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magneticjimin · 1 year ago
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"Freedom" photoshoot ♥︎
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aricastmblr · 2 years ago
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rantingravingliving · 2 years ago
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This is a very brilliant analysis on Jimin's photofolio by @bangtan-media-thoughts. If you have time read this, please do so. It will make you understand and appreciate more Jimin's photofolio and him as an artist annd individual.
Framing Gender Identity Through Masquerade. Hybrid Masculinities in Jimin's Photo-folio
Up until the release of the photo-folio Me, Myself, And Jimin ‘ID: Chaos, the performance of Filter for the online concert ON:E has been in the latest years, the most relevant representation of gender performativity for the artist. Jimin made use of visual and dress markers in order to exhibit the ways in which he can play with the idea of destabilizing conventional gender distinctions, but ultimately to ascertain a more conventional masculinity by changing the focus on the sexual undertones of his performance in order to maintain his power over how he is perceived and filtered by the audience. Through the concepts in the photo-folio, he is taking many steps further, committing to a more nuanced portrayal of identity.
This analysis will look at various instances of gender performativity and will identify types of masculinities as taking on different roles in order to demonstrate the way in which Jimin is exerting his subjectivity. Moreover, gender performativity will also be characterized as a form of masquerade and how it becomes a method through which the subject is able to take on those roles, by creating various personas through the use of dressing and how they are used as a metaphor for identity.
By framing these roles as carrying certain visual markers which pertain to a more Western cultural sphere, it is necessary to take into consideration the danger posited by such a position, especially given the fact that masculinities are also influenced by race, class and other, more specific and local classifications. In trying to avoid turning the analysis into one which might be framed as orientalist thinking, I will use Adam Geczy’s definition of transorientalism (2019), in which “a stable cultural identity is really an agglomerate of signs, which, as with any linguistic system, are in the constant process of modification and change”. Globalization, as much as it’s a term used more predominantly for the economic sphere, it exists culturally as well, especially given the present use of online connectiveness and the facilitation of crossing physical and metaphorical borders. The position taken in this essay as well, as Geczy understands it, is that identities become a blend or a composite, not parallel to one another. These identities can be material and cultural and can coexist “in different frameworks at different times”. Such distinctions are made possible today, as they encompass a wider meaning of cultural exchanges, and not just one in which the West is imposing its presence and power over an imaginary East, as Edward Said conceptualized it. These nuances are important because transorientalism explains the fact that cultural identities can be transacted, and not just overpowered by a dangerous West over a helpless East. It also helps in steering away from the danger of nationalistic discourses over identities that disregard the influence of globalization and how identities can reach outside imaginary borders.
Hybrid masculinities versus hegemonic masculinities
Contemporary understandings of masculinities are nowadays understood as hybrids. More often than not, it is applied to white, middle class heterosexual men who borrow elements of non-hegemonic masculinities in order to construct their gender identities through the situational use of feminine or gay aesthetics or more precisely, marginalized identities (Bridges, Pascoe 2014). The vital question that needs to be asked in this context is if hybrid masculinity maintains or actually challenges gender inequality and if ultimately, remains a tool that keeps intact the gender order, or what it’s called masculine balance (Young 2017). In most cases, hegemonic masculinity remains intact in situations in which men are able to mark their bodies, usually through dress, in order to perform a hybrid gender identity, but only in situations that allows them the freedom to do so, while at the same time, having the privilege to de-mark their gender performances when it’s no longer suited, usually in the cases of reestablishing their hegemonic, normative masculinity and consequently, their heterosexuality.
The concept of hybrid masculinities has been recently used in an analysis of G-Dragon’s gender identities across various media contents, specifically because gender acts are also situational (Kim & Lopez, 2021). G-Dragon’s case is relevant for this analysis, as it’s a case study of a K-Pop idol known for his thought-provoking gender performances. For Kim and Lopez, K-Pop has fashioned and promoted what they call manufactured versatile masculinity – one in which soft masculinity can coexist within the paradigm of conventional hegemonic masculinity. For the authors, G-Dragon’s appearances in some music videos and photoshoots may appear and sometimes actually are non-conforming, but they always end up being balanced with situations in which the artist is reaffirming his normative, heterosexual masculinities. If G-Dragon is queering his gender in spaces which offer him that freedom, specifically those that require a more artistic and creative medium, such as a photoshoot, a public appearance on a television program or a performance during a concert become the spaces in which he balances that queerness by stressing a hyper masculine act, through resistance of irreverrance. Ultimately, the fact that G-Dragon is in the position in which he can choose and has the power of achieving that safe masculine balance, is seen as proof of how gender hierarchy is still intact. Despite that, there are scholars, such as Chuyun Oh and David Oh (2017) who see the mere use of queer aesthetics as perhaps a first step on challenging heteronormativity because it does manage to destabilize, even if it happens situationally, the gender system. One conclusion to this on going debate is that recognizing and acknowledging the effort and openness of presenting non-normative masculinities is one that needs to be taken into consideration, while at the same time, remembering that the possibility of choosing when to do so only exists because men have the power to do it though their gender privilege. It doesn’t mean it completely cancels the fact that heteronormativity was being challenged.
Looking at the subject of this case study, another K-Pop idol from a different generation, with a different journey, but one that also challenges normative notions of masculinity, can we situate him in the same paradigm as G-Dragon? The answer is yes and no. Like GD, Jimin is more comfortable and more explicit in queering his gender performance in more artistic situations, such as photoshoots or a song performance. The difference is that Jimin (the present one, and not the one who’s initial idol persona had to always reaffirm hyper-masculinity) is an idol that doesn’t resort back to hyper-masculine acts or tries to loudly reaffirm heterosexuality in order to create that masculine balance. Instead, we find an absence of those situations, in which privacy offers the opportunity of not having to actively challenge the non-normative, carefully crafted masculinity, which seems to receive utmost attention and focus. But what does it say when that happens only in the context of artistic expression? I posit that it shows a form of privilege as well, one in which Jimin has the possibility of exerting his power in creating a hybrid masculinity, one that we’ll see later in the analysis, when he takes on different masks and roles, in which his gender identity is a mixture of personas that makes use of aesthetics as a way of keeping a form of distance.
Masquerading gender identity. The Dandy, The Youthful Boy, The Lesbian Butch and The Dominant
The body is now considered to be a canvas, in which the social body can carry different meanings, mediated through culture and social norms. Dressing the social body turns it into a site for creating identities. For Efrat Tseëlon (2001), the concept of masquerade is a better suited paradigm for the 'clothed body’ because it touches on the conscious and also unconscious use of disguise. More precisely, 'If the concept of masking evokes an epistemology of authentic identity (‘behind the mask’), locating it on the epistemological side of the notion of performance moves it away from ‘authentic identity’ and closer to ‘an appearance of authentic identity’. Finally, masking, more emphatically than performance, relies as much on visual artefacts as on metaphorical disguise’.
The reason why masquerade is a useful paradigm for the analysis of the concepts created by Jimin in his photo-folio is precisely the notion of the appearance of authentic identity. And this appearance becomes more obvious if we categorize each concept as a role, a specific character that Jimin decides to portray because it offers the frame through which he can express different identities, ultimately queering his gender performance.
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In the Light & Darkness concept, we have what can be visually considered the image of a man dressed as a 19th century troubled bohemian. A melodramatic portrayal of suffering beauty, surrounded by broken mannequins, traces of other selves. It’s interesting to note how the visual imagery and particularly through dressing, shows Jimin taking the role of a dandy. James Adams (Dandies and Desert Saints 2018) mentions that in Victorian society, masculinity was about doing gender, rather than being. It was a performative act, before non-normative masculinities were seen as pathological. One of those masculinities was the dandy. Despite no definitive notion of what the dandy was in its entirety, it was considered first and foremost, a masculinity that at that time, managed to blur the lines between sexual orientation. For Geczy and Karaminas (2018), 'the dandy strove for calm and relaxed expression. Simultaneously, he was a mixture of smouldering passions and sangfroid hidden depths masked by desuetude – what we might call the romantic epitome of cool. As Charles Baudelaire emphasizes, “The dandy is blasé, or pretends to be so, for reason of policy and caste”.
In the making of video for the photoshoot, Jimin mentions that the concept shows 'a side within me that is full of thoughts, worries, and is a bit lonely’. His reflection of inner struggle is expressed through taking on a role. One that puts him in the position to be looked at, for his suffering to be admired, as his beauty takes center stage in a space that most likely, express that loneliness. He is confined in a poorly lit room, in which the inanimate object – the mannequin – becomes the visible bearer of a fragmented and tormented soul. Jimin is transferring his feelings in order for his own body to remain intact. It can be seen as a sign of vanity because no matter what he might be going through, the need to maintain a perfect appearance, with a blasé attitude works as a protective shield. There must be beauty even in suffering.
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The 19th century Victorian influence seems to permeate another concept, despite not being quite obvious. Its traces are found including in the Color: Freedom concept, specifically through the use of objects – the bust of a Greek goddess and yet again, a celebration of beauty, now more directly associated with youth. All these elements are reminiscent of the Victorian obsession with Hellenism. More particularly, the projection of their fantasies in order to have the ability to show though symbol and metaphor what was not deemed appropriate in a socially constricted society. It’s a temporally and spatially localized theme, but one that can be transposed presently in the context in which symbolism is a needed tool for self expression.
Hellenism in the 19th century had multiple functions. Used as a basis for beauty standards, but also as an inspiration for homoerotic works. Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is a clear example of that and a connection with Jimin’s continuous focus on youth, makes this correlation valid: 'Wilde writes for Lord Henry a monologue of hyperbolic and intense flattery that, as if in passing, but really with great rhetorical care, calls Dorian’s attention to his own beauty: to his “rose-red youth” and his “rose-white boyhood”(Heacox, 2004). Jimin wearing a colorful crown, with heavy makeup, visually positioning himself next to a Greek bust, while dressing himself in what looks like a more contemporary display of youthful dressing style, transforms himself in the ultimate Hellenistic fantasy. The boy who remains forever young, the image of someone who is untouchable, who can precisely exist in such a way only if he remains a fantasy, like Thomas Mann’s Tadzio. What Jimin shows here is a character. He plays the role of the youthful boy, he wishes to remain that way forever and only though this role, he is able to gain his freedom. One that can only be expressed through visual metaphors.
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In what can be considered one of the most fascinating concepts in the photo-folio, this particular gender performance is the most intricate one. It’s no wonder that a few reactions to Jimin wearing what looks like a 1920s suit, associated his dressing with Victor/Victoria (1982) or Marlene Dietrich. Here, we have what Judith Butler calls drag as subversion of gender roles through the parodic imitation of those gender roles (Gender Trouble). And that parody and consequently the subversive element cannot exist without gender roles. In Victor/Victoria, the character of Julie Andrews is (in her own words), 'a woman who acts like a man who acts like a woman’. Despite the film ultimately affirming binary gender roles, Veronique Fernandez (2001) argues that in the instances in which Victoria acts as Victor, her “appearance in masculine clothes can be seen as an image of lesbian style” one that is visually connected to Marlene Dietrich. In her analysis of the double drag, Kennison (2002) explains that Dietrich’s image was made out of incorporating classic elements of lesbian butch dress, as well as traditional elements of gay drag, which not only contributed to the erotic element of her performances, but also showed the power she made use of.
In order to explain the association between Dietrich and Victor/Victoria and Jimin’s dress choice, I will make one last detour to filmic analysis, that of James’s Dean character in Rebel Without a Cause. Marie Cartier’s thesis is that through that role, James Dean presented a new type of masculinity, created post war, by the butch women in the urban culture. For a more nuanced interpretation, Cartier calls Dean’s presentation as a 'slyly constructed butch’ and ascertains that, in the vein of this new 1950s masculinity (of which Marlon Brando famously embodied as well) is that  the man acted as a butch woman. The arguments as to why Dean’s persona can be seen through this interpretation are one side, behavioral (the actions and dialogue of his character in the film), but also presentational, by choosing to dress himself in the fashion of a lesbian butch.
In the suit concept, to quote and at the same time change the order of the drag, Jimin is a man that looks like a woman that looks like a man. Except, instead of using an outdated understanding of what it means to transgress gender roles, just as James Dean’s presentation was that of a 50s butch woman, Jimin’s presentation is a 1920s butch lesbian, specifically the way in which it was embodied by Marlene Dietrich. It shows not only the artificiality of socially constructed gender roles, but also the means through which multiple instances of masculinities can coexist in the social body, through dress and through a decision of marking one’s body in order to queer the gender performance.
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The last role Jimin takes on is that of the Dominant who uses fetish fashion and objects in order to show the side of his inner self that has to be in control once again, through masquerade. For Valerie Steele (2001), masquerade and sexual identity are interlinked, in which fetish fashion is now a way of constructing a sexual identity. In Jimin’s photoshoot, he wears leather pants and gloves, completing the fetishist look with a mask that covers his eyes, a prop used by a dominatrix and a slave as well, each for different purposes. In Jimin’s case, he acts the role of the dominant. This particular type of fetish representation, “black leather, its feel, smell, and touch, as well as its associations to animal skin and its predatory impulses, induce sexual excitement with their connection to discipline and domination” (Geczy, Karaminas, 2018). In this concept, Jimin presents himself as a sexual being, focusing on a very specific erotic imagery and role. Taking on the role of a dominant, he once again shows the need he has for control, a motif that has its more visible origins in Filter. It also shows he still needs to keep parts of himself hidden, perhaps offering a peak through disguise, on taking upon himself a persona through which he can communicate. Showing himself in a fetish fashion accentuates the theatrical and artificial construction of this part of his self, in which artistic expression becomes a safe method to do that.
As with Filter, and in the Light & Darkness concept, the mannequins are present here as well, introduced by Jimin as his other selves. They appear wearing a black suit and a mask, in a setting in which Jimin stands out, wearing white. It shows an objectification of self, of being able to look at various forms that are once part of him, but also can be seen as the filters through which others are seeing him. In this instance, Jimin takes on the role of the observer, while at the same time he’s being watched, as he is surrounded by the mannequins – the former, artificially constructed selves.
A fragmented, controlled self?
Jimin’s journey of self discovery is shown in this photo-folio through his gender performances. He finds a freedom in the context of artistic expression through the use of various roles he takes upon himself. His inner, raw self, as he explicitly mentioned in one of the teaser videos, is one that can be shown through disguise, which in turn, allows him to be in control of every narrative, of every role he plays, of the different forms of his hybrid masculinity. Jimin finds refuge in drag, in its subversion and exaggeration. The question is if his inner self is still kept hidden, a part that is not for public consumption to be analyzed and scrutinized, or its nothing but a fragmented self in which various personas coexist and which can rise to the surface as long as Jimin is completely in control of how he wants to be perceived?
List of references:
Marie Carter, The Butch Woman Inside James Dean or 'What Kind of Person Do You Think a Girl wants?’ (2003)
Rebecca Kennison, Clothes Make the (Wo)man: Marlene Dietrich and 'Double Drag’ (2002)
Veronique Fernandez, ’People Believe What They See’: Clothing And Gender(s) in Victor/Victoria (2001)
Joanne Entwistle and Elizabeth Wilson eds., Body Dressing (2001)
Minjeong Kim and April Lopez, The deployment of gender for masculine balance: analyzing multi-platform K-Pop performances (2021)
Thomas L. Heacox, 'Idealized Through Greece’: Hellenism And Homoeroticism in Works by Wilde, Symonds, Mann and Forster (2004)
Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas, Fashion and Masculinities in Popular Culture (2007)
Adam Geczy, Transorientalism in Art, Fashion and Film. Inventions of Identity (2018)
Ben Barry, (Re)Fashioning Masculinity: Social Identity and Context in Men’s Hybrid Masculinities through Dress
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casteru · 2 years ago
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yuhwa’s wardrobe // T.O.U.
this started with me just wanting to make the denim set jungkook wore for my sim & i ended up doing,,,,, whatever this is
inspo (x)
📁 download: patreon / curseforge
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glassrtz · 2 years ago
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tailor of chaos 🕷
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lokisasylum · 1 year ago
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Jimin truly is the Muse of all artist
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The details are beyond stunning.
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seoul-bros · 1 year ago
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Hoping for a little more Jimin in Jimtober
We're living on rations again. All respect to you JK but I hope the fact that your album is dropping in a month doesn't mean Jimin is going to be on deep stealth mode for the next four weeks.
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I'm manifesting more from our tailor of chaos very very soon.
Post Date: 04/10/2023
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glossnwild · 2 years ago
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kunoichimin · 6 months ago
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stormblessed95 · 2 years ago
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Hi Stormblessed
I hope you are well, and are blessed with a good readingstreak? This is not so much of an ask (because how could you know 🤷🏼‍♀️) as a small oberservation that made me curious…
I was watching “You” by Regard, Troye Sivan and Tate McRae and suddenly realized - that the model was wearing the same outfit from Jimins Photofolio and also sitting on a lightbox-thing. Maybe that’s were he got his inspiration from, cus we know he like Troye Sivan a lot?
If you are curious as well, its around 1.21 in the musicvideo on YouTube
I’m superlate to the party - but I’ m still kind of thinking about that photoshoot… 😳
I did check your masterlist (damn I need that scoutemojii so bad - 👩🏻‍🎤) and I must say, being a librarian I stand in awe - its a monstermasterlist!
💜 Lenezz
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Oh wow! That DOES look super similar! Who knows if he did draw inspiration there or if it's just a coincidence, but I love it! My Post over his photofolio is here
I have actually had a horrible reading month by my personal standards for myself. I've only finished ONE book so far this whole month. To be fair, I've spent a lot of the month helping one of my best friends finish last minute plan touches and then setting up and attending and staying with her afterwards... the funeral of one of my other friends/her husband. I mentioned his passing a few months ago. So I'll blame my lack of reading on lack of time. And thank you for the compliments on my masterlist. I know it can still be confusing to navigate at times too 😅
💜 Storm
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oddinary4bts · 10 months ago
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ELLA!!!
I just read ‘The Tailor of Chaos’! Damn it’s good! Now you’ve got me hooked on fantasy fics 😂 If this is what your book is about I want to read it when you publish, because DAMN. I know you said it doesn’t follow the same scenes, and it’s different, but just the fantasy aspect only has got me hooked!
I know you posted this all the way back in 2022 and you’re currently writing your book and have a lot of other fics planned, but I’m asking anyway: will you be finishing this some time? Whichever is completely fine (and I don’t mean to pressure you! You might not even want to finish this if your book is about the same thing?).
I just wanted to let you know that it was really good, and if you decide to write more for The Tailor of Chaos, I’ll be there 💜✨
Ahhhhh Lissa🥹🥹 I’m afraid the book is different and doesn’t hit as good as the fic. Rereading the fic I feel like I should have used more of the scenes from the fic lmao might do that when I edit the book after I’m done with the first draft😅
As for finishing the fic, I will not be finishing it. Partly bc it would spoil the book, but also bc I want people to be interested in the book to begin with haha if there is a fanfic online that tells the story for free, I’m pretty sure people will just read that instead of the book😂
But yeah the book follows the same characters and some more, though I’ve obviously changed most of the names. There’s also more mystery surrounding the man that the MC sees at the ball considering that I don’t want to spoil it right away. They do still have tension tho, or I hope they do😅😂 I’ve been doing the write everything first and then reread thing so I know a lot of things will likely change (i.e. I might use more of the fanfic scenes if I like them better)
Sooo yeah at the end of the day the book will be different, but it will still be the same story. I hope you’ll still want to read it tho🥹
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artofcasmiles · 2 years ago
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ID : CHAOS ❤️‍🔥
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curio-queries · 1 year ago
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SOLO TOUR MATH
To those that make comments about the remaining members doing solo tours, please allow me to present the following data. I've included counts of songs that were officially* released by the start of the tour as best as I can figure. Based on the data of the previous tours, we can guesstimate how many songs each member would need to release prior to starting their own Solo tour. I'm not including RM since he stated we wouldn't be seeing much of him before he starts his military service.
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The Red Bullet Tour set list included 24 songs - 4 of which were the encore. (Source) There were 34 songs in the BTS library prior to the start.
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The D-DAY Tour set list was 20 songs - 3 for the encore. (Source) There were 34 songs in his library prior to the start .
With only two data points, 34 seems to be the threshold of songs before a tour would start.
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Jimin currently has 13 songs. He would need to release 21 more songs to hit the arbitrary 34.
Songs included: Lie, Serendipity, Filter, Promise, Christmas Love, With You, Vibe, Angel, Face-off, Like Crazy, Alone, Set Me Free pt.2, Letter
(Aw, 13 for our chim chim!)
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V currently (sorta, I'm including LayoVer) has 14 songs. He would need to release 20 more songs to hit the arbitrary 34.
Songs included: Stigma, Singularity, Inner Child, It's Definitely You, Scenery, Winter Bear, Sweet Night, Snow Flower, Christmas Tree, Rainy Days, Blue, Love Me Again, Slow Dancing, For Us
(...never noticed how many of V's songs start with an S until I typed this out)
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Jungkook currently has 9 songs. He would need to release 25 more songs to hit the arbitrary 34.
Songs included: Begin, Euphoria, My Time, Still With You, Stay Alive, My You, Left & Right, Dreamers, Seven
(Both FACE and LayoVer have 5 songs, do we think JJK1 will also be 5?)
This concludes my hypothetical presentation into the math of song library to tour count. Hopefully this made sense and we will stop seeing comments asking for a solo tour from the maknae line until they're given more time to develop and release.
*To calculate the release quantity, I included Spotify tracks that could have been performed, excluding duplicates, skits, and intros/interludes/outros that weren't really a full song. I did not include featured songs that aren't linked to their Spotify profiles. This method of inclusion is completely subjective and others may arrive at different totals.
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skyandpeople · 2 years ago
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Special 8 Photo-Folio - Me, Myself & Jimin ‘ID:Chaos' {SCANS} 🔥🔥
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Creds to twt:// mahoneysuga ✨
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dimpledimpleinthesky · 2 years ago
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Maybe the whole point of this teaser was to make us like crazy. Get the whole experience. Submerge ourselves in the thoughts so much that we experience what Jimin is experiencing in the song and felt in real life.
You all know he doesn't do things without a reason.
He likes making our brains crazy.
That man loves chaos.
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He is the tailor of chaos, after all.
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lokisasylum · 1 year ago
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wow, they chose the best photo.
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