In the concert preview we see "Chungjang-dong Geumnam Street" in Gwangju printed on some equipment, this place holds significance for J-Hope because it’s deeply connected to his roots. Beyond being part of his hometown, it carries historical weight, especially with the May 18 Democratic Uprising, and Gwangju takes immense pride in him. He’s always repped his city in his music, and you can feel just how much it means to him.

In the final episode of HOPE ON THE STREET, his 2024 dance docu-series, Hobi took Boogaloo Kin (Kim Haknam) to the May 18th Memorial Cultural Centre, located in this very district. There, he shared that this was the very first stage he performed on as a child, calling it “the root of my roots.”

#HOPE_ON_THE_STAGE_TOUR #HOS_TOUR #제이홉 #jhope #jhope_TOUR #Hobi of @BTS_twt
▫️APRIL (4) 18, 2023 – Is the day J-hope enlisted in the military.

In addition, the larger "18" font may hold additional significance.

▫️FEBRUARY (2) 18, 1994 – Is j-hope’s birthday.

▫️MAY (5) 18, 1980 – The democratization movement that took place in Gwangju on May 18th, 1980

#HOPE_ON_THE_STAGE_TOUR #HOS_TOUR #제이홉 #jhope #jhope_TOUR #Hobi of @BTS_twt

Summary of what the fvck happened Bora-land in the last 24-hours:

· BTS RM’s collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion is in full swing – set to be released on Friday 6th Sept 2024 at 1pm KST.
Pre-Save now:

· Jin’s SUPER TUNA (슈퍼 참치) Special Performance Video, on YouTube has crossed the 100M views threshold.
Stream Jin on YT:

· Jin’s Gucci Harper Bazaar full issue was officially released with more stunning photos🤩:

· Jin’s appearance of Japanese TV for ‘24-hour TV’ a charity project will be aired in full on the 7 Sept 2024 at 7PM JST

· VMA voting for JK is ongoing (time was extended a few days ago). Go vote:

· Jungkook’s I AM STILL preview 1 was released:


· Jimin and JK’s ARE YOU SURE?! Preview for episode 6 – Sapporo has been released:

· TaeTae’s collaboration with SIMINVEST dropped another ad:

· Jin’s RUN JIN airs tonight at 9pm KST:

· LOML Hobi will be home in 44 days💜😍💜🤩💜

· Jimin’s WHO and MUSE are still performing consistently well on WW streaming platforms and WHO continues to gain radio spins needed for the US charts.

· BTS (group) have sold over 500,000 total album units in the US in 2024. BTS have been on hiatus for over 2 years.😏💜

... now the other stuff...

· JTBC facing disciplinary account from KCSC for reporting and spreading the fake CCTV footage.
HELP PUSH THE ARTICLE UP THE NAVER RANKS:

· Details of the organizers of the ongoing smear campaign against Yoongi have reached the news finally. They are now reporting on the evidence that ARMY sleuths uncovered. As many of us have suspected all along, many SNS pushed campaigns are being spearheaded by fans of other groups. Many “journalists” who have written most of the purposely erroneous articles about Yoongi have also been found to have previous connections to SM Ent. and many have so far, stayed silent on reporting all news that has vindicated Yoongi and ARMYs.

Historically, a similar style of targeted smear campaigns is a tactic used by SM Ent. (as well as possibly others) during the era in which Min Hee Jin was heading up the marketing and brand campaigns for 3X0 during BTS’s earlier years.

· It has come to light that the tip-off to investigate Yoongi by the Military Manpower Administration in Korea was also the work of an anti. The questions directed to the administration can be seen as attempts to trap the administration into divulging details which could be used against Yoongi, but MMA maintained the response of “We answered according to the regulations.”

Again, this was a very similar tactic that was used back in 2016 MMA awards, where an anti contacted the awards governing body and questioned how the results were calculated and the anti kept going around in circles not accepting the explanations given. SEE THREAD FOR THE FULL AUDIO RECORDING AND TRANSLATION.
New ARMY, this is part of our BTS ARMY history - please learn it.

· A post on TT (which has since been removed) attempted to co-op the purple ribbon project for their fave, they tried to feign ignorance to prove their innocence by saying they thought this was a “kpop “thing”. Note, that their fave is currently under criminal investigation “related to allegations of s3xu@l off3n535”
megantheestallion.lnk.to/NevaPlay
youtube.com/channel/UCkX4r…
harpersbazaar.co.kr/article/1870129

https://x.com/minnano_zoo_ntv/status/1830562601736298675

mtv.com/vma/vote/best-…

https://x.com/bts_bighit/status/1830621747789619232

https://x.com/DisneyPlusKR/status/1830621714767548581

https://x.com/siminvest_id/status/1830578978375270617

youtube.com/@BTS/videos

https://x.com/chartdata/status/1830716590767194383

n.news.naver.com/article/006/00…

https://x.com/BlueeDenise/status/1830488147618078855

https://x.com/jjinjins/status/1830585115506094186

https://x.com/megaminimoni_/status/1830504623981076699

2016 MMA awards, where an anti-fan contacted the awards governing body and questioned how the results were calculated and the anti-fan the kept going around in circles not accepting the explanations given. #BTShistory

Video Translation:

🥚: It's regarding the Melon Music Awards.
🍈: Yes.
🥚: I've seen other phone conversations, and it seems like you (Melon) have your internal data.
🍈: Yes, that's the digital sales score.
🍈: Internal Data is the overall data collected from 2015 Nov 19th till 2016 Nov 18th. And the charts you've seen, those are just one of the many sides of the real-time chart.
🍈: The Internal Data referred by Melon is the total data collected during 1 year period. This includes real-time, weekly, monthly and the day to day album sales, etc. It's the total score.
🥚: But if the artist didn't release any album during that one-year period, it won't be counted, right?
🍈: That's right.
🥚: We have calculated our own score for this award so what you're saying is that the data we see is absolutely different compared to the data considered by Melon?
🍈: No, we're looking at the same data. But the chart you've seen and the real-time- the data you've seen is what you see immediately after the artist release their album, right?
🥚: I don't think that's right.
🍈: I think it's difficult for you to see the total data figure because that data is only available to Loen. I'm not sure how you've calculated the score/charts but whatever you've calculated is the scores from the chart.
🍈: But this is not the chart, we look at the data of- you know the number of times listened by the general public and not how many times their fans buy or stream the artist's songs. It's the overall digital score.
🥚: Then you mean you won't reveal that data?
🍈: It's a fair internal data so it's not that we won't reveal the data. We can't reveal the data.
🥚: Is there a reason why you can't reveal this data?
🍈: I think you are suspecting internal fabrication but as far as I can tell you, there is no corruption.
🍈: You can understand that BTS won the award because their songs were streamed more compared to EXO's during the one year period.
🥚: You should convince us that this is true, firstly, the people who voted for this awards didn't vote for free, didn't we?
🥚: They said we can vote 3 times by purchasing streaming passes and you (Melon) made us pay for them but if you refuse to reveal the (internal) data-
🍈: It's not that we refuse to reveal the data, please listen to me.
🍈: After EXO released their album, there were instances when their songs topped the charts immediately.
🥚: I'm not considering those immediate moments when they top the chart- I mean, it's hard for the fans to understand this situation so as a customer who voted and used your service. You need to convince us to stop the fans from talking about this situation.
🍈: No. I tried to explain and convince you about this situation but you're the one that's not understanding.
🍈: As I've told you, during the 1 year BTS scored higher but you want to see the data related to this, am I right?
🥚: Yes.
🍈: As for that, this data is the sum of all internal data so it's not that we refuse to reveal it, we just can't reveal this because it's our internal data.
🥚: Why can't you reveal this?
🍈: It's I-N-T-E-R-N-A-L D-A-TA. I.N.T.E.R.N.A.L.
🥚: What's the difference? Why can't you reveal this internal data?
🥚: If this data has been organized, you can reveal it to us, right?
🍈: No, this isn't about being organized. It's enormous- this data includes every artist not only EXO, data that was collected during the course of 1 year, isn't that right?
🥚: Yes. Go on.
🍈: So it's quite impossible for us to organize it individually. We award the artist according to the total score.
🥚: Ok.
🍈: And BTS scored higher.
🥚: Alright.
🍈: Thank you. This was Melon Customer Care

OP TRANSLATION FROM:

Original video uploaded to YT: peachisoda.blogspot.com/2016/11/misc-1…

BTS faces undeserved hatred from many media organizations and industry figures in Korea because their success spits in their face and challenges the carefully crafted narratives and decades-long cultivation of manipulative tactics by revenue-driven media. These tactics often target the unsuspecting public with the help of hate-mongering online bullies, whether paid or not. This situation mirrors what we see in the media in the US and around the world. It will always be up to ARMY to be the louder voice of support for our boys. SEE ORGINAL POS:

***TRANSLATED VIA PAPAGO***
[Notice] I sincerely apologize for BTS SUGA
2024.08.08

Hello.
It's Big Hit Music.

Regarding BTS member Suga, I would like to make an additional statement.
First of all, I deeply apologize once again for the disappointment to many people over the unsavoury incident.
I would like to apologize for causing confusion by rushing to announce a statement without carefully examining the various circumstances.

1) Use of electric kickboard terminology
We decided that the product used by the artist was a kickboard with a saddle and described it as an "electric kickboard." During the further verification process, we recognized that the classification may vary depending on the performance and specifications of the product, and that the scope of responsibility for the accident may also vary. As some have said, there was no intention to reduce the issue at all. We apologize again for not being able to examine it more closely and for the haste that resulted. When the investigative agency decides to classify the product in the future, we will faithfully fulfill our responsibilities accordingly.

2) Regarding the imposition of fines and revocation of licenses
On the 6th, the artist was immediately returned home after responding to a police sobriety test at the scene.
Both the company and the artist did not understand that future procedures remained and mistakenly perceived the matter as closed. In light of the seriousness of the matter, we apologize for the misinformation due to an internal communication error.

Above all, we bow down and apologize to both the artist and the company for not showing exemplary behaviour during the period of fulfilling their military service obligations and causing unpleasant things. We are also sincerely sorry for the fans who must have been disappointed.

We will sincerely cooperate with the police's further investigation in the future and humbly accept the results of the investigation.weverse.io/bts/notice/214…

STREAMING BEST PRACTICES - LONG THREAD🧵

ARMY, with the amount of misinformation there is out there about streaming.

We ARMYs have been learning, testing, and retesting about streaming best practices, on all main platforms for many years now. We're so good that pretty much ALL OTHER FANDOMS copied us.

The advice we older ARMY give on the TL is not based on thoughts plucked from mid-air – but results of testing drills conducted and educated hypotheses made from the results.

So, we genuinely do know what happens when terrible streaming methods are employed and what the fallout of that looks like.

REMEMBER: ARTISTS FIRST – CHARTS SECOND.

We stream because:

💜 We love listening to BTS's music.
💜 BTS get paid for our streams.
💜 Streaming counts toward a digital sales equivalent.
💜 Streams count for global awards shows.
💜 Korean award shows.
💜 End of year goals.
💜 Contributes to each member’s and overall BTS group milestones.
💜 Fans Streaming is ORGANIC and makes up for the lack of payola radio spins and paid playlisting boosts for some charts. Please STREAM SMART - What does that mean:

1) NO LOOPING

Looping increases filter rates > looks like bot behaviour > bot behaviour will end up getting your account taken down for spamming by the platform itself.

Thread🧵: It's important for new ARMY to understand the significance of terms like "MAY TERROR" and "BREAK WINGS PROJECT" when we mention them on the timeline. I've attempted to describe the severity of the attacks during those periods a few times in other posts of mine.

I’ve decided to make this thread of THIS part of our BTS and ARMY history.

#BTSARMYHistory Those of us who have been here for a while, as well as newer ARMY who have taken the time to learn about our history, understand the context behind these terms. This knowledge helped many of us recognize and avoid being party to the manipulative and hateful nature of recent events, which are now being revealed for what they truly are.

I wanted to summarise the "MAY TERROR" and “BREAK WINGS PROJECT” (2016), as you should already know was a tough time for BTS and ARMY. It was a time filled with attacks and baseless accusations against BTS, all stemming from years of pointless hate.

From their debut, BTS faced mockery for their lack of money (not having come from one of the “Big 3”), concepts, appearance, and even their name. Despite their talent and hard work, they were often belittled and underestimated. The situation escalated when BTS won their first music show in May 2015 for “I NEED U”, only to be accused of sajaegi (chart manipulation), because BTS had beat out big name releases by ȾV*Q and $Ǚper JǙn!or and B!gBȺng. Despite explanations from ARMY, the accusations persisted. BigHit successfully contested the accusations in court proving that there had been no such attempts of sajaegi and all sales were legitimately from ARMY support and as we all know by now BigHit was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time, which added to the absurdity of the accusation in the first place.
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In May 2016, things got even worse with the release of "HYYH Young Forever." BTS faced absurd plagiarism accusations, triggering yet another wave of anti’s attacks. These attacks included mocking their appearance, spreading false rumors, and more hate hashtags.

#BTSARMYHistory
**I have auto-translated, via Papago, the images as many HTs were in Hangul.pann-choa.blogspot.com/2015/10/enter-…

ARMY!!! Pls stop giving that GR🅰️♏️♏️Y article clicks!!!

I've typeset the article into a PDF for you:
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#OT7 #BTS #BTSARMY #방탄소년단 @BTS_twt Article text only:

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