WELCOME.... to the NEW TIER!

Good news! My job interview is done early so I’m going to try to join :)

taetaebear01 (Lindsey E.)

Lina above makes a good point about looking at lyric analyses instead of just straight translations. There’s a YouTube channel that does “a Korean explains (song title)” videos with added context, and I’m sure there are other sources too. Maybe if you decide to do more of this level of analysis, you can ask the other members for suggestions. I’m sure there are more good options but I’m not a big music person so I haven’t really sought this stuff out.

Nicole

Hi Max .. I think this might be my first comment .. not exactly sure .. First, I would like to thank you so much for dedicating this tier to BTS content .. (I am a huge fan 😅💜) For the rise of bangtan, I would vote for watching the deleted scenes and the bonus with the main episode since they are related .. I also support the chronological order of the albums, I think that would make the most sense. As for the live's time .. I've never been successful at watching any .. It is a 7hrs difference and I could never remember 😅💔... I will do my best to remember it this time..

Since you are diving in deep and it's a chill Patreon community you might be able to use something different than lyric videos for the music reactions. Just today I found this Twitter Account (many Army probably know him) and started to look into his lyric translations and analyses. Just the recent one for J-Hopes new song explains pretty much why there is a need for a very good translation to get their lyrical genius. https://twitter.com/ColinSH3/status/1543678712704823296?t=b5wavxJ_iNjfLZSdwAArcA&s=08 I was pretty sad to realize that also the official hybe translations are not that great.

Lina

Also, leaving an extra week open for leftover album/music content or just other spontaneous niche BTS content.

Max Beaumont

Cool! I was wondering if Max was going to try to double up episodes or intersperse other content with this or whether he was planning for this tier to be a year long bts origins project.

Nicole

Yes 🙌🏼

Max Beaumont

Think we'll still get other content like "In the soop" or "Burn the stage" on the Platinum livestreams :)

Haven’t seen these yet but I’ll be there on Wednesday to join you for the journey. Question: since there’s 21 (eventually 23) episodes and you’re doing 2/month, does that mean it will be a year before you get to different content?

Nicole

I’m with everyone else!

Cayt

Yeah I do want to reiterate what maira said above ! Ep 1 is more context about K-pop in general but the rest are all much more bts focused. I’m very excited !

taetaebear01 (Lindsey E.)

Yes to watching bonus close and deleted scenes straight after each episode please. I think the extra scenes start from episode 3 but double check 😌

Tri

Let’s just close our eyes and dive in. Uhuuuuuuuuuuu!

And yes to watching the episode + deleted + bonus scenes in the same go :)

Definitely a fan of chronological order for albums :) Ep 1 is more of an introduction into kpop and pre-debut BTS and ep 2 focuses around the time they released their first album so listening to their first album after ep 2 I think would make for the smoothest transition :)

I'm happy that you're on this journey with me! Very exciting.

Max Beaumont

I am super excited and looking forward … Sorry Max but I’m almost as much a newbie as you. I am thankful because we have amazing experts in this community!

Thanks Alina! Oh right, Doolset. I know some people mentioned that. This may be a good way to go about it -- I'll investigate. And okay good to know about the MVs, that could be something cool to incorporate :)

Max Beaumont

Hey Max :) 1. Rise of Bangtan is available on this Youtube channel, where the creator of this series is posting the episodes https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRiseOfBangtanOfficial/videos 2. Almost all episodes have a deleted scenes clip and a bonus scenes clip (approx 10 min each) which I would definitely suggest watching right after each episode (which is usually around 30 min) so this will results in approx 50 min watchtime per "episode" 3. Lyric videos are available on Youtube for sure, if you let us know when you plan to listen to a certain album, a number of us can provide links beforehand (also a good resource for written lyrics is the doolset website which will often provide context around Korean culture and such, which allows for better understanding of cultural references in some cases) 4. For every album there are around 2 songs that have music videos. I would also suggest for those songs to watch the MVs (which have lyrics as well) because in most cases, they will contribute to the story that is being told 5. I would definitely think it would make the most sense listening the albums in chronological order, the Rise of Bangtan episodes and the music will pain the full picture of their journey and I think this would be the easiest to absorb it and enjoy it to the fullest. Looking forward to Wednesday!

AlinaMaria