Weverse, HYBE, and BANG PD
You know when that light bulb goes off and you have that ah-ha moment?
That just happened. I was just reading another post about what has or hasn’t been done to support Jimin’s solo project, or any of the other member’s solo projects and the light went on in my head.
I was thinking about Weverse Magazine, and thinking about how they are beginning to bring Western Artists into their articles. Why? I was wondering.... why would they try to do that, I was thinking.....
It is Bang PD. It is a very intentional and planned effort that is headed up by the man himself, to globalize Weverse. To DIVERSIFY Weverse.
When you think about the things he’s been doing as of late (buying a multi-million{US$$} home in LA, spending time with the big boys in LA, cozying up to the top brass at BB), it begins to show us a pattern. A trajectory, if you will....
Of course this is all my own idea, that is simply coming from multiple puzzle pieces that we have been shown. I honestly think that they are intentionally watering down the HUGE presence of BTS in Weverse Mag (and Weverse overall), in an effort to expand their influence into the Western Music Industry. To do so they had to be willing to begin to introduce Western Aritsts, and begin to dial back their most successful and biggest success story (BTS).
Like I said, this is all conjecture, and I have nothing to prove it with other than looking at this from my own view and knowledge of the American Music Industry.
This is all a part of Bang PD’s attempt at playing the game, in the style of the Big Boys in LA. He’s wanting a bigger piece of that pie...He’s gotten so ambitious and greedy that he’s willing to pull back support of the band that started it all for him. The band that has been his golden bread and butter for 10 years.
Only time will tell, and hindsight will definitely show us how right or wrong we are about the situation. I personally think that the time that the guys are all in the military will be most revealing, and then after they all return.
I hope and pray that I am wrong. Either way, we will keep supporting the guys as they navigate through the coming years and beyond. No matter what, no matter what HYBE does or doesn’t do, BTS will always have the love and support of ARMY. Period.
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Revisiting “ON”
Part of tonight’s post-dinner time viewing...💜
I could watch this on repeat for days on end, and would never get tired of it. This choreo just rocks. One of my favorites, for sure....
(There’s just something about blue-haired Jimin.... you know?)
Because this one deserves a zillion views. Truly. 💜
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seeing yoongi have this constant internal argument with himself about why he does music, why he’s such a workaholic, why it’s so hard for him to take breaks or give it up entirely even when it’s making him frustrated and sad and angry; and then to see him meet and talk and work with musicians at all levels from pop stars like halsey to pioneers and titans of the industry like ryuichi sakamoto (r.i.p.), to see the stars light up in his eyes when he gets to talk about music with people who understand it and him and how he feels about it, to see him gain some sense of relief after realizing that oh, making music does still bring him happiness even if there are caveats attached to that happiness like work deadlines and all the bullshit that comes along w the capitalistic industry. there’s something so comforting about seeing these sides to him and his art, it’s so heartening to see that even if you have a born passion, a fire within you for a type of work, it can still make you scream and cry and rage, and that doesn’t lessen your love for it. it doesn’t take away from your artistry, it doesn’t take away from your value and impact as an artist. that even if you feel like you’ve run out of dreams or hit a roadblock or simply don’t know what’s next, you can always find your way back to happiness and connection one way or another. idk i’m so fucking grateful to yoongi for this documentary and the album, it really does feel like he always knows exactly what i need to hear at any given time
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