#MUSE by Jimin is Coming

[marengogo]

BTS’ JIMIN

WILL RELEASE

IN 2 DAYS.

Just thought I’d let you all know.

Marengo.

[thoughtsonkm]

Tweets of the day ~ Jimin's MUSE edition ✨

[pe-arls]

[95minie]

⠀⠀⠀𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗄⠀⠀⠀𝗃𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗇⠀⠀⠀──⠀⠀⠀𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌⠀⠀⠀୨ৎ

[kanmom51]

JM Muse Blooming

Concept photos and clip

JM's first concept photos dropped, and what can you say? The man is 🔥🔥

Walking in the Smeraldo flowers garden.

Wearing this belt:

Same belt?

The minute I saw this photo it felt a little familiar.

And then it hit me.

JK's 2D shoot.

Now, I'm no photography expert, but it looks like the same kind of slow exposure technique is used for this photo.

And then we have this:

How far will you go for love

To the moon?

To tell the whole world that you want that one person you love, even if your love may be considered as wrong or ugly to some?

To enlist together, being the first idols EVER to do so?

I guess pretty far.

Yeah yeah, I know not everything is about Jikook. This is JM's album, JM's photo concept, JM's creation. And yes, not everything is about them as a couple. There is definitley plenty that isn't. But with saying that, we have seen, time and time again, referencing, coding and mirroring of one another. Not everything is about them as a couple, but yet, I do believe that some of it is.

And then we have this next photo.

Now really?

If you are sitting there and denying the second you saw the tie you didn't envision this:

then you are lying. Either out right or to yourself.

The tie, the crop top. Even the pose with the shoulder tilt and the lifting of the chin gaze looking down.

Reminds me of someone else that had some mirroring going on and was called a copycat and so much more and worse.

I can assure you that was one among many photos taken in that shoot, and yet, that was the photo chosen by JM.

Third photo.

Besides the fact that JM is beautiful, no need to even state the obvious, we get a few more details from this photo.

First we get the 13 on his cheek.

In the Face shoots he had the studs/thorns and scar under his eye, and now he's proudly wearing the number 13, a number that means so much to him that he has it permanently tattooed on his arm.

His nail art.

In the teaser clip we had the crescent (probably right hand) and now we get two parallel lines. An equal sign perhaps?

We also have a little bit more sharing going on.

I guess Jikook do love to share their outfits and accessories when it comes to these solo shoots specifically.

Another coincidence? I think we are way past the point of believing that it is.

We have shared belts.

Same pants.

Different parts of the same outfit.

Same singlet.

Same necklace.

We also got this message:

ARMY! Who knew a baby chick could be so dangerous? One look at these concept photos and you might have a heart attack 🐥 10 years of this boy and he’s still finding new ways to be beautiful? 🤦‍♀️ 🐣: Is that how you see me?! 💜: Exactly that, yes. Hope you’re all pumped up for another new chapter in our lovely shared story!!

I find a few things curious with this one.

First of all, using the terms "boy" and "beautiful".

JM being an almost 30 yo man choosing the work boy is a little strange here, and knowing that every single thing he does is done with thought, just like the use of the non binary singer emoji for the 30 minute reminder or the tteokbokkibyjk.

And what about the use of the term beautiful, a term usually used as an expression of feminine good looks rather than masculine (not by me, btw, but by many).

Another curious thing I found was the dialogue, and more so, the question asked by JM: "Is that how you see me?!"

Question mark exclamation mark.

Is he asking us if we see him as a boy? Is it about age or gender? If we see him as beautiful? Is this about me overthinking? 🤣🤣

And then we have the clip:

So, JM in the dark, looking away from us.

Then the place lightens up and the camera goes into a close up of JM's face, and he's looking into the camera, or at us.

He's literally looking into my soul.

What to expect?

With JM I think we have gotten used to expecting the unexpected, in the very best way possible.

D-19

[liilithmin]

— Smeraldo garden marching band 𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼𖤣𖥧

stream muse! and sgmb!

[jmdbjk]

Smeraldo Garden Marching Band

Is it pronounced Smeh-rall-doe or Smar-all-doe? Or even Smarl-doe?

Ngl, soon as I saw kids in the MV I knew there would be no sexy in it... (me is a thirsty ho after all)... but Jiminie can't help being Jiminie in all his glory anyway.

My very first impression was that it was NOT what I was expecting but when is it ever? Never. So now that I'm past that....

There's not enough skin, Jimin (slaps down my inner thirsty ho...go away, its not time).

Jimin is singing live in the MV which is 3:46, the song itself is 3 minutes. He had a point to make and he made it clearly with a live vocal performance MV.

This song is very light, fun, romantic, flowers, butterflies, and Jimin playing Mr. Matchmaker... which I found interesting... after he sang the lyrics:

As I write this, the SGMB MV is trending at #11 on Youtube for music.

And there's this:

Yes, you read that right... 2.38 MILLION posts.

And this... the energy is energy-ing.

And this:

And this new selca:

I wonder what went down in the barracks when the song and mv dropped. I just wonder what element JK latched on to and is endlessly repeating it every spare moment while waiting for the vat of tteokbokki to simmer.

I saw the ratings review for it produced an "ineligible" result. There's nothing that seems like it would keep it from being shown anywhere, its so squeaky clean. Not sure what happened for the ratings to fail.

I love this reference to Jimin's Serendipity stage:

He had said last year that when he was making the songs for Face, he had some difficulty dredging up the feelings he had that inspired some of those songs. He also said he was past all of that depressing stuff. And now we know he was working on this song and Closer Than This, amongst others, while simultaneously working on Face.

His outlook was positive and he was moving forward. What else happened last year? He and Jungkook were able to spend some time creating something together (that we've yet to see) before enlisting together. Something fun they said! I can't wait! They were so happy. They see their freedom at the end of the tunnel. I see it too.

Anyway, I love his happiness in the music he's creating. That's all that matters to me.

The all kills are happening, the #1's are happening, the dance challenges are dropping, the media is talking, trends are trending, let's keep it up for Jimin!

[jimin-updates]

As reported by K-Media earlier today, Jimin’s fans have stepped up in a huge way to promote MUSE - all around the world!

Here are just some of the wonderful projects fans have created 😍

Billboards in Brazil:

Digital banners:

Instagram reels:

Cafe events:

Fan-printed posters going up in Peru:

And around the world:

Digital billboards:

Train station ads:

And tuktuks!

TikTok too:

Plus so many more billboards, bus stops, banners, digital street ads, and cafe events!

Instead of being defeated by a lack of proper promotion and preorder links, Jimin fans followed Jimin’s lead and made their own way. 💪🏻

Thank you, thank you, thank you to every person who made these wonderful promotions possible. 🩵💛💚

[heartofbusan]

Oh honey, you're BLOOMING 🌻 !

Smeraldo Garden Marching Band is sunshine in a song. Its extremely cutiepatootieness is all because of the beauty that is Park Jimin. The call backs to the little universes he's inhabited and is now free from. A dream of a flower that DID bloom.

His happiness is addictive. His soul captivates you and never let's you go. He said so.

Stream ! 🌻💛

[seoul-bros]

Ex-stream-ly Important Pep Talk

We seem to be battling streaming fatigue this week. Numbers have been dropping off significantly. So if you need some inspiration to keep going for the coming month know that at current rates on Spotify:

Who will reach 400 million within a week

Muse will reach 1 billion within two weeks

SGMB will reach 200 million and Be Mine will reach 100 million in September.

Obviously this only works if we can maintain the streaming energy of the last few weeks. It would be nice to have some good news for Jimin by the time Jimtober comes around.

Post Date: 21/08/2024

[marengogo]

I don’t know how to properly explain this but Jimin is giving me Mayufu vibes in this concept.

If you ever watched GIVEN, remember that first time Mafuyu was able to PROPERLY sing?

That explosion of power and emotion? I have a feeling that something similar is about to happen. This whole concept has such a “I’ve got something to say” vibe all over.

I’m hella excited for WHO NGL.

… but my pick still remains BE MINE.

[yuzuyoon]

Lily, as someone with knowledge of singing and vocal technique, I'm hoping you can answer something I've been thinking about since I watched the mini-doc about the creation of Muse.

When Jimin and his crew go back into the bedroom--it's almost midnight, at this point--Jimin says, with some uncertainty, I believe--that the key they've chosen is "quite high." Two keys ahead of the original! Later, the guitarist asks him if he's going to sing it higher and then nods approvingly..."that's art."

But is it really better to sing in such a high key? Would it not have sounded as good in a slightly lower key? Is it the reason for the auto-tune so many people are complaining about?

I thought about this while listening to Be Mine. There's that one line that seems excessively high--so high I feel like it might attract any dogs in the vicinity. Do you think it needs to be/should be that high?

Btw, whatever the key, Be Mine is one of those songs that is deceptively difficult to sing, isn't it? People aren't talking enough about Jimin's vocal prowess here.

i want you to listen to two things. first, listen to the original version of dynamite. then listen to this version:

now tell me which one sounds more like a bts song. the original dynamite was a song in quite a high pitch, and many people agree that the version in a lower pitch sounds more like a bts song.

this concept applies to all songs. some songs sound better at a higher tone, some songs sound better at lower tones. im sure when considering the pitch of who, jimin took two things into consideration:

1) is he capable of singing it live (and we have seen yes he can)

2) what sounds best vocally and instrumentally

im pretty confident jimin chose the right key because of one main reason: it fits perfectly into jimin's vocal sweet spot

we all have vocal sweet spots when we sing and they're not all coherent. for example, i'm really comfortable in my lower-mid range and my high range, but i struggle when it comes to mid-high range. jimin's sweet spot seems to be that very high falsetto/mix that he does in the who prechorus

who is a challenging song to sing, but jimin chose it because he knows his voice and he knows what sounds good. i believe, had he chosen one of the lower pitches, we wouldn't have gotten that resonant note. (jimin also seems to be so proud and confident of his vocals now after taking those lessons and he's been showing it off a lot. a challenging key would the perfect opportunity to show off something he's proud of)

because i love making videos to try to explain things, here's one of who in different keys so you can get a feel for why jimin chose to have to song be that pitch:

im pretty confident the original pitch sounds the best.

now for be mine: yes the prechorus for this song is also absurdly high. like absurdly. the real test on if that was the right key choice for this song is if jimin can sing live (fingers crossed the bonus clip has be mine in it). based on the who performances, i am so confident he can

and yes, be mine is challenging to sing because youre reaching a spot where its hard to even use a falsetto to reach those notes. jimin and i have similar high key ranges and its so incredibly difficult for me to get to those notes and make it sound nice. jimin really saw people ranking him at no. 4 for vocal capabilities in bts and decided to come for his rightful no. 2 spot as a lead vocalist. all the kudos to him, that is a power move if i ever saw one

[shellbells-things]

Oh. Jimin…Listen. You’re a little bit dangerous here.

During his most recent fan meet, Jimin said he thought he knew what we wanted. “You want some modern dance, a little skin, something pretty”. Well, he seems prepared to deliver (and you know the dance is coming, he can’t help it).

[95minie]

⠀⠀⠀𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗄⠀⠀⠀𝗃𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗇⠀⠀⠀──⠀⠀⠀𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌⠀⠀⠀୨ৎ

[kanmom51]

JM MUSE Setlist

Setlist landed. And what an interesting oh so like JM way to build up to the release.

So JM to have his IMBT as CUTE.

And we know who thinks JM embodies that wholeheartedly, don't we?

And the "JM's most recent favourite food" being TTEOKBOKKIBYJK. Couldn't stop laughing at that one. JM you minx. And the fact that BYJK could have easily been left out without any impact to the crossword.

A choice.

Once again.

One of many those two make time and time again.

We are getting a collab with Loco (for Smeraldo marching band) and featuring Sofia Carson (for Slow dance).

Also, Jon Bellion, who took part in the producing of JK's Seven and SNTY is also listed as one of the producers for JM's Who.

Makes me wonder if JM's English studies had anything to do with maybe a couple of songs in English in this album... perhaps Who and Slow dance.

Again, we will wait and see.

Oh oh oh.... remember me talking about the use of mint green and the meaning of it...

Rebirth, renewal... JM rising from the ashes (end of SMF2) white clothes, start of something new.

I just love his mind.

As did I say in my previous post, we are all in the dark here and so am I, Album not landed yet, songs not released, lyrics, MV, even concept photos not out just yet.

And yet, there is something in the air, isn't there?

Messages unfolding.

Some as clear as day,

some not just yet.

I love this.

I love JM.

I love his mind.

I cannot wait for 19 July 2024 (and before that for our first song release - Smeraldo marching band - in a weeks time).

Oh, I do have thoughts about Smeraldo marching band, the connection to TTU. Will wait until the song drops to see just where those take us.

D-21

[liilithmin]

ᬊཻུ۪۪𖣠͢✿𑜞 ꦽιྀ   ྀᖭ༏ᖫི ! ๎ — Fairy Blue 君のために 星を砕き !