Jungkook — "Stay Alive (Prod. Suga of BTS)"

Please stay alive

When did things start to go wrong?

I can't remember at all

I whisper as I hide myself in this small room

Darkness is my only friend

My hand reaching out for salvation

Am I strange?

A room stained with blood

Please, somebody save me

Hide in the moonlight

There ain't no miracles

My hopes are humble

Hide in the moonlight

I'm not asking for a lot

But I guess it's too much

At the end of this sleepless twilight

Feels like I strayed through this nightmare with my eyes wide open

Came like a miracle

Just like a miracle

Those few words

You are my fate

No words can express it enough

Salvation that saved a wearied me

Is that easier to grasp?

Those few words that saved me

I'll be by your side after many nights

Oh yeah (those few words)

I'll stay by your side even if my feet bleed

Please, you stay alive

You are my salvation

No words can express it enough

Please, you stay alive

Please, you stay alive

THIS IS GORGEOUS. The vocals! The lyrics! The imagery! The production! For a song for a webtoon. 

God, I cannot wait for BTS' next album. (But also, Kookie, what is happening with the mixtape you hinted at four years ago?)

BTS 7FATES: CHAKHO: Official Film Story and CCTV Live

Did I just watch a 34-minute video of fake CCTV footage featuring BTS? Yes, yes, I did.

Equal parts creepy, mysterious, and Paranormal Activity. Here's what we discover:

• Jin stops in front of door number 06164. After some research, I found out that this is a postal code for the Gangnam district in Seoul.
• Once Jimin vanishes from his room, the frames against the wall suddenly feature artwork with the numbers "2022" in one and "0101" in another. I can only deduct that this is the date, January 1, 2022.
• Jin and Namjoon are the only ones that look directly into the cameras.
• Once Namjoon vanishes from the dance studio, the frame against the wall features artwork with the word, "COEX."
• Yoongi disappears along with the couch, making him the only one that vanishes with another object, and the words, "Super Casting," are left on the floor where the couch was. After looking this up, it's actually the title of a new Webtoon collaboration project by Naver, which had been mentioned in the HYBE Briefing last month.
• Hobi appears in the same dance studio that Namjoon just disappeared from. The artwork in the frame that said, "COEX," has been replaced by another graphic that's a little hard to see, but it looks a bit like a DJ booth?
• Once Hobi vanishes, there are two series of numbers on the mirror: 37.50949631748894 and 127.062222570716427. So I did what anyone would do and Googled it. As it turns out, it's the coordinates for COEX Screen Square in Gangnam, Seoul.
• After Tae disappears from the car, a Polaroid appears hanging from the rearview mirror, featuring the silhouette of seven people, which I assume are the members, but also harkens back to the Polaroid from the BTS Universe. (The one that Jimin burns at the end of the "Run" MV.)
• On the side table next to where Kookie is sitting, there's a book called, "Who Moved My Cheese?" Upon Googling this, it's apparently a book about "the way one reacts to major change in one's work and life." Basically, it's about anticipating and adapting to change.
• Once Kookie vanishes, there's a shadow of the Webtoon logo on the floor.
• It seems like they're all waiting for someone or something.
• The members all seem unfamiliar with the spaces they're in, but aren't uncomfortable.
• They all disappear in sequence rather than at the same time.

From these clues, we can hypothesize that there will be some sort of event for Naver's Super Casting project on New Year's Day 2022 at COEX Screen Square, and it will feature BTS' upcoming Webtoon, 7FATES: CHAKHO. Although we don't really know what the event will entail and I can't go to it anyway, I will say, that was a very creative, somewhat convoluted way of introducing a Webtoon project. But I AM INTRIGUED. I actually can't wait for the actual Webtoon to launch. I'm still a little bitter that they never released a sequel to Save Me.

BTS Universe: SAVE ME

From the BU (BTS Universe)
Seven boys. Best friends. Their fates intertwined through the good times together, but also the tough times. One will do anything to save them, but can he? #BU_Official#SAVEME#BTS

➡️ Available only on Webtoon: https://t.co/gH6YuygRINpic.twitter.com/aPFty2zhNU

— LINE WEBTOON (@LINEWebtoon) January 17, 2019

So all those tweets referencing parts of the Bangtan Universe in BTS music videos from Smeraldo Books? The ones that had the entire fandom wondering what BigHit had planned — a book? A comic? A graphic novel? All led up to this. I cannot wait to start this Webtoon. A total of 16 episodes, a new one released every Thursday, which will end on April 11 (the day that is hypothesized to be the day Jin turns back time). I've already put it in my subscriptions. I really hope we'll finally get some answers to the BU with this.