I certainly thought so 😅 it’s the most cohesive picture my brain can paint with the info it has right now… and I like cohesive pictures 🤷🏻♀️
Maybe I’m completely off base. I’m not the expert theorist and I won’t claim to be. But the puzzle pieces we’ve been given so far don’t fit together any other way in my head atm.
So…Thoughts? Rebuttals? Opinions?
I may just desperately need someone to validate or dismantle this proposition for me.
And IF I’ve connected any dots at all, this album is the crucible that allows them to shape what the way forward looks like.
And thus,
Arirang = Their retrospective on (their) Youth = Spiritual successor to HYYH
—of ‘Arirang’ and identity as is.
You know how it does work, tho? As a retrospective of that college/young adult era or of their YOUTH!!
Parting is sweet sorrow. These boys are men who are ready to look forward (Into the Sun?) on their own terms now.
4] The Tracklist
The track list cements that idea for me because on its own & without any supporting concept art that isn’t red tape, my first thought was ‘okay, that’s a frat boy list of titles if I ever saw one’ but to me, that is fundamentally discordant with the idea—
—they’ve been through and experienced.
It also connects back to the idea of Arirang which can echo regrets of parting or, in this case, parting with their Youthful phase/identity to find the next moment of beauty in their lives (which is Yet to Come 👀 or maybe that’s a reach)
3] ‘Youth’
Age is but a number but Youth is an ephemeral experience in life despite any argument you might make. I say that it’s meant to be that way, being 31 myself.
And like myself, I don’t think these men in their 30s would cling on to the idea of Youth after everything—
2] Passing comments on an HYYH anniversary project were made by their camp and often discussed 6-8 months ago.
We just stopped talking about it after a while and perhaps we shouldn’t have? We never knew what that project was going to look like.
1] Ariang
The meaning of this word is complex, yes. But if I say it speaks to a collective memory/identity of struggle, endurance, love, regret and growth, I would not be wrong.
And I think Arirang can represent a ubiquitous ‘Youth’ or ‘The Most Beautiful Moment in Life’
So, I picked a great time to shower & my shower thoughts connected the dots (probably…hopefully…it’s highly unlikely tbvh)
But consider my proposition anyway:
Arirang = Their retrospective on (their) Youth = Spiritual successor to HYYH
And consider my fourfold argument 🧵
At least I’ve had a new hyperfixation to tide me over 🤷🏻♀️ and ngl, I was late to the game, but Heated Rivalry was a binge watch I enjoyed.
I’m just lowkey mad that I waded in right as things began getting sour on the internet 😒 good things don’t ever get to last anymore, huh?
I think this is the longest I’ve gone without properly writing since I started writing fics again in 2024 😶
I know when I lock back in, it’s going to be great. I also know that it’s not happening before I start wearing my wrist brace part-time instead of full time.
Hopefully that’s me next week 🙃
I do hate that I think faster than I speak. My brain’s on the highway while my mouth is stuck in traffic and I know, logically, that all I need to do is speak slower.
But to know is not to do, sadly 🫠
Or is this a care of a mirrored camera that makes it seem like it’s the right side? 🧐
Or is this a care of a mirrored camera that makes it seem like it’s the right side? 🧐
I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to clock that Hobi’s a watch on the right hand kinda guy 😶 even tho he’s not left-handed.
Am I tripping? Because I lowkey thought I was the only one weird that way, or at least, that I was in a *minor* minority.
Led/lead and lose/loose also irk me but they’re also really easy to confuse in first drafts. I’ve had to correct that error during edits a few times.
She’s a sniper waiting on her mark!
Went on a little rant on the bird app.
It’s not something I typically do (and I’m sure basically no one will see it anyway) but man that streaming discourse has been getting on my frikkin nerves.
I don’t know when society decided insults are an acceptable form of disagreement but just UGH!!
I fully believe Yoongi’s a doting cat dad.
I just can’t decide if his indulgence leans ‘I’ll get you everything you could possibly want or fancy’ or if it leans ‘go on and potentially ruin my interiors/expensive furniture to your heart’s content, tangie’ or if it goes both ways 😆
Imagine Yoongi putting up floating shelves for his baby. He's researched the safest mounting methods for his wall material, spent hours with a brandnew stud finder to map out fun paths. Installation is an ongoing process, and Tangie hates the drill, but its worth it.
Saw a post that said ‘Hobi turns 32’ and my stupid brain, for no reason at all, went ‘damn, you’re actually turning 32 this year!’
…
when my birthday comes after Joon’s at that 😤
This is a hilarious picture and it has me wondering if Yoongi has cat shelves for Tang or if he’s just free-running atop all the built-in shelving with 0 care.
February 2026 has really not been my month 🫠 (What are the chances my luck playing the odds so it can thrive March onwards?)
My tempered screen guard chipped for the second time in 4 months 🫠 istg, on my old phone, I used the same screen protector for 4+yrs! Maybe I’m cursed with the one?
Drew multiple special mission cards in one go on the bcd app 😂 the theme’s not subtle at all!
(This is not me complaining. I’ve just never drawn so many OT7 cards back to back before)
I understand some people used a third scrobbler app when they use last fm. I’ve heard the name Pano thrown around.
The only reason I think #whatisyourlovesong isn’t to do with a single per se is because Apple Music hasn’t moved yet (as far as I know)
I don’t think they’d forget to promote a song in the streaming service they’ve been trying to push for months now.
Maybe concept art?
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Yep, I feel that 😆 that’s my “I start too late”. Because I do try, sometimes. I just never finish it in time because I can’t write short stories 🫠
