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Let’s talk: 6th Muster SOWOOZOO

by Admin 1

After almost a year without a full on concert, even if it’s once again ontact, we finally got to see Bangtan back on stage for two days to celebrate their 8th anniversary with us. Since 5th Muster Magic Shop in 2019 is, to this day, probably my favorite concert of theirs, I was very curious for the 6th edition, the setlist, the stage design and all the fun and shenanigans that were bound to happen on stage. As avid fan of the EDM festival TOMORROWLAND, seeing the stage design for SOWOOZOO it felt kind of reminiscent of something you’d see at the aforementioned festival, which I mean in the best way possible, it’s high praise in my book. The stage design was centered around our solar system with planets and shades of pink and purple, very pretty, with a purple infinity sign/eight shaped stage.

There was...a lot happening on day two and a bit on day one (I should probably preface this by saying I enjoyed day two more) so this won’t be like a extremely detailed and chronological recount of everything, because that would take forever and I doubt anyone would want that, so instead consider this more of my highlight reel for both days in no particular order.

One last thing, we watched both days with multi view and I can definitely say I recommend that for any future concerts in this style because most of the really funny moments and interesting details/interactions happened on the side cameras instead of the main one, so if you watched single view, you would’ve missed out on a lot of them.

My absolute highlight for Day One was definitely the OT7 performance of Daechwita. When we found out we’d get the song for SOWOOZOO I was excited, but once I realized that Yoongi can’t be sitting on the throne and start off the song at the same time, and thus the second Yoongi was actually Jimin, my excitement skyrocketed off the charts. A detail I found curious is that JK, Seokjin, Namjoon, Jimin and Tae were all dressed as peasants while Hobi was the only aristocrat besides Yoongi as the king. Furthermore you could say Namjoon got his “revenge” on Tae almost a year later. What I mean is that last year during the funny Dynamite performance in front of the Palace Tae pretended to k*ll Namjoon with his sword and this time Namjoon was the executioner and Tae the one to be executed before rising from the dead and rapping his little heart out. On one of the cameras you could also see Seokjin on the side of the stage fighting a bug while Yoongi is rapping in the foreground.

The second funny highlight of Day One was definitely during So What when JK was chasing Tae around one of the loops of the infinite sign of their stage and not like in a leisurely pace, but rather as though they were trying to win some kind of Olympic race with giant smiles on their faces. It was absolutely hilarious and cute!

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Speaking of So What and water, both days were hilarious over all with the members getting drenched for the most part, even if not all of them. And while Jk and Tae were racing on day one, on day two we had Hobi chasing after Seokjin, including this funny moment where Seokjin wanted to sneak up on Hobi but instead got drenched first by Tae and then JK in a double attack.

On Day Two we also got Tae and Seokjin doing their thing again (it’s been a while since we’ve last seen it so that was nice) along with at least JKs hand in the frame and him subtly “holding on to”/pulling on Seokjin’s finger.

Actually, let’s stay with JK for a moment and his tattoos. I remember back in 2019 when we first caught sight of them, though back then he only had those on his hand and a comparatively small number on his arm, and how we joked that from now on he’ll never be able to perform in short sleeves again. I love how two years later we got JK with his whole arm out covered in ink, along with his eyebrow piercing that we now know for certain is real, and not a care in the world what idiots might say. Truly JK is awesome and I’m so happy for him. All the way back in 2014 he said that he wanted tattoos and he turned his wish into reality.

Furthermore, we also got the “confirmation” (as in we could see the tattoos properly though as far as I’m aware none of them have spoken about the tattoos though correct me if I’m wrong since I don’t follow GOT7/Yungyeom) that he really does have matching tattoos with Yugyeom from GOT7 and another one of his 97z friends, the ox with the roman numerals as well as the word TRUTH on his inner upper arm. I know many completely ignore his bond with the 97z’s for whatever reason and yet here they are with matching tattoos and everything. Love that for them!

During Day one with also had Namjoon say “pandemic shit” live and later on Tae, JK and Seokjin create a comedic background during Jimin’s ending ment.

There were a few more subtle moments here and there were Tae and Jimin interacted, like at the very end when Jimin jumped out of their little van and Tae could be seen jumping to put his shoes back on and presumably follow Jimin right before the cameras were cut and the ending screen came in. But, overall, Day One was rather tense and filled with obvious anxiety from the members, which considering how the sound was off and it was their first concert in months etc I wasn’t really surprised by it at all. From Tae’s ending ment on Day Two we know that we were right in thinking that that was the issue, and not how some immediately theorized that vmin had a fight or something along those lines. Turns out it had absolutely nothing to do with that and people, along with the anons in our asks, had worried/felt insecure for nothing.

Firstly, I think the atmosphere today felt better than yesterday. Yesterday, it had been a while since we did a concert, so I was very nervous and thought to myself that I shouldn't make mistakes. Today, I let go of some of that anxiety and had fun. Also, I always repeat how I miss ARMYs, but like Jimin said earlier, saying (or hearing) "I'm having a hard time" gets very tiring. I just want to let that go. I want to enjoy what we are given right now.

Butter vmin Day One vs. Day Two

During the first talking round also some kind of visual exchange happened between Tae and Jimin, which you only saw when keeping an eye on cameras 4, 5 and 6 at the same time, therefore it was something that wasn’t visible on the main cam at all. Jimin was laughing and pointing toward Tae while Tae was smiling and raised his brows the way he does sometimes. Like they said, they don’t need words to understand each other.

During that segment we also had the members sing parts of their solo songs one by one and before they stared there was this cute moment of Jimin going Taehyungie Taehyungie and pointing out how he was the one who got him the bear figures that are on the Winter Bear cover, which Tae confirmed happily. Also while Tae struggled to remember the melody and lyrics to Winter Bear, Jimin quietly did sing a bit of the ending melody as our resident Winter Bear enthusiast. Also Tae singing the words Winter Bear to the melody of Sweet Night, followed by Hobi singing he first line and then Tae also singing a line from it, tiny little wishes do come true sometimes I suppose.

Next we just have to talk about Namjoon because everything he had going on? To quote JK “sexy Namjoon!” Wise words, truly. Also the stylist that decided to cut off the sleeves from his below shirt from Day One so his arm and a bit of the side of his chest was visible? They should get a raise. Also I love how his shirt from Day Two, which matched JKs, was customized with Borahae in hangul added at the bottom.

Speaking of matching, there was a lot of that going, as well as different members wearing other members jewelry and/or clothes, like Yoongi wearing Hobi’s pants from the Chicken Noodle Soup MV, Tae and Jimin both with the giant Teenage Dream pin (considering everything, I mean, the pin isn’t wrong, I don’t think it’d be completely delulu to say they could’ve/might’ve been each others teenage dream) or Tae, Namjoon and Hobi with the chicken hats at the very end for the encore on Day Two.

Can we also briefly talk about the duality of Jimin’s looks on Day One and how essentially that white shirt turned completely pointless at some point due to sweat and water? Things we never thought we’d quite get in such a manner as Victorian Era men ARMY. And yet here we are. Bangtan have well and truly realized how good looking they are and are now using that against us, ha ha.

Anyway, can we talk about this vmin moment during FIRE because I have questions and no answers whatsoever. They bend forward, look and smile at each other and then Tae kisses (?) his finger (the one on which he usually wears his ring as Admin 2 mentioned to me) and I’m left wondering why? What happened here?

Going back a few steps, can we talk about the OT7 version fo Chicken Noodle Soup with Namjoon and Jimin rapping in spanish and JK singing Becky G’s parts? All the dancers? And then each of the members having their little solo dance moment much the way Hobi and his dancers did at the end of the MV? And the fact that they even had the chicken car from the MV as well? An absolute delight! And Becky G was so impressed and happy about it too when she found out about it, it was so, so cute. I’m really glad Hobi and Yoongi pulled the other members into the performances of their solo songs. You could just see how proud both of them were while watching the other members.

Then while everyone else was getting into their respective cars for Telepathy (?), Jimin and JK did a little rock paper scissors battle which was funny.

During the song, at some point, Tae decided he wanted to lean as far out of the car as possible, also using it to high five JK (and potentially also Jimin but I’m not entirely sure anymore) which is just such a Tae thing to do. And only he would manage that without actually somehow falling from the car, though I’m sure Seokjin was likely alert enough that he would’ve tried to catch Tae before he would completely fall.

Then this whole iconic (TM) moment which I couldn’t find a gif of the whole thing, of course, so I will point out to those unaware that JK didn’t decide to pour water onto Jimin (he was likely mean to pour it onto both but only really got water onto Jimin’s mic) but instead it was Seokjin who told him to do it and then giggled as Jimin complained about his now wet mic which he feared might not work anymore, but fortunately it survived without issues.

Though it’s not visible in the gif, it’s cute how Tae had both his arms around Jimin, just like Jimin did around him, and didn’t let him go even while Jimin moved to avoid the water.

Then during the encore we had this little sequence that started out with JK putting his arm around Tae before Jimin dove between them from the back, JK moving aside and Tae immediately putting his arm around Jimin’s shoulder with a smile, and then also Seokjin going them for this cute moment of the four of them. Someone called it “Two Kim’s and their men from Busan” which I thought was really cute. Also at one point Jimin had one had on JKs hip and the other on Tae’s while leaning back half against Tae which looked funny but I think adding a picture of that will finally push me over the image limit, sorry.

From anon: Recency bias is such a thing. Why are people worrying about Namjin because of Muster when we had so many moments recently? I ship a few pairings and I expect moments from, say Vmin on stage because that’s what they do. And we always get J*nk*ok. But Namjin has never really given us lots of moments on stage - award shows, Vlives and interviews seem to be more their “thing” so to speak. I was laughing at a tweet I saw saying Jin avoided namjoon onstage because of how hot he looked and Jin would need to “restrain” himself if he got too close 😂 I can totally relate to this 😂

I agree, during concerts you’ll have a harder time finding Namjoon and Seokjin interacting, though it does happen sometimes. That’s why I wasn’t “worried” at all about their lack of interactions, compared to some other namjinists I saw and heard about. I actually did notice this moment while Tae had his ending ment where I think Seokjin was pointing at his hair in question if Namjoon liked it earning him a thumbs up of approval. Speaking of which, Seokjin’s apple hair was so, so cute, even more so since an ARMY asked for that hairstyle before the concert the previous day so he fulfilled their wish.

During the talking parts in the second halves of both Day One and Day Two we had a lot, and I mean a lot, of Seokjin and JK playing around with each other and just being their usual chaotic selves. Also that below moment in the gif actually continued with JK caressing his own thigh and then Namjoon (much softer than Seokjin) slapping his other thing and JK slapping his own a moment later. And many more such little playful things. They really are a chaos duo.

While Hobi did switch places with Jimin, their usual Mikrokosmos moment didn’t really happen (and neither did it really on Day One) but as the other members already went back into the “van”, vmin stayed behind and had their little moment of talking and being cute. Earlier during You Never Walk Alone there was also a moment when Tae was on cam 5 I believe and enthusiastically singing/rapping along with Hobi while Jimin’s hand appeared and he pretended to be leading Tae’s singing which was an adorable little detail I haven’t really seen anyone mention. There were also several little moments where they would pass each other and smile that were also only really visible briefly in the side cameras.

Lastly, though this doesn’t have anything directly to do with the members, shoutout to the brave staff member who rushed in to put out a little fire on one of the camera cranes with what appeared to be his bear hands. Wow!

Overall, those were just a selection of all the things happening during those two wonderful days, though in reality there were surely far more which I’m just forgetting now. We had a lot of fun watching both days and I’m super happy we got to see the members on stage again though I truly hope that next time they’ll be able to finally see ARMY again, even if only a handful of them, someday.

#BTS #SOWOOZOO #6th Muster #Namjoon #Seokjin #Yoongi #Hoseok #Jimin #Taehyung #Jungkook #vmin #namjin

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