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Haruna: We’re gonna gather it up!
And so, today’s guest is BTS! Welcome!
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clapping
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Various emcees: Welcome, welcome.
Are you scared?
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Kouji: They’re like “Where do we go?”
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Haruna: Please, just stand where you were told to.
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{these poor lost boys omg}
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Haruna: Thanks for coming.
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Kouji: Do you guys speak some Japanese?
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RM: Just a little bit.
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Kouji: Oh, just a little bit?
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Haruna: Oh you guys can speak a little bit?
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V: A little.
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Haruna: So, this is your first time on live Japanese broadcast,
what do you think? Is your tension rising?
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RM: IT’S RISING!
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JN: So much tension
incoherent excited noises
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Everyone: awkward laughs
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Haruna: Ahh, apparently only two of you are high tension.
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Haruna: says something I can’t hear
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Kouji: It’s because Haruna forced them to say it.
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Haruna: Oh, is that so. I think that they are just still a bit confused.
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Kouji: Well, let’s have them do introductions.
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Haruna: Yes, let’s start from RM.
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RM: Oh, one at a time, okay. Good morning everyone, I’m Rap Monster who can’t sing and is a little miserable.
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Kouji: Can’t do, miserable, those are some interesting descriptors.
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Haruna: As expected of RM.
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Kouji: That's definitely RM.
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JK: Hello, mumbles something I’m Jungkook.
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JK: expectant look
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Kouji: Oh, that's it okay.
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Kouji: JK seems like he doesn't have much to say.
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JK: cute nod
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Kouji: OHHH What a cute face!
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Kouji: Jungkook-san~~
{I had to spell that one out im sorry}
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JK: Becomes bunny
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Haruna: Up next
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V: Lip smack
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V: Yes, Tuesday, oh wait,
/bows/ Good morning. Tuesday is mothers day,
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{it's not, taetae, its sunday you sweet buffoon}
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V: but today is Wednesday
{at least he got that right} I'm V
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*more laughter from some ambiguous location}
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Kouji: Okay... V might be a little strange, huh?
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Kouji: Before the broadcast, during the commercials,
Haruna was on standby over there
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Kouji: and he tried to go stand next to her
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Haruna: He just kinda appeared behind me,
I think he was trying to go around me but
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Haruna: His character makes me want to
untangle(?) his personality
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V: Who, me??
cute confused expression
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V: My character... uh... I don't know...
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Haruna: Lets take our time.
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Kouji: What kind of kid is V, RM?
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RM: V is... kinda... weird.
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Everyone: Agrees
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V: THE MOST ANGELIC SHY CUTE
SMILE LAUGH IN THE WORLD
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{WAOW LOOK AT MY PURE PERFECT SON}
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Haruna: Alright, JN, You're next
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JN: Yes. Good morning, I am the face of BTS, Jin.
{I THOUGHt WE WERE OVER THE HAND KISS PHASE}
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{cringe but I love him anyways}
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Kouji: Ohhh, a free kiss
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Ladies: Unimpressed
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Haruna: He said that himself, wow.
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Kouji: And next-
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JM: Yes, Good Morning, I'm Jimin with the charming smile
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Everyone: Swooning, dying, shot to the heart
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Haruna: His shy laugh is cute:
{YOU BETCHA IT IS}
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Kouji: Indeed, once again saying it himself, shy, and cute.
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Haruna: And-
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JH: GOOD MORNING b̶i̶t̶c̶h̶e̶s̶ the refreshing hope
{wtf does that even mean hobi}
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JH: Hopu hopu I'm J-Hope
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Haruna: He did that-
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Kouji: I definitely got a refreshing feeling of hope
thank you
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Haruna: And, lastly-
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SG: delayed Good Morning
of course, it's me Genius Suga
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Haruka: Amazing
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Kouji: "of course, it's me Genius Suga
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Kouji: Excuse me but, everyone's really interesting, huh?
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Haruna: Okay everyone, so today we are
going to showcase your new song
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Haruna: But before that, we're going to watch
an explanatory VTR
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Haruna: We're gonna "wrap up" BTS
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Haruna: Right now, steadily advancing in the world
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BTS
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is a super popular hip hop boy group
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from South Korea with an average age of 22
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The album they released last year, titled WINGS
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placed on the international billboard album chart
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surpassed famous acts such as Beyonce
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and managed to place 26th
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officially making them the highest ranking kpop act ever.
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On top of that, on the chart for most SNS relevance
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they have beat out the likes of Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber
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to hold the No. 1 spot for six consecutive weeks.
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And, their world tour which started in February
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of this year is Sold Out everywhere.
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In America, they attracted 60,000 people,
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and in Brazil and Chile, 40,000 .
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Of course, BTS are exploding with popularity here in Japan, too
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and that momentum isn't letting up.
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Last year, out of the most tweeted artists in Japan,
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BTS slid in with famous artists and ranked 7th
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The reason why they're so popular internationally?
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Their highly addictiong songs,
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They write lyrics that focus on the struggles and worries of youth
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and all of the members participate in the music making process
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{insert amazing Spring Day lyrics}
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Another reason that BTS captures the world's hearts?
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Smol child: Their dancing has so much impact
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Even smoler child: Their dancing is so strong
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Adult: it's really sharp and cool
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Haruna: Yes, the quality of their dancing
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is seriously no joke.
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{JJEORO insert my horrible saxophone imitation}
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Singing while doing these intense dances,
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even the breaths of these seven boys are in sync
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when they put on these spectacular performances.
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"I want to see more of this cool BTS!"
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say the fans about these types of videos.
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{bultaoreuneFIYAAAAAHHH}
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Yes, dance practices videos.
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"The quality of these videos is just too high!"
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These 38 videos have garnered
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over 100,000,000 views
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On top of that, if you combine the view count
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of their music videos it sums up to
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over 1,000,000,000 views.
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Their singing and dancing is monster level
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which even caught the eye of this Japanese artist
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AK 69: In 2014 we performed on the
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same stage at a festival once and since then
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I've been checking up on them.
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Haruna: The representative artist for hip hop in Japan,
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AK-69
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He works under the Japanese branch of
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the American hip hop label, Def Jam Recording
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which represents internationally famous artists
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such as Justin Bieber and Rhianna.
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When asked about the appeal of BTS
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Right off the bat they have that
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"Handsom Hallyu star" visual,
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but their music is seriously hip hop
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it's really genuine, really real,
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and they make me think all over again that
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they have the power to aim their music at the world.
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Haruna: This amazing groups newest Japanese song
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Is being released today.
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{CHI ASE NAMIDA~}
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{SASAGERU IMA MO-}
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{AFURE TAAAAAA~ DA TAAAAAA DA}
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Haruna: And, this is their first appearance
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on live TV in Japan
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Kouji: When you lay it all out like that it's really amazing
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Haruna: We kinda had to cram it all into there-
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oh, was it good?
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V: Thank you very much.
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Haruna: Thank you very much.
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We even had the Japanese fans say that the quality
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of your dance is limitless, but what did you think?
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V: I feel embarrassed.
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Haruna: Embarrassed? It makes you feel shy?
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V: Yes.
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Kouji: Who is the best at dancing?
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everyone points to sunshine dance leader Hobi
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JK: J-Hope-san
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Kouji: Eeehhhh!! Every member acknowledges it.
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{Damn right they do}
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{LOOK AT THaT SMILE WOW}
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Kouji: So Hope-san is the #1 dance teacher?
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So does everyone learn from him?
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Bangtan: Agrees
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JM: Yes, he's our teacher.
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Kouji: We know you're good at singing, but
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would Hope-san be willing to show us a bit here?
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Everyone: Hypes him up and is ready
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JH: Just a little bit.
Kouji: Just a little bit
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JH: KILLS IT WAOW
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{LOOK aT THIS BEAUTIFUL BOY GOOOoOOO}
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{AND THAT CUTIEPIE ENDING IM LOV HIM}
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Everyone: Is amazed
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Kouji: If Hope-san's level is this high then it's llike he
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pulls everyone else up to his level too.
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Haruna: AK - 69 also had comments to say about you
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guys, but what did you think? Rap Monster?
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RM: Well, he's an artist we really like,
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with songs like "Rainy Days," but now that we're
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in the same company as him, we're really excited.
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Haruna: Yes, because you're under the same label now.
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And, coming up soon, we'll be seeing their performance
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LIVE! So stay tuned after the commercial break.
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{I'm gonna take this little awkward commercial break to just have a little chat (you're gonna have to pause the video to read so just ignore this if you want}
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{Hey hi there my names Alex I'm BTS's No. 1 fanboy nice to meet you}
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{Idk if you care or not but my bias is V and my bias wrecker is Kook, though truthfully I love all the boys equally :')}
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{I'm procrastinating so much homework to do this rn (ironically im procrastinating my Japanese homework lmao}
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{So I'm a first year college student, and I'm half Japanese, which is why I can speak and understand it clearly}
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{But I can't read or write it very well which is why I'm taking Japanese classes}
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{I'm also procrastinating a Big Essay but whatevs sometimes you just gotta /do/ a /thing/ and here we are 7 hours later}
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{I'm also taking first year Korean so that's exciting languages are fun lol even though I had midterms in both classes today TT)
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{Anyways follow me on tumblr @ queerestfox for dumbfuckery, memes, and bangtan (as well as other groups)}
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{If you read all this, comment your bias in this format: I would boop (Insert bias name)'s nose) K Byeeeeeee}
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V: Everyone, we are BTS.
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V: Does awkward cute Tae thing
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V: Please listen~
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{I'm not subbing the song bc there are prob}
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{translations of it online and IVE BEEN DOING}
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{THIS FOR NINE STRAIGHT HOURS AFTER}
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{TAKING TWO MIDTERMS LET ME LIVE--}
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{ENJOI THE SONG THO~~}
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Everyone: Says thank you in various forms
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Kouji: That was amaaazing, right?
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Haruna: It was!
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Kouji: Lost for words Just this and that,
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what is it called? This dancing is just the level of
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an artist right? This just looked like
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a performance from a professional dance team.
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Haruna: It really is, isn't it?
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During the commercial break, they were all bright
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smiles and polite greetings, well behaved.
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But the gap between that and this, is almost jarring.
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Kouji: And you dance at this level at all
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all of your live performances, right?
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RM: Yes, and our concert set lists are 26 songs.
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Kouji: Really, you'd lose so much weight doing that.
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RM: Ah yes, that's true, we don't even need to diet.
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Kouji: You really wouldn't need to.
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Haruna: You really have to eat.
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Kouji: Seriously you'd lose so much weight.
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I understand why you guy are so popular.
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Haruna: They're about to kick off their Japan tour,
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how do you think it will be?
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JK: Speaks korean
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{Me: *Patiently, SHOOKly waits for the interpreter to speak}
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Interpreter: This is the Japanese edition of the
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tour that they started in Korea. From the 30th
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of this month until the 5th(?) of July(?)
(I can't hear very well OTL just look at Joons cute face)
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I want to hurry up and do this tour and meet all the fans
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Haruna: You guys already got to go around the US
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and have fun, but for the ending, could you send
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a message to your fans?
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V: Jin-kun
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JN: Thinks real hard ARMY's,
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JN: I love you~
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Everyone: Loses their shit
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Haruna: Thank you very much.
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V: He did that kiss twice
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Haruna: He did the flyaway kiss twice. Again,
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thank you very much for coming.
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Please come back again next time!
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Bangtan: BYEEEE!! THANK YOU!!
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Haruna: This has been BTS thank you very much!!