Run BTS! 2.0: BTS in Toronto Ep. 2

Yoongi: "Why is this actually so exciting? I think pickleball might be our thing!"

Yoongi: "I just need to move as little as possible."

Yoongi: "I just stood there and still lost!"

Yoongi: "That really just now was really good. Honestly, that was pretty cool."

Yoongi: "I think we might've… finally… found a ball sport for us!"

You know, despite moving the least, I think Yoongi enjoyed pickleball more than anyone else.

Run BTS! 2.0: BTS in Toronto Ep. 1

• Yoongi speed-walking like a grandpa is the cutest thing I have ever seen. 
• Jungkook is truly a genius-level troll.
• Yoongi self-eliminating to avoid having to play a game is the most Yoongi-coded thing I've ever seen.  
• The unbridled laughter of these seven men playing children's games is the ultimate balm to soothe the soul. 
• Sorry, but poutine without cheese curds is not poutine. 
• Yoongi, Jin, and Jimin are wrong about avocados, but I guess everyone has to be wrong sometimes. 
• The "I'll think about it" debate is truly dependent on context. If a friend asked me, "Do you want to see the Backstreet Boys next year?" I'd reply, "I'll think about it," because I'd actually need to think about it. But if a co-worker asked me, "Do you want to go to the Christmas party?" I'd reply, "I'll think about it," but what I really mean is, "No."
• I love that "X-nailing" a mosquito bite is universal.
• I would 100% rather wash someone else than have someone wash me, unless I absolutely had no choice (like, as Namjoon says, I broke all my limbs). But if I were a BTS member? I could really go either way...
• I love that they've been idols for so long that they would have to discuss with their protocol team on how to handle a situation wherein one of their members turned into a zombie.
• My god. I haven't laughed this much in a very long time. My cheeks hurt. My eyes have sweat actual tears. I have missed Run BTS! so fucking much.

Run BTS! 2.0: BTS in Toronto — Preview

As someone from Toronto, it makes me feel strangely honoured that BTS has now filmed multiple Run BTS! episodes here over two visits (Episodes 69/70/71 were filmed in 2018 and released in 2019). I knew that they had quite a bit of free time while they were in Toronto back in August, judging from all their restaurant jaunts and the BTS staff's (and RM's) adventures in Niagara Falls, but I really wasn't expecting them to film anything official here so this is a delightfully pleasant surprise. Can't wait to watch Part 1 next Tuesday!

Run BTS! 2.0: BTS' Trip Ep. 3 — The Great Foot Volleyball Showdown

To summarize the episode:

"Yah, your foot's got a little anger in it!" — Jungkook

"I laughed so hard, I'm all out of energy." — Jimin

It is always a good time when BTS plays foot volleyball.

Run BTS! 2.0: BTS' Trip Ep. 2 — You've never kneeled with your hands up for an hour, have you?

Jungkook: "How about this, then? Each member picks someone and shares an idea that suits them."

Taehyung: "Uh, even if that member doesn't want to do it?"

Jungkook: "Yep. You can only listen. Listen without saying a word."

Yoongi: "We're just suggesting ideas."

Jin: "For Jimin, I think climbing the Himalayas would suit him."

Jimin: [stunned silence]

Jungkook: "You can't say anything about it, Jimin."

Namjoon: "Oh, this is how it works?"

Taehyung: "For Yoongi, I say pole dancing."

[Everyone cracks up]

Yoongi: "That'd suit me very well."

Taehyung: "Apparently, it's great for your health."

Yoongi: "It gets your blood flowing right away."

Hoseok: "I'd like to see Jin have a really serious conversation."

Taehyung: "He's actually really serious when you talk to him one-on-one."

Yoongi: "It can be something like his thoughts on the AI industry."

Jin, looking exhausted: [pinches nose bridge]

Namjoon: "Right, or his thoughts on the current Korean society."

Hoseok: "Something very intellectual."

Jimin: "Wait a minute. But why is mine climbing the Himalayas?"

Namjoon: "If we want to make Hoseok suffer, it would have to be something like, 'wear the same outfit for a whole month.'"

Hoseok: [loudest groan ever]

Taehyung: "I'd have to say personal colour analysis for Jungkook."

Jungkook: "But I did want to try that!"

Taehyung: "He only ever wears black."

Namjoon: "So he can't wear black and has to wear red, blue, purple, and green."

Jungkook: [looking scandalized]

Jimin: "How about something like a stunt show for Jungkook?"

Namjoon: "Or finding something Jungkook can't do?"

Taehyung: "He actually can't do a lot of things."

Namjoon: "Like what?"

Jin: "Jungkook's scared of things like elevators breaking down."

Namjoon: "Ah… But I'm scared of that, too."

Yoongi: "Wouldn't anyone be scared of that?"

Jin: "No, I mean, he actually gets scared every time he rides an elevator."

Jimin: "Wait a minute, everyone. You're all giving such serious thought to each member, but for me, it's off to the Himalayas?"

Jin: "Namjoon's should be something like boxing against a professional boxer. And fight until he wins."

Yoongi: "So you're basically telling him to die."

Namjoon: "Hey, if you don't want me in the group anymore, just say so."

Jin: "He could win, though!"

Yoongi: "No, there's no way he can win."

Taehyung: "Can I share something I've been thinking about?"

Everyone: "Yeah, of course."

Taehyung: "So, the last time we kneeled with our hands up for an hour was in elementary school."

Yoongi: "That's too cruel."

Taehyung: "I really want to try it."

Namjoon: "They don't do that in schools anymore. It's against the law."

Jimin: "You know what? I'm going to sleep next to you."

Jin: "Jimin?"

Jimin: "Yes?"

Jin: "Do you hear yourself right now?"

Jimin: "But I love you, Jin."

Jin: "This has nothing to do with love."

Jimin: "C'mon, baby."

I'm not sure what route Run BTS! 2.0 is taking, but it's currently like Bon Voyage meets In the Soop meets a podcast and I'm totally here for it.

Run BTS! 2.0: BTS' Trip Ep. 1 — BTS' Room Assignment Saga

This is basically the comeback of Bon Voyage (except with no destination… and it's FREE!!!) and I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER WEEK FOR THE NEXT EPISODE. HOW DARE THEY ONLY GIVE US 25 MINUTES??!?

Run BTS! 2.0 Brainstorming Session

So, basically, all we know about Run BTS! 2.0 is that Yoongi's gonna start a band.

Run BTS! 2.0 Teaser

I had been watching Run BTS! since 2017 (RIP Naver V Live) and for many years, it had been the one thing I looked forward to every single week. When they finally enlisted, I had mourned the end of it in 2023. We didn't know if and when it would ever come back. BUT IT HAS FINALLY BEEN RESURRECTED!!! 

BTS is single-handedly saving 2026, y'all.

Run BTS! 2023 Special Episode — Mini Field Day, Part 2

• Quote of the day: "He broke at farts."
• I have learned one important lesson about slippery soccer: A goal is a goal is a goal. 
• Jimin has a disproportionate amount of foam on his body.
• He's really the star of the show today. 
• Seriously, though, if these were real competitions, I'd be a sports fanatic. 
• Sigh. I'm really going to miss Run BTS!. But I will wait patiently for its return, no matter how long that may be.

Run BTS! 2023 Special Episode — Mini Field Day, Part 1

Hobi: "Okay! We have the brackets right here. You just need to pick [numbers] for the brackets."

[While picking numbers]

Hobi: "Please. Let's just avoid Jungkook."

[After all the members have picked their numbers]

Hobi, looking at the board: "Oh, but the brackets came out really well!"

Jin, who got Jungkook as an opponent: "You would say that it came out well. Because you didn't get Jungkook."

GOD, I LOVE BTS FIELD DAY.

Run BTS! 2023: Special Episode — Next Top Genius, Part 2

"Those who have nothing to lose are the scariest."

Ah, wise words from Yoongi as always.

Run BTS! 2023: Special Episode — Next Top Genius, Part 1

Okay, Jimin cry-dancing with electronic cat ears on is something I never knew I needed. 😂😂😂

Run BTS! 2022: Special Episode — "RUN BTS TV" On-Air, Part 2

The most relatable: "Jungkook is typing 'LOL' while frowning."

The most relatable if I was rich: "[V donated $5,045,000 because you ate the slice very deliciously]"

The most surprising: How riveted I am by watching a flamingo poop.

Conclusion: Any member of BTS could easily become a YouTuber and become one of the most subscribed channels on the platform. I'm just not sure who's funnier: BTS as YouTubers or BTS as YouTube commenters.

Run BTS! 2022: Special Episode — "RUN BTS TV" On-Air, Part 1

I AM CRYING LAUGHING. 😂😂😂

Truly, no one roasts BTS better than BTS. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

Run BTS! 2022: Special Episode — Fly BTS Fly, Part 2

[Tae completes the "not hard but tiring" pose]

Tae: "Did you film me?! YOU DIDN'T? Seriously?!"

[Jungkook doing sit-ups in the air, Jimin climbing his hammock with just his arms]

Yoongi: "I don't think you guys are in your right mind."

Jin: "You're doing real workouts."

[Introducing the photographer who will take their flying yoga poses]

Yoongi: "Please take it so that it looks like we're good at it."

Jungkook: "Please Photoshop it and stretch us out."

[Jungkook trying really hard to do his flying yoga pose, his whole body shaking]

Yoongi, laughing: "Face! Face!"

Tae, also laughing: "Expression! Expression!"

BTS, all laughing: "Face! Expression!"

[Jungkook changes his grimace into a smile while his photo is being taken]

BTS: [dying of laughter]

Namjoon: "Hey, that's practically torture."

[Instructor doing a demonstration]

Yoongi: "The teacher's big muscles aren't there for no reason."

[Plays Jungkook and Jimin's majestic couple pose in slow motion, playing classical music in the background]

[Caption: We will add minimal subtitles so that it doesn't bother you when watching.]

I just laughed so hard throughout this episode that I'm pretty sure all my neighbours heard me...

Run BTS! 2022: Special Episode — Fly BTS Fly, Part 1

[Instructor does a flip in his hammock]

Namjoon: "Wow, my head would have cracked just now."

[BTS all eyeing the instructor's ultra-muscular body]

Yoongi: "But did you make that body with flying yoga?"

Instructor: "Um..."

Jin: "He probably works out, right?"

Namjoon: "What if he pumps a lot of weights at home?"

Instructor: "Flying yoga works out the entire body, so..."

Namjoon: "So those are muscles that were made in action."

[Jungkook swinging faster and faster on his hammock on his stomach]

Jungkook: "Wheeeeee!"

BTS: [dying of laughter]

Jimin, to the instructor: "I apologize."

Instructor: "Oh, it's fine."

Yoongi: "Hey! Be sincere about this! Be sincere!"

[Starting the warm-up]

Hobi: "Wooow, I can't do this right now!"

Tae: "Oh... I don't think I can do this...?"

Namjoon: "I think I'm going to die. It's already hard!"

Instructor: "And from there, we're going to pull our toes in and push our heels out."

BTS, except Jimin: "Aaaaahhhhhhhh!"

Instructor: "Now, we're going to point the toes and stretch out the top of our feet."

Hobi: "Oh god, I think my legs are going to cramp."

Instructor: "Without your back collapsing, pull in your toes again and then point them out again."

Jimin: [totally at peace]

Yoongi: "Aside from Jimin right now..."

Jungkook: "Oh, Jimin would be good at this."

Hobi: "Right, none of us can do this except for Jimin."

[Starting the first exercise]

Hobi: "No wonder they told us not to eat. I feel like vomiting. I drank coffee and it's about to come up!"

[Instructor teaches them a position that requires a 180-degree leg split]

Namjoon: [gasps]

Jungkook: "Uh, wait a minute!"

Yoongi: "We can't even do that on the ground!"

BTS doing flying yoga (or, you know, attempting to) is something I never knew I needed.

Run BTS! 2022: Special Episode — Fly BTS Fly, Part 0

Well, I, for one, cannot wait to watch BTS act like bats.

God, I have really missed Run BTS!. BRING BACK WEEKLY EPISODES! 😭

Run BTS! 2022: Special Episode — Telepathy, Part 2

[A surprise discussion topic: What should we do now?]

Namjoon: "I think, instead of keeping things too broad, we should just focus on what we want to do next."

Hobi: "Are there anymore new things to try?"

Jimin: "We've done this show for a really long time and tried all sorts of segments."

Namjoon: "I do have an idea."

Hobi: "What is it?"

Namjoon: "Getting middle-aged men just from around the neighbourhood and playing 7-on-7 foot volleyball."

Jungkook: "Hyung, let's go learn sepak takraw!"

Namjoon: "Take serious sepak takraw lessons."

Jin: "How about farming?"

Yoongi: "Do you want to time laps? Racing?"

Taehyung: "Should we start eating first?"

Namjoon: "Sure. We can't think right now because we haven't eaten yet."

Taehyung: "No, I don't think my brain could think even if we ate."

Okay, this Telepathy game was so cute and endearing. Kudos to the Run BTS! production team for thinking of this idea and for having the balls to actually execute it. 

And also, I've never tried grilled brisket on sushi rice with wasabi and I think this has to be in my life ASAP.

Run BTS! 2022: Special Episode — Telepathy, Part 1

Jungkook: "If I remember correctly, we were absolutely terrible at this."

[Prompt: Someone who dropped their phone on their face while lying down in bed.]

Yoongi: "I have a question, though. If the seven of us drop our phones on our faces but turn to different sides, are we not considered one?"

Jimin, knocking on his partition: "Onto the next prompt!"

Namjoon: "CUT!"

[Prompt: A puppy that's met is owner for the first time in a week.]

Jimin, laughing: "I feel like Hobi is going to nail this!"

Yoongi: "This requires understanding a dog's emotions, too?"

Jimin: "I can do a spot-on impression of this."

Director: "1, 2, 3!"

BTS: [All different poses]

Hobi: "Real dogs don't go panting." [starts squealing]

Jin: "Yes, they go like that!"

Yoongi, reaching upwards: "Holly just keeps going like this."

[Jungkook starts shuffling and breathing heavily]

Jimin: "Yes, that's what Bam does!"

Yoongi: "This all depends on the dog."

Tae: "Tan doesn't even do that."

Namjoon: "... My dog isn't all that happy to see me."

[Prompt: You made a mistake while dancing and made eye contact with J-Hope.]

BTS: [All make the same guilty face while pursing their lips.]

Jin: "Yes, your mouth would go like that."

Jungkook, pursing his lips: "Isn't it this?"

Yoongi: "It's exactly that."

Jimin, looking around: "We all got this one."

Yoongi: "Because we have experience."

Jimin: "Each one of us has experienced this before."

Namjoon: "Everyone's experienced this for sure."

Jin: "I guess everyone looks at J-Hope when we mistakes while dancing."

Jungkook: "It's a natural reaction."

WELCOME BACK, RUN BTS! YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I MISSED YOU. (And it's now on YouTube, too!)

Run BTS!: Episode 155

Jungkook: "Jimin, go home, look in the mirror, grab your right butt, and pull it up. And see if the left butt follows."

I am really going to miss the nonsense and shenanigans. The show is going on a hiatus, likely to give space for BTS In the Soop 2 to air, as well as time for the rehearsals and preparations for the Permission to Dance: On Stage online concert as well as their LA concerts, and then all the end-of-year award shows, possibly even a new single... But it's bittersweet because for four years, Run BTS! has that one thing that I look forward to every week to cheer me up. I'll just have to keep watching re-runs until it comes back, hopefully by early next year. 🤞🏼

Also, WE HAVE ONE BUTT AND TWO BUTT CHEEKS. THIS IS NOT EVEN UP FOR DEBATE.