain some things are incomplete and/or misleading, like the comments on releasing dynamite to appeal to western charts. Not why they did it. The 3 English songs were merely released to cheer up as many people as possible and give hope during the pandemic. So take this documentary with a grain if salt 😊 Also the 7 of them all have thier own styles of music they like. While they all love hip hop, you can tell by their solo projects that they have a variety of tastes, just look at Tae's new singles, rainy days and love me again. He puts r & b and jazz into his stuff.

BTS paved the way for all kpop

TAYLOR SWIFT & BTS Taylor recently broke bts touring records in the US. She toured more than bts. She has more sales & streams at the moment. She also has an edge for being more mainstream. She's a great performer as well. For groups, bts holds most of the records. And as a group, they can compete with solo acts. It's kmown fact that solo acts are bigger than the group acts. But with bts achievements & records they are definitely up there. They are also the most awarded group in history & of all time, around 1,050 awards. 4th overall, only bested by 1) MJ, 2) Adele & 3) Taylor. The victory is sweeter bec they gradually made it on top. It's pure hardwork & they were not a one time thing nor an instant 'it' group. They already cemented their name on the industry that even on hiatus, they are still the most streamed group on spotify & most viewed artist on youtube. All the best! Thanks for ur reaction 💜💜💜🥳

Suga and Juice Wrld collaborated on Girl of My Dreams. It released after his passing.

All I can say is I'm proud of them BTS. And I will continue to support and love them until they come back together after their military service.💜💜💜

im confused when they mentioned boy in luv and just one day you said "do you think the label forced them to change from hip hop to mainstream pop" neither of those songs are mainstream pop. boy in luv is pop punk/pop rock and just one day is r&b. mainstream pop would be dynamite or dna or boy with luv. and even so bts have always been the ones in charge of the music, what genres they did what the songs were about etc the label could suggest but if the members dont agree its not happening. they decided to ADD more genres to their catalog not replace rap or hip hop as they still to this day do hip hop a lot. i think its difficult for you to understand due to pop music now having rappers on the songs in mainstream however theres a huge difference between for example katy perry and juicy j dark horse which is a pop song with a rap verse being released vs bts songs like just one day which is majority r&b and hip hop not pop. just cause the song has singing on it doesnt make it a pop song. also the authenticity factor also plays a role. you can feel the emotions of bts songs no matter the genre where as many mainstream pop songs you cant feel the song it was just released to be released. hopefully you get what i mean. but yeah it was strange you mentioned it there of all places because neither of those songs are pop and even if they were bts never stopped being a hip hop group they still are to this day and they still have at least 1 hip hop song on every album usually more than 1. i know this is pre recorded and you probably have more information now but still wanted to explain that clearly. also keep in mind all the hardships were happening while all this seemingly good stuff ws happening.

As funny as your version of Suga (Yoongi) being signed is: it's not true. It was planed that he would not need to dance. Rice Squad mentioned the other artists signed under Big Hit. What he neglects is that those artists (both?) were also signed under different labels meaning BH only did part of the job for them/earned not that much. In fact when the time came for renewal only one decided to renew his contract with BH: Lee Hyun from 8eight (I think) now redubted as MIDNATT. At the end of 2010 or likelier at the beginning of 2011 a look at their finances told them that debuting a Hiphop group would not help. So they suspended all non-essential activities and gave everyone homework: what actually will make money/get them out of debt? The answer? an Idol group. Which was when the concept for Bangtan Sonyeondan changed. I think they had to talk Yoongi into staying into the group itself instead of just becoming a producer - but that is speculation. What is true is that Yoongi at the monthly evulation placed last - and was still not cut (neither were RM/Namjoon or Supreme Boi - who decided to be only a producer). In 2012 - I believe - Yoongi got into a car-accident - like shown in Amygdala - at his part-time job and injured his shoulder permanently - and was therefor in constant pain till fall of 2020. Yoongi tried to hide it but it was impossible - afraid to be cut. When they brought im to hospital defeated he offered to leave - they told him to stay and that they would wait for his recovery. And yes, Jin was signed for his looks. Looks are one of the first attraction points for a new boy(or girl-)group. In fact Jin's look were a major reason of how they found a promoter for Japan. Casting Idols is not that rarely sketchy. I mean one of the people trying to sign 13 year old Jungkook tried to get him to come to his hotel room. (Someone once said that some of the first Idol managers were actual pimps before they found more money in becoming Idol managers...) Lack of money (Ithink the label was in debt till 2017 or something) was a big reason for quiet a few fanservice/Idol practices they also did - necessary for their survival. But it wasn't a break from their dreams - it was an "and" thing - lots and lots of genres. The members had all different music interests: some of the vocalline were also into artists like Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Girls Generation etc. At the beginning the rapline was more insecure about doing none-Hiphop stuff but they grew as people and are now very proud to be called Idols and Pop artists. They outgrew their own prejudice. You can see that in the TROB, too. Mind you they were very aware that some of those more poppy songs were necessary to survive. The members were mature enough to know that they didn't have much of a choice if they wanted to stay existing as a group and do also their music with their messages - chances were they would not get that at any other label/this could have been their ONLY chance. American Hustle Life can still be watched. The begining is cringe as they really thought themselves kidnaped. The members also gave back in that extra poor/homeless street LA is known for. Nevermind that some of the members had at least lived rougher that the average middleclass child/came from poorer families - but as far as I can tell without the violance. Personally I believe WOH got hate because BTS became more famous and where beginning to challenge the top dogs and that is a complete no-no in such a class-based society. Over the years the hate became more and more organized. For example Taemin said in an interview (as a teen) far worse stuff - but somehow his quotes were later attributed falsely to BTS. Nevermind that they all grew better. WOH is actually a very good tongue-in-cheek description of a male discovering their hormones/getting attracted to girls: way over the top - "popping pimples" stood right next to lines about how physical attractive the girls were - ultimately harmless. Also fun fact: feminist is translated to mean "men-hating" in SK. Female athlets/entertainers have to go in front of the press to tell them that they are not feminist (which could cost those women their career). The new ministry for women was put into the family ministry by the new government in SK recently... I think most people don't actually understand what RAP is. Some use it as a acronym for "Rythm and Poetry". I didn't understand it till I heard the rapline and was more annoyed with my own prejudice. I learned quiet a bit since than. "Spring Day" is currently 67 on Melon - still charting since spring of 2017. Try *bby* *gang* *mag* with his video essay "BTS vs. K-pop" - it has a section that explains what K-pop actually is. It's complicated. BTS discovered Juice Wrld before he was famous. There is the mentioned song and on a post-mortem album Suga is on his song "Girl of my Dreams". Juice Wrld did drugs very young, before he became famous and didn't stop. i read his wikipedia article and from my understanding he was doing drug on his private plane but someone (the pilot?) reported it (and guns). Juice Wrld paniced and allegedly swallowed multiple Percocet pills which led to his collaps. They admistered stuff against a drug overdose but in hospital they could only register his death. The Dynamite narrative is fun but not true. The song was for fans - as a secondary language pretty much the whole world speaks it. (lingua franca) I think the Scooter Braun story is taken way out of context. When she left her old label they kept her mastertapes and she tried to get them. Maybe they asked for too much money IDK but TS didn't get them. Scooter Braun bought her old label and now owned the mastertapes. She threw a very public tantrum, claiming he had insulted her etc. to everyone who would hear. I can't actually find what he supposedly said. She got social coin and fame from it. He expected that she would give in and buy them not believing that she would rerecord her music. But if you know how the industry works... it was very very clever what she did - I admire her for that. The industry is so corrupt - boracity magazine has a few video essays. But rerecorded albums mean she got double (more) the money for the same songs (steroids if you will), easy number 1s and more fame/interest from a global audience that cared more about the unfairness of him owning her mastertapes (and her fighting the corruption) than actually buying music. It was a brilliant chess move from my point of view. She used him hard. Everyone else would have been damned - a foreigner crucfied - for that. BTS got BS for having remixes of their songs - when Western artists have pages and pages of them. Bang Si Hyuk is not stupid. The man went to Scooter Braun when the rumors came up he planed to sell his label/holding and talked to him for months about music before deciding to buy - they went fishing together and felt each other out over talking music/industry etc. The sale happened and Scooter became part of the board of directors and one of the two heads of the US branch that merged his old Holding with HYBE's US subsidary. Now Scooter Braun is the only man in charge there - as planed - and training new artists for them and doing promotions like for Jungkooks "Seven". Thank you for your reaction! 💜

And you better get him some for his birthday 👏🏾👏🏾😂😂💜🫶🏾

I first started to listen to bts because i thought dynamite was a summer song that i loved,now these guys are part of my live.

But the thing is that they are saying that the agency formed the members one by one knowing from the very beginning what things they were looking for, when actually they were part of a lot of trainees. They call for auditions of talented people and have a lot of young guys coming in and out of the house trying to be part of the final group. And the 7 boys endured and finally got to be part of the group that made the debut.

suga also has 2 more songs with Halsey. Suga's Interlude from her album and Lillith the anthem for the new Diablo 4 game. You should watch the video for Lillith it was really well done. Sugas Interlude didn't have a video but has a nice lyric video if i remember. Halsey shows up in Sugas Documentary about the DDAY album from when he visited her house in LA as well. their friendship is amazing she calls him her twin.

To understand how BTS "sales" can be difficult to measure against the big western label artists' sales and how rules are changed regularly to alter their placement on charts, watch the following: "why the music industry is terrified of bts" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hN15nsd4scWshXk.html, Of course, its all about the 💰.

I found BTS about 5 weeks ago and have quickly become an ARMY born out of time. I have been down rabbit hole after rabbit hole since. A lot of the things that you question are answered in other vidoes and blogs but the official book includes scan symbols and walks you through the story in an awesome way with the links to a ton of the online content.

It wouldn't be fair to compare bts & taylor in terms of numbers as she is a white artist who actually have advantage of streams/sales (lot of payola/playlisting) who sings in english. industry is taylor swift friendly whereas bts (poc) gets sabotaged left and right but they do compete good w big western solo artists including taylor despite having all the push backs from industry & western media. also bts didn't tour since 2019.

They are legend...

Just wanted to say that I really enjoy the dynamic the two of you have.... It was only just recently I realised you were Dad and Son - I thought you guys were just best friends - I mean that as the highest compliment 💜💜 Have a great day.

juice does have a song with rm and suga called “all night” he also has one song with suga alone called girl of my dreams

They never called it KPop, it’s always been idols, it’s for all idol groups KPop is what the west calls it. Korean pop

The rapper I was exposed to, here in the Philippines, that I truly liked, was Francis M. (rest his soul). I liked his lyrics, because it was relevant, meaningful, and positive. When I found BTS, they brought my "love for rap" back, and they kept on doing it, because of their lyrics and melodies. The more I got to know of BTS music, and the members' personalities, the more that I like them as human beings. Enjoy the BTS journey. Peace!

Thanks for the video, reaction is great! Something to clarify is that although the bts company now called HYBE joined the scooter company, Bang PD the CEO of BTS was very smart since he not only gave shares to the company's boys, but protected them by taking them under which it was a BIG HIT MUSIC sub-company and when the time came for the union, he separated them by making that company where they were completely independent from HYBE, that was the way to protect their artistic freedom, being they the only owners of their art.

SUGA is about to enlist in the military maybe around September. I heard Jin was doing so well in military right now. I forgot what it was but I think he is already a ranking official in the military, training new enlistees. Jhope is currently enlisted as well. I think after SUGA, RM will follow then the three maknae line (Jimin, V and Jungkook)

Think u guys think they left rap mostly cuz u haven’t listened to their b- sides yet . Their debuts albums werent all rap either and their recent album didn’t lose the hip hope genre either. Their sounds just change all the time

To answer your question about "did they ever think where does it end? Bc they keep growing ste by step" The answer is, they did think about it. Even from earlier on, before they even won any music show awards,, evidenced by the song "Young Forever", released 2016. In the song, they touched about how they feels after a concert/show ie how they feel when the curtains close, and yet they wanna stay young forever bc they love performing their music. Back then, they used to say, if one day they could perform in front of 15 000, they'd be content (as at the time the were performing st clubs and arenas, not believing they could sell even 3000 seats, which they did) and now they're stable stadium artists 😁

Hello Darrien, (I Hope I spelled your name correctly 😉). I forgot to mention earlier that Suga did a posthumous collaboration with Juice World as a tribute to him by his label after his death. It's titled "Girl of my Dreams." You and your Dad might like to check it out. I also appreciate the honest opinions and comments that you and your Dad share in your reactions. 🙂

The bts universe is also getting a kdrama at the end of this year !!

43:38 they did 😂 that’s literally what the video is saying, RM and SUGA collabed with him on a track for their mobile game. BTS do eat McDonalds lmao, they aren’t disingenuous people.

BTS for me also changed the way I used to perceive rap music. You HAVE to listen to RM's mixtape "Mono" and album, "Indigo" and the other two rappers' albums and mixtapes to be able to understand what they wanted to do with rap music in the first place. Each of them have a different way of doing it. I hope you get to react or listen to those music. For me, personally, I cannot go to sleep without listening to RM's 'mono', particularly "Moonchild" these days. Their songs have such an impact on me! I hope I get to see your reactions to those songs in the future and listen to what you have to say about them!

And now BTS members breaking their own records 🫡🎉 It’s just BTS vs BTS

"Boy In Luv" does not sound like mainstream song, it is hardcore and rock and "Just One Day" is R&B lol. Those are in the album Skool Luv Affair (2014). They experimented with different genres. Try to react to those MV's, they are still pretty rap heavy. The poppier sound occurred after that album, the Most Beautiful Moment In Life series in 2015 but at the same time the BTS Universe and their concepts also turn more emotionaland mature and touches on the reality of life compared to aggressive and cool BTS before.

Rap and hip-hop was never something I could be interested in until I heard of BTS, BTS Their Rapping and Hip-Hop, and even other K-pop songs became my favorite part of Their songs.😅❤

They still have their hip-hop roots, but they explore their music in different genres. They changed their theme every time they released an album that express themselves at the same time, helping ARMY.

Juice WRLD did collaborate with BTS. They have a song co-written by RM and Suga called All Night. 💜

Same here, this is my favorite.

for me in the beginning I was a casual listener of kpop first being introduced via a facebook video ranomly on my feed one year for a girl group known as girls generation and their song Gee gee, but it won't be until a few years later when I stopped and took notice of the gener because of bts and their song Dope which was my first true introduction into the world of kpop i found the song randomly as a youtube recomended video in my you may like section on my youtube page.. and I watched it and loved it and saved it in my spotify but didn't give it much thought beyond that... a couple years later I saw the video release of Blood Sweat and Tears and loved it and saved it and again saved it to my spotify but didn't think much of it beyond that as well.... it wasn't until I was in college in 2017-2018 when I started looking into bts fully with their love yourself speak yourself series and fully got into the army one because It's my culture and I am half korean and I've been wanting to learn the language and speak it on and off for years now but never did anything about it until that moment that was... something spoke to me in their lyrics when I actually sat down and read the lyrics in english the meanings behind the words in the song spoke to me and I wanted to learn more about the group so i went down the rabbit hole and got hooked... and as they say the rest is history! I've gotten into more kpop groups now first starting off with black pink and other boy groups as well wanting to know more!

Thank you for getting to know BTS more 😊.

They still kept rap in their songs though. I think all albums still have rap songs. The rappers didn’t have to stop. In Blood Sweat and Tears they looked different but it still had rap in it, some of my favorite lyrics. It caused me to listen to their heavier rap music.

18:08 namjoon once shared that a week before debuting as idol he feel overwhelmed, and run away from the dorm to his home, cuz he thinks he didnt wanna do it maybe, but i guess its the only way they could survived. He also told that he dance to survived. Cuz at one point suga also shared that before debuting, the company is very poor, and forced trainee bts to go home. Cuz they cant pay the bills, but they insisted on staying, and eventually somehow they get the investment, and they debuting. So i guess, at first rm suga and jhope wants to debut as a rapper, but the situation at the time, the korea market, is not suitable for debuing a rap group, so then they change the project to become idol group instead, cuz at that time idol industry is triving. And still bts members can also do solo stuff, so the rapline still get their goals to share their music to the world, so yeah, i hope it answered ur question

Actually, Suga DID collab with Juice World. Check out that song. Also, I never listened to rap here in the U.S., but I totally enjoy the raps from our BTS geniuses RM, Suga and J-Hope! While they Do the diss raps and they are fire, they also rap more important subjects too.

i really don't get how narrow your perspective on rap or hip hop. i hope you can check out the rest of their songs that are mainly hiphop/rap including solo projects. 💜

26:41 rap doesn't have to be about street life, shooting and drugs ...even US rap has relatable lyrics from some artists. And BTS proved that you can bring so many different topics through rap. All three rappers have such different styles if writing, but i find them all so relateble. Actually it was their rap that "sold" me bts. I am not a hard core rap fan, vut i appreciate good lyrics and rap skills mastery. I am actually rock/ alternative fan more, but when i heard bts rap i was sold, cause from one line i heard theur sinceruty to the genre and their skill. Cause let's be honest most of the kpop rap is a gimmick and mockery of the culture

I remember being in Vegas last year for the 15th and 16th show. It was such an incredible experience. I live in Reno so it wasn’t too far to travel.

i used to think rap could best exist in hiphop music but genre bending bts proved me wrong. i've seen them rap to funk, rnb, ballads, rock, jazz, pop etc. and i think their versatility is one of their strongest appeals. you mentioned u as a drummer prefer heavy metal music. but i think most musicians even though they have a preference would probably like to explore and play around with other kinds of genres. bts have said they dont have a genre, bts is their genre and i think thats why they're all over the place. and i love it.

They never stopped rapping, each album and each song contains rap. Also how would stepping away from rap music would make you a nicer human?( 38:00 min) its very obvious that you have a negative bias against the genre while funny enough being very uneducated about it

I love this guide cuz it really shows that they paved the way for kpop💜

Thank you so much for reaching to this video! It doesn’t get mentioned a lot and I think it’s an amazing video. I just wish he can make an updated version.

in my opinion i wouldnt say bts went to the military because they felt it was their duty, but more because partly they would be demonized in korea for not going and also because the government would and are still holding it over bts' head, even still after going to the military, the government keeps trying to abuse their power by getting bts to perform like the busan expo and recently the jamboree incident in order to cover up their own negligence to preparing correctly for big events and other things.

Globally... BTS has bigger numbers according to the IFPI.

Rap can definitely be relatable, a lot of the legends in Hip Hop were socially conscious and poetic. Rap is not just about gangs or drugs, for example, BTS' idols like J Cole, Nas, Tupac, etc. are rappers who have incredible flows and talk about many issues in the world. It seems offensive to belittle rap to just being about violence or hard substances.

“Hanging out with these thugs”…?…speaks volumes.

As another comment said I think you guys should learn more about rap and hiphop. I really like this video I just don’t like how he speaks about their change in music. When bts were doing “aggressive hiphop” they were still giving the same messages and stories they do now. And they still do hiphop now in their bts albums and especially in their solo works. They’re versatile which I think is important as an artist. And dynamite wasn’t for them to tackle the western market. He can’t really be faulted for that though bc we didn’t know yet but in their 2022 anniversary dinner bts talked about how they were basically burnt out. It felt like they were outta things to write about. They were burnt out and stressed, all their plans were ruined(they were supposed to go on tour then the military), and there was a pandemic going on. Dynamite was given to them. It was a song that was easy and they didn’t have to put too much thought into it and it also helped cheer fans up. They didn’t expect it to blow up the way it did(no pun intended lol)

Some fans may not know when Bighit transitioned and became HYBE, Bts members also became shareholders. Also, as for the SK government, just recently the World Scout Jamboree that was held in Korea was a mess, extremely hot, unorganized, natural disaster warning, some even said there was no food available at the camp site, a politican brought up letting Bts perform and taking Jin and Jhope from their service just to perform and try to save the mess created, Army was not happy and made it clear that they should leave Bts out of this as they are preparing for their solos and enlistment and Jin and Jhope is already doing their services. When the city of Busan announced Bts free concert as representatives for the World Expo, the city was so unorganized, they didnt even pay for anything, it was HYBE/Bighit that paid so that the concert would still happen.

Interesting is that after Buter domination on Billboard charts for 10 weeks .... BB changed the chart rulers, numerus of times, to prevent BTS and BTS members chart again.... Now HOT100 is considered local radio chart.... To fulfill the needs to push own paid artist to chart high ... Kpop industry hates bmBTS for the obvious reasons and Western Music Industry hates BTS.... Grammays disrespect them so much, they put comercial mv to the presentation instread of nominated "Yet to Come" official mv masterpiece... Well BTS Army is laughing as they know BTS Karma will do the thing....

Thanks for the reaction.they had their last album on 2022.. called PROOF..and had a free concert A Busan yet to come concert

The relationship between BTS and Big Hit is... unique. Genuinely. I find is fascinating so this will probably be a long comment 😂 They always did a variety of styles and genres, from the very beginning, and their sound evolved because they wanted it to. Suga and RM are both good at writing to the strengths of their members, and coming from rap doesn't mean they disliked other music. Quite the opposite - their solo work is good evidence of that, even early on. I also wouldn't call the bulk of their discography "pop." Some of it is, but you'll find lots of stuff with interesting structures and chord progressions that aren't common in pop, and lots of other genre influences as well. A lot of it isn't really easily categorizable. What genre is Black Swan? 😅 I'm not saying the label never leaned on them, but they've talked about their song creation process - which is extremely collaborative, Suga calls it "song camp" - and they wanted to succeed as much as the label did. They wanted to make music that was authentic in a way people could connect to, and they weren't wedded to a genre. They'd try anything. Which is pretty damn hip-hop, even when the sound isn't 😁 Plus it would practically be criminal to have those four vocalists and not give them chances to show off. Just in general, it's best to set aside your preconceptions with this specific artist / label relationship. They grew together, and they're still working with some of the same in-house production and performance staff that started with them ten years ago. If you dig into BigHit (and later, to some extent, HYBE) you find a company with an uncanny ability to spot young, new artists with a ton of potential and give them a combination of pressure and opportunity to develop that potential. I don't just mean their performers - look at how they work with choreographers. They look for people who are young, hungry, and have new ideas and then give them high expectations, access to a supportive team, and a lot of creative control. I think it's a brilliant formula but it sure does require you to trust your artists 😂

Thank you, thank you so much for reacting to this video. I'm so busy with my studies these days😅 bt I try my best to watch all of ur BTS reaction videos 💜💜

I have a love-hate relationship with this video because it does do a good job at summarizing a career spanning 10+ years...but the language at places is misleading. For one, I'm not exactly sure 1TYM played as much of a role as Rice Squad makes it seem because they were only mentioned once during a fun group exercise when Suga mentioned Bang telling him the project BTS will be like 1TYM, meaning a hip hop group. The other thing that bothers me is how he makes it seem like everything was calculated in a typical "K-pop fashion" to gain popularity...Concepts throughout the year changed because the guys grew up. As teens and early tweens, they were angry about school and love. Then each member stepped into their twenties and the group started writing about wandering, trying to figure sh*t out in a confusing, adult world. Their WINGS album dealt with temptation, guilt, obsession and sensuality - things people often experience in their early to mid-twenties because they lack life experience and are just gaining it. The subsequent albums dealt with encountering one's first actual relationship which is still heavily insecure and toxic because that's life during your twenties - you're still confused about yourself and now here's this person you want to impress. This album trilogy concludes in the answer that love starts with loving yourself and speaking yourself which then can lead you into real adulthood and better relationships. These are what the BTS members went through growing up so obviously they would become concepts they explored in their art. They don't share most of their private life (rightfully so, it's nobody's business) but they always share bits and tidbits in retrospect about friendships and similar relations - some of them struggled a lot from losing friends to drugs to friends turning toxic or exploitative toward them, etc. Not to mention some turbulent years when the group was seriously pondering disbandment due to how difficult their career has become; it's not just the hectic schedules but also the industry push back, negative press, racism and so on. It took a toll. If you get to listen to OUTRO: TEAR, yeah, that song isn't a breakup song, it's a disbandment song that put it into words how they felt at the time. Sorry for the long comment but I prefer to give proper information that puts things into the right context. That's basically the problem I have with this particular video, it goes through everything fairly well, but it could been better worded at places. I think Rice Squad assumed this "they got to work" and "make an even better selling album" will impress folks but it just comes off as calculating, sterile and sales-obsessed.

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I’m not convinced it is the company looking to hit charts. big hit wanted the members to use their heart when they write, so as members grow up, so did their music. 28:35

please listen to the "love letters" from the ARMY, this song they created for their tenth anniversary from the debut, Jungkook even cried when he listened to it

BTS always had a choice in what music they did and their style too. They do have a say in what they wear too. Yes they changed direction because it does make sense. If something isn’t working you improve it. Because in every BTS album their are solo songs from each member. So the rappers still had rap songs in their albums and their mix tapes.

Thank u for checking this out. I was one of ur many viewers who recommended this to u during ur Introduction to BTS reaction video. Glad u liked it.

I was there for the LV shows!! It was was amazing! I flew in just for them.

He explains the story of Bts so well! thank you for your reaction🙌🏻💜

I’d love to watch you guys react to American Hustle life with BTS💜

It was more R&B, aside from hip-hop-their genre when they were younger. They were more influenced by a lot of things back then, as in it was encouraged that they listen to a ton of other artists and share it with each other. Even Bang Si-hyuk would share music on Twitter that RM or any of the boys would share with him. They were really big then and are still big on sharing the artists they listen to to their audience. So, we have playlists for BTS and have playlists for the music they've recommended to try who they're getting inspiration from recently. ARMY would also share music with them. Overall, it has been a very creative environment they've been raised in, and they've built with ARMY too. They've really encouraged the "Don't knock it til you try it" mentality in their community. What mattered the most was that they were sincere and effective in communicating the message they wanted to put out. You can also see the pride they have for all the 300+ songs they have when they perform them, even if they didn't set out with that genre-and their audience genuinely resonate with the music and the process of making music. Edit: "All Night" and "Girl of My Dreams" by Juice WRLD, Suga, BTS

You are right this scooter is breaking bts and his fans idk but he is against Jimin and many army's don't like him he use site to send hate to Jimin and block jimin fans in his comments and even share bts Grammy 2022 pic without Jimin.

I love BTS

I know l'm late but BTS introduced me to korean songs and movies

I've been an army since the beginning of BTS 😮and wow I was lucky to have stumbled into them and I'm glad to see them glow up from being the underdog to the Top notch now 😮and they are still humble and they never let that ego take over you know

Suga will be the next to enlist in the military.according to big hit last week after his solo concert tour.

I really don't like that you said that their songs now have more meaning and are more relatable than their old Hip-Hop songs. No more dream, N.O., Bulletproof pt.2 and all those songs are so important, especially for the Korean society.

Nowadays, is more "easier" for kpop group to get a millions album seller. They just make so many album version everytime they launched new album. There is some kpop group even have 11-21 album versions so it can increase the sales so they can get a millions seller. Compared with BTS, only have 2-4 album versions. But, even some groups sell a millions album with so many versions, they always have low streaming number (digital), coz albums sales can bulkbuy by fans, but not with streaming. That why, lot of group that have million sales but they get low streaming. Is rare to have a group that have million album sales but also have higher streaming number like BTS. They are not just a power house for physical sales, but also digital (despite of spotify n youtube often try to sabotage BTS)

We need an UPDATE since 2022!!! Great job and review.

The group was meant to be a hip hop group but transitioned to an idol group before debut, so it was already a hip hop and vocal blend. I don't think there was a conscious decision to go more mainstream as they went along, I think the main writers in the group just matured in their songwriting. The strong hip hop/ straight rap never really went away and has still been present on every album since.