Generation BTS: All The Albums

Happy New Year Army! Welcome to our reaction special for the Golden album by everyone's favourite Golden Maknae Jeon Jungkook. As is the standard procedure by now for these episodes we take some time to look back on promotional content we received in the lead-up to the album's release, including some very appealing concert photos, all of the flawless performances, and a bunch of interviews where our silly-but-charming boy gets to be his silly-but-charming self. We then talk through our initial thoughts on the album overall, the best looks, content and song, our initial skip and so on, and please be warned that we do have some potentially controversial opinion's on this one... We have however tried to be fair and honest in our takes, so hopefully you will understand and/or forgive us, and more than ever we invite you to please get in touch with your opinions! What makes you love Golden? Which songs are your favourites and why? Do you agree or disagree with anything we've said? Please get in touch to let us know!

Merry Christmas Army and we wish you all a very Happy New Year! We've finally finished Dark & Wild! A project six(ish) months in the making has finally come to an end, just in time for the last days of 2023. Praise the merciful Namjesus during this most wonderful time of the year!

In this episode we discuss the last four songs on the album, which includes some hot takes on the merits of starting a song with Shoobidoobababa, RM's baseless confidence as exemplified by his 'teenie weenie mini, you're a bikini and martini' rap, the trials and tribulations of being an idol in your second year (aka a sophomore/so4more), and whether any of this makes any sense. It is also time to hand out some awards for this very long album, and while we disagreed a lot, we did agree to take the opportunity to challenge ourselves to cut a few more songs than normal! Kristine is sentimental, Leanne is unhappy about it, and Natasha is a bit in her feels as well, so please listen to find out why :)

Please keep in mind also that we recorded this a while ago, so some of the enlistment references aren't quite up to date, but we've recorded some more recent thoughts and hope to get that out soon. Apologies also for some parts of the recording being a bit patchy, there was quite a lot of background noise where Natasha was especially, but we have recently switched recording software to hopefully minimise the amount of issues and the amount of time it takes to edit (please cross your fingers!) and thanks for bearing with us!

Army! The wait is over, Dark & Wild part two is finally ready for you to listen and enjoy. We do apologise for the delay, if you have been following our Instagram you will know that we hosted our very first live event the other week and that took up a lot of time that we would have otherwise spent editing. If you came to the event, thank you very much and we hope you had an excellent time! We will be looking to hopefully do more events in 2024, so please follow our socials for all the updates. :)

Anyway, in this second instalment of our review of Dark & Wild we discuss quite a big chunk of what is a very long album, full of some deep and reflected songs, some super cool anti-hater songs, some cute songs and some songs that definitely belong in the 'random' bracket of the BTS discography. Through these songs we hear from the rap line about what drew them to the hip hop way of life, about writing songs about not being able to write songs and about making bed waves by kicking your blanket after having said something stupid to the person you like. The girl who ignores them (aka the central relationship/theme of the album), comes up only once in these seven (!) songs, but that does mean that there's time for some choice words about phones, as they are noisy and distracting when you're having a meal and interrupt first kisses, and iPhones in particular make the haters think they're cooler than they are. If you absolutely must have a phone however, please make sure follow the wise words of Min Yoongi and stick to; 'no iPhone, only Samsung'.

Friends, listeners, Army, the moment has finally arrived. Please behold the first instalment of our review of Dark & Wild! As you will understand from the intro we actually recorded this ages ago, but unfortunately solo albums and editing issues got in the way of its release, BUT that does mean we get to tell you our opinions on Jungkook's Seven just in time for the release of Golden, so that feels timely. We will of course also be trying to fit in a Golden reaction episode in the next few weeks but we'll have to see if it comes between the Dark & Wild parts or not...

Anyway, in this one we also cover the first three songs of Dark & Wild, and discuss unrequited or one-sided angsty teenage love, strange intro music, as well as some very dramatic and some potentially mildly problematic lyrics. We also take time to go over the worst of the worst in terms of styling and hairdos across the MVs and performances for Danger, and some slightly weird/cute moments (depending on your take) in the MV and dance practices for War of Hormone. Who had the worst hairdo in Danger? Who was the best cosplayer in the Halloween War of Hormone dance practice? Listen to find out our takes!