#hell i have no idea i never have sources or receipts idk

[whysojiminimnida]

Hello hello!!

Since you mentioned them going to the BBMAs, do you really think that’s a possibility? I’ve seen people speculating them going to the MET; or them possibly doing more concerts (if they actually end up going to the MET), but it all seems like a lot of mmm… ‘noisy hopes’ let’s say. I would love for them to actually do something else since I’m in NY, but I’m not getting my hopes up for that — my heart can’t take any more heartbreak after the Grammys.

Anyways, I’ve come to value your opinion since I started following you, and I know the question is not ‘jikook’ related but still, I would like to know your thoughts.

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Hello hello to you too! Okay so it's like this. This BBMAs are set for May 15 at... the same place they just did the Grammys - MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (They'll air in the US on NBC that night, 8 ET I think). No performers - or nominees - have yet been announced. They're supposed to come out this month and if BTS is gonna be there they better get ON THAT because their calendar is filling up.

It sort of hurt me a little bit to link that but we do love an official source in this house even if the official source is an asshat. NOW HERE'S WHAT I THINK.

I THINK there is every chance they will not perform. Especially if they have already left Vegas to go the heck HOME and maybe perform at the Yoon inauguration on May 10. Given the way that BTS has been treated by most US-based awards shows (*coughgrammycough*) and by Billboard itself I would not be shocked if they just went

IF THEY DO PERFORM it COULD be virtual. Not like they haven't done that several times. They could also be on hand via livestream to accept, if they win. OR they could be invited, decide to do something amazing around the comeback and/or more tour dates (like around the MET - that makes sense) and blow the doors off the place. Hell they know their way around that stage, now. And if they do I hope they bring in a huge stage, I'm still sad we got hosed by the kid from The Lab all teasing us with ON at the Grammys. TL;DR - I dunno. I have ideas. I think they've been invited to perform already and that there is at least one nomination likely. I think they won't give their answer before the nominations are released. And I think that there may be some tighter negotiation, after the Grammys and the last run-in with Billboard Magazine, about how BTS and by extension ARMY will be treated if they accept. But what the hell do I know, I'm just a salty bitch because I'm not going to Vegas. :) Thanks, anon! You nice! Keep going!

[whysojiminimnida]

We all know the kpop industry treats it's idols poorly . Yes, that's a broad brush statement, but we could back it up with receipts if pressed. Fans are led to believe the idols live celibate, single lives with no relationships outside of their team or family. In order to keep that trope alive, any idol who tries to have a normal love life, is often fired. Here's proof: https://www.newsweek.com/hyuna-dawn-fans-convinced-couple-confirm-engagement-kpop-1675835

I wonder if BigHit would do the same to one of BTS. A good many fans assume at least some of the members have romances / significant others, but trying to hide that must be quite a strain on the boys. And, imo, being that s.o. would be stressful, knowing that if you are found out, you would have a massive target on your back.

Hiya @towardtheblue!

I'm slow but I do get to things, I promise. And OMG Cube Entertainment was SO DUMB when they fired HyunA in October of 2018. Like, what did they think was gonna happen, she and Dawn would break up and fade into obscurity?

Also they fired HER and not HIM which: fuck those people. Dawn felt the same way and left Cube a month later, after which they just Gangnam-styled right over to P Nation, Psy's label. They're still working, still popular, and now we have this...

OKAY THAT IS DARLING AND

They are apparently engaged, if not one but two matching rings and at least one matching tattoo I've seen are anything to go by. And good for them. In the West we think we're maybe a bit better about letting people live. We've been taught and expect that famous people have relationships which do not involve us (unless you're One Direction, that was super weird and I think STILL IS for some insane Larry shippers, I never skated on that side of the insanity rink so IDK). We seem to be handling Heterosexual Jikook okay now that they've been outed AGAINST THEIR WILL though. So IDK, maybe we don't handle things all that well over here either.

If Zendaya is the Jungkook in that household then Jimin is the real Spider-Man, I'm just saying.

BUT I DIGRESS. You were talking about BTS and BigHit. Who, to our knowledge and based on things they have said, do not have a no-dating clause in their contract. Fact is, we don't know exactly what IS in their contracts, all of which were renewed in 2018 with various lawyers for individuals and the company in attendance. We have ideas based on things the members have said.

No drunken social media or VLives (LOL), no smoking/vaping on camera, no traveling without letting someone know type stuff. I know that some groups have a no PUBLIC dating clause with BigHit. But we don't know for sure what BTS agreed to do or what Bang PD asked for where that's concerned. THIS LINK IS NOT A LEGIT INFORMATION SOURCE. It is badly written speculation, and that is the most we actually have other than the words of the guys or Bang PD themselves. All media about the contract terms reads about like this:

The ONLY reason I posted this is to show that we DO NOT have the terms of their contracts. They have not been made public. We're not even sure whether they extend through 2026 or are over in 2024.

Now K-pop history tells us that the Big Three do fire idols for breach of contract. I'm not even sure BTS IS fireable at this point in their careers. Seriously what is Bang PD gonna do, force them to disband? AW HELL NO that is not happening to the biggest band in the world.

BUT. What we also know is that the fandom simply CANNOT HANDLE IT when any of the members, especially the maknae line, BREATHE in someone's direction.

(Yes yes we still hate Koreaboo but you led me here so here we go)

Edits, edits everywhere

We've seen the hate that Nain got because Jungkook dared to like a dance video and tell her so. We've all been made forcibly aware of the "BTS IS STR8"agenda. We have seen TKKers and the lies, mistranslations and outright bullying that goes on in that segment of the fandom despite what the members themselves have OPENLY SAID. I honestly think it will be after military service or exemption and possibly after disbandment before any BTS member comes out with any romantic relationship, regardless of who it's with. And I don't blame them.