February 22 - 28: Goodbye February

 Hello ARMY!

The date of publishing this post is the first day of BTS month!! *checks notes* Uh, I mean the first day of March! 
We only have a few more days (not months!) until the release of the album! This release is different than the typical releases, in that, they have not yet shared concept photos or any real hints about what is on this album. It is still highly anticipated! 
 

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Without further ado, here is the summary for February 22nd-28th.
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Sunday, February 22nd: 
-First Lady Janja da Silva, wife of President Lula of Brazil receives a gift from Jin (not present) during her visit to South Korea during an interview with Chef Baek Jong-Won. She received two bottles of IGIN Apple Gin. On the autographed gift was written: “To Janja, from Jin of BTS. love you.”


Monday, February 23rd: 
​-Ryan Tedder (One Republic) and Diplo comment on Arirang and report working on it. "BTS is incredibly talented."-Tedder "[the new album] is going to shock the world. Craziest album ever."-Diplo-Spotify Korea posts that the results from Spotify voting are in and "Self Love" won. There are BTS songs compiled to reflect this type of love.
-Snowpeak shares pictures of V
-Artists like Katseye and Megan Thee Stallion share "What is your love song?" Instagram stories.
-KBS News states that the comeback performance on March 20th will showcase not only songs from Arirang but some solo songs from the military era.
    

Tuesday, February 24th: 
-RM friends share wedding photos and he shares a congratulatory Instagram story
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-Calvin Klein officially releases the Jungkook ad video and some behind the scene shots. featuring songs like "Take Me Higher" by Jodi, "303" by Kula Shaker, "Nocturne No.2 in Eb" by Jonathan Starkey & Frederic Chopin, and "Pajama Party Massacre" by Patrick Cowley, and "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins.
Wednesday, February 25th: 
-Samsung holds a live event to announce the new Samsung Galaxy phone and related accessories. Suga appears in an ad for the earbuds and says he knows "I care a lot about where sound sits. Every verse, every chorus- I switch things up. Someone will catch it. So it matters that you hear it exactly how I made it. Hear it exactly how it was made."-Snowpeak releases a short clip of V modeling their wares.
-A sushi restaurant hosted JK
-During the Samsung presentation, JK goes live. This live has since been deleted. (He is tipsy but not enough to give Arirang spoilers.) With him is a friend and his older brother and they are singing karaoke together before he begins talking with ARMY. He makes it clear that he loves ARMY and singing/preforming but seems frustrated by something. He states, "Everything I do-how I move, what I want to do, what I have to do- ...it's because you guys [ARMY] are waiting for me." and "I'm human too." He also posts on Weverse a photo saying he is looking forward to the new album release and proceeds to respond to nearly 30 comments. In response, ARMY streams "Please Don't Change" and it enters the Top 50 at #44 on iTunes (US) and top charts in other countries.
   

Thursday, February 26th: 
-Snowpeak releases a couple more images of V.
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-Baz Luhrmann comments about BTS on Zach Sang Show stating, "This is the Beatles now going into a more mature phase and we're all looking to see how being in the Army affected them, and I'm sure they're going to embrace it in a positive way." He says the tour dates they're doing are "crushing".
-RM and JHope both share a photo of two plushies? on Instagram story. RM then deletes his short driving video.
Friday, February 27th: 
-Many ARMY spend the day translating and analyzing the clips of the JK live. To avoid putting words in his mouth, I will share the Bingo card I made for the upcoming album that you can share.
Saturday, February 28th: 
-V posts on Instagram announcing he will be at the Celine Hiver show on March 12th
-RM Posts to Instagram with the caption "people love people hate people" but changes it to "human"
-JHope posts a photo from his solo performance with the caption "It's already been a year. Time to get ready for BTS!"
-Jin posts to Instagram a few images of himself in lovely Autumn shades.
-A couple music stores in Denmark and Australia have Arirang filed under the Rock/Pop genre. Did I mention there has been no concept announcement yet?
    

That's all for this week! Borahae!

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