Stanning BTS

Taking a brief break from more informative topics, this week we fangirl splurge in a fun-filled episode covering the official Black Swan MV. Join us as we discuss the setting and cinematography of the MV, share some of our's and ARMY's favorite moments, and briefly touch on some theories. We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening and for your support! Join us in giving back to a c...

The Fanfic Files: A series of episodes where Kayla and Bethany read/summarize a fan fiction of their choice to one another. In this episode, Bethany reads “crash course" by lusterrdust on Archive of our Own and Kayla summarizes “Soon, They Run" by minarenny on Archive of our Own. crash course by lusterrdust: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23823721 Soon, They Run by minarenny: https://ar...

This week we discuss BTS’ newly released Japanese album Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~. Join us as we talk about each of the album’s new songs along with discussion into some of the various promotional performances for Stay Gold and Your Eyes Tell. We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening and for your support! Join us in giving back to a charity through our patreon! Each month, we'...

Run Replay! A series where Kayla and Bethany each pick one Run BTS! episode and share their favorite moments and highlights from the episode. In today's Run Replay!, Bethany retells the events from episodes 104 - 106 where BTS design their own outfits for a BTS photo exhibition and Kayla shares early Run BTS! episodes 8 and 9 where BTS capture flags on ATVs and going bungee jumping. We hope yo...

What do you get when you mix an affectionate fun-loving boy with a quiet caring one? TAEGI! That's right, this week's episode is another Ship Series in which we inspect all aspects of the relationship between Kim Taehyung and Min Yoongi. Will you fall in love with the Hawaiian Couple? Swoon over the Daegu Boys? Let us know if you ship it!  We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening...

Too blinded by bucket hats & headbands to see the hidden storyline and messages conveyed in the Mic Drop MV? No worries, us too. Thankfully this week we complete an in depth review of the beautiful LY: Her era. Join us as we deliberate over the significance of LY: Her, its contributions to BTS’ increasing presence and success in the states, and give our thoughts and interpretations of the Sere...

Join us this week as we share our personal experiences with BANGBANGCON: The Live and our thoughts on BTS’s first live virtual concert. In this episode, we discuss the entire setlist, the new subgroup performances, and our thoughts on what the future might hold for BTS, ARMY, and concerts. We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening and for your support! Join us in giving back to a charity...

The Fanfic Files: A series of episodes where Kayla and Bethany read/summarize a fan fiction of their choice to one another. In this episode, Kayla summarizes "Mutual" by Nichole1011 on Archive of our Own and Bethany summarizes her very own fanfic "little light of mine". Mutual by Nichole1011 https://archiveofourown.org/works/20967152?view_adult=true  We hope you enjoy! Thank you so...

Spotisodes are a new series of episodes where we clean up "spots" of missed BTS content that for whatever reason we were unable to talk about in previous episodes. In this spotisode, we talk about BTS' considerable donation to the Black Lives Matter movement, Youtube's "Dear Class of 2020" event, BigHit's apology statement for the controversy around D-2's "What...

Who’s the king, who’s the boss? Agust D, of course. Join us this week in discussing the Daechwita MV and it’s storyline, theories, heavily featured Korean history, traditions, and symbols, and (of course) some of our favorite fangirl moments. We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening and for your support! Join us in giving back to a charity through our patreon! Each month, we're givin...

In light of recent events, we wanted to take a moment to reflect and discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and offer resources to support it. This will be a short discussion into the topic, please explore the resources in the description for more information. Charity for the month of June: Black Lives Matter https://blacklivesmatter.com/ Donate link: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_home...

After nearly 4 years, Min Yoongi released his second Agust D mixtape D-2 on May 22nd 2020 following years of hard work and a week of cryptic teasers. Join us in the special episode reflecting on the production, lyrics, and themes of each track and sharing our interpretations, feelings, and thoughts for this masterpiece of a mixtape.  We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening and for your...

In this episode, we discuss and appreciate the one and only Kim Namjoon. Lots has happened since our second episode dedicated to Namjoon, so we decided it was time for a REDUX and updated episode on our leader. Listen along and appreciate the best leader BTS could ever ask for! We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening and for your support! Join us in giving back to a charity through our...

Namjoon is live on Youtube? Wait Hobi just went live?! Yoongi is painting?!! JinKiMin are dancing?! A new album is in the works?!! There’s so much quarantine content to keep up with! Hang out with us this week as Kayla & Bethany dive into all of the diverse content BTS has given us in the past couple weeks through YouTube and VLive. We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening and for yo...

Whether or not you were able to attend (or stay awake for) BANGBANGCON, join us this week in reflecting on the BTS online concert experience. In this episode, we provide basic information on what BANGBANGCON entailed, share some of the most memorable and iconic moments from the concerts, and finish the episode reading aloud other #ARMY and #iconics experiences attending the BTS concert marathon! W...

Ship Series: a series of episodes where Kayla and Bethany draw two random members names from a cup and SHIP them. In today's episode, we FINALLY get to discuss the dynamic and friendship of Jimin and Jungkook AKA Jikook, Kookmin, Busan Boys etc. We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening and for your support! Join us in giving back to a charity through our patreon! Each month, we'r...

What ARMY doesn't love it when BTS members unexpectedly interrupt and crash each other's vlives? In today's episode, Kayla and Bethany cover a few of the abundant "solo" vlives where members make unplanned appearances. Join us as we laugh and reminisce on these particularly chaotic vlives that we all love and cherish so much. We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening a...

Run Replay! A series where Kayla and Bethany each pick one Run BTS! episode and share their favorite moments and highlights from the episode. In today's Run Replay!, Bethany retells the events from episodes 83-85 where BTS play a variety of water sport games and Kayla discusses episodes 55 where BTS play a variety of games before a sentimental cook-out. We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for...

You know him. That cute manager guy who's always wearing adorable glasses, towering over all the members, shoulder shoving saesangs, and attending baseball games and concerts for fun with BTS. That's right, this week we are delivering you all a super fun episode entirely dedicated to that guy, Manger Sejin. Join us as we discuss Manager Sejin's lengthy job description and share some ou...

Thank you ICONICS for the 400 reviews on iTunes! In celebration, we're delivering you guys with a special bonus episode that you all voted for on our social medias. Join us this week in finally getting to rant and rave about the endless list of underrated BTS songs. Be sure to let us know what you think and if there are any underrated songs you felt we left out! We hope you enjoy! Thank you so...

“And you gonna be happy!” This week we put off our scheduled episodes to bring you a very relaxed episode that can hopefully bring a smile to your face and bring you some happiness during this time of uncertainty. Join us as we talk about current events and why we love BTS! Please listen to the end for a very important update about future episodes. Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code STANBTS f...

In this theory-filled episode, Kayla and Bethany share their thoughts and interpretations of the ‘ON’ official MV (or film, rather). Join us in some pretty profound theories on all the symbols, themes, stories, metaphors, etc. in this whirlwind of a music video. BTS ‘ON’ Official MV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPVDGOVjRQ0 We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening and for your support...

In this very special episode, Kayla and Bethany deliver their thoughts and interpretations of the newly released BTS album Map of the Soul: 7. Join us as we share and discuss each track’s style, lyrics, and meanings. Much thanks to doolsetbangtan for lyric translations: https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/map-of-the-soul-7/  We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening and for your support!...

In this week's episode, we discuss the lyrics and production of BTS's hit track 'ON' along with the 'ON' Kinetic Manifesto Film: Come Prima. Join us in getting sappy over the meaning of Bangtan's Manifesto while also getting hyped over their remarkable performance and choreography for 'ON'. 'ON' Kinetic Manifesto Film: Come Prima: https://www.youtube.com...

Bewildered by barefoot Bangtan in Black Swan? Us too. Join us in this week’s episode, swooning over each of the members in their recently released ‘Black Swan’ dance practice video. BTS 'Black Swan' Dance Practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTS1jAhWPbw We hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for listening and for your support! Join us in giving back to a charity through our patreon! Eac...