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Not sure if this is the right forum to post it in but basically i was one of those people who didn’t wanna join the hype train for BTS so aside from FL, DNA, Dope and Fire i hadn’t heard any of their songs but i accidentally heard intro for LY: Her and now i got questions

1. what is with the Love Yourself: etc

2. where do i start? music and variety show i kinda looked into their discography and it’s intimidating lol

 

TLDR: recommend me bts songs!

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Hi! Love Yourself is the series they started late last year. It's last installment LY:Answer comes out Aug 24. Its a themed album series (albeit loosely in some regards) around the stages of self acceptance. LY:Her was about a delusional love. LY:Tear was breaking out of the delusion and LY:Answer is the resolution. If you start with these albums from Her you'll see what I mean about the theme of the album.

 

Since you like Serendipity, here are some you could like

 

From LY:Tear

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IIs-TMuMZ20

 

From LY:Her

 

 

Another solo Jimin song and honestly amazing- from the wings album:

 

 

From HYYH:YF

 

 

Also this perf is great:

 

 

From HYYH pt 2

 

 

From SLA

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_pHGSd7orbc

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1. what is with the Love Yourself: etc

 

We don't know either 

 

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Jk ...sorta lol They've created a storyline (Bangtan Universe) about the Youth and the problems we experience and have incorporated ideas derived from books and stuff into their music videos . Maybe check out the artist thread? Anticipate their comeback, us Armys are hoping to get Answers hurrplz.png . 

 

2. where do i start? music and variety show i kinda looked into their discography and it’s intimidating lol

 

Hmm, if you don't want to go through their albums, maybe just go on Spotify and play BTS. Let it randomize the music and see what you like and go from there ? Good luck ~

 

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I play this song everyday, it's a slow song but it's nice to listen to 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKbWGhV0QbE

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My Personal Favorite songs, I just went with B-Sides so you can get a good glimpse at their music!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufNJ0GiyEA

 

 

 

I'd also recomend my favorite song from them 'tomorrow'. The lyrics are very special to me and I think everyone can relate in one way or another!


As for things to get to know them.. Watch the RUN episodes. Also, I'd say watch American Hustle Life. It's kind of a polarizing era for  for most fans but I think it's the funniest thing I've ever seen lol.

Aside from that, your questions about where to START with their storyline and whatnot.. Even I can't exactly tell you that. It's sort of complicated lol. Here is a good explanation. 

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1. Like people said love yourself is a 4 part series (3 albums, 1 standalone video) that deals with the stages of to accept and love yourself

Her was the first part but the series was first introduced through a series of mysterious blog posts, facebook pages and instagram posts about a flower shop called "smeraldo" (kinda like their own AU). If you like reading and theories you could read up on that but if not then skip it and you can watch the highlight reel instead which was released before Her



also though love yourself is its own series the story does seem to connect with the HYYH series, but all this is only if youre interested in the theories and lore

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Variety: For a lot of people they started with bangtan bombs, just a series of short videos uploaded on the youtube channel of random moments behind the scenes and stuff. 

from the varieties rookie king was the first variety, its not a bad place to start, and you kind of feel like you watch them grow as people when you start from the beginning but some people avoid recommending the initial stuff cause it can get a lil cringey

Run BTS is awesome. 20-30 minute episodes of them doing a whole bunch of stuff fom sports to games to karaoke to skits. and theres a LOT of it

they have some random appearances on variety shows here and there like weekly idol or star 360 and stuff like that if you are interested.

Discography: lol welp, start from the beginning I suppose laugh.png but if its any help my favourite albums are HYYH part 2 and LY: Tear
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Hi~! they dont really appear that much on TV variety show TT_TT but you should watch their RUN bts and Gayo on VLIVE. also Starshow 360, New Yang Nam Show tho i don't know if it's still available on YT.

 

For song recommendation, there are a lot. But here are some of my top favorite tracks. I hope you will find something that you will like. ^^

 

Hip Hop Phile

Boys with Fun

Whalien 52

Autumn Leaves

Young Forever (song that made me a fan)

Lost

21st century girl

Outro: Wings

ASS: Ynwa

Dimple

Outro: Her

Paradise

Airplane Pt. 2

Outro: Tear

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1. what is with the Love Yourself: etc

you can read more about it here:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7966098/bts-love-yourself-her-album-rap-monster-interview-analysis-meaning

 

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8455752/bts-love-yourself-tear-album-facts

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2018/07/20/bts-love-yourself-answer-preorder-becomes-instant-amazon-best-seller/#37d7294c31f6

 

 

2. where do i start? music and variety show i kinda looked into their discography and it’s intimidating lol

 

Start with their discography from the very beginning but don't forget to look up the lyrics. It's what got me into this BTS blackhole in the first place. 

 

 

I'd like to introduce you to the members of BTS if you're not familiar with them already.

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1TNeakiXMI

 

 

TLDR: recommend me bts songs!

Here are my favs

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeZFggxGmrk

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pHGSd7orbc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKbWGhV0QbE

 

 

 

 

Also don't forget to check out their Soundcloud. Lots of free releases, including mix tapes and covers from the rapline and JK. 

https://soundcloud.com/bangtan

 

Definitely subscribe to their V live.

https://channels.vlive.tv/FE619/video 

 

For BTS related communities other than OH

Follow them on Twitter.

방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) · Twitter

 

Reddit is very active right now

https://www.reddit.com/r/bangtan/

 

Bangtanbase is also great

https://bangtanbase.com

 

Army Amino, and youtube are great sources for endless content. You just gotta search for them. 

 

Answer is dropping on August 24th. You can pre-order online or get in stores like Target and Walmart on day of release:

https://www.amazon.com/LOVE-YOURSELF-Answer-BTS/dp/B07F99WH5Y

 

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for variety i would recommend bon voyage season 1 and 2 (if you can't find links to watch i can PM them to you) and their Run! and Gayo series on vlive. Start from the start i guess fsadfksdg Run! has +50 episodes (i love the amusement park episode, so you could start from that one lol); gayo has like 11 episodes and they play music related games.

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I'm ctfu that some can't explain the Love yourself series either lmao. I'm sure there are ppl who can go into detail as seen above but a lot of people just roll with it.

 

 

Recs have been given based on you liking serendipity but I just wanted to highlight rapline and some of their harder hitting songs real quick. Rapline are not just the designated rappers of the group but they make up the backbone of BTS imo since they write most if not all of the things they say. They're incredibly talented and smart. Anyway these are some of my favorite performances!

 

https://youtu.be/nhnrRl32wps

 

 

 

The energy is unbelievable

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i’m on mobile so i can’t quote everyone but i just wanna say thank u to everybody and honestly i can’t wait to get sucked into the bts pit i literally feel like i just need one variety show to force me into stanning lmao so wish me luck !!

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I love watching Bangtan Bombs on YouTube! ^^

You Never Walk Alone is the album that made me an ARMY along with the Spring Day and Not Today MVs.

Here are some of my favorite BTS songs that aren't title tracks:

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtgCvj6D8Eo

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuOrAjsSZZQ

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