BTS celebrate their anniversary every year under the name FESTA, where the ARMY are spoiled with BTS content and a lot more. This year was no less and here is how the group celebrated 9th anniversary.
1. BTS Reminisce Their Journey With “Proof” And It’s Title Track Yet To Come
BTS dropped their anthology album “Proof” on 10th June 2022, which is three days before their debut anniversary. The album contains three CDs which have a collection of their best hits, 3 new singles and unreleased demos. The album made history by surpassing 2 million sales in a day. BTS also took the chance to go into the past and take a ride through the different eras through the music video of ‘Yet To Come’. The music video made references to many previous title tracks of BTS. The music video started off with JungKook looking through his hand, which imitated a telescope. Just after the clip was released in the teaser, the ARMYs quickly took the reference from the “HYYH” era which is the time when BTS released “The Most Beautiful Moment” Part 1 and Part 2. BTS ‘Yet To Come’ Music video also had similar actions and props that brought many memories from the past, like the bus from their debut song ‘No More Dream’, the merry go round from ‘Spring Day’’s music video and even the car from ‘Run’ and ‘Euphoria’’s music video. The song itself conveyed the group’s feelings and thoughts about their success and the titles they own. They expressed how they were just young boys beneath the label of a super star, who just loved music. ‘Yet To Come’ had its own charm to it and it contained sentiments shared by both BTS and ARMY.
2. BTS’s JungKook Releases The Song ‘My You’, Dedicated To ARMY
JungKook dropped his solo song ‘My You’ on 12th June, a day before their 9th debut anniversary. The song was dedicated to ARMY as he himself shared the song on Twitter with the caption “Song for ARMY’ . He thanked them for all the love and support they gave him. JungKook blessed his fans with his beautiful, soothing vocals with his Korean and English songs. He expresses that the reason he smiles and sings the song is because of ARMY. He also promised that he will continue to shin brighter and make his fans proud.
3. The Group Performs Live On You Tube
On 13th June, the K-Pop group streamed live on You Tube where they performed songs from their album “Proof” with the band playing behind them. They even welcomed a special guest, Anderson Park, who played the drums. RM thanked him for agreeing to play the drums and even asked what he thought about ‘Yet To Come’, to which Anderson Park replied that he really loved it and that it reminded him of Church. The members also talked about the most memorable moments of their lives, to which J-Hope replied that the day BTS was born and for JungKook, it was the day he joined the company. As for RM, he claimed that over the journey of nine years, the members became the most precious to him and each moment with them was memorable. They also talked about how their single ‘Dynamite’ blew up and a lot more. The performance started with ‘Born Singer’, one of the old songs of BTS. The ARMY were overwhelmed to hear the song being performed after such a long time, especially since ‘Born Singer’ holds a very deep meaning. The song was followed by their latest title track, ‘Yet To Come’. They ended the concert with their newly released song ‘For Youth’.
4. BTS Have Dinner Together For FESTA 2022 And Announce Their Future Plans For BTS
BTS shot having dinner together as they conversed in this year’s FESTA. It was uploaded on 14th June 2022. The first time they had dinner together for the FESTA, was in 2018. Then RM unveiled the reason for releasing an Anthology album for their 9th anniversary, but not the 10th. BTS Suga was the one to announce that BTS would be going on hiatus as a group. The members will be living separately and will focus on participating in solo activities. The moment was extremely emotional and difficult for the members as they shed tears whilst they talked about the hard time they were having. RM said that he wanted BTS to stay for long but for that he will have to retain himself and that he is a just part of BTS. They also discussed that their variety show “Run BTS” will continue to air. After the video was out, BTS’s V took it to Weverse to share his thoughts about the matter. He explained how the members were also different individuals with different thoughts and ideas and that at times they had to sacrifice it for the group. He assured the fans that this was a healthy step for them and he wished the fans would understand them. The ARMY also took it to the social media and declared that they would continue to support BTS and were glad that they took the decision to focus on their health and growth. The HYBE LABELS soon stated that BTS is not going hiatus, instead they will now focus on solo activities rather than group projects. They will still be working as a group in some projects. What are your thoughts about the decision?
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