One Train, No Merch Plan, Still Showing Up

One train for a stadium show sounds like a joke until you’re the one trying to get to Gillette. We’re Sarashi and Ms DJ Panic, and we’re done pretending the fan experience is effortless when the logistics clearly aren’t. We talk through the stress points that hit fans hardest: transportation plans that don’t match the crowd size, traffic nightmares, limited nearby hotels, and the way vague venue updates force everyone into backup plans like carpooling and tailgating just to protect the night.

Merch adds another layer. When pickup details and pop-up news are uncertain, it’s easy to spiral, but we keep pulling ourselves back to the core truth: merch is secondary to seeing the artists live. We also get real about concert anxiety and what it takes to be okay in massive crowds, especially when public transit feels like extra pressure. If you’ve ever had to mentally rehearse a concert day just to make it enjoyable, you’ll feel seen here.

Then we shift into BTS “Normal” and go scene by scene on why it hits so hard. The video looks glamorous, but it keeps revealing isolation, scrutiny, and the aftermath of a life everyone thinks they understand. We connect the symbolism to fan expectations, media treatment, and the uncomfortable reality of growing up in public. We also say what needs saying about surprise songs: nobody is owed a specific track, and entitlement kills the fun. We end with a serious reminder that applies to every stadium concert: hydrate, bring electrolytes if you can, use the bathroom, and don’t risk your health for a spot.

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BTS NORMAL MV

Transcript

Intro And Why We’re Venting

SPEAKER_02 0:20

Hello, and thank you for joining us again here at Music Elixir. I am Sarashi with me in Miss DJ Panic. Miss DJ Panic, okay. So I I guess t this is gonna be a free-for-all.

SPEAKER_01 0:37

It's yeah.

SPEAKER_02 0:38

We're not really gonna talk about news or it is a rant and rambling. Music.

SPEAKER_01 0:42

We're just gonna it is it's a complete rant and rambling on what's going on for us as fans, collectors, and hobbyists. Yeah. We have so many titles, you know. So um on our last music episode,

One Train To Gillette? Seriously

SPEAKER_01 1:04

I don't know if you heard me ranting about things that are happening, but not didn't not go on details.

SPEAKER_02 1:10

Anyways, yeah, I was gonna say we didn't elaborate.

SPEAKER_01 1:13

No, because that was not for that.

SPEAKER_02 1:14

We were just connected to stated that you're very frustrated with things, yes. The state of things at the moment.

SPEAKER_01 1:21

Uh we're recording on July 18th. So there was supposed to be a train that will go to Gillette. Not exactly into Gillette, but I mean it's just gonna take you to close to the stadium. Yeah. You still need to walk to the venue. But I mean, it's still, you know, for traffic, because of course this it's a shit show when it comes to traffic. So now we find out that there's only gonna be one train available for the concert. Each day, yeah. That's another that's like what happened with FIFA. I thought FIFA was like a run of like how to operate when we have a lot of people. I I don't know. I mean, even FIFA people were having issues with it because they were I think I saw somewhere that the Scottish we love were actually walking from Boston to July. They were walking the train rail to the because they're just like, we can't wait for this damn train.

SPEAKER_02 2:21

And and it's like and I thought they were they were increasing trains or increasing the number of cars on the train for that, but right they they didn't even mention that for this. But the fact and I know it's it is part of the regular like commuter rail, yeah. So people who have jobs need to use it. So I I understand that.

SPEAKER_01 2:41

Well, FIFA too. I mean it doesn't matter. No, exactly, you know.

SPEAKER_02 2:44

So I understand that, but like, yeah, one train.

SPEAKER_01 2:48

Like there should have been a train dedicated for events. I mean, I maybe I guess it's just the train tracks are not well equipped for that. Again, of course. But then they were talking about oh, the platform for Gillette is renovator and it's larger. I'm like, yeah, but how about the train? Who cares about the platform?

SPEAKER_02 3:09

Right.

SPEAKER_01 3:09

You know, if you're not gonna, I mean, you have this big platform, so where's the big train for all those people? Exactly. Like, what the hell? Because you don't have that many hotels in the area. You have that Patriots Place, which you know, and it's completely packed. I mean, either half more hotels there or have more trains. You know, no more hotels, have more trains, yeah, half more transportation to go over there. How about buses? You know, I never heard of buses transporting. Oh, they do, they do.

SPEAKER_02 3:40

It's not that there aren't ways of getting, it's just I I feel like there's not enough availability, like it should be more than one train, I think. Right, but I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 3:52

They were very happy. Hey, $20 round trip it, then, then, I'm like, okay, and then then look, then everybody's on the comments, yeah. How many trains? One train, this is not enough. Not enough. It's like, oh no, this is not good.

Carpool Plans And Tailgate Prep

SPEAKER_01 4:08

So we're planning on driving and doing a carp, you know, doing a carpool or take it, telegating, whatever it is, you know, get ourselves, you know, coolers and you know, get our snackies and water and beverages, whatever we need to keep ourselves hydrated and and have some some nutrition.

SPEAKER_02 4:28

Yeah, exactly. You know, not rely on trying to be able to get into any of the vet like food places around us.

SPEAKER_01 4:35

Exactly.

SPEAKER_02 4:36

Because that may or may not that's happen. It's gonna be packed no matter what.

SPEAKER_01 4:40

It's gonna be mobbed. So I don't know, Gillette. You know, I was just hoping that you had this under control or that you have learned from FIFA, but I guess you didn't, and I'm disappointed. I'm very disappointed. I'm going in there with no expectations at all, and that you guys are gonna have a shit show. I don't want to say this, but it's just it's just giving that feel. I know everybody's like, don't think about that, think positively, and like, you know, that things are gonna go go well, and things are gonna go well. And I'm like, okay, yeah, things are gonna go well, but in my heart, it feels like no shit show, dumps are fire, blah, blah, blah.

SPEAKER_02 5:20

But like I said, at this point, I've sort of I've finally, you know, I was having those panic moments, panic attacks about I know the train, I just don't know about the train, la the train, because I don't like trains to begin. Like, I don't like public transportation in general because I'm just one of those people who's not comfortable in crowds of people. And I know I go to a lot of concerts, but it takes a lot of mental prep for my brain to be okay in those situations. I'm being very open and honest with everybody here right now. So, like the train would just add extra stress for me. Sitting in traffic won't bother me the way being in a train crowded with people would. So I'm okay with driving it, but like, yeah, I don't know. Oh my god. I've so alright, so I've gotten beyond

Merch Uncertainty And Setting Priorities

SPEAKER_02 6:09

that. It may not sound like it, but I've gotten beyond it. And then the whole merch thing, and I'm like, you know what?

SPEAKER_01 6:14

What I'm really ticked off is the merch.

SPEAKER_02 6:17

Yeah. So we're unsure of pickup, we're unsure of how our merch is gonna work. But in one of our previous rants and ramblings, I also did say, you know, my point is to go see the guys. Yes. The merch is in fact secondary. So at this point, my my main concern is to have my butt there early enough to be sure that we can get in line and get into the venue and see them perform. Yes. See them live and be a part of the energy that is gonna be amazing. In Boston, you'd better bring it because we do not want them to leave and be like, wow, Foxboro stinks and we're never going back there again. Exactly. We need to be, you know, not outrageously out of control loud because we want to hear them sing and perform, but we need to like show the love for sure. Yeah. Definitely, but so I've I have, I've reached this sort of zen point where I'm like, as long as we get in there and see them, that's what's important. So right, yeah, no. The rest is all because yeah, they haven't announced whether we're gonna have a pop-up in Boston.

SPEAKER_01 7:25

We have yeah, like nothing. Nothing. It's yeah, I'm I'm like, oh no. Why? Why? And why? Why, why, why, why? Why, why, why, why, why, why? Uh come on. It's too ridiculous, you know.

SPEAKER_02 7:47

Well, we're we're still two and a half weeks away from our show dates, so it'll come. It'll come. Whoo hoo hoo, it'll come. It'll come in the next five minutes. It better be. I uh let's manifest it.

SPEAKER_01 8:01

I gave my grievances to um weavers on on X Twitter. Via Twitter. X, I mean, yeah. X. Yeah. Wait a minute. Oh no, that's not it. I heard notification and it's like, no, you bastards is not it. It's something else. Come on, Weavers. Why, why, why you why are you doing dirty to me like that? You know? That's just, you know, so like not not cool at all. But um no, I mean, oh my god.

First Reactions To “Normal”

SPEAKER_01 8:35

So how what do you think of that normal video?

SPEAKER_02 8:38

Oh, I love it. It's cool. It's very very much a um statement of how their normal is different from everybody else's normal, but it's their normal, you know what I mean? Exactly. Just like and the the various sort of like, I don't know, sort of picking at the world at large for how they view them and treat them when like they can't control that this is how their lives are, this is how their lifestyle is.

SPEAKER_01 9:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 9:10

They you know what I mean? Like so it's very I don't know, I thought sugar was cute. Like my friend also said they're all they're partying.

SPEAKER_01 9:22

They like the whole sugar part. It's like, I like that how sugar was in there, like that.

SPEAKER_02 9:26

And I'm like, but showing them sort of, you know, like partying and living this lavish lifestyle, but then the repercussions of that, like he's horsing around the phone to the statue, and then he's outside trying to get out of these iron gates, like barred. He's trying to climb over, you know, like it's it's this trap, sort of for the their normal is a trap and uh holds them in and like just everything. I think uh JK flicking that lighter was sort of a statement about all the crap he got when he was caught smoking. Like, so here I've got my lighter with nothing else going on, but I've still got the lighter.

SPEAKER_01 10:05

You know what I mean? Well the first scene of him being on the clothed on this lavish shower, lavish, you know, awesome whatever costume of clothing that he's wearing, and it's just shower. And he just like with his head down, eyes closed, and just just saying, This thing is normal.

SPEAKER_02 10:24

Like, I'm like, Well, it's like he's trying to wash away whatever was there's so many. Do you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 10:31

Like there's so many, there's so many, there's so many, like, how can you call it just things going on there uh or portray portraits of going on there? Oh yeah. Um, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 10:42

Well, Jen alone with the teacup outside of the party, like, and being like, I just need a minute to get away.

SPEAKER_01 10:49

But he's outside. Right. Like I feel like an outsider. I'm an outsider, even you know, I can't, I'm not in.

SPEAKER_02 10:58

I'm just yeah, but the the view is from the party inside to him out by himself, just being like, need a moment to turn everything off, be by myself. Yeah. It's very it's dark. Yeah, it is. It's very dark. Jim and laying alone in the bed, you know, like again, these are all sort of it's like the after-effects of this lavish lifestyle that everybody thinks you have and how they think you should be behaving.

SPEAKER_01 11:30

And yeah, I mean, all of it's just very interesting. And Tay Tay with like bust that like knows like he got into a fight, but he's still going at it.

SPEAKER_02 11:39

Well, because everybody expects so much from him, you know, beauty standard-wise, behavior-wise, everything. Uh uh-uh. And that's yeah, you beat me up every day on social media, you know, all of them. They have people who nothing they do is right. You know what I mean? Even amongst the fans. One person does one thing and everybody's like, oh, you know.

SPEAKER_01 12:06

At a party and giving cake to everybody, but then he's in a car with the cake. By himself. By himself. Yep, gotta. But he's not was he eating it?

SPEAKER_02 12:14

I think he ate a piece. He did eat some, yeah. But it was just like Yeah, no, it's all very much a a reflection on how they are perceived, how they are expected to behave, how they want to behave, how they You know what I mean? Like how they view themselves from the outside, and how they view how everyone sees them from the outside. Yeah, I mean it's a very there's a lot going on there.

SPEAKER_01 12:42

It is a lot going on in there, and of course, each member has like something saying something.

SPEAKER_02 12:48

J Hope in that that bathtub out in the middle of the woods.

SPEAKER_01 12:53

You know, like just standing there looking fabulous, of course, but you know, I mean it's just you know what also gave me reminiscing of like the 70s rocking party, celebrities just like drug, sex, alcohol.

SPEAKER_02 13:08

Well, you know, because not from the like everything goes not from the 70s, but the the early 80s. I remember having a shirt like Jimmons, because that was still sort of a thing, you know. I was young and roller skating or whatever, but that was the thing to have one of those shirts with the like gold or silver threading through it, so it's sort of sparkly, and you're all fan. So yeah, I was like, oh my god, and I have my grandmother's leopard print coat like Tay Te's wearing from the set like that was her big thing with her leopard print coat. So yeah, it's got it's definitely got that uh wild carefree party feeling.

SPEAKER_01 13:51

But it's like, oh, we're rock stars, so we're doing all this crazy stuff every day. Ha ha ha.

SPEAKER_02 13:55

So but also showing there's consequences to that.

SPEAKER_01 13:58

Yep.

SPEAKER_02 13:59

The aftermath of all of that is them being like, ugh, you know.

SPEAKER_01 14:03

So this is how we either people, this is how people see them, but not really. It's it's very interesting. Of course, everybody was just like, Why are they in front of urinals? That was the question I saw. Everybody's like, Why are they all in the bathroom and the urinals? Like, why is that? And then, of course, the teaser is like all of them there, and then RM just coming in, like, I gotta use the bathroom too.

SPEAKER_02 14:30

Where do I go? Where do I go?

SPEAKER_01 14:32

Somebody asked me, it's like, why are they all in there like and dressed in tuxes? And I'm like, I don't know, maybe let's think about this. When they go to award events, they're all dressed nice, and they still gotta go together, they still gotta go together somewhere. You cannot be alone. So it's like we

The Video’s Dark Aftermath Themes

SPEAKER_01 14:50

we all go to the bathroom together, we all come out together, we all do this together.

SPEAKER_02 14:54

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 14:55

That's what I thought.

SPEAKER_02 14:57

Oh, and G.

SPEAKER_01 14:59

But yeah, everybody was just like the bathroom thing, and of course, a lot of people Well, there's theories flying around everywhere. Oh, yeah. Just Army has all kinds of theories in there. Please go check out social media, it's everywhere. Another thing, of course, Army. Some are like, I don't, I don't, I don't understand this. I don't I don't like this song, and I don't like this video. Why why are they like that? And in this and that, and I'm like, well, because first of all, they're 30. They're grown ass men. They're not gonna be think singing about high school anymore, they're no longer in high school. Uh they're men, so they gotta, you know, these these this is what are they now? They evolved to this. They're never they're not gonna go back to the you know, no dreams era and all that stuff. That's all gone. That's history. So if you cannot get your mind out of that, I don't know what to tell you.

SPEAKER_02 15:52

They just yeah, I again these they're delving into sort of the same themes and things that they've always done, but with a more mature view, a more mature attitude towards it. The age and they're being more introspective and self-reflective, I think, as well. Because they've grown up. Yeah, they're they're grown, they're men. So yeah, you yeah, you've gotta get over that because the music always has to evolve. You can't keep doing the same thing over and over again. People get bored.

SPEAKER_01 16:28

How weird it is a 30-something year old talking about teenage love. Ew, yeah. Like, no. Why are you talking about teenage love and teenage teenagers? Teenagers now

Letting BTS Grow Up Publicly

SPEAKER_01 16:40

are not the same 20, 10, 7 years ago. So why are they singing no? No, no, no, no. That's no.

SPEAKER_02 16:48

So they need to, you know, they're still doing rap, they're still doing hip hop sounds, they're still doing, you know, they're still doing all the genres, right? Just with a more mature uh presentation, let's say, okay, you know, and you need their age, their age, exactly, their age. So I yeah, I I didn't understand all that, you know. Their age. Because when people were like, you know, some didn't like the first half because it was too, you know, whatever. And then people were like, no, it's like the old stuff, and I was like, but it's not, it's not, it's not, it's not it may have you know more rap and hip hop like they used to, but it's not the same. No, it still sounds different even musically, it's more mature and advanced, so you know, but everybody's entitled to their opinions, so if right, you know, but you know what else? And I you know, I might have some people not like this. I what I am tired of hearing is everybody complaining about they got that song as their bonus song. Like, you're at the show seeing them perform. Oh, for like the why can't you the surprise songs? Yeah, you should be happy with whatever they like, they're not gonna play your favorite song just because you want them to. There's because there's 70,000 other people with a different favorite song. So the whole point is that you're just there to enjoy what's happening, and these bonus surprise songs are that they're supposed to be a surprise for you. So, you know. Although I am gonna say whoever's listening and in his charge, Foxboro needs to have 21st century girl.

SPEAKER_01 18:33

That's that's oh my god, you read my mind. So just FYI 21st century girl, police. Please, please, love.

SPEAKER_02 18:46

So that's weird. I'm just I'm putting that out there for whoever's listening.

SPEAKER_01 18:52

21st century girl, 21st century. Maybe I just like post it on X Twitter, 21st Century Girl, 21st Century.

SPEAKER_02 19:00

Better write it down, burn it in the little special tray so that the vibes go our sailing boochie poo thing.

SPEAKER_01 19:07

Let's go do this, let's do this, yes, yes, yes, blah, blah, blah. We yes.

SPEAKER_02 19:14

And it doesn't matter, night one or two, we'll be there both.

SPEAKER_01 19:17

So exactly.

SPEAKER_02 19:19

Because we're cray cray like that. Exactly. But so my point is like not every song is everyone's favorite, and not you know, but not every surprise song is not somebody's favorite. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, and again, the whole you're you're there just to enjoy it, watch the guys have a good time.

Surprise Songs And Fan Entitlement

SPEAKER_02 19:40

So I I really like at a loss for all these it's so unfair that so-and-so got this. Like, why is it unfair?

SPEAKER_01 19:48

Well, I have somebody saying, Oh my god, they they play louder than bombs. I want it louder than bombs. I'm like, okay. Um sorry they played it in Europe, but not gonna be here. Maybe they will again because they actually had done some repeats.

SPEAKER_02 20:05

Right, they have done some repeats.

SPEAKER_01 20:07

So you could hear it, but then um, I think they somebody said not all not all of them were singing louder than bombs.

SPEAKER_02 20:15

No, that they were just like somebody was like the only one who really like knew their part was Yungi, sugar. They were like everybody else was kind of a little lost, didn't know the words.

SPEAKER_01 20:27

Jimin wasn't singing or Harley singing, he was just like, are we doing the song?

SPEAKER_02 20:36

Like, we're doing the song, right? So, you know, but like, yeah, I do remember someone was like, sugar was the only one in the boys.

SPEAKER_01 20:46

All I have to say is that RM is done with butter and permission to dance. He's done with those two, and um, I'm with him. I am so with him, I'm with you, baby.

SPEAKER_02 21:02

Well, they've done both of those a couple of times, exactly.

SPEAKER_01 21:04

And he was he's like, oh god, like I'm done with this song, you know.

SPEAKER_02 21:10

But let's okay, no I don't want you to manifest them by talking about them. So 21st century girl. 21st century girl. But like I said, honestly, I would I'll be happy with anything because it's like we're there and we're gonna be seeing them. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 21:31

Maybe I'm pay man again. Yes, oh my god, yes, so much fun.

SPEAKER_02 21:41

Yes, right? Yes, it's right up, right up Boston Foxboro's alley.

SPEAKER_01 21:48

I speak exactly.

Gillette’s Messaging And Pop-Up Hopes

SPEAKER_01 21:52

You know what I have been seeing on Gillette? I'm gonna talk about Gillette because I went to their ex Twitter, they love Taylor Swift.

SPEAKER_02 22:00

Oh really?

SPEAKER_01 22:00

Once in a while they pop something. Oh, remember Swifties when this happened at Gillette? And I'm like, yeah, whatever. Uh, you know, somebody is in love with Tay Tay, but you know. I guess so. Well, wait till they get a whole army. They better give me what I want. This is my first time at Foxworld, so you better treat me well.

SPEAKER_02 22:25

Well, it's my first time there since they've redone it as Gillette.

SPEAKER_01 22:29

So so you know, they should have been embracing Army with open arms and everything, you know? So, like, what's going on? Like, what's going on? I just like Well, I mean, I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 22:39

Did they only have one train for Taylor Swift too? I mean, uh I don't know, maybe this is just how they do it for everybody. But no, that sucks. Like I said, doesn't matter what the surprise songs are, I'm still gonna be happy and dance along. But oh yeah, 21st century. I'm just gonna keep saying it. Just gonna keep saying it.

SPEAKER_01 23:00

21st century girl. BTS 21st century. No, Juni. Juni, make this possible, please. I know I'm putting it on you because you you are the leader, and I just you have so much on your plate, and I am very happy and proud of you. Um, I just you know, 21st century girl, please. I mean, it's it I will appreciate. We'll appreciate you so much. Oh my god, so so much. And I'm looking at Gillette Stadium again over here to see what's going on. So the last tweet was like, hey, two years ago since whatever this um somebody, I don't know who he is. Some some um artist that I don't know, but hot, but then let's see, let's see, let's see. Oh yeah. Five days ago they were talking about Tay Tay. Oh, look at the colors of the blind. They put Taylor Swift in there and the colors, and I'm like, really? Really? Really? Okay, and then let's it's like okay, I we can see that you you are a big fan of Taylor Swift, but you should be a big fan of BTS. Uh, you know, I should be working for Gillette for this time being. Get this going. Anyways, anything else that we can rant about? Um, I don't know. Oh, okay. Connelly. Yay. Oh, it's in August. Okay. Never mind. Not gonna talk about that.

SPEAKER_02 24:26

Sorry, I'm looking at everybody else's stuff. I mean, I know, you know. We're used to the last-minute hustle and bustle of things. I guess maybe that's why they're making us wait.

SPEAKER_01 24:37

So Bostonian. So Bostonian. Well, we'll just go by the seat of our pants. What did you hear that they're gonna do a sphere out in the waterfront in Boston? Oh, really? They're some cray cray thing, and everybody in Boston are like, why? No, that's uh we don't have the scale like Vegas. Why are you doing this? It's nobody can move around in Boston. Why are you doing this? So uh yeah, I just just saw some news, just like some random news. I'm like, oh wow, that's that's crazy. That is just crazy. Um, of course, I don't know it anymore, I don't have it anymore because I just saw something real quick. Oh my god, that's a beautiful, beautiful. What? I just saw somebody's real that were really close to Namjoon. Oh my god! Look at him, don't get him. Oh my god, oh my god, look at him. Okay, just one other thing. Um, I was I told this to my friend, my coworker. Um a few days ago, oh Thursday. Thursday, who I had in my mind all day was Namjoon. Really? And then I was doing little songs with the name Namjoon. I can't remember the songs that I was doing, but I just kept saying Kim Namjoon. And then it just like it was going on as some song, and it just it was either Kim Nam Jun, Nam Jun, Juni, Juni Juni, Kim Nam Jun, Juni, Juni, Juni, Juni, Jun Jun. And it was and it was like all day. It was just chanting his name. All day chanting his name. I don't know why. I don't I just he was in my mind all day. Ha, that was oh what BTS The City, Arida, New York, admission information, July 24 and July 24th, Friday, August 14th. Due to high volume of visitors expected during the exhibition period, please arrive during your selected time. Oh, that's the for the pop-up? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So they just put out okay. I love Trader Joe's. And there's some bags that I'm just like we'll be waiting for, and apparently they're delayed.

SPEAKER_02 27:00

So, anyways, I should not be singing about they have so many, so many bags coming out. I know so many tools.

SPEAKER_01 27:05

And I'm a bag lady, and I'll just love to get everything. I can't find that news. Of course. You see it once and I can't see it anymore.

SPEAKER_02 27:14

Sorry, I'm looking at R. Tay Tay. Tae Young's outfit for Paris. I don't know if he had it both nights, but a fancy, fancy from Celine.

SPEAKER_01 27:27

Ooh. Nice.

SPEAKER_02 27:28

With all the gold like brocade work and stuff on it. Yes. Very nice. Very nice. He's like. No fear with the like, yeah, I'm gonna flash my brand everywhere. I'm ambassador for this, that, that. Well, the same thing. Everything they do, he's drinking a coke.

SPEAKER_01 27:50

Yeah. Well, the same thing with Jay Hope and um, you know, Gucci. He is like flashing all this. No, Louis Vuitton. Oh, Louis Vuitton. Who's Gucci? I saw one of the boys also have Gucci.

SPEAKER_02 28:01

Well, Tay always liked Gucci, so he may have had some Gucci stuff. But Jay Hope's uh Louis Vuitton.

SPEAKER_01 28:07

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_02 28:08

But he's been yeah, he's been flashing the shoes and the the clothes, and of course JK with his Calvin Klein.

SPEAKER_01 28:17

He's been if I get those for free, I will be flashing them too.

SPEAKER_02 28:22

Exactly. So it's funny for anyone if you have not seen the video. I don't know how you couldn't have at the very end. Like we do see someone in their underwear, in their underwear. And you would have thought it would be JK Wright with the Calvin class, but it's not. It's day. He was probably just like, I want everybody to see my legs. Mm-hmm. Oh my god. Too funny. They're just uh oh so crazy.

Fashion Flexes And The Final Scene

SPEAKER_02 28:52

But uh oh.

SPEAKER_01 28:53

Um somebody somebody took a video of probably one army that probably did not take care of herself um passing out, or and there was a guard trying, um, security guard trying to get her to wake up and get her out. She looks drenched, meaning she's probably dehydrated, and um that's why she looked like she was gonna pass out. A reminder to everybody I don't know how many times or everywhere, please hydrate. You can go to the bathroom if you need to go to the bathroom. I know that this this you don't want to lose your spot. I understand that. Do not jeopardize your health because you're gonna lose your spot from wherever you're at.

SPEAKER_02 29:37

Did that happen in Paris? Because it happened in um Munich too. Was it Munich?

SPEAKER_01 29:42

It's happening everywhere. Everywhere London taking care of themselves. Army, please.

SPEAKER_02 29:48

Yeah, I know the venues charge you way more than they should for water and stuff, but buy one anyways. Yes. And if you can bring bring uh like a little Jolly Rancher, Starburst, candy, something with sugar to boost your sugar. If you can get electrolyte packs, like the little um they look like sugar packets, but it's electrolyte stuff that you can mix into water yourself to rehydrate yourself. But any anything to take care of yourself.

SPEAKER_01 30:19

Please, please take care of yourself, you know. Hydrate, you know, um, like like Sarah said, I know it's expensive in those venues, but come on. Eight dollars for a bottle of water or or I don't know, Gatorade, whatever. It's I don't want to say sponsors, but I mean anything that hydrates you, please get it. It's you need it, you need it, and bathrooms are there. Please use it. You're not really if gonna miss out, well, a few minutes or so. I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 30:48

Yeah, but I mean what's what's an eight dollar water versus missing the

Hydration And Safety At Concerts

SPEAKER_02 30:53

whole show because they're gonna take you out to the you know the emergency tent.

SPEAKER_01 30:58

Emergency tent, yeah. So yeah, and then you're gonna be missing the a lot more than just once a few minutes of a song.

SPEAKER_02 31:05

Exactly. Yeah, definitely take care of yourself, yeah. Because then you also, you know, guys get worried, everybody's worried.

SPEAKER_01 31:13

Exactly. Like Jim is that show, like, yeah, they stopped and we're like Yeah, he was he saw this fan collapse and he's like, wait a minute, and he was pointing out that person, that person. So please take care of yourself. That's not what you want to be remembered. No, but you know, the boys don't want to see that. No, exactly. Because it's like I'm we're here to like have fun, and then all of a sudden they see some one of their fans collapsing, and then they're just wearied sick of like exactly what happened. Are they okay? Did everything went okay? Are they fine? No, it's not not cool.

SPEAKER_02 31:49

Like I said, in my my vanity is such, I don't want to be remembered for being the one that they saw pass out. Oh my god, that's not I don't want my claim to pay to be the one who passed out. Exactly. Just yeah, you want to take care of yourself because you're there to have fun and see the guys, and you don't want to miss all that just because you don't want to spend ten dollars for a water. We've had exactly we've had places that drink your water. Dang.

SPEAKER_01 32:20

I mean, even we have drank sometimes venues can be so hot. We have drank water, we haven't not gone to the bathroom because we're sweating it off. Because that's how much you know you can lose water. Exactly. I mean, just because you drank a few things, a few bottles of water, but if you're sweating, your bladder is not gonna be saying, I got nothing, nothing to produce. Uh, you're sweating it out.

SPEAKER_02 32:42

Exactly.

Wrap-Up, Gratitude, And Reviews

SPEAKER_01 32:43

Anyways, okay, let's end it that there. Okay, because now we're just really rambling nothing. We already have put out our grievances. We talked about normal, you know. That's I how I'm like, wow, I'm so proud of this group. And seeing them evolve from like coming out of this bus looking all scrawny because they guess we're all like skinny. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_02 33:08

But anyways, yeah. Definitely check out the normal video. And if you're familiar with their older stuff, you will there there are sort of correlations of things, and you'll see, and that's why I'm saying that when we were talking about it and their idea of their normal and normal for them and stuff, like this has sort of always been how they view themselves and how they work things, is they sort of take what they had, right, reassemble it, redo it. And they even though I know you know they made references to things within what they're doing now as well. So it's sort of they're showing their past and their present are completely aligned. They, you know, are not aligned. Um, I what's the word I'm looking for? Still connected because they're still them, and they've always been, as Namjoon once said, seven normal boys from Korea. Only now they're seven normal men from Korea. Exactly. And just I just love when you watch their stuff. There's always some sort of little hidden inside joke or reference to something else. So you'll see that in normal, but you'll also see a lot of newer references to how they've been treated in the industry and by fans and by you know the media. The media. Okay. Well, because the media's really been horrible to them. So okay. Anyway, anyways, yes.

SPEAKER_01 34:38

Enjoy the video. Thank you, thank you, everybody, for listening to this ransom and rambling.

SPEAKER_02 34:45

More of a bitch fast.

SPEAKER_01 34:48

We're gonna complain about everything. That's what ransom rambling is all about. We rant and ramble. So, you know, if you want to give a five-star review, go for it. Or at least just talk about like, yeah, this episode, you guys weren't off, like whatever. Comment about it, please enjoy not enjoy yeah, enjoy our complaining, um, our insights. I don't know, insights and in in, you know, participate in the conversation. Please. Yes. All right, so we are going to have fun later on. We'll let you know what happened at this event. Yeah, definitely. All right, so until next time. Bye bye.