I only have one more yoonmin era left to cover: 2022. Hard to believe that the next time I summarize a time period like this, it will be 2024 (if anything ym-related happens) or 2025. Crazy!
Anyway, when I think of yoonmin in 2022, the first word that pops into my head is “unprecedented.” So many things happened during this time that we’d never seen before from our two subtle lovebirds.
- A live! Sure it wasn’t just the two of them, but even subunit lives are rare for yoonmin. And this one was packed with teasing, fond looks, appendectomy talk (poor Namjoon) and more.
- Grammy hugs! Hugs during the ceremony, hugs after the ceremony. A thigh touch. Marriage talk. Jimin saying that sitting next to Yoongi helped him feel less nervous. All of it!
- Jimin dedicating BST to Yoongi, which might be one of the most jaw-dropping yoonmin moments ever!
- This and this from PTD Las Vegas.
- The tourism ads! These ads were truly incredible, not only because Yoongi and Jimin teamed up for this special project, but also because of the storyline of these ads. Wow!
- The times when yoonmin put their fondness on full display: for instance, the Fact Music Awards which included Yoongi sweeping the hair out of Jimin’s face, Jimin putting his arm around Yoongi more than once, and whatever happened here (🤯).
- Talking about spending their free time together (and work-related time too). Ok this one isn’t unprecedented for them, but I want to include it anyway.
- Being invited to dinner jointly (aired 230118, but most certainly filmed in 2022).
- “I was with Jimin.”
- Jimin appearing in the doorway during Yoongi’s live and saying on Weverse that he’d picked Yoongi’s live title.
- And let’s not forget this iconic selfie, posted by Jimin:
Willya look at this big handed man grip on his small and precious Jiminie hyung:
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I had this version languishing in my jikook jikooking nbd folder, too:
And this one:
And also
It's a thing. Holding wrists and hands in and of itself isn't exclusive to the Jeon-Parks, in BTS. A lot of the guys do it - Yoongi loves to hold hands, and Jimin will hold hands with Hobi or Yoongi or Tae...
Not to say that Jungkook WON'T - but he doesn't do it like Jimin does, and he seems to have a particular fondness for Jimin's wrists and hands. And mostly, it's the wrists. Because wrists are less obvious, I think. Hands are a little more... erogenous. But I did find one shot of Kook holding Hobi's wrist:
Sooo, aside from their bows onstage, most of the hand/wrist action I've been able to find is jikookery, with occasional other pairings. None of the other guys are as consistent as the Jeon-Parks. And the vast majority of the hand-on-wrist action is theirs. Probably because they like the size comparison, you know, for reasons.
I suspect it's a bit like running with one's hands tied, or something.
Starving Yoonmin anon back again, cause I swear 2022 Yoonmin won't let me breathe! Jiminie is now in his YouTuber era, clickbaiting us with Yoonmin. I mean, freaking Yoongi's photo on the thumbnail ??!! Like a boyfriend reveal??!! Jimin is whipped for Suga from day 1, he knows it, he knows we know it, and Suga knows it too.
😂😂 I WAS SO CONFUSED FOR A MOMENT
I mean, ok im still confused.
Jiminie babeyy why must you play us so??
The fact that there hasn't been a single Yoonmin live (video) in 9 years 😭😭 has to changeeee
Also, starving anon, you might have to change your name soon, since they've decided to feed us 😂😂
so im playing the bts world game for the first time and its so fun actually?? but also the amount of work they had to put into this, like the guys deadass really filmed scenes that plays, so they had to act, but also hire other ppl to act to do certain storylines. but i dont really understand the card math lol. its addicting to say the least. i remember in one of the group msgs, me, the manager, suggest BTS as a name & i said its a great name and jin goes: thats your opinion. SIR PLS LMAO
ever since i discovered hotelier jin i have not moved on...........
Anh ấy khiến Jimin khúc khích cười pha chút ngại ngùng với những câu nói của mình. Anh ấy làm nhịp thở Jimin lúng túng với sự ôn nhu trong tình yêu mà anh dành cho cậu. Anh ấy chạm vào Jimin với tất cả sự ân cần khiến cậu không khỏi run lên. Anh ấy gọi để hỏi Jimin đã ăn chưa và theo dõi việc uống thuốc của cậu.
Anh ấy thương Jimin, cho cậu thấy những góc nhìn khác biệt, trêu đùa cùng cậu mỗi khi cậu buồn chán. Anh ấy nhún nhảy, tự mình pha trò cho Jimin. Anh ấy yêu Jimin, luôn bảo đảm rằng cậu sẽ cảm thấy ấm áp vào cả những ngày dường như quá chật vật.
Anh đảm bảo rằng Jimin sẽ luôn thấy thoải mái, nhích lại gần cậu một chút khi cùng nhau ngồi trên đi văng, xung quanh là bạn bè của họ. Đan tay vào nhau. Khoe khoang về cậu với mọi người và bất kì ai sẽ lắng nghe, và khi má Jimin ửng hồng, anh ấy sẽ chụp hình lại, lưu giữ nó trong tim và bảo vệ nó bằng tất cả khả năng mà anh có.
Shirtless Jimin sitting next to Yoongi (the sweater)
Jimin and Yoongi sitting together (w/translation here)
Jimin and Jk talk about how they didn’t hang out the night before, Yoongi overhears and immediately asks Jimin why they hung out without him, Jimin explains they didn’t. (Sounds to me like Yoongi expected to be included. Why would that be? 🤔)
Yoongi sings to Jimin
Dance practice
Yoongi wearing his Y&M beanie
Jimin taking a photo of Yoongi
Jimin films Yoongi
Yoonmin bicker (“what would he do without me?”) and another trans
Another dance practice: chatting and playfulness
Yoonminkook, and Yoongi in his Y&M beanie (still)
This wiggly Yoongi and this Jimin
Yoongi talking about working out
Ym final pose for On (practice)
Taking a bow
Yoonminkook dancing on the cart
Yoongi watches Jimin do a happy dance
Yoongi, Jimin, and Jin do a happy dance
Jimin talks about Yoongi giggling in his sleep (w/ trans)
Staying close vol. 28573829 😉 And again
Staying close yet again, although the way the shot is cropped you can barely tell that’s Jimin next to Yoongi
DNA hand-hold during practice
Jimin is full of energy w/ Yoongi, Joon, and Hobi (cute!)
Yoonmin talking about sound issues
Yoongi and Jimin joking around
Talking about missing shows
Staying close yet again
Here comes the cuteness train!
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Not ym-related, but I have to share this Joonkookv 😅
Random but what are your thoughts on JM dedicating BS&T to Suga at PTD Seoul? For his birthday?
The dedication in question:
Jimin talked about not being able to give a gift for Yoongi's birthday because they were preparing for concerts, and expressed his feelings with a part of the song they were about to perform which says "Da gajyeoga, ga", meaning "Take it all"
So, basically Jimin wasn't dedicating BS&T to Yoongi, it was just the "take it all" part that was expressing his feeling, as an apology for not being able to give him a gift. Btw you have to dedicate something that is yours, and that song wasn't Jimin's song to begin with.
I saw Ymners aka Tkkrs, celebrating this as a "romantic" yoonmin moment, and it's not surprising. Yes, this definitly a cute interaction, but how Jimin not getting Yoongi a birthday gift can be seen as romantic? Or how can they ignore the fact that Jimin greeted Yoongi's birthday with JK and posted this cute photo including JK's hashtag?
And when the Seoul concerts ended and Jimin found some free time, instead of making it up for Yoongi, he not just had a dinner date with JK at his house, but he went out with him on the next day which was the White Day. Or last year, when we heard that a lot from Tkkrs saying Taekook spend a lot of time together because in chapter2 they are not being controlled by the company anymore 🤡
We know how their narratives changed in the second half of the year, but in the first half, they totally ignored the fact that Taekook were the only free members of BTS back then, and Jimin was busy from May 2022 working on his album and super busy after YTC Busan concert finishing his work. And when did JK's restaurant tour started? When did he hang out a few times with Wooga? Exactly. I'm not even bringing up the details like all these hang outs only happened when a certain someone was on her world tour, or JK mentioning them leaving him alone at the ski resort. Thanks to some intruders we even know that they didn't interact much while they were hanging out. But I'm not gonna go there.
Tkk spending some fun time together in the last days they could, Jimin mentioning Yoongi and Hobi as the members he saw a lot (because their solo release plans were overlapping), Tae attending JK's music show as a official surprise guest, Jimin having dinner with Yoongi the night before his enlistment, all are beautiful moments with simple explanation of BTS being close friends. But with Jikook you can't explain and justify things so simply. Yes, you can celebrate your favorite ship's moments, but you are not allowed to ignore facts that indicate your OTP are not romantically involved.
Bpp how have you been handling chapter2? Do you get bored or lose interest in Bts in hiatus? Do the solo rollouts not bother you? Please be honest I really want to know you true opinion.
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Hi Anon,
Chapter 2 has been rough for you, hasn’t it? At least, based on your ask it sounds like it’s been. Tangentially, did you enjoy yourself this past weekend?
I’ve said this before, but if you ever feel like it’s a chore to remain plugged into BTS or stan culture, please step back. Don’t feel guilty about detaching if you no longer find joy in it. Move on to another hobby or another group if that’s where you’re at. BTS has fans, don’t worry. Don’t feel any obligation to stick around if Chapter 2 isn’t serving you what you want. You can check back in 2026 when the guys are together, or move beyond them completely.
That said, personally, I wonder how you can even ask me this question. Like, what else has Chapter 2 been but a trip? Lollapalooza, Balming Tiger collab, World Cup, Jungkook’s birthday video for Jimin, Indigo collabs, Set Me Free Pt 2, Promise on Spotify, On The Street, D-DAY tour, Yoonmin live, etc.
It’s been a blast. The music is easily some of the best globally this year and last. To illustrate:
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The song I just listened to is Baseline by j-hope.
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It's like a drug for me.
I don't think you understand.
I get high... off their music. Like, I don't know why you think two years of irregular releases without their full promotion of that music, will change my underlying sentiment. BTS scratches an itch few other artists can reach for me.
[ The sentiment? BTS is one of the best musicians of my generation. They make music that actually slaps. Any day of the week. Any genre they touch. It's prime good music. ]
Let me walk you through my playlist for the last half hour:
J-hope - Baseline
Baseline is the sauciest hiphop joint out of Korea, ever. J-hope is undeniably one of the most skilled and versatile rappers out of Asia. Point. Blank. Period.
RM, Tablo - All Day
RM's vocals in All Day render me a stupid mess. He's sooooooo... he's kinda nasty. I mean, it's big, he's kinda messy with it, but he ultimately knows how to use it, and he knows you know that he knows. All of this I deduced from his articulation and delivery on All Day. Tablo too, that tease, matched Joon's energy seamlessly. No further comment.
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RM, Mahalia, Benny Blanco - Closer
Namjoon created a masterpiece with Indigo. It's an atrocity that many people won't admit it. Really. Indigo is the album of 2022 (Hurt by NewJeans being the song of the year, and JITB at Lollapalooza 2022 by j-hope the concert experience of the year.) Closer is an impeccably produced song. I mean it's almost disgusting how smooth the production, arrangement, instrumentation, etc on that song is.
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Jimin - Alone
The cold clarity in his lyrics. How raw and honest he is, in such a well produced track... people need to show this song more respect.
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RM - Change Pt 2.
The only song that rivals how brilliant and badass this one is, is Set Me Free Pt 2 by Jimin.
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Agust D - D-DAY
The entirety of D-DAY album still has me in a vice grip, but something about D-DAY the song, rips to the core. How he manages to slip something rock anthemic into the epic call to arms he made that song into... Yoongi is in a league of one.
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And to drive home the point, listen to him on HUH?!
Agust D, j-hope - HUH?!
Still the best song on the album. Undeniably. I mean, if you don't black out when this song comes on are you even alive? /gen. No matter where I am, what I'm doing, I could be exiting my company's underground garage, loading laundry, whatever... no matter what I'm doing, when this song comes on I feel my brain short circuit. It's like a mental reset. I suddenly feel so alert and primed with tension I could kill a person if I felt like it. The grandmas scared about what rap does to teens... songs like HUH?!, really do flip a switch in people's heads. They're right to worry because that's what the genre, drill - the gritty, ominous, and violent contemporary expression of rap - that's what it's made to do. And Yoongi showed an effortless mastery of it in HUH?!
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Agust D - tour medley
I hope people who weren't able to see Agust D in person, were at least able to see him in the livestreamed concerts. Many times since I saw him in California, I've come back to some fancams from his earliest days of the tour. This one by rogrog is a favourite. Yoongi is a master of his craft who loves to show off his virtuosity. And in his D-DAY tour, that's what he does.
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j-hope, J. Cole - On The Street
Jung Hoseok just casually produced this timeless classic and dipped to the military. No fuss. No sweat. No excuses. He just did the thing, had J. Cole spit some of the sickest bars of his career on that song, then said, "see you later."
Things like this are why he's my bias.
He's a consummate professional.
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Unpopular opinion, but I have no real issues with their solo roll-outs. I'm not unsatisfied with too much and frankly, I'm so greedy for new music I wouldn't mind another cluttered roll-out. I hope Joon's music follows soon after JK's because God knows I'm not sure I can stand the wait much longer. Joon makes a lot of 'BTS-style' music and so whatever he drops will serve as the perfect complement to Seven / JJK1. And Vmin will likely drop new music in the next year as well.