One of the endless reasons I love BTS is the fact that they take their audience along for the ride. There are countless behind the scenes content, from the filming of their music vids., photo shoots back stage at concerts and events, even down to explaining their music writing process, why they constructed the song the way they did...ect. I could go on and on. My experience living in the US is that popular musical acts soloists and groups will put out an album, do some promo on tv programs, do a tour, have some music vids. MOSTLY they have their songs played every15 mins on the radio (I won't get into the whole payola thing)..... once that's all done you don't hear to much from them till award season rolls around and they conveniently start raking in all the awards. There are of course, exceptions to this. It is very refreshing to see artists who have an overwhelming integrity for not only their art and the message it puts out but also for the ARMY that helps support them! I applaud you for showing interest in your daughters likes and interests, instead of merely writing them off as teeny bopper stuff. You took the time and effort to investigate and understand. If more people took that initiative I think we'd have less older generations blaming/dismissing younger generations and vise versa. 👏💜
The oldest one that I know of BTS fan is 86. I’m 71 to be 72 shortly. I love BTS I’m from the USA and think these guys are incredibly talented. I just love watching them they make me feel good they bring such joy.
Easiest to think in these terms. K-Pop is an industry . It covers most genres and includes soloists and groups and is a term used mostly in the west to indicate that the artist is from Korea and has music that is popular. In Korea they don't really use the term K-Pop cause they call them Idols (or Idol groups). It is not common for Idol groups (or even any western boybands) to write their own music or be so involved in their art. BTS due to their creative freedom and input into their music have broken thru the barriers that come with being called "KPop Idols" and have become "Global Artists" instead. That said they are extremely proud towards their country of birth so being referred to as KPop stars does not bother them.. The reason so many ARMY get upset is that it is usually used in a derogatory manner when people just dismiss BTS as some little "KPop boyband". As you will find most (not all) of KPop and boybands are innane lyrics to boppy tunes and no real substance, they have little creative freedom or choice of music. Each of them are talented artists in their own right, and together they have created something truly incredible. throw out all your expectations of what BTS, boybands, KPop or music genres is.... and just enjoy an incredibly wild ride!! If you would like to get to know a great South Korean female group, i highly recommend Mamamoo (a 4 woman vocal and visual powerhouse).... they also come from a small company and have had creative freedom to write their own music....check out their live vocals I highly recommend Mamamoo Live Dingo Killing Voice performance czcams.com/video/WvkTcNQsxzc/video.html Have a great day💜
Yes and no. It's a little complicated. Personally I like how bby gang mag has defined "K-pop" and Korean music history in his video essays. The most interesting one is "BTS s. K-pop" as it has a whole section on music but I think the series around "you are wrong about K-pop" is also very relevant and than there is "BTS: more than K-pop" 💜
💜🇧🇷💜Hi there!!!BTS Army from Brazil! Thanks so much for your time to checking out BTS and showing respect to our boys. BTS and Big Hit start small and they grown as the largest music company in Korea, now they are part of the HIBE Company, just like BTS Army started smaller and it’s now the biggest and most active and organized fandom in the 🌎!!! They coming from nothing and always appreciate the smallest things, like first concert, with about 300 people for free, getting their first 200 subscribers in CZcams!! They are very down to earth and sincere and that’s way even more mature groups of individuals like me (51 years older and plus) have so much love and respect for all the members of this group. 💜💜 thanks so much for your reaction 💜💜
Thank you for this reaction and having an open mind. xCeleste was one of the first to put together this and a few other introductory videos. Taylor Mari did a longer one but it contains some of the same clips and info this did, but with intros to each of the members too. Can't wait for your reactions to more BTS.
Thank you. I love everything to do with music and these guys have music in their veins. So it's been easy to get into them. I'm looking forward to checking out more of their music after I watch the Taylor Mari video.
In fact they've signed their 3rd contact that come's into effect in 2025 when they all finish their military service at the present time 3 members are all ready serving the other 4 will be entering their military service in the next few months.
Thank you! Read that you're watching Taylor's intro to the members next....can't wait! You should also put xCeleste's 'Who is Army' on your list too if you get a chance. Also, remember that it doesn't matter how long a video is, we will watch with you. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
👋 Hi, Thanks for reacting to this video... she gives a great overview of the group. I highly recommend Taylor's Guide to the Bangtan 7 which introduces you to each of the members. Helpful hint for the guide: Not sure if you know.... Korean people used to count age differently to others... Korean Age vs International Age - difference is 1-2 years depending on if their birthday has been.... In most older videos, including this guide, they are giving Korean ages so you will need to adjust. So, The members were only 13-18 years old when they became trainees and 15-20 yo when they debuted. In Korea when you were born you were considered 1 year old. Then on Korean new year every year you added another year to your age, no matter what your birthdate is. .... Year of birth - International age at Debut on 13June13 (Year and age became trainee) Jin 1992 - 20 yo (2011 - 18yo) Suga 1993- 20 yo (2011 - 17yo) Suga started with MIDI at 11 JHope 1994 - 19 yo (2011 - 17yo)JHope started dancing at 8 RM 1994 - 18 yo (2010 - 15yo) RM started rapping at 11 and was well known in the underground scene at 13 Jimin 1995 - 17 yo (2012 - 16yo) V 1995 - 17 yo (2011 - 15yo) JK 1997 - 15 yo (2011 - 13yo) JK signed with big hit at 13yo Rule of thumb for older videos - if it's before their birthday - subtract 2 years to get international age. if it's after their birthday - subtract 1 year to get their international age. EG: TaeHyung (V) born 30 Dec 1995 ...... current International Age 27 (Korean Age 29). ... 2 years difference So Tae born 30 Dec 95 is 1 year old, then on 01 Jan 96 he is 1 more year older (so they would say he is 2 years old, when we would say he is 2 days old.) So he was considered 29 in Korea since 01 January, we would say he is 27 turning 28 in Dec. It's a different way of looking at age, from new years day - Tae is living his 29th year (since conception) - instead of - he turned 27 (since birth).... The Korean Government has recently (June28) brought in international age as the standard in Korea, but all older videos/ interviews/ shows, will be referencing Korean age. 💜Have a great day... sending greetings from Australia.
I have been corrected by someone claiming to be Korean: They said that in Korea they used to become a year older at the start of the Lunar calender - not the one we use - as that is in SK thought of as the more important date.
Thank you for reacting to this. Welcome to the wonderful journey of discovering BTS . For in depth information to their formation backstory, their discography, their various albums with complete theme and storyline breakdown, a history of their multiple record breaking awards, please check out , The most beautiful life goes on (2023 version) done by The Rice Squad. You will get to understand how accomplished this group really is
First off, Thank you for reacting to Celeste. She is very respected in the ARMY. Second, I love your hat. And lastly, I've been ARMY since 2017. I am currently 51 y.o. and even though I respected and loved the guys before this year. This year tested my strength both physically and mentally. In April I was diagnosed with Cervical cancer, stage 2. When I went through treatments like chemo, they were with me, listening to their music, watching their shows or live preformances, all of it to help me get through them. Rounds and rounds of chemo and radiation takes it toll. But my family and BTS got me through. ARMY was with me as well. Encouraging me, helping me. I got through all of it and I'm on the other side. All I have to do now is wait to see if it worked. The one thing I hope for is that just like I did last year, I hope to see them in person in 2025, if only to show them a sign to say Thank You. So yes, they do help people heal. Again, thank you for reacting, I hope to see more reactions soon. We Purple You. 💜💜💜🫰🫰🫰🫰🫰🫰🫰
Thank you for reacting to Rosan's (xCeleste) work - all of her videos are worth a look. Taylor's guide to BTS is another really good one (as most here have suggested already) The length of videos won't bother Army - we're used to watching (and re-watching hahaha ) all of them ! 💜
I’m 68 and a serious ARMY. Hardly the stereotypical fan. My husband and I flew across the country to see a BTS concert in 2020. BTS ARMY are so diverse.
8:30 Make sure you choose the updated 2013-2021 version of Xceleste's video on BTS Hardships. It's kind of infuriating tbh but it's an important part of their story and it goes a long way to explaining their uniquely close relationship with ARMY. Thank you for giving them a chance, you definitely won't regret it. - a danish ARMY, age 47 💜
everything in this video is still 100% true though this video is a little outdated as are all introduction videos because bts are evolving every day especially the last 2 years due to their military service theyve been constantly releasing solo music and other content and one by one enlisting so majority of the introduction videos dont have the updates on their solo careers only their previous solo music prior to 2022. plus they grew a lot bigger in 2020 even though in 2019 they were already selling out stadiums of 90,000 people but in 2020 they skyrocketed to a new level and broke many records etc i agree with another comment to react to taylors guide because thats the most up to date and i also suggest reacting to the hardships video but make sure its the 2021 version so thats up to date too. youll eventually catch up on all the stuff not covered in the guides so dont worry about not getting everything you will eventually :)
I’m 47 and had no interest in being a “boy band” fan since I never was one to begin with My niece kept getting me to listen them then I saw Run BTS dance practice video I was 😮 how long do you have to work, practice and exhaust yourself to bring a video like this and that’s just the practice 🤯 their level of excellence is unreal If every member doesn’t have several outstanding talents independently they can be in a group they are super hard on artist musicians and actors alike you bring a superman super star game on every day or you are history in a week so they are performing for their lives
XCeleste does a wonderful overview but the truth is it barely scratches the surface of these seven amazing men. They are humanitarian, warm, humble and so positive towards their art and their fans. It's a long journey to fully understand BTS and what they've endured to get where they are but it's a rewarding one. You'll find yourself growing within as you learn about them. They make us want to be better people.
You are right you did just scratch the surface, there is so much content, songs, variety shows, interviews, dance practices, behind the scenes, blogs, live performances, travel vlogs and that’s just from their official Channels lol. There are some excellent analysis channels that dissect and interpret lyrics and videos as non native Korean speakers it is easy to miss the nuances and cultural references especially in the rap tracks. I Will say that it is both entertaining and inspiring going down the BTS rabbit hole. I look forward to watching your journey. In another note I love your cupboards/cabinets! Did you make them?
Thanks for the support. I got the cabinets from my dad after he passed away. They are very old and that's about all I know about them. I do love them though.
Just a note, the stats will be some years out of date by now. More fans discovered them over the pandemic as well as their solo activities. Majority in their later years, including myself. I'd say the fandom is mostly mid 20s to 80s. As per your comment section! 😊
xCeleste had her Hardship vid updated a few years later. The title has (updated) in the name or something similar. She also has a vid called "This is Army" but I wish she would update more of her vids. The last essay she made was when Jimin's sales numbers were cut at the beginning of the year. But she does have an interesting blog. Our best documentary is probably "The Rise of Bangtan"-series. The bonus is also funny and the deleted scenes add to the thematic episodes. It has a lot of context. BTS has BTW signed on HYBE and Big Hit Music for another contract reccently. Boracity magazine has a vid to it. She also has a vid for pretty much all their music of chapter 1 - which ended in summer of 2020 (I think she missed a song and maybe stuff from pre-debut - because that is obscure - and I don#t always like her song interpretations but overall I think it is 99% very good). Otherwise looking into bby gang mag's video essays (also on his channel Elliot Sang) are very interesting. I like jumping between the songs of BTS but in the right timeline they also tell a story of coming of age: school, youth under hardship, philosophical/in literature, self-love and psychological. And than here is their pandemic album Be and the anthology stuff + the songs they made waiting for the "break" of solo work and military service which took a little time. You nice! Keep going! 💜
Hi army from Portugal here. Thank you for this reaction.. please keep an open mind and note that they have a diferent culture and traditions. Hope you stick around. Borahae💜💜🇵🇹
Welcome to the wonderful world of BTS and ARMY!!! I would like to add to the list of those suggesting that you check out Taylors Guide to BTS, but note that the stats were quickly out dated within a few months when the guys started releasing their individual albums and the receiving of more awards, which are now in the 1000's. Also Taylor was invited onto another reactors channel recently where she gave a bit of an update of the Guide she created. It's so awesome too, that you're here because of your daughters recital and her playing a BTS song....luv it..... Borahae💜💜💜
Actually, Taylor has said that she considers her Guide to be complete for chapter 1. She does not intend to update it for that reason. She will do a separate Chapter 2 guide that encompasses all of the solo projects and any awards received during "Chapter 2", and she is currently soliciting input on the Chapter 2 guide through her Twitter account now. She won't finish it, however, until Jin's solo album can be included (and any other solo endeavors that they release while in the military, which RM has hinted will happen, for him at a minimum, but j-hope also has his "Hope on the Street" project that will be released while he's serving. Some of the others may have worked on other things, too.
@@OT7_DopeOldARMY yeah, and she collated the "updates" for the purpose of that podcast/interview, but is a good gap filler, especially for newbies who would obviously not know of what has happened since.
Thank you. I'm going to check out Taylor's guide next. My daughter spent a lot of time working on the BTS song and said it was her favorite to play at her recital.
I just want to place this here! I really appreciate you listening to The Truth Untold and Dont Leave Me. A few are starting to forget gems like those. Their non mainstream ones are really good as well. I hope everything goes well in your channel. Also, I can sense from a far that you're a wonderful and cool father. Cheers from the PH ❤❤
Thanks for your kind words! My channel has done better than I thought it would TBH. Its therapeutic in a lot of ways for me. I love talking with the fans of the musicians I'm just now hearing. Cheers to you in the Philippines!
Thank you for taking the time to watch this short documentary by XCeleste. I did go ahead and subscribe hoping to see more reactions from you. You may get suggestions from.ARMY to start for the beginning of BTS‘s journey. That is fine, but please, please also react to anything current they may put out such as standing by you by JK what you just reacted to for some reason, there are some reactors who are doing things in order, but there are those of us who would like to see your reactions to current music put out by BTS. I would love to see your reaction to Daechwita by Suga, also known as August day, one of the rappers of BTS. Each member now has completed their solos for this year, there may be more coming that we are not aware of.💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Thank you for the recommendations. I'll check out some of the current videos and go back and check out some older ones. They have a lot to choose from.
Thanks for looking at this, one of the best summaries of BTS - also check out the Hardships and This is BTS ARMY by xCeleste, as well as Taylor's excellent video mentioned below. OK I admit I do think of BTS as Kpop, but I also do feel slightly uncomfortable about doing that, because in the "West" Kpop is widely misunderstood as mostly superficial poppy, sunny music where artificially created groups are given music and choreography to perform In fact, ANY group that succeeds in what is an inSANELY competitive industry, is creative, talented and ridiculously hardworking. In the past it was rare for idol groups (the term used in Korea) to be allowed to write their stuff, but that is changing, though I still think that few are given the artistic freedom BTS always had. Also, Kpop is NOT all lightweight superficial pop music. Suga gave us what I think is the best definition - "Suga, asked about whether Kpop would be an accurate definition of BTS' genre, said ‘I’m a little bit wary of that but I think rather than approach Kpop as a genre, a better approach would be “integrated content”.’ … "‘Kpop includes not just the music, but the clothes, the makeup, the choreography…all these elements I think sort of amalgamate together in a visual and auditory content package, that "I think sets it apart from other music or maybe other genres so again, as I said, rather than approach Kpop as it’s own genre I think approaching it as this integration of different content would be better.’ " Metro 28 10 2919 Kpop can be ANY genre, and BTS have at least 15 different styles under their belt. It can be any subject, and BTS is not now the only band taking on difficult subjects (though they were the first to do so as consistently as they did) Actually, I lied. The artists credited with 'making' or starting Kpop are Seo TaeJi and Boys a hip hop band from the 90s. Look them up. Of course, it's all in Korean so you need subs! Around that time there was another financial crisis in Korea and many households were under huge pressure, young people felt bullied and abused and (I think it was hundreds of) thousands left home and disappeared with no trace. They ran away - the distress across the country was huge. STJ&B released a song called Come Back Home, which was an appeal to kids to at least contact their families. Thousands upon thousands phoned home or went into police stations and asked them to get a message to their parents. In addition, at a time when every song lyric had to be approved / censored by military authorities, STJ&B released a song (title forgotten), the lyrics were censored and they refused to change them simply releasing an instrumental, at huge risk to their careers. Massive protests : the law was changed. DKDKTV have a video about the impact of STJ&B. All their songs were protest songs : they have described BTS as the real inheritor of their legacy in jip hop. They had a 24 year anniversary reunion concert and invited BTS to collab - czcams.com/video/7cIlPIVL5G8/video.html ... sorry no subs on this but it's still epic.
Just subscribe. Thanks for checking out BTS. They’re all very talented,humble, motivational and inspirational. Please check out 1. A Guide to the 7 Members of BTS by Taylor and 2. The Most Beautiful Life Goes On: A Story of BTS 2022/23 update by Rice Squad ( this is about their journey from beginning to present, how they are formed, and from their first album to the latest in chronological order). We’re glad to see you again on your next BTS reaction. They have plenty of contents to keep you busy. Welcome!!!
Thanks for your support. I'll check out The most beautiful life goes on after Taylor's guide. I'm looking forward to getting into more BTS music after that.
Thank you for taking a look at BTS. Id like to recommend the song “Answer: Love Myself” Even if you dont react, listen to it. I think youd like it based on your personality.
@@NateRockneoh yeah BTS tributes Michael Jackson a lot in their music, music videos, and choreo. BTS are huge fans of him and the whole Jackson family. Actually the Jackson family are huge fans of BTS as well; Michael Jackson's nephew even said if Michael was still alive today he would have been best friends with BTS. BTS even got to meet Janet Jackson backstage at a Korean award show where RM also presented her with a legends award.
Hola soy mama army tengo 56 años y amo a bts gracias a ellos he salido de una gran depresión ellos me salvaron y por eso los amare por el resto de mi vida 💜💜🇨🇱
Me encanta la música que sana e inspira. Me han inspirado a trabajar más duro y a hacerlo mejor en la vida. Son un grupo fantástico de artistas talentosos.
looking forward to your reaction to Taylor's intro guide video. More BTS reactions please! Don't know what music genres you generally prefer, but if you want some BTS songs that have more rock vibes, I suggest Dionysus or More by their rapper J-Hope. If you want rap rap, go with Born Singer or Outro: Tear by their 3 rappers. Or solo songs by their rappers like Yun by RM, Haegeum by Agust D, Baseline by J-Hope.
@@NateRockne okay cool, I'll give you some more songs recs based on genre/sound down below. Jazz/blues/lounge vibes: Rain, 134340, House of Cards, Slow Dancing by V, Still With You by Jungkook Neo soul: Singularity by V RnB vibes: Just One Day, Home, Paradise, Tomorrow Latin pop vibes: Airplane Pt. 2, Filter by Jimin Ballad/vocal heavy: Pied Piper, Louder Than Bombs, Epiphany by Jin Funk: Ma City, Boyz With Fun EDM: Fire, Best Of Me, DNA
I prefer TAYLOR MARI GUIDE TO THE BANGTAN 7. ..the only reason is because it shows their individual characters, hobbies, and how they relate to each other and the culture of excellence that is off set by naturally hilarious goofballs. You can see why this group managed to live together for most of the last 10 years.... and despite their individual successes have chosen to re-sign as a group. I smiled so much, though its a longer guide it seemed shorter. After you watch both guides you will cover some of the same ground but there is plenty of insights to justify both. We will certainly watch till the end. Celest does the best hardship video.
Asian vocal groups are called "idol groups". Boy- or girlband is not a proper name for several reasons - like everythnig in life also music grows forward and changes. And you have been starting to see they are not what western past boybands were - and boy_band_ is silly name anyway as rare boybands would have intruments on stage as a 'band' would imply. 💜 So Asian call these type of groups "idol groups" and performers in them "idols". if course there is also bands and other type of vocal groups in Asia, and they are not all idol groups. But what K-pop (and J-pop, C-pop..) _industry_ groups are called is idol groups. 💜 there is lingo in everythnig, and K-pop lingo it's it's own thing. Everytime groups publishes a new album it is called a 'comeback', terms of group positions of lead- and main- are inverted in status level compared to western terms.. And we call our performers idols. 💜 There is whole new culture here around the music, and also in our fandom activity it it's own culture. And then there is literally different culture behind these performers, as most of the K-pop idol groups are mainly Korean people culturally, so there is their cultural things to consider and learn. Like the age hierarchy system that permeates their whole culture. 💜 And with ARMY there is a several cultures to consider - we are from 6 continents and from cultures all over. We are all different, and we area l the same, we are all human. And we all purple. (You understand when you see the Taylor Mari's guide
Thank you for reacting to this. Please react to the guide to the members by Taylor. It's a little long but don't worry we'll watch it w you. 💜
I'll be watching that one next.
@NateRockne Yes! That one goes into each member's backgrounds and accomplishments. It's really interesting
Yes!
Watched it I don’t know how many times💜
Yes, please then "The most beautiful life goes on story of BTS" update.
One of the endless reasons I love BTS is the fact that they take their audience along for the ride. There are countless behind the scenes content, from the filming of their music vids., photo shoots back stage at concerts and events, even down to explaining their music writing process, why they constructed the song the way they did...ect. I could go on and on.
My experience living in the US is that popular musical acts soloists and groups will put out an album, do some promo on tv programs, do a tour, have some music vids. MOSTLY they have their songs played every15 mins on the radio (I won't get into the whole payola thing)..... once that's all done you don't hear to much from them till award season rolls around and they conveniently start raking in all the awards. There are of course, exceptions to this.
It is very refreshing to see artists who have an overwhelming integrity for not only their art and the message it puts out but also for the ARMY that helps support them!
I applaud you for showing interest in your daughters likes and interests, instead of merely writing them off as teeny bopper stuff. You took the time and effort to investigate and understand. If more people took that initiative I think we'd have less older generations blaming/dismissing younger generations and vise versa. 👏💜
I love all the love that surrounds them! I agree that this world needs more understanding and patience. They are an inspiring group of talented men!
OH BTS are beloved by grandmothers around the world!
The oldest one that I know of BTS fan is 86. I’m 71 to be 72 shortly. I love BTS I’m from the USA and think these guys are incredibly talented. I just love watching them they make me feel good they bring such joy.
i became a fan when i was 22 years old & now I'm gonna be 31 this year 💜
Easiest to think in these terms. K-Pop is an industry . It covers most genres and includes soloists and groups and is a term used mostly in the west to indicate that the artist is from Korea and has music that is popular. In Korea they don't really use the term K-Pop cause they call them Idols (or Idol groups). It is not common for Idol groups (or even any western boybands) to write their own music or be so involved in their art.
BTS due to their creative freedom and input into their music have broken thru the barriers that come with being called "KPop Idols" and have become "Global Artists" instead. That said they are extremely proud towards their country of birth so being referred to as KPop stars does not bother them.. The reason so many ARMY get upset is that it is usually used in a derogatory manner when people just dismiss BTS as some little "KPop boyband". As you will find most (not all) of KPop and boybands are innane lyrics to boppy tunes and no real substance, they have little creative freedom or choice of music.
Each of them are talented artists in their own right, and together they have created something truly incredible.
throw out all your expectations of what BTS, boybands, KPop or music genres is.... and just enjoy an incredibly wild ride!!
If you would like to get to know a great South Korean female group, i highly recommend Mamamoo (a 4 woman vocal and visual powerhouse).... they also come from a small company and have had creative freedom to write their own music....check out their live vocals I highly recommend Mamamoo Live Dingo Killing Voice performance czcams.com/video/WvkTcNQsxzc/video.html
Have a great day💜
Thanks for the info and the suggestion. This is my first time hearing about Mamamoo.
Yes and no.
It's a little complicated.
Personally I like how bby gang mag has defined "K-pop" and Korean music history in his video essays.
The most interesting one is "BTS s. K-pop" as it has a whole section on music but I think the series around "you are wrong about K-pop" is also very relevant and than there is "BTS: more than K-pop"
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💜🇧🇷💜Hi there!!!BTS Army from Brazil! Thanks so much for your time to checking out BTS and showing respect to our boys. BTS and Big Hit start small and they grown as the largest music company in Korea, now they are part of the HIBE Company, just like BTS Army started smaller and it’s now the biggest and most active and organized fandom in the 🌎!!! They coming from nothing and always appreciate the smallest things, like first concert, with about 300 people for free, getting their first 200 subscribers in CZcams!! They are very down to earth and sincere and that’s way even more mature groups of individuals like me (51 years older and plus) have so much love and respect for all the members of this group. 💜💜 thanks so much for your reaction 💜💜
Thank you. I love all the positivity that surrounds them.
Thank you for this reaction and having an open mind. xCeleste was one of the first to put together this and a few other introductory videos. Taylor Mari did a longer one but it contains some of the same clips and info this did, but with intros to each of the members too. Can't wait for your reactions to more BTS.
Thank you. I love everything to do with music and these guys have music in their veins. So it's been easy to get into them. I'm looking forward to checking out more of their music after I watch the Taylor Mari video.
In fact they've signed their 3rd contact that come's into effect in 2025 when they all finish their military service at the present time 3 members are all ready serving the other 4 will be entering their military service in the next few months.
Much respect to them for their military service. I was in the military from 97 to 2005.
Thank you! Read that you're watching Taylor's intro to the members next....can't wait! You should also put xCeleste's 'Who is Army' on your list too if you get a chance. Also, remember that it doesn't matter how long a video is, we will watch with you. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
👋 Hi,
Thanks for reacting to this video... she gives a great overview of the group.
I highly recommend Taylor's Guide to the Bangtan 7 which introduces you to each of the members.
Helpful hint for the guide: Not sure if you know.... Korean people used to count age differently to others...
Korean Age vs International Age - difference is 1-2 years depending on if their birthday has been.... In most older videos, including this guide, they are giving Korean ages so you will need to adjust.
So, The members were only 13-18 years old when they became trainees and 15-20 yo when they debuted.
In Korea when you were born you were considered 1 year old. Then on Korean new year every year you added another year to your age, no matter what your birthdate is. ....
Year of birth - International age at Debut on 13June13 (Year and age became trainee)
Jin 1992 - 20 yo (2011 - 18yo)
Suga 1993- 20 yo (2011 - 17yo) Suga started with MIDI at 11
JHope 1994 - 19 yo (2011 - 17yo)JHope started dancing at 8
RM 1994 - 18 yo (2010 - 15yo) RM started rapping at 11 and was well known in the underground scene at 13
Jimin 1995 - 17 yo (2012 - 16yo)
V 1995 - 17 yo (2011 - 15yo)
JK 1997 - 15 yo (2011 - 13yo) JK signed with big hit at 13yo
Rule of thumb for older videos - if it's before their birthday - subtract 2 years to get international age. if it's after their birthday - subtract 1 year to get their international age.
EG: TaeHyung (V) born 30 Dec 1995 ...... current International Age 27 (Korean Age 29). ... 2 years difference
So Tae born 30 Dec 95 is 1 year old, then on 01 Jan 96 he is 1 more year older (so they would say he is 2 years old, when we would say he is 2 days old.)
So he was considered 29 in Korea since 01 January, we would say he is 27 turning 28 in Dec.
It's a different way of looking at age, from new years day - Tae is living his 29th year (since conception) - instead of - he turned 27 (since birth)....
The Korean Government has recently (June28) brought in international age as the standard in Korea, but all older videos/ interviews/ shows, will be referencing Korean age.
💜Have a great day... sending greetings from Australia.
Thanks for the info! I'm going to check out Taylor's video next. Then I'll dig into more music. Greetings to you in Australia!
I have been corrected by someone claiming to be Korean:
They said that in Korea they used to become a year older at the start of the Lunar calender - not the one we use - as that is in SK thought of as the more important date.
Welcome. Thanks for your reaction, being open to getting to know our guys a little more. Looking forward to Taylor's guide and more. 💜
Thank you for reacting to this. Welcome to the wonderful journey of discovering BTS . For in depth information to their formation backstory, their discography, their various albums with complete theme and storyline breakdown, a history of their multiple record breaking awards, please check out , The most beautiful life goes on (2023 version) done by The Rice Squad. You will get to understand how accomplished this group really is
Thank you. I'm going to check out Rice Squad's video after Taylor's guide.
Make sure to check for the latest 2023 version. Cheers and all the best to you!
I'm Brazilian ARMY, 30 years old. Like your video 💜💜💜💜💜
Hello to you in Brazil!
First off, Thank you for reacting to Celeste. She is very respected in the ARMY. Second, I love your hat. And lastly, I've been ARMY since 2017. I am currently 51 y.o. and even though I respected and loved the guys before this year. This year tested my strength both physically and mentally. In April I was diagnosed with Cervical cancer, stage 2. When I went through treatments like chemo, they were with me, listening to their music, watching their shows or live preformances, all of it to help me get through them. Rounds and rounds of chemo and radiation takes it toll. But my family and BTS got me through. ARMY was with me as well. Encouraging me, helping me. I got through all of it and I'm on the other side. All I have to do now is wait to see if it worked. The one thing I hope for is that just like I did last year, I hope to see them in person in 2025, if only to show them a sign to say Thank You. So yes, they do help people heal.
Again, thank you for reacting, I hope to see more reactions soon.
We Purple You. 💜💜💜🫰🫰🫰🫰🫰🫰🫰
Thank you! My prayers are with you! I went through cancer and chemo in 2017. I'm cancer free now.
@NateRockne congrats on being cancer free...here's to hoping I get to hear it anybody, soon....
Thank you for reacting to Rosan's (xCeleste) work - all of her videos are worth a look. Taylor's guide to BTS is another really good one (as most here have suggested already) The length of videos won't bother Army - we're used to watching (and re-watching hahaha ) all of them ! 💜
Thank you, Taylor's guide is next.
I’m 68 and a serious ARMY. Hardly the stereotypical fan. My husband and I flew across the country to see a BTS concert in 2020. BTS ARMY are so diverse.
8:30 Make sure you choose the updated 2013-2021 version of Xceleste's video on BTS Hardships. It's kind of infuriating tbh but it's an important part of their story and it goes a long way to explaining their uniquely close relationship with ARMY. Thank you for giving them a chance, you definitely won't regret it.
- a danish ARMY, age 47 💜
Thanks for the recommendation.
everything in this video is still 100% true though this video is a little outdated as are all introduction videos because bts are evolving every day especially the last 2 years due to their military service theyve been constantly releasing solo music and other content and one by one enlisting so majority of the introduction videos dont have the updates on their solo careers only their previous solo music prior to 2022. plus they grew a lot bigger in 2020 even though in 2019 they were already selling out stadiums of 90,000 people but in 2020 they skyrocketed to a new level and broke many records etc i agree with another comment to react to taylors guide because thats the most up to date and i also suggest reacting to the hardships video but make sure its the 2021 version so thats up to date too.
youll eventually catch up on all the stuff not covered in the guides so dont worry about not getting everything you will eventually :)
I would also recommend this is army or "how army changed fandom culture". Also your voice is so calming
Thanks for the recommendation and the kind words!
I’m 47 and had no interest in being a “boy band” fan since I never was one to begin with My niece kept getting me to listen them then I saw Run BTS dance practice video I was 😮 how long do you have to work, practice and exhaust yourself to bring a video like this and that’s just the practice 🤯 their level of excellence is unreal If every member doesn’t have several outstanding talents independently they can be in a group they are super hard on artist musicians and actors alike you bring a superman super star game on every day or you are history in a week so they are performing for their lives
XCeleste does a wonderful overview but the truth is it barely scratches the surface of these seven amazing men. They are humanitarian, warm, humble and so positive towards their art and their fans. It's a long journey to fully understand BTS and what they've endured to get where they are but it's a rewarding one. You'll find yourself growing within as you learn about them. They make us want to be better people.
xCeleste does the best documentaries. I hope she makes an updated version.
Thanks for reacting for this.... you nice keep going💜
I appreciate the love!
You are right you did just scratch the surface, there is so much content, songs, variety shows, interviews, dance practices, behind the scenes, blogs, live performances, travel vlogs and that’s just from their official Channels lol. There are some excellent analysis channels that dissect and interpret lyrics and videos as non native Korean speakers it is easy to miss the nuances and cultural references especially in the rap tracks.
I Will say that it is both entertaining and inspiring going down the BTS rabbit hole. I look forward to watching your journey.
In another note I love your cupboards/cabinets! Did you make them?
Thanks for the support. I got the cabinets from my dad after he passed away. They are very old and that's about all I know about them. I do love them though.
Subscribed - Welcome to the BTS rabbit hole! Enjoy the journey! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Thanks for your support!
Just a note, the stats will be some years out of date by now. More fans discovered them over the pandemic as well as their solo activities. Majority in their later years, including myself. I'd say the fandom is mostly mid 20s to 80s. As per your comment section! 😊
They are much deeper. I am happy to see you looking into them
xCeleste had her Hardship vid updated a few years later. The title has (updated) in the name or something similar.
She also has a vid called "This is Army" but I wish she would update more of her vids.
The last essay she made was when Jimin's sales numbers were cut at the beginning of the year. But she does have an interesting blog.
Our best documentary is probably "The Rise of Bangtan"-series. The bonus is also funny and the deleted scenes add to the thematic episodes. It has a lot of context.
BTS has BTW signed on HYBE and Big Hit Music for another contract reccently. Boracity magazine has a vid to it.
She also has a vid for pretty much all their music of chapter 1 - which ended in summer of 2020 (I think she missed a song and maybe stuff from pre-debut - because that is obscure - and I don#t always like her song interpretations but overall I think it is 99% very good).
Otherwise looking into bby gang mag's video essays (also on his channel Elliot Sang) are very interesting.
I like jumping between the songs of BTS but in the right timeline they also tell a story of coming of age: school, youth under hardship, philosophical/in literature, self-love and psychological. And than here is their pandemic album Be and the anthology stuff + the songs they made waiting for the "break" of solo work and military service which took a little time.
You nice! Keep going! 💜
Thanks for the info and the recommendations.
Hi army from Portugal here. Thank you for this reaction.. please keep an open mind and note that they have a diferent culture and traditions. Hope you stick around. Borahae💜💜🇵🇹
Thank you. I'll be around to check out more From BTS. Greetings to you in Portugal!
Since Jungkook is so huge at this time, I wish you could watch the documentary on him...he's been incredibly talented since a little boy.
I'll check out his documentary. He is extremely talented!
First time here, I’m a Mexican 60 years old army! 💜💜🇲🇽🇲🇽💜
Thanks for checking it out with me. Greetings to you in Mexico!
Welcome to the wonderful world of BTS and ARMY!!! I would like to add to the list of those suggesting that you check out Taylors Guide to BTS, but note that the stats were quickly out dated within a few months when the guys started releasing their individual albums and the receiving of more awards, which are now in the 1000's. Also Taylor was invited onto another reactors channel recently where she gave a bit of an update of the Guide she created. It's so awesome too, that you're here because of your daughters recital and her playing a BTS song....luv it..... Borahae💜💜💜
Actually, Taylor has said that she considers her Guide to be complete for chapter 1. She does not intend to update it for that reason. She will do a separate Chapter 2 guide that encompasses all of the solo projects and any awards received during "Chapter 2", and she is currently soliciting input on the Chapter 2 guide through her Twitter account now. She won't finish it, however, until Jin's solo album can be included (and any other solo endeavors that they release while in the military, which RM has hinted will happen, for him at a minimum, but j-hope also has his "Hope on the Street" project that will be released while he's serving. Some of the others may have worked on other things, too.
@@OT7_DopeOldARMY yeah, and she collated the "updates" for the purpose of that podcast/interview, but is a good gap filler, especially for newbies who would obviously not know of what has happened since.
Thank you. I'm going to check out Taylor's guide next. My daughter spent a lot of time working on the BTS song and said it was her favorite to play at her recital.
Muchas gracias por tu reacción tan respetuosa. Saludos desde Argentina. Del de 53 años.
Gracias. ¡Saludos a ustedes en Argentina!
I just want to place this here! I really appreciate you listening to The Truth Untold and Dont Leave Me. A few are starting to forget gems like those. Their non mainstream ones are really good as well. I hope everything goes well in your channel. Also, I can sense from a far that you're a wonderful and cool father. Cheers from the PH ❤❤
Thanks for your kind words! My channel has done better than I thought it would TBH. Its therapeutic in a lot of ways for me. I love talking with the fans of the musicians I'm just now hearing. Cheers to you in the Philippines!
Enjoying your reactions! You don't need captions for these type videos ...Mostly they have english captions already on screen💜
I highly recommend Taylor's Guide to the Bangtan 7 which introduces you to each of the members. 🙃🙂Take care of yourself dud,
Thanks for the kind words! I'm going to check out Taylor's guide next.
Thank you for taking the time to watch this short documentary by XCeleste. I did go ahead and subscribe hoping to see more reactions from you. You may get suggestions from.ARMY to start for the beginning of BTS‘s journey. That is fine, but please, please also react to anything current they may put out such as standing by you by JK what you just reacted to for some reason, there are some reactors who are doing things in order, but there are those of us who would like to see your reactions to current music put out by BTS. I would love to see your reaction to Daechwita by Suga, also known as August day, one of the rappers of BTS. Each member now has completed their solos for this year, there may be more coming that we are not aware of.💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Thank you for the recommendations. I'll check out some of the current videos and go back and check out some older ones. They have a lot to choose from.
Thanks for looking at this, one of the best summaries of BTS - also check out the Hardships and This is BTS ARMY by xCeleste, as well as Taylor's excellent video mentioned below.
OK I admit I do think of BTS as Kpop, but I also do feel slightly uncomfortable about doing that, because in the "West" Kpop is widely misunderstood as mostly superficial poppy, sunny music where artificially created groups are given music and choreography to perform
In fact, ANY group that succeeds in what is an inSANELY competitive industry, is creative, talented and ridiculously hardworking. In the past it was rare for idol groups (the term used in Korea) to be allowed to write their stuff, but that is changing, though I still think that few are given the artistic freedom BTS always had.
Also, Kpop is NOT all lightweight superficial pop music. Suga gave us what I think is the best definition -
"Suga, asked about whether Kpop would be an accurate definition of BTS' genre, said
‘I’m a little bit wary of that but I think rather than approach Kpop as a genre, a better approach would be “integrated content”.’ …
"‘Kpop includes not just the music, but the clothes, the makeup, the choreography…all these elements I think sort of amalgamate together in a visual and auditory content package, that "I think sets it apart from other music or maybe other genres so again, as I said, rather than approach Kpop as it’s own genre I think approaching it as this integration of different content would be better.’ " Metro 28 10 2919
Kpop can be ANY genre, and BTS have at least 15 different styles under their belt. It can be any subject, and BTS is not now the only band taking on difficult subjects (though they were the first to do so as consistently as they did)
Actually, I lied. The artists credited with 'making' or starting Kpop are Seo TaeJi and Boys a hip hop band from the 90s. Look them up. Of course, it's all in Korean so you need subs! Around that time there was another financial crisis in Korea and many households were under huge pressure, young people felt bullied and abused and (I think it was hundreds of) thousands left home and disappeared with no trace. They ran away - the distress across the country was huge. STJ&B released a song called Come Back Home, which was an appeal to kids to at least contact their families. Thousands upon thousands phoned home or went into police stations and asked them to get a message to their parents.
In addition, at a time when every song lyric had to be approved / censored by military authorities, STJ&B released a song (title forgotten), the lyrics were censored and they refused to change them simply releasing an instrumental, at huge risk to their careers. Massive protests : the law was changed. DKDKTV have a video about the impact of STJ&B. All their songs were protest songs : they have described BTS as the real inheritor of their legacy in jip hop. They had a 24 year anniversary reunion concert and invited BTS to collab - czcams.com/video/7cIlPIVL5G8/video.html ... sorry no subs on this but it's still epic.
Thanks for the recommendations. I'm interested in the originator of Kpop.
Just subscribe. Thanks for checking out BTS. They’re all very talented,humble, motivational and inspirational. Please check out 1. A Guide to the 7 Members of BTS by Taylor and 2. The Most Beautiful Life Goes On: A Story of BTS 2022/23 update by Rice Squad ( this is about their journey from beginning to present, how they are formed, and from their first album to the latest in chronological order). We’re glad to see you again on your next BTS reaction. They have plenty of contents to keep you busy. Welcome!!!
Thanks for your support. I'll check out The most beautiful life goes on after Taylor's guide. I'm looking forward to getting into more BTS music after that.
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My God - you have one of the most Gorgeous voices I've heard on YT. Deep. Soothing. Soft spoken. Could listen to it all night. Borahea 💜💜
Thank you for your kind words!
Thank you for taking a look at BTS. Id like to recommend the song “Answer: Love Myself” Even if you dont react, listen to it. I think youd like it based on your personality.
Thank you for the recommendation.
Off topic but you have the gentlest voice I've ever heard
Thank you!
Gracias por tu reacción 🫶 BTS 🫰💜🇦🇷 Argentina
¡Hola a ustedes en Argentina!
Checkout the guide to Bangtan 7, it goes into each members background it’s by Taylor Mari, it’s well put together!
I'm checking this one out next.
Jungkook jist dropped his solo album today with his title track "Standing next to you" its a great song + its a tribute to Michael Jackson.
Just say Michael Jackson and I'm in. Thriller was the first cassette tape I owned when I was a kid. I'll definitely be checking this out.
@@NateRockneoh yeah BTS tributes Michael Jackson a lot in their music, music videos, and choreo. BTS are huge fans of him and the whole Jackson family. Actually the Jackson family are huge fans of BTS as well; Michael Jackson's nephew even said if Michael was still alive today he would have been best friends with BTS. BTS even got to meet Janet Jackson backstage at a Korean award show where RM also presented her with a legends award.
Hola soy mama army tengo 56 años y amo a bts gracias a ellos he salido de una gran depresión ellos me salvaron y por eso los amare por el resto de mi vida 💜💜🇨🇱
Me encanta la música que sana e inspira. Me han inspirado a trabajar más duro y a hacerlo mejor en la vida. Son un grupo fantástico de artistas talentosos.
looking forward to your reaction to Taylor's intro guide video. More BTS reactions please! Don't know what music genres you generally prefer, but if you want some BTS songs that have more rock vibes, I suggest Dionysus or More by their rapper J-Hope. If you want rap rap, go with Born Singer or Outro: Tear by their 3 rappers. Or solo songs by their rappers like Yun by RM, Haegeum by Agust D, Baseline by J-Hope.
Thanks for the recommendations. I like all genres of music.
@@NateRockne okay cool, I'll give you some more songs recs based on genre/sound down below.
Jazz/blues/lounge vibes: Rain, 134340, House of Cards, Slow Dancing by V, Still With You by Jungkook
Neo soul: Singularity by V
RnB vibes: Just One Day, Home, Paradise, Tomorrow
Latin pop vibes: Airplane Pt. 2, Filter by Jimin
Ballad/vocal heavy: Pied Piper, Louder Than Bombs, Epiphany by Jin
Funk: Ma City, Boyz With Fun
EDM: Fire, Best Of Me, DNA
Please react to the guide to the members by Taylor.💜💜💜
Thats up next!
El contenido del video va bien con el nombre de la canción me encanta gracias por su reacción
gracias
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like your bts reactions, by the way are you on a boat? noticed the locking cabnets. i used to live on one and loved it
This is in my kitchen, but not on a boat. They were old cabinets at my dad's house. When he passed away I got them. I do love them though.
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Assista Guide to the Bangtan 7, fala de cada membro individualmente.
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I prefer TAYLOR MARI GUIDE TO THE BANGTAN 7. ..the only reason is because it shows their individual characters, hobbies, and how they relate to each other and the culture of excellence that is off set by naturally hilarious goofballs. You can see why this group managed to live together for most of the last 10 years.... and despite their individual successes have chosen to re-sign as a group. I smiled so much, though its a longer guide it seemed shorter. After you watch both guides you will cover some of the same ground but there is plenty of insights to justify both. We will certainly watch till the end. Celest does the best hardship video.
I've heard about xceleste's hardship video. I'll have to check it out.
Aqui pelo BTS 💜💜💜🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
React to the live songs Magic Shop, Mikrokosmos, 2,3, etc. all dedicated to Army
Thanks for the suggestions.
Asian vocal groups are called "idol groups". Boy- or girlband is not a proper name for several reasons - like everythnig in life also music grows forward and changes. And you have been starting to see they are not what western past boybands were - and boy_band_ is silly name anyway as rare boybands would have intruments on stage as a 'band' would imply. 💜
So Asian call these type of groups "idol groups" and performers in them "idols". if course there is also bands and other type of vocal groups in Asia, and they are not all idol groups. But what K-pop (and J-pop, C-pop..) _industry_ groups are called is idol groups. 💜
there is lingo in everythnig, and K-pop lingo it's it's own thing. Everytime groups publishes a new album it is called a 'comeback', terms of group positions of lead- and main- are inverted in status level compared to western terms.. And we call our performers idols. 💜
There is whole new culture here around the music, and also in our fandom activity it it's own culture. And then there is literally different culture behind these performers, as most of the K-pop idol groups are mainly Korean people culturally, so there is their cultural things to consider and learn. Like the age hierarchy system that permeates their whole culture. 💜
And with ARMY there is a several cultures to consider - we are from 6 continents and from cultures all over. We are all different, and we area l the same, we are all human. And we all purple. (You understand when you see the Taylor Mari's guide
Thanks for the info! We need more love, understanding, and appreciation for all humans. I love all the positive energy that surrounds BTS.