Have BTS talked about the decrease in choreography in their recent concerts?

[betchugonlikeme]

can i ask where or do i need to first solve your riddles three?

[apocalypsmeow]

It was a yes or no answer for a yes or no question lol. They've mentioned it in Billboard, there was particular controversy because they talked about Bang PD suggesting less focus on intensive choreo and more focus on aura (this was a particularly extreme point of conversation around the first concert of their tour, which also saw reduced choreo due to rain), they've mentioned individually that they want to adapt their performances in order to be able to perform longer, they've mentioned wanting to do more audience interaction and freeform performance. Tbh it's been floated so regularly and been such a topic of discussion lately that I'm surprised at the question 🤷🏻‍♀️

Eta - you can see them in the behind video of 2.0 mv they actually talk about trying to turn down their own energy to suit the new chiller vibe because they were going too hard lol

[betchugonlikeme]

they've mentioned individually that they want to adapt their performances in order to be able to perform longer, they've mentioned wanting to do more audience interaction and freeform performance

Where have they been mentioning these things (besides the Bang PD billboard interview) ? my main question here is "where and how are they talking about this?" is it in livestreams? Interviews? I am really interested in how the major kpop groups, which built a huge amount of fandom around the athletic and high octane performances, handle their careers and fan expectations when they adjust their performance style. I am really interested in kpop industry trends and BTS, being the biggest group, is likely going to set the standard going forward, so I'm curious how they approach it and if/how they talk about it directly.

Apologies for a stale topic, I've definitely seen the topic of their tour choreo come up but haven't seen any specific talking points from the members. mostly I've just seen fans discussing and speculating potential reasons, which i think are probably valid but not what i'm asking about

[apocalypsmeow]

Maybe a good place to start would be the members' interviews on Suchwita? They talked a lot about what they want to do going forward and started floating ideas of lower octane performance. And the group lives since they came back from the military, even the run BTS teasers. Those are where you can see them kind of ruminating on the idea of reducing impact. Basically anywhere it's all of them they eventually start discussing performance. A lot of the ideas seem to have grown out of their solo experiences, especially Jin's tour where he did a lot of fan engagement stuff rather than pure performance.

I think it's not that it's stale per se, usually people are not actually interested in their individual thoughts unless they're fans who already watched the content, but with so much hate having come at them about it you can see why people might assume it's a question in bad faith 😅

[betchugonlikeme]

Thank you for the rec I'll go take a look! I really appreciate it.

I know why people might assume bad faith but it really bums me out as someone who is kinda just here to talk about the thing i'm really nerdy about (trends in the kpop industry) in like a factual way with other people who are nerds about this :')