March 29 - Apr. 4: Bangtan 2.0

 Hello ARMY!

Between the 2.0 music video, multiple interviews, preparing for the upcoming concerts, and other promotions, it has been a FULL week. Drop a comment if I have forgotten anything since there has just been so much content (not complaining)! Life gets busy, I know. In other news, Arirang is BTS's first album to spend two weeks at #1 for Billboard 200. YAY!



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Sunday, March 29th:

-Fairy Table on Youtube is released
-V posts on Instagram some behind the scenes of his time on the Tonight Show. and an image of himself with cucumbers resting on his face.
-V shared Instagram story videos where he is working on his English skills "Locking in for real this time. No excuses." RM reposts one with "well done".
-Vouge article with an interview with Flimmaker Bao Nguyen about his time with BTS (He mentions a highly anticipated music video for a song that is "Hooligan" but later changes to "2.0").
-Seven remixes of SWIM is released as YouTube videos 
-BTS: The Return Documentary is #3 in Netflix's Top Movies Worldwide and #1 in 15 countries

Monday, March 30th:

-Billboard 100 and 200 list Swim and Ariang each at the top #1 respectively. In the US, Arirang tracks are all in the top 10. RM shares the chart with a note of gratefulness.
-V is on HybeBoy interview for the first solo interview. He brings Kimchi and a CD case for the host.
-V responds to a few posts on Weverse regarding trying to learn English 
-JK and RM are reposting and liking many fan's videos on Instagram
-Arirang world tour merch second presale occurs
-Siriusxm releases a short video interview with BTS about their new album.
-Brooke Morrison posts and her interview co-hosts post group pictures with BTS.
-Run BTS! 2.0 Teaser
-Jin posts images on Instagram from their time in New York
-V posts a video with all seven members holding microphones apparently in rehersals for the show that is 10 days away.
-BTS becomes one of 5 artists to spend at least 10 days on #1 global Spotify daily artist chart. Swim is also the #1 track on Apple Music, Melon, YouTube music, and others.
-Jimin posts on Instagram some photos from his time on the boat in Portugal for the first SWIM music video

Tuesday, March 31st:

-Swimming pool Swim music video released
-2.0 teaser release resembling Oldboy (2003 Korean thriller film) hall fight. (Many ARMY find RM's wig amusing and decide to change their profile pictures to a screenshot from this teaser. He later changes his profile picture, too, and the other members follow the next day.) The newspaper he's holding says things like "Number two launched...full strategic overhaul."
-Swimside music video performance of SWIM is released on Spotify

Wednesday, April 1st:

-Radio interview on Elvis Duran Show with iHeart Radio
-Akiyamachoo posts a photo on Instagram with himself, JK and Jimin (probably around their interview).
-JK and Jimin interview on Choosunghoon (They get close by cleaning ears with the host.)
-One Republic releases a single teaser with the caption that BTS told them to push back the release of the song set now to release on April 3rd. (spoiler: does not have a "ft. SUGA of BTS" like some fans speculated based on the teaser background.)
-BTS goes live to celebrate the Billboard results (#1 on Billboard 100 and Billboard 200). They are the third group in history with at least 7 singles and 7 albums at #1 in the US putting them in company of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
-JHope shares a post by Ondo_Studio showing pottery and describing his visit to make pottery.
-Jin posts on Instagram a photo from the Swim poolside music video.
-2.0 music video is released.
-2026bts.com is updated with a pixelized .gif based on their looks from the 2.0 music video

Thursday, April 2nd:

-Weverse releases fan chants for all 14 tracks
-Behind the scenes of the filming of 2.0 are shared by Jimin, JHope, and Weverse.
-Jin is spotted in an interview at Maple Story's theme park that is set to open on April 3rd.
-Jin posts an ad for Fred jewelry on his Instagram
-JK and V appear on a japaneze show "SnowMan" to demonstrate dancing from some of their songs and are joined by some of the hosts. This was a streamed event and not widely available.
-JHope posts a timelapse of getting styled for the 2.0 music video
-Netlfix shares some behind the scene shots from the making of the documentary on Instagram. 
-V posts an Instagram story of himself with a scribbled beard filter on. 
-@Taste_Arih is an account that gains a bit of attention. The members each share a comment about, "Hope you like what we like" (except V who comments, "It finally came out"). For now the website allows submissions and lists LA, USA as the only city for now. April 10th is a date repeated which might be when we learn more. Detective ARMY find that it may be related to a food company.
-The Deluxe vinyl is released and includes the hidden track, "Come Over". It includes the lyrics, "When a night that feels empty comes, I call to you again. yeah I'm lost can i come over?". Suga had a large part in the production of this song.

Friday, April 3rd:

-RM, Suga, Jungkook, and JHope are in Vogue's "Korean 101" video. They introduce several Korean words for beginners to learn.
-More 2.0 behind the scenes images are posted by Weverse
-Billboard interviews Tyler Spry and shares his perspective of working with BTS during the filming of the documentary.
-Author Kim Jin-myung dedicates his book "The Land of Sejong" to RM and talks about the leader's impact and message to the world of speaking up for yourself.
-Hyundaicardive posts a music library mentioning RM's song, "Come Back to Me"

Saturday, April 4th:

-Sean from HotOnes interviews posts a teaser saying he is prepping for the biggest HotOnes interview ever. Many speculate he will interview BTS (and, spoiler, they are correct!) The video will be released on YouTube on April 10th. Sending prayers for Taehyung!
-V posts some of his Wooga squad dancing to SWIM, along with another song, and a behind the scenes image of him in the beard for the 2.0 music video.
-BigHit releases images of the members enjoying a treat behind the scenes of filming 2.0
-V attends a show of one of his friends and is noticed in the crowd.
-JHope posts a dance video on tiktok to the song 2.0
-Jin hosts a listening party for ARMY giving out free Igin drinks.

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