Generation BTS: All The Albums

It's February (AND Lunar New Year) so what better time to look back on the year that has just gone by! In this episode (which, we're levelling with you guys, was meant to be the Christmas special) we talk through the stats of all the awards sections that took place throughout the episodes we released across 2023, as well as since the podcast started. Who do you think won MVP the most times overall (hint, it's not one of our biases)? We then move on to this year's BTS song draft, which is different to last year's because we have so many solo songs and albums at play. There is however still some overlap in our choices, so listen to find out who got what songs, and if you're doing so reasonably close to when this episode is released, please look out for your chance to vote for the 2023 draft winner on our Instagram stories! If you're listening way in the future, we will try to remember to update this episode description once we have a winner. :)After the draft we once again imagine the BTS concert of our dreams based on our draft picks, and just like last year this gets very silly as we allow ourselves a bit of a break from the Chapter 2: Everyone's-in-the-Military Edition by spending some well-deserved time in Deluluville. We then round off the episode with our 2023 best song ranking and some Bangtan-themed highlights of the year, so we hope you enjoy and that it brightens up the start to your year of the Dragon! There aren't any links this episode but if you want to ask about anything we've references please do not hesitate to get in touch :)Thanks so much to everyone who has listened in 2023 and since! Borahae, Happy Lunar New Year and please look forward to our next album review x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!If you want to let us know your thoughts on the episode or you want to get in touch for any other reason, you can do so by emailing GenerationBTSAllTheAlbums@gmail.com, or dm us on Insta @generationbts_, or TikTok @generationbts_, or tweet us on X @generationbts_. We've also joined YouTube @generationbts so you can follow us there too if you want!You can find the links to the videos and content we talked about here.Finally, for anyone who has read this far we have recorded a Golden reaction and End of Year Special, and they should hopefully be out shortly if the new software performs as expected, but we decided to prioritise getting this out first. Make sure you get all updates by subscribing and following our social media :)Borahae and hope you're having an excellent festive season! Stream Closer than This! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!If you want to let us know your thoughts on the above or you want to get in touch for any other reason, you can do so by emailing GenerationBTSAllTheAlbums@gmail.com, or dm us on Insta @generationbts_, Twitter @generationbts_ and TikTok @generationbts_. We've also joined YouTube @generationbts so you can follow us there too if you want!You can find the links to the videos and content we talked about here.Also, for anyone who has read this far, we will be hosting a BTS pub quiz in London on the 24th of November, where you'll have a chance to play games, win prices and have fun with ARMY friends. Details and tickets can be found here if you would like to come along or the link is in our Instagram bio as well. We would also like to offer our lovely podcast listeners a discount on tickets, so please use the promo code DDAENG for 10% off!Make sure you get all updates by subscribing and following our social media (Instagram mainly but we try to keep Twitter/X updated as well) :)Borahae! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi Army friends! We're sorry this episode is so late, we had some not small editing issues :( Anyway, please behold our reaction thoughts to everyone's favourite most beautiful boy in the world, BTS V's first album Layover. In traditional style for this 5th solo album produced by our boys, we look back on the promotional content we recieved in the lead-up to the album's release, and fawn over the many many beautiful concept photos. We talk all things Yeontan, beautiful but mysterious MVs and how they fit together, fashionable outfits, sequins, fan meetings, interviews, appearances and the like, and again we manage to touch on the importance of always appreciating what we have whilst we have it and remembering how privileged we are to exist at the same time as Kim Taehyung. As always we also share our best looks, initial favourites, our choices for the dreaded skip (spoiler: we all agree for once!) and our grades out of seven (spoiler: on this we do not agree). We hope you enjoy!If you would like to join us in telling Natasha she's WRONG in terms of her handsomeness rankings, you want to share your head/heart score or you want to get in touch for any other reason, you can do so by emailing GenerationBTSAllTheAlbums@gmail.com, or dm us on Insta @generationbts_, Twitter @generationbts_ and TikTok @generationbts_. We've also joined YouTube @generationbts so you can follow us there too if you want!You can find the links to the videos and content we talked about here.Alsoooooo for anyone who has read this far, we will be hosting a BTS pub quiz in London on the 24th of November, where you'll have a chance to play games, win prices and have fun with ARMY friends. Details and tickets can be found here if you would like to come along or there link is in our Instagram bio as well. We would also like to offer our lovely podcast listeners a discount on tickets, so please use the promo code DDAENG for 10% off!Finally, for all of you patiently waiting for our review of Dark & Wild, which we promised you however many months ago, we have started editing it and it should now actually be out next (we'll try to get it ready before Golden)! Make sure you get all updates by subscribing and following our social media (Instagram mainly but we try to keep Twitter updated as well) :)Borahae! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello Army! Sorry for the delay in getting this out first of all, we were back living it up in Korea (and only occasionally crying over not getting tickets for Yoongi's Final concerts). If you want to see what we got up to, please check out our Instagram (details below). Natasha is still there so will keep updating regularly. Anyway, in this episode we discuss the next set of Festa songs, released between 2017 and 2019, and it is a real rollercoaster of emotions relating to friendships, haters, card games and dead pets, among other things. We also discuss the existence of a Namjoon/Taehyung ship name (TaeJoon seems the obvious choice, right? Please write in if you have thoughts!) and the dumpling incident*, and we take time to fawn over RM's vocals before passing some quite harsh judgment on the rapping abilities of the vocal line. Sorry guys, we can't rap either! *In this discussion we did mistake Jimin for the person who wanted to eat the dumplings right away and Taehyung for the person that wanted to wait, when in fact it was the other way around, so we apologise and will do better in the future! As we have also learnt from the BTS book, Tae had his reasons!If you would like for Leanne to review and rate your level of swagger or you want to get in touch for any other reason, you can do so by emailing GenerationBTSAllTheAlbums@gmail.com, or dm us on Insta @generationbts_, Twitter @generationbts_ and TikTok @generationbts_. We've also joined YouTube @generationbts so you can follow us there too if you want!You can find the links to the videos and content we talked about here.Finally, for anyone patiently waiting for our review of Dark & Wild, which we promised you in our last couple of episodes, we have started recording it and it should be out next (we'll just need to figure out the scheduling around a Layover reaction episode)! Make sure you get all updates by subscribing and following our social media (Instagram mainly but we try to keep Twitter updated as well) :)Borahae! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Annyeong Army! We are back to talk about the absolute masterpiece that is D-Day AND our experience on the incredible D-Day tour. Now that most people have presumably already seen it (if you are planning on catching the encore performances in Seoul in August and don't want to be spoilered, please skip the first 30 minutes of this episode) we thought it would be safe to let you know our thoughts, so in this episode we talk through everything including the organisation, event setup, stage design, VCRs, set list and of course we have endless praise and appreciation for our little kitty genius. He rapped, he sang, he played the piano, he played the guitar, he spoke several languages, he mesmerised, moved and entertained an entire audience on his own, and he performed his little heart out, who else can do it like him?? Thank you Yoongi for a truly amazing show!Thank you also to all the armies we met around the concerts, you were all lovely! Hopefully some of you might have joined us as listeners now?? In this one we do also give out our initial awards for the best bit of content around the album, our favourite Min Yoongi look, the best song, our initial skip and so on, so there are plenty of spicy takes to look out for in the latter half of the episode! Let us know if you agree with any of our picks (or if you want to send some words of discouragement to ***someone*** who continues their rap line hate (although only on an initial basis!). We will of course also be doing a lyrics review in due course, but we will leave that for when the album is spun in on the normal wheel schedule. Get in touch with us by emailing GenerationBTSAllTheAlbums@gmail.com, or dm us on Insta @generationbts_, Twitter @generationbts_ and TikTok @generationbts_. We've also recently joined YouTube @generationbts so you can follow us there too if you want!You can find the links to the videos and content we talked about here.Finally, we are also planning on doing a special to celebrate 10 years of BTS, so that should be out in the next month or so! For anyone patiently waiting for our review of Dark & Wild, which we promised you in our last episode (and again in this one), we promise we will get to that next (unless of course we get JJK1/KTH1) ! Make sure you get all updates by subscribing and following our social media (Instagram mainly but we try to keep Twitter updated as well) :)Borahae! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello Army!Sorry about the delay on this one, we have been globe trotting and had some audio issues, but welcome back to the final part of You Never Walk Alone! In this one we discuss heavenly Hopekook harmonies, beautiful but underrated songs, sneaky Demian references and, randomly, whether the boys are wearing cologne (you'll have to listen to get the context for that one)... Very excitingly we also give out our awards for the OSTs, the YNWA new songs and the whole album in general (including the songs from Wings), and let's just say there are some CONTROVERSIAL opinions. Which one of us has some hate to share towards a solid fandom favourite? You'll have to listen to find out!Get in touch with us by emailing GenerationBTSAllTheAlbums@gmail.com, or dm us on Insta @generationbts_, Twitter @generationbts_ and TikTok @generationbts_. We've also recently joined YouTube @generationbts so you can follow us there too if you want!You can find the links to the videos and content we talked about here.Finally, to anyone waiting for a D-Day reaction episode, it is coming, but with us having gone to the tour we ended up recording later than normal so that we could talk about that as well. Make sure you get all updates by subscribing and following our social media, and thanks so much for bearing with us :)Borahae! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Surprise!!! Welcome back to Generation BTS! As you will know if you listened to our previous full album review, we are due to talk about the repackaged version of Wings, You Never Walk Alone, this time, so apologies if this first part might seem a bit random, Seeing as that album only has three previously unreleased songs however, we decided to add on a little bonus discussion on the Original Soundtracks the boys (read the vocal line except Jungkook) have released for various K-Dramas. Please join us as we share our takes on the songs, fumble our way through trying to relate the themes of the songs to the dramas they accompany despite not having watched all of them, and take some time to hail the undisputed king of OSTs Kim Taehyung, who let's be honest is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this particular set of songs. This episode is a bit of a chaotic one but we hope you enjoy!Let us know your thoughts on this episode by emailing GenerationBTSAllTheAlbums@gmail.com, or dm us on Insta @generationbts_, Twitter @generationbts_ and TikTok @generationbts_. We've also recently joined YouTube @generationbts so you can follow us there too if you want! Also, please do get in touch if you are going to Yoongi's tour in New York and would like to say hi! We're going on the 26th and 29th of April and could not be more excited :)You can find the links to the videos and content we talked about here.Borahae! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi guyssss, sorry it's a week late but welcome to the FINAL episode of the final school era album review (Leanne’s very excited)! There’s a bit less romance in this one, but instead we discuss padded jacket trends, teens v young adults, dirty clothes, everyday heroics, trampolines, and letting your worries go, before the romance makes a swift return towards the end. This is also the episode in which we give out our very exciting awards. There are a few rogue picks in this one but also a few categories on which we are very much in an agreement, and someone might have done a clean sweep… listen to find out who!Follow us on Insta @generationbts_ to see Natasha's excellent reels and other episode/content updates, or email us at GenerationBTSAllTheAlbums@gmail.com if you want to get in touch! We've also recently joined Twitter @generationbts_, TikTok @generationbts_, and YouTube @generationbts, so you can follow us there too if you want.You can find the links to the videos we talked about here.Thanks so much for listening and Borahae! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi guysssss, so it happened again... Welcome to Skool Luv Affair - Part One! We think we'll pivot to this format for the longer/full length albums going forward, but hopefully that's a good thing because it means more episodes (yay!). In this episode we will discuss the lovey-dovey dream of an album that is Skool Luv Affair, the last instalment of the Skool trilogy. There are parties on bodies, baby shoes, confessions, first dates, hopeful love and Bangtan Style (it's Hip Hop, FYI). We also talk through our problematic fave Boy in Luv, which contains some highlights; including the Lion King, Tae's growl, JK's cuteness and RM's confidence, and some lowlights including most of the MV... What was our least favourite part? Find out in this episode!Follow us on Insta @generationbts_ to see Natasha's excellent reels and other episode/content updates, or email us at GenerationBTSAllTheAlbums@gmail.com if you want to get in touch! We've also recently joined Twitter @generationbts_, TikTok @generationbts_, and YouTube @generationbts, so you can follow us there too if you want.You can find the links to the videos we talked about here.Thanks so much for listening and Borahae! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Part Two of the Love Yourself: Tear trilogy! If you listened to part one you’ll know this already but just in case, we intended to publish this episode as a full album review like we normally do. We did however have even more to say about this album than normal, so whilst trying to edit several hours of recording into a normal length episode however we had the idea of publishing this album review in three parts, so if you feel like you're in the middle of an episode in this one that's the reason!In this episode we discuss sympathising with planets, the woes of running for nothing, JK’s birthday karaoke, RM’s vibing, and the eternal comforts of opening a door in our hearts where the members' love is waiting. Who gets most emotional over Magic Shop? Does Love Maze fit in an album about breaking up? Does Paradise deserve an OT7 performance? Listen for our takes! We normally say this in the episode, but we'll love you forever if you want to give the podcast a quick review! On Spotify you can just click the stars at the top of the feed, or on Apple Podcasts you can also click the stars and add a message if you want! :)Follow us on Insta @generationbts_ to see Natasha's excellent reels and other episode/content updates, or email us at GenerationBTSAllTheAlbums@gmail.com if you want to get in touch! We've also recently joined Twitter @generationbts_, TikTok @generationbts_, and YouTube @generationbts, so you can follow us there too if you want.You can find the links to the videos we talked about here.Thanks so much for listening and Borahae! x(FYI - we did not include references to James R. Doty’s book ‘Into the Magic Shop’, because it has recently been debated whether its connection to BTS and to the song ‘Magic Shop’ can be verified). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Christmas Army! We're back just in time with a very special end-of-year episode. In this one Kristine tallied up all our awards to create a quiz of the best lyricist, vocalist, rapper, dresser and the MVP of 2022 - please let us know if you did a better job guessing than Leanne and Natasha! We then move on to our very exciting BTS song draft, and we imagine the BTS concert of our dreams (full disclosure - this gets VERY silly). We round the episode off with the 2022 best song ranking and finally get a bit mushy at the very end, so we hope you enjoy and that you feel Christmassy whilst listening! As a little gift to everyone who has listened and supported us in the first year of the podcast we have also prepared a small giveaway competition! Please listen to find out how to enter to win surprise parcel of BTS goodies to brighten up the start of your 2023. We might ask you to name the winner of our draft on our Instagram story, so please keep an eye on @generationbts_! You can also get in touch and follow us on Twitter @generationbts_ and TikTok @generationbts_ or email us on generationbtsallthealbums@gmail.com. We've also recently joined YouTube @generationbts so you can follow us there too if you want!There aren't any links this episode but if you want to ask about anything we've references please do not hesitate to get in touch :)Thanks so much to everyone who has listened this year! Borahae, Merry Christmas and we hope to see you in 2023! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.