BTS Gossip

Angelina Jolie plus all six of her kids are in isolation together. But first, Angelina’s $1 million donation to No Kid Hungry was announced yesterday. In a statement posted to the organisation’s website, Angelina wrote: “As of this week, over a billion children are out of school worldwide because of closures linked to coronavirus. Full Story

The iHeart Radio Music Awards were supposed to happen this coming Sunday, March 29th. That’s obviously not a possibility anymore because of COVID-19 lockdown. Instead Elton John will be hosting the iHeart Living Room Concert for America, a one hour commercial-free special to raise money for Feeding America and First Responders Children’s Foundation with performances from Alicia Keys, Backstreet Boys, Billie Eilish, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mariah Carey, and Tim McGraw. Full Story

The BTS team, which includes the band members themselves, and their managers, and their social media marketing experts, are taking western artists to school right now because, Jesus, the amount of content that they’ve been dropping with the release of their new album, Map of the Soul: 7, is staggering. Full Story

It’s music video day so let’s keep it going. Not that it’s a competition but what was the biggest video that’s dropped today? It depends on how you measure “big”, right? And there’s no one right way to measure it. Taylor Swift is a global superstar. In the western world, she’s dominating the headlines with her video for “The Man”, she’s all over radio chatter and the entertainment news shows – she’s the top story. Full Story

I feel vindicated today. Sasha’s been mocking my BTS obsession for weeks. This morning she texted, probably after watching them on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. Her message:  “I do think my goal is to laugh as much as BTS.”  Exactly. That’s exactly why, as I wrote yesterday Full Story

BTS took over The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night and also Twitter. They were trending before the show started and then as soon as the show began, several hashtags related to their appearance dominated on the platform, including #JungkookEnglish because at one point, during Jimmy’s interview with the band on the subway, JK answered a question in English. Full Story

If you’re new to BTS, one of the most basic things to know about the band is that their career has progressed through eras. I don’t want to get too granular about this but an era for BTS isn’t exactly limited to a one album cycle – sometimes an era spans two or three thematically connected albums. Full Story

I’m not f-cking ready and I’m not even technically a member of the BTS ARMY. My friends are As IF-ing me right now because all I ever do, every day and multiple times now for weeks, is text them or make them come over and talk to me about BTS. The album, Map of the Soul: 7, comes out tomorrow. Full Story