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QUICK COMBO:

EUPHORIA | FACE-OFF | FAKE LOVE

What's a Quick Combo? My personal recommendation of just a few songs for easy insertion into a playlist. This mini-combination makes an interesting transition or story when played in this order.

My thoughts on this QC:

I stumbled on this because I keep my big BTS playlist in alphabetical order by title and the progression here tells an interesting love story from the puppy love phase through some rough times and finally terminating. I adore a well-told story that doesn't end stereotypically happy so maybe that's why I enjoyed this QC so much...

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QUICK COMBO:

TOMORROW | 24/7=HEAVEN | SEVEN

What's a Quick Combo?

My personal recommendation of just a few songs for easy insertion into a playlist. This mini-combination makes an interesting transition or story when played in this order.

My thoughts on this QC:

I just like the progression from yearning to hopeful to confident regarding desires and wants in these 'timeline' songs.

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QUICK COMBO: WHALIEN 52 | ABYSS | AMYGDALA | DON'T LEAVE ME

My thoughts on this QC:

One of the facets of BTS that captured me is their ability to create not-depressing tragic songs. They're not quite upbeat, happy, or joyful so as to make a mockery of the message but just hopeful enough to make me enjoy listening. This QC is my current go-to when I want to be in my feels but not broken-hearted about it. The lyrics alone could be extremely depressing but the music is beautifully soothing.

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QUICK COMBO: LIKE CRAZY | LOST | LIGHTS | LIKE CRAZY

My thoughts on this QC:

I was really struggling with what order to put these in before I realized the obvious answer is to use both versions of LC. This follows the bookend structure internal to the song as well which gets my serotonin going. 😀 Anyway, this is the 'Lost in the Lights' QC, very self explanatory and the lyrics work so well with it.

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QUICK COMBO:

PROMISE | LETTER | TAKE TWO

(Technically I've recommended this order before but now I have custom gifs!)

My thoughts on this QC:

Promise was always my ultimate favorite song and it killed me having to navigate to SoundCloud and not just have it in my spotify playlist (to help with the stats at least). I had a few weeks of joyful ignorance once it was made available on Spotify before FACE and Letter...

I don't think words exist to describe how much Letter speaks to my soul. I have never been a huge 'on repeat' person but i can NEVER listen to Letter just once. Each time it ends, i think that i didn't appreciate it properly and have to listen again...usually for quite a few iterations.

Take Two is a nice little cap to this combo. I just want to melt in a puddle of joy and love when listening to these songs.

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(I cannot wait until the album version of Letter is on spotify. It's my only hope that one day it will be. For now, here's Jimin's live version.)

QUICK COMBO: ON | SET ME FREE | D-DAY

My thoughts on this QC:

I'm generally not one to curse but this is my seize-the-day-you-MF'er combo. Very empowering in a 'screw-you' kinda way. I'm actually really disappointed we don't have more content around the song D-Day given it shares the name with the album. I go back and forth between D-Day and Amygdala as my favorites from that album.

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QUICK COMBO: FALLING | EUPHORIA | SEVEN

My Thoughts on this QC:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY J-KAAAAAYYYY!

This combo is my favorite JK Cover, favorite solo, and favorite Seven version.

(Speaking of Falling, JKs cover was the first time I heard this song and I realize I'm literally biased but I MUCH prefer it to the original).

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QUICK COMBO: REFLECTION | CHAMPION | WILD FLOWER

My thoughts on this QC:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RRRRAAP MONNSTAA!

This QC is my favorite RM solo, favorite feature and favorite collaboration.

Reflection has some lines that cover a concept I've done my entire life. Whenever I'm stuck in traffic or waiting in line, I wonder if I've encountered the people around me before or will again in the future. It helps me remember that everyone is human and calm some frustrations.

I admit, I only looked into Champion because I'm a big FOB fan, but I genuinely like RM's version better than the original. It's a perfect taste of his lyrical prowress.

And Wild Flower...my love. It's honestly very rare that I like a song on first listen and Wild Flower genuinely shook me up. I remember exactly how I felt the first time hearing it and I still get that feeling today. It's an absolutely beautiful song.

(Honorable mention to Still Life. It took me a while to come around to it but it's definitely one of my jams now).

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QUICKCOMBO: 3D | 134340 | LIKE

I built a combo I actually like that incorporates 3D! Mission accomplished! It is growing on me, at least in context of different songs...

My thoughts on this QC:

I needed to find songs that had the same musically chill but upbeat feel. I'm also a sucker for a sad ending so I'm loving starting with 3D progressing through a storyline with 134340 and Like. I personally prefer the alternate version of 3D so that's the listening link I've included.

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QUICK COMBO: FACE-OFF | PROMISE | LETTER

Okay, look... I really wanted to try to continue with my birthday post trend of different categories of songs for the member (like favorite cover, favorite collab, etc.) but I absolutely cannot ignore this fact:

That is my LIFETIME Top Spotify tracks. And the only reason Letter isn't occupying the top spot is because it's not on Spotify officially. So we are not going to fight against the universe and just organize these three songs into an order that somewhat makes sense and pray I survive whatever else Jimin has in store for me.

Happy Birthday Park Jimin. I'm so grateful to have the gift of your music.

(But if there's any good in this world please put Letter on Spotify so that I can give it a tiny portion of proper worship.)

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QUICK COMBO: WHERE YOU FROM | OUTRO: HER | TOO MUCH

My thoughts on this QC:

Something that kept sticking with me as I listened to Too Much was the clear perspective in the lyrics. Many pieces of artistic work are delivered through first-person language but still encompass other parties' view points. That is not the feeling that I get when listening to Too Much. It's very much telling the story of this relationship by how the speaker is effected and not necessarily the other person.

Now Where You From and Outro: Her may not be so strongly from this perspective in Korean but the English translations definitely leave me with that impression as well. Listening to these three together tells a story of benign interest in Where You From, a shaky relationship in Outro: Her and inevitable implosion in Too Much.

(side note: normally I would have cropped out the photographer from the Outro: Her gif but I felt it leans into this story line of perception)

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QUICK COMBO: DREAM GLOW | YES OR NO | STAY

My thoughts on this QC:

This combo is so cute!! It tells an adorable little story of a main character that starts out with big dreams in Dream Glow, finds 'the one' and falls in love in Yes or No and then wants to be with them forever in Stay. the musical transition between all three is just so lovely as well, nice upbeat, happy songs (which is not generally my norm, gotta satisfy my emo roots every few tracks 😉).

The BTS World OSTs are vastly underrated imo so this was nice to be able to bring one of them back with Dream Glow.

Stay was one of the first subunits tracks that I latched onto in my journey and I still regularly seek it out.

Yes or No has actually surprised me on Golden. Easily my favorite track JK has released this year. I just need to get over my current cold so i can sing along with it!

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QUICK COMBO: ABYSS | EPIPHANY (demo ver) | MOON

My Thoughts on the QC:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIN! I can't wait until he's back with us to celebrate properly!

I actually had a difficult time with this QC, at first I had no idea which songs I would even consider and then there were too many. Jin's ballads are right up my alley musically but I don't usually seek out his tracks in my playlist.

Abyss is a song I've featured in another QC of beautifully tragic songs that don't leave me actually feeling sad. It's also a song that I usually play when I'm around my parents as it's not too kpop-y if that makes sense...

Oh Epiphany...I'm going to confess something here, I actually don't like the released version of Epiphany...like at all. The MV doesn't really appeal to me either. BUUUUT the demo version!?! Oh man, yes, I realize the english lyrics have some issues but THE MELODIES!!! (This song actually competes a little bit with Letter in my preferences but since I can only listen to it through the discs or 'other' sources, I'll never have stats on it. Anyway, I just love it. Best demo I've ever heard (even in comparison to the DNA demo, which we all know is astounding).

Moon is one of those songs that sneaks up on me and immediately goes back into hiding. Every time I listen to it, I'm reminded just how good it is and I don't know why it's not frequently in my playlists.

I would also like to give an honorable mention to Take Two. That song almost made my Jin-Birthday-Combo post purely due to Jin's high note around 2:45. I melt a little more inside everytime!

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I'm not giving you a link to Epiphany... go find the demo version yourself. 😉

QUICK COMBO: LETTER | SPRING DAY | YOU NEVER WALK ALONE

My thoughts on this QC (below cut):

Wasn't planning to make a combo post today but the of my state of mind and the Playlist made it need to happen. I'm generally not one to show emotion but if I'm on the cusp of expressing my feelings and need help pushing myself to get it out, music absolutely helps me follow through with it.

I think this combo is pretty self-explanatory and I don't really want to share any of my deeper feelings here today but I will say one thing:

How come NO ONE ever talks about You Never Walk Alone??? I only found out about that song in my initial journey after playing BTS World. There's a screen you can open and it will play an endless loop of the backing/instrumental of YNWA and sometimes I just open that because it's so absolutely lovely. I adore this song and I fond it a shame that it's not mentioned more. (It's the only reason I'm spending a ridiculous amount of money for a hoody that I may never actually wear but that's beside the point!)

💜💜💜

Listening Links:

Go find Letter, the album version.