#Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

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BTS: Beyond The Story Chapter Subtitle Reveal 

Chapter 1: Seoul 

Chapter 2: Why We Exist 

Chapter 3: Love, Hate, ARMY 

Chapter 4: Inside Out 

Chapter 5: A Flight That Never Lands 

Chapter 6: The World of BTS 

Chapter 7: We Are

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Take a deeper dive into the different aspects of BTS’s journey in BEYOND THE STORY : 10- YEAR RECORD OF BTS, which Flatiron Books is publishing in partnership with BIGHIT MUSIC. Preorder your copy at the link in our bio.⁣ ⁣ #BEYOND_THE_STORY⁣ #BTS⁣ #방탄소년단⁣ #FlatironBooks

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Out today!

[claireelizabethsblog]

~July's Books Reviewed~

*everyone please just ignore the fact that June was skipped... shhhhhhh! 🙈*

A slow month for reading again (but better than the previous 😬) however all three were thoroughly enjoyed. That's it for this months intro, not going to lie to you, I have nothing else to say 😅

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

(304 pages)

I read this book in a single day right at the start of the month when I still had good intentions of reading more... while my intentions led to little, it is a testament to the book that it was finished so quick. There is something comforting about an Agatha Christie novel, especially a Poirot one, and I really enjoyed reading the very first Poirot one for the first time and seeing just where the character started. As always, the pacing was good, the characters were intriguing, and the mystery was, well, mysterious! I especially loved that in this edition of the book they had printed both the official ending, as well as the original ending Agatha Christie wrote before she changed her mind. I thought it was a really interesting insight into her as an editor as well as a writer. I will say that I definitely preferred the official ending so was glad to see that was the one chosen by the printers! Overall, an engaging and fun read, a classic whodunit and should rightfully be included on any mystery lovers tbr list.

I gave this book 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Beyond the Story: 10 Year Record of BTS by BTS & Myeongseok Kang

(496 pages)

Am I biased? Probably. Do I care? No. This is for my personal record of the books I've loved this year and I loved every single second of this. I cried, laughed, reminisced, missed all of them more than is healthy probably, and felt indescribably proud of them and myself. I don't tend to read biographies, or nonfiction at all, but I have been listening to BTS since the end of 2015 and they have taught me so many important lessons, as well as offered me comfort and joy in ways that they probably can't even imagine. Reading this book felt not only like a window into a section of their past that we hadn't been able to see before, but also like a portal right back to my own past. As ridiculous as it may sound, they are all so relatable and it makes me so happy to remember how far they've come, as well as filled with hope for my own future. I genuinely don't think it's an exaggeration to say that they reminded me how to just be happy. Yes they're not solely responsible for it, nor do they miraculously solve everything, but they definitely have improved my life with their music and unwavering (if remote and one sided!) presence. For that, I will never be able to thank them enough.

I gave this book 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

(643 pages)

I really really enjoyed this! To be completely honest, I was nervous going in that it wouldn't live up to my expectations for Sanderson, but I had no need to be concerned. Sanderson is a masterful world builder, has incredible characterisation, and enthralling plots. I am obsessed with the almost espionage elements of this book and am so happy to see that once again Sanderson has prioritised a beautiful found family at the centre of the relationships. It is truly a unique and fun story with so many twists and misdirects, and yet it is all written so cleverly that it isn't once blunt or off putting. I would highly recommend!

I gave this book 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[voxyldy]

06.20.2022

‘BEYOND THE STORY : 10-YEAR RECORD OF BTS’

📖 Original Edition

Release Date: 23. 7. 9. 7:09AM (KST)

Official Website: ibighit.com/bts/BEYOND_THE…

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‘BEYOND THE STORY : 10-YEAR RECORD OF BTS’

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BTS - BEYOND THE STORY [10-YEAR RECORD OF BTS] (Korean)  💜

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The moment Jungkook uploaded GCF in Tokyo. His first video recorded and edited solely by himself with Jimin as the only person focused on.

Can we even be more excited for their show than Jungkook was for his present to Jimin?

Excerpt from BTS Autobiograpy ‘Beyond The Story - 10 Year Record of BTS’

The moment he uploaded GCF Tokyo their trip together planned and paid for be Jungkook for only him and Jimin.

Spending sleepless nights editing and putting such a meaningful and loving song to it.

Finally presenting it to the world, a video with one leading person, the reason for it all.

I don’t know if we can match Jungkook’s euphoria in that moment…

But I’m damn near close.

I CAN NOT WAIT for their show!

Anything with THEM is just 🤌✨

🖤🤍

[jung-koook]

'BEYOND THE STORY : 10-YEAR RECORD OF BTS' Official Trailer The First Ever Official Book

📖 Original Edition Pre-order: 23. 6. 15. 11:00AM (KST) Release: 23. 7. 9. 7:09AM (KST)

[lullabyalikpoptarot]

I just read through Jungkook’s perspective reading and it absolutely broke my heart. It makes me sick to my stomach to think he was made to do or is still being forced to do sexual favors for the higher ups in the Korean entertainment industry and that what he might be going through is a reality for many Kpop idols or just people in the Korean entertainment industry in general. No one should have to go through that. Also, I would not be surprised if this did or is still happening because sadly, this is a reality in many entertainment industries and it shouldn’t be. 😢 Also, he did mention in BTS’ book Beyond the Story: 10 Year Record of BTS that when he was around 13 years old and auditioned for season 3 of the South Korean talent show series Superstar K, that multiple companies wanted him to sign with them and that one of those companies wanted him to come to a hotel room to do an audition and get a video of him singing. I’m glad that he didn’t go because who knows what would’ve happened to him.

Yeah, it made me sad, while I was doing the reading. I feel it still happens, but that is my opinion. These kids come in with a dream and get hit with a brutal reality that it isn't all that it is cracked up to be.

[akookminsupporter]

Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

Jimin:

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nytimesbooks twt 11 de mayo de 2023 The K-pop stars BTS will release a book telling their own story in July. The announcement by their U.S. publisher, Flatiron Books, came after days of frantic speculation by fervent fans.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/books/bts-book-beyond-the-story.html?smid=tw-nytbooks&smtyp=cur

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BTS lanzará un libro llamado “Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS”, el cual hablará de la historia del grupo.  ('Más allá de la historia: 10 años de récord de BTS')

Se lanzará el libro este  9 de julio, bajo la editorial Flatiron Books.

“Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS”, fue escrito por el periodista Myeongseok Kang y los miembros del grupo, y será publicado en Corea del Sur por Big Hit Music.

La traducción al inglés del libro estuvo a cargo de Anton Hur, en colaboración con Clare Richards y Slin Jung. La edición estadounidense tendrá 544 páginas y contendrá fotografías exclusivas, según Flatiron, y tendrá una primera tirada de un millón de ejemplares.

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AntonHur y clarehannahmary traductores del libro de bts a través de Twitter han expresado su emoción y lo honrado que se sintieron con este proyecto.

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This project was conducted under so much secrecy that it still feels very odd to be suddenly allowed to share this, and we want to leave the surprises in the book a secret for as long as possible out of respect for ARMY, but yes, Slin, @clarehannahmary and I are its translators. 

I do want to add that as Korean literary translators, our work on this book was conducted with the deepest respect for ARMY and BTS as they have been so supportive of Korean literature in translation over the years. It is truly an honor and a highlight of our careers  💜💜💜🙇‍♀️🙇🙇‍♂️

Este proyecto se llevó a cabo bajo tanto secreto que todavía se siente muy extraño que de repente se nos permita compartir esto, y queremos dejar las sorpresas en el libro en secreto por el mayor tiempo posible por respeto a ARMY, pero sí, Slin, @-clarehannahmary y yo somos sus traductores. Quiero agregar que, como traductores literarios coreanos, nuestro trabajo en este libro se realizó con el más profundo respeto por ARMY y BTS, ya que han apoyado tanto la traducción de la literatura coreana a lo largo de los años. Es realmente un honor y un punto culminante de nuestras carreras 💜💜💜🙇‍♀️🙇🙇‍♂️

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What an incredible incredible honour it was to be part of this incredible incredible project!!can’t wait for you all to see this book!!!! Thank you so much most of all to BTS and ARMY and all they’ve done for Korean literature

 ¡Qué increíble, increíble honor fue ser parte de este increíble, increíble proyecto!  ¡No puedo esperar a que todos vean este libro! Muchas gracias sobre todo a BTS y ARMY y todo lo que han hecho por la literatura coreana

[fromtenthousandfeet]

Jimin isn't getting credit for his songwriting? Where? Why? What fresh hell is this?

Jin divulged in 2017 that Jimin wrote the melody for Blood, Sweat, and Tears. RM, Suga, and J-Hope all have writing credits on the song. We also know from the Beyond the Story book that Jimin told Bang PD that the melody for DNA sucked. I guess BPD went on to rewrite the song, which would become their first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

From a Koreaboo article:

Even though RM had voiced the group’s concerns to Bang Si Hyuk, Jimin was not spared the hot seat after the company’s founder tracked him down in the recording studio to ask his honest thoughts on the song’s melody.

Bang Si Hyuk asked Jimin outright, “Do you not like it either?” and the BTS member shared that he sympathized with the group’s leader at that moment.

When Bang Si Hyuk did that, I panicked, but what was I supposed to do? I say, ‘Yes,’ and he tells me to go home for the day. That I didn’t need to do the recording, and to go home. — BTS’s Jimin in “Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS“

We'll never know just how often Jimin helped write songs or saved the day.

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BEYOND THE STORY: 10-Year Record of BTS | Jimin

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BPP, I've been waiting to see if you would talk about the weverse article but since no one has asked I'm going to. Wth is Hybe doing? 1st Jhope "leads contemporary" and then Namjoon, THEE Namjoon who created the whole idea of Spring Day isn't mentioned at all. Please tell me your thoughts. Sure lets say Hybe hates Jimin but now they hate Namjoon too? It makes no sense for something like this to come from Hybe writers.

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For anyone who hasn't read the article yet, here's the English version and I suggest you skim it at least so you know what's actually written.

Anon, yours is actually the first ask I've gotten on it today, and your gut feeling that it's not usually staff writers at Weverse pushing out these articles is correct - I've written about how the magazine works before and it's usually Korean critics who are contracted to write pieces. But this time, the article is actually written by a staff writer, the Editor in Chief of Weverse Magazine to be exact, Kang Myeongseok - the same guy who authored the BTS book.

I understand why you're left scratching your head after reading it, and I've pointed out the magazine's shoddy writing before, but I think this latest issue is partly an instance of context lost in translation.

iMO, the point of the article is three things:

To use the upcoming anniversary of Spring Day to remind people who haven't yet purchased the BTS book, to get it.

To remind people that BTS are in fact still the top group and it's songs like Spring Day that gained them acclaim.

To tie Spring Day into the album narrative of BTS.

The point of the article isn't to give an accounting of how Spring Day was made or who led it, and you can glean this from how RM making the song is given only a sentence in the article -

"RM이 ‘BEYOND THE STORY : 10-YEAR RECORD OF BTS’에서 “한국 사람들 사이에서 오래 가고 싶은 노래”를 만들고 싶었다고 말했던 소망은 현실이 되었다."

- all that says is that RM's dream of making a touching song happened with Spring Day.

Two members are used as touchpoints: Yoongi and Hoseok. Yoongi because his personal story ties literally to the lyrics, and Hoseok because his interpretive dance piece incorporating b-boying and contemporary elements, is the piece which introduces the Wings/You Never Walk Alone album on which Spring Day is on. It's also Hoseok who starts the dance in the choreography alongside Jimin - the language in the article implies the author is talking about Hoseok literally starting the song in the stage performance with Jimin. It's also a continuation of how Hoseok's dance piece is what starts the album. The mention of contemporary dancing with Jimin should've been highlighted more prominently, but the following mentions of contemporary dancing in the article (eg Black Swan) is referring to the group as a whole. Not Hoseok and not Jimin.

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Like I said, the point of the article doesn't appear to be a detailed account of how BTS made Spring Day or the contemporary dancing strength of the group. The two key members for both things - Namjoon and Jimin - are given only a cursory mention at best. I don't think anybody reading the article in Korean, or even English, will come away thinking that's the point. The article honestly just reads like an elaborate ad for the BTS book using the 7th year anniversary of Spring Day as the catalyst.

Is this worth any of the hysteria I've been seeing on Twitter? No. In my opinion. But I also won't really fault anyone feeling some type of way about the article. Weverse in general does a shitty job with their feature pieces. They deserve all the criticism. The only thing they seem to do decently enough is their interviews.