Proof Release

June 10th came sooner than I had expected. After so much preparing and excitement, Thursday the 9th had arrived and I waited excitedly on the couch with my mom. I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew whatever would be coming was going to blow me away, as always. After watching various performances and other BTS content, the countdown had begun.

The countdown video included clips from each of BTS’s titles from debut to the present along with concept photos from their respective albums or eras. While this was going on, I was texting one of my ARMY friends as it was his first comeback. The countdown video quickly ended and it was time…

I quickly switched to the music video and it began. Everything was so–amazing. The video was so nostalgic with all its references to past eras and the song was so touching. I was screaming and making a lot of incoherent noises while watching it for the first time. It really brought me back to past comeback experiences. BTS comebacks feel so different from other groups and I just don’t know why. It’s really so much fun and it is always such a crazy day. This comeback was not any different!

Following watching Yet To Come for the first time, I hopped on Spotify to listen to the other tracks, starting with Born Singer. Of course, I had already heard Born Singer, so I moved on to Run BTS. Now, Run BTS completely blew me away. My first thoughts were, “this song is so hot” and “it reminds me of Look Here.” I’m not sure why it gave me Look Here vibes. I guess it has a somewhat sexy sound while also having a lot of rap parts, just like Look Here. I also remember thinking Yoongi’s part was absolutely insane. After Run BTS, I listened to For Youth, which I knew would make me tear up. Upon first listen, both my mom and I agreed that it was basically a love song to ARMY, which I loved. Both RUN BTS and For Youth are currently some of my favourite songs ever, I can’t get enough of them! Once I had heard the b-sides, I watched the Yet to Come music video once more, just to make sure I could absorb everything. I ended up going to sleep at around 12:30.

I woke up the next morning with that excited comeback feeling. I went to school and talked to all my ARMY friends. I had created a plan with the friend I was texting the night before. We were going to ask our homeroom teacher to play the music video on the smartboard for the whole class to see. So, we did it with the help of some of our other friends. In the last ten minutes of class, our teacher kept his promise and played the music video. Earlier in the class, our teacher had seen my lockscreen and for some reason thought it was a baby. I showed him and explained that it was Jungkook. When the music video began and Jungkook appeared on screen, he asked, “is that the baby?” and nodded through laughter. My friends and I thoroughly enjoyed the video, despite some students who were vocal about their displeasure. One student even left the class and said he wouldn’t come back because we had watched a BTS video. However, he didn’t matter and we just ignored him. Our teacher enjoyed himself as well and he kept asking us questions about the video like “why is there a bus in the desert” and “are they lost?” It was such a fun experience and my friends and I had a great time. Our teacher was really the best for that.

After first period, second period flew by quickly and lunch arrived. I checked out of school and said bye to my friends. My dad was picking me up early as he had an appointment later in the day and couldn’t pick me up from school. He also picked me up early so I could go to Sunrise Records and get my Proof album. So, we quickly went home and I got changed before we headed to the mall.

I basically ran to the Sunrise Records and walked to the K-Pop section where the Proof albums were waiting. I was surprised that they weren’t completely sold out, but I was happy nonetheless. I stared at the albums for a second before selecting a Standard Edition and checking out. I waited until I got home and opened the album.

Firstly, I couldn’t believe how heavy the album was–that is, until I opened it to see four booklets. However saved the booklets for later and went straight for the little pouch to see my photocard pull. I opened it to see a Jimin postcard, in which he looked so stunning. Then, I emptied the pouch and saw the photocard set followed by the random card. I turned it over to see–MIN YOONGI. I was basically exploding. This is only the second time I have ever pulled a Yoongi card. For some reason, I have the worst luck with him. I happily took my album upstairs and popped CD 3 into my CD player to listen to the exclusive tracks. While I was listening to it, I flipped through the multiple booklets. CD 3 is so amazing. I think it shows just how much BTS loves us. They released so many unreleased, unedited demos just for us because they knew non-ARMYs wouldn’t appreciate it as much as we would.

Later that evening, my mom ordered pizza and made some cupcakes so we could have a comeback party. In the past, I would always have comeback parties with my friends where we had pizza and screamed over the new songs. However, those friends no longer liked BTS, and I now had no one to celebrate comeback day with–other than my two friends who were unable to come to my house and my family. Because of the circumstances, my mom really wanted to make the day special, and she did! I printed out mini logos and letters and taped them to toothpicks before sticking them into the cupcakes. Within a few minutes, we had Proof cupcakes, pizza and a whole comeback party.

After streaming Yet to Come for hours, the end of the day had come. It was such an amazing day, as all comeback days were. Another comeback had passed, but the future of BTS was still yet to come…