How Quickly Things Change

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

So yesterday I was celebrating BTS day and this morning they announced they're taking a hiatus! Whew! The company has since come out and said it isn't a hiatus but the members are going to focus on solo projects. Whatever. You don't cry over a break, you cry over a break-up and BTS' leader (Kim Namjoon/RM) was definitely crying this morning. I mean, they have the military service upcoming. And that's that.

A break-up is a break-up. I think I was an ARMY for exactly the wrong amount of time, long enough to be very disappointed at the hiatus (or not-hiatus, according to official sources) but not long enough to be 'I'll wait forever!' I'm not a 'wait forever' kind of gal. I'm a 'over is over' kind of gal.

So it was my first musical fandom, first RPF fandom, first experience as an adult being a serious fan of a band. Interesting insights into another culture. I'll spend the next couple of days sorting myself out and then I'll probably put everything in a box and put it on a shelf. So expect the collages (I've never got around to doing). And my CD of the anthology album PROOF hasn't arrived yet. But I am wondering if it will matter much when it does.

I opened my BT21 egg I was saving for a rainy day and got a Chimmy water-filled squeezie. Chimmy [Jimin's yellow dog character] is my comfort creature, and I thought it was appropriate.

Hmmm. Sad. But that's fandom life. I got to meet and get to know the fabulous bethctg! And that's wonderful.

Here is the song I liked from PROOF, which they won't perform live anytime soon: RUN BTS

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[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes, a cautionary tale to not get involved at the (obviously) tail end of a fandom. But, yes, you are correct. Nine years is a long time. And they went to the White House and the UN and the Grammys. They did all kinds of things. Kpop is a very specific kind of industry, and I get the sense the last year they have been straddling both worlds (and not comfortably), their native Kpop industry and the larger world pop industry. And they will all need to do military service eventually. But, yeah, it sucks. I am going to be sad for a few days and then put it behind me.