Chapter 2

We are now in the second chapter of BTS’s story. Honestly, chapter 2 is crazier than any of us could have imagined. In the weeks following the hiatus announcement, we have received so much content from the boys. Starting with Jungkook’s collaboration with Charlie Puth in Left and Right. The song is so adorable and Jungkook graced our ears with his glorious vocals traveling from one ear to the other.

Following Jungkook’s single was Taehyung at the Celine fashion show in Paris. Everything about this Paris excursion was like a dream. He looked so insanely good and his social media updates always made me crazy. I couldn’t even keep a wallpaper for more than a few hours because he kept posting such wallpaper-worthy images! The fashion show itself was such a crazy day. His outfit was stunning and the power he possessed was just crazy. He really has such a superstar aura and he was basically the main character of the show. I was just so happy to see him enjoying himself.

Then, we got the first solo album announcement of chapter two: Jack in the Box by Hoseok. Pre-release track MORE was released on July 1st and I watched it in the car the moment it dropped. I couldn’t believe the change in concepts and the edginess of the song. I especially loved the X-Ray part of the music video. Overall, MORE has such a unique sound and I love how it combines Hip-Hop and Alternative/Rock.

After weeks of teasers and preparation the week of the album release arrived. Pictures of Hoseok’s listening party surfaced and it was so awesome to see BTS interacting with other artists and idols and having a good time. Then, the night before finally came.

I stayed up to watch the MV premiere for “Arson” and I couldn’t believe how amazing the song was. I once again loved the edginess of the video and the song. I was especially happy to see him swear in the song signaling a bit more creative freedom for the boys. The entire Jack in the Box album has such an interesting narrative and Hoseok really used the idea of Pandora’s box to create an entire storyline for himself.

Aside from the music releases, there have been many other interesting events within BTS’s second chapter. By interesting, I mean shirtless. Yes, chapter two seems to also be the shirtless era. Within days of the second chapter, we received the very first of the half naked images. The first culprit being none other than Mr. Park Jimin himself in the latest edition of Weverse magazine. Jimin poses alongside the other members in an open robe with no shirt underneath. Jungkook, Taehyung and Seokjin also have very low cut shirts in this set of images. The magazine is on sale for ARMY Members with the Merch Package as Merch Box #8. I already have mine on order and I can’t wait to see all the images within.

The second culprit of the shirtless era was Taehyung who, out of nowhere, posted a mirror selfie of him with a completely unbuttoned dress shirt. (It may or may not have been my wallpaper for a few weeks.) Followed by Taehyung was Seokjin’s beach picture with a completely exposed back. He used this image to show off his 7 friendship tattoo. Most recently was Taehyung, once again, posting a shirtless collarbone selfie as a birthday gift for ARMY–yeah he’s insane.

Besides being shirtless, releasing music and going to fashion shows, the boys have been pretty busy! Namjoon has posted a plethora of museum images and Namjooning pictures on his Instagram, some of which were taken on his recent trip to Europe. Yoongi performed That That with Psy live for the first time and the crowd went absolutely mad when they saw him. Jungkook went to a Seventeen concert and we even got a picture of him with the members! BTS Island was released on June 28th and even BTS themselves can’t get enough of it as both Namjoon and Jungkook posted pictures of their gameplay. Taehyung and his friend group (Wooga Squad) are having an In The Soop series which will be airing on July 22nd and Hoseok’s Lollapalooza performance is on July 31st. BTS is also scheduled to host a concert in Busan in October for the World Expo and the vocal line is having a collaboration with Benny Blanco and Snoop Dogg. BTS’s second chapter has only just started and so much has already happened. Stay tuned for the rest of BTS’s second chapter as much more is still yet to come!!