Afternoona Army’s deep dive into 2023 Festa wraps as Megan, Lia and Alison explore everything from the OT7 release Take Two to Namjoon’s hosting at Yeouido Hangang Park. Don't worry Jungkook...we'd recognize your voice anywhere.  NEW! Afternoona Army is now on PATREON!Join The BTS Buzz and get access to Afternoona Army's exclusive DISCORD channel, get shout outs on-air in podcast, and receive invitations to quarterly live support groups. Questions? Email [email protected] for more...

 Park Seo-joon, Choi Woo-shik, Park Hyung-sik, and Peakboy are besties with our BTS (currently blonde) beau Kim Taehyung, and form the well-known "Wooga Squad." In a rural trip that mirrors the popular BTS show In The Shop, the Wooga crew heads off for a weekend of feels, sleepover snuggles, and yes...matching pajamas. Get into your comfy pants and dive in alongside Alison, Megan and friend of the pod and V Bias, Becky for a look at why this trip might be relaxing for the guys...but provides...

We love a good BTS collab, and it's even better when it's an artist we adore. Halsey has worked with BTS in the past and appeared in Road to D-Day as Suga's number one hair stylist. In Lilith, a song released in conjunction with a new edition of the popular video game Diablo, we see the two of them take a walk on the dark side. While there as some minor controversy regarding people decrying the video for promoting demon worship, Becky and Alison had a different take. And if they're wrong, we...

Happy Festa, folks! Join Alison, Lia, Tonya and Megan to unpack where we are at to date: ANOTHER Jungkook sleepover, Take Two release,  Taehyung going Carmen Sandiego all over the world, and much more! So much is happening in next week that this is going to be the first of two dives. NEW! Afternoona Army is now on PATREON!Join The BTS Buzz and get access to Afternoona Army's exclusive DISCORD channel, get shout outs on-air in podcast, and receive invitations to quarterly live support groups....

The Kim Namjoon Book Club is back with the April/May offerings: Kim Ji Young Born 1982 and Human Acts. Join hosts Megan and Alison to deep dive the a story that deals with patriarchal oppression and one that explores a 1980 democratization uprising. SHOW NOTES:Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982: book rec, Yellow Wallpaper Human Acts: In the acknowledgements Han Kang lists the following resources: Historical Sources on the Gwangju May Democratic Uprising (Institute on modern Korean History, Pale Green,...

May 16th and 17th will forever be immortalized as the days your Afternoona Army hosts joined forces and saw Agust D's iconic D-Day shows live in Oakland, California. Join us in the aftermath as we discuss the tailgating, Army vibes, suite life, meeting internet fan friends IRL, 3am GA lines, the infamous beauty bucket, and what it was like to see the pores of Mr. Min himself. Is 2025/6 here yet? We need another fix already. Afternoona Army is now on PATREON!Join The BTS Buzz and get access to...

With the release of D-Day, AgustD's (Suga aka Min Yoongi) first official album, and third solo project, the story started in “Daechwita” gets continued in the music videos for “Haegeum” and “Amygdala." Join Lia, Lexi, Alison and Megan for a dive into the trilogy and a discussion on how this talented rapper grapples with his various identities, idol status, and personal traumas. Show Notes:Daechwita MVHaegeum MVAmygdala MV‘I Poured My Soul Into This Album’: How Suga Let Go of the Past and...

On April 18th, 2023 the world got a little quieter. BTS's main hype man, Jung Hoseok aka J-Hope aka Hobi aka Hoba aka Jay aka The Sunshine of BTS enlisted in the South Korean military for 18 months. It hasn't been long and already we are missing him popping up on Instagram or Weverse the MINUTE any members posts "boo." But what a year he had following FESTA from his stunning solo album Jack in the Box, to headlining Lollapolooza to a series of fantastic collabs culminating in On the Street...

D-Day is here. The album we all suspected (knew) was coming but only had official confirmation for A FEW WEEKS AGO is out in the world. The closing of the AgustD trilogy that took us from the initial mixtapes AgustD (2016) to D-2 (2020) to this official release is one hell of a ride. Min Yoongi aka Prod by Suga aka Suga from BTS aka AgustD takes listeners on a journey of liberation and healing. No longer as haunted by the past, and releasing fears for the future, this is an artist at the top...

Re. the title...if you know, you know. Am I right, my Gen Xers? Okay, while we clearly love BTS producing and/or performing their own music...collaborations are always a treat. From Halsey to Psy to IU to J.Cole to Megan Thee Stallion to Woosung to Tablo...we've enjoyed OT7 collabs as well as when solo members join creative forces with different artists. Today Afternoona Army hosts Megan and Lia unpack the world of collaborations...what do we love, what gets critical acclaim and what do we...

Join Afternoona Army host Lia and Friend-Of-The-Pod, Becky, for an in-depth conversation with Director of Premium Sales and Service for ASM Global at Oakland Arena, Bryan Watson. On February 14th, Min Yoongi aka Suga aka AgustD dropped a bomb on the fandom: he's going on world tour. This sent Lia and legions of other Suga biases into a spiral knowing that securing tickets would be tough and the best strategy was leaning into our collective power. It didn't take long for us to discover that...

The Kim Namjoon Book Club is back with the March topic: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. The New York Times called this collection of eight short stories "absorbing storytelling with meditations on the universe, being, time and space ... raises questions about the nature of reality and what it is to be human." Join hosts Megan and Alison has the unpack the stories that deal with uncertainty but also what It means to have beauty and wonder. This book was spied on RM's 2019 RKive...

William Faulkner once said "The past is never dead. It's not even past." The pandemic might have moved on from the days where we cancelled plans, stayed home, and watched our world's shrink. But those days are inside all of us. Are we ready to start to face what we experienced during those years? BTS's Park Jimin thinks so and has gifted us with his first solo EP, a short but smart journey from relational breakdowns, to emotional breakdowns, to embodying the idea that "a breakdown is an...

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, at least that's what Tonya, Alison, Megan and Lia have learned in the world of ARMY fandom. Back before BTS got their hooks in us, we were avid K-drama watchers and one drama that delighted us was Her Private Life which depicts the secret life of a professional art curator who happens to be a little (lot) obsessed with a Kpop idol. We thought it was cute but also maybe over the top at first watch. Nowadays...we aren't so sure. Suddenly having a giant...

Afternoona Army is back with another installment of the Kim Namjoon Book Club. This month the feature is Haikyu!! a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate all about high school volleyball. While all BTS has enjoyed the series...Jungkook and Taehyung are apparently the biggest Haikyuu fans (both manga and anime). Serve, set, spike...get into this sweet sports story with us. If you have any questions email us at [email protected]. Want to try an audiobook for...

February has a reputation for being a month dedicated to the celebration of love. But these twenty-eight (or nine) days aren't just about valentines and romantic partners; it can also be a month for cultivating self-love...all the ways we appreciate and respect our unique needs/wants, our playful sides, and the types of energy we want to tap into. Frankly, self-love is hot all year long, and it's liberating force becomes more and more evident as we reflect on how we choose to interact with...

The first in our Kim Namjoon Book Club. We noticed RM reading Almond (Won-Pyong Sohn) in the 2020 In the Soop series. It's the perfect book to jump into for these bonus monthly episodes. Almond tells the story of Yunjae, who at an early age, is diagnosed with Alexithymia, a condition where people are unable to identify or express their feelings (the almond of the title refers to the underdeveloped almond-shaped amygdalae in his brain. As a result, he has a hard time in social situations....

J-Hope in the Box, the documentary about Hobi making Jack In The Box, is out now on Disney Plus and a WILD RIDE of feels. We follow our favorite Dance Captain as he enters the stretch zone planning everything from the music to the look/feel to the listening party to headlining Lollapolooza in Chicago. We also get to see his KAWS collection at home and Mickey #cutestdogever. Join Tonya, Alison, Megan and Lia as we discuss how J-Hope JUMPED into the second chapter and left no money on the...

Two friends. Two drinks. Three surprise questions each about BTS. Did Lia ask Lexi to play marry, mate and murder with BT21? She really, really did.

In February 2020, BTS featured on James Corden's Carpool Karaoke - after the Late Late Show host had over a million Twitter requests for the members to be featured in his popular segment. What happened next is history...BTS drove into the hearts of millions of Western viewers and inspired a new generation of memes. Join Tonya, Megan, Alison and Lia in the clown car as we unpack the impact of some of the happiest sixteen minutes of television history.

As part of BTS’s takeover of 2023 fashion, Suga (Min Yoongi)--and his signature blue hunting hat--flew into Paris for Valentino’s latest collection. Min Yoongi was recently announced as Valentino’s latest brand ambassador and Valentino DiVa, attended Valentino’s Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2023 show by designer Pierpaolo Piccioli.

BTS is kicking off 2023 in style at the Paris Fashion Week Menswear shows. Newly-minted Dior Ambassador Park Jimin and World-Class Fashionista Jung Hoseok took the City of Lights by storm and we loved to see it.

Because we love nerdy deep dives around here we thought we would read some of the books that Kim Namjoon has read and explore how they may have influenced his world view, leadership, and the musical directions of BTS.

BTS Year in Review...it's been a wild ride. From seeing the guys in person, to "that" Festa, to the amazing solos, to the incredible Yoongi glow up, to the start of enlistment. Get into 2022 which has been the highest highs and some painful moments, but we're in this Army life through thick and thin.

In the second part of their deep dive of K-indie group, The Rose, Tonya and Lea talk about what it was like to wait for a LONG time to get up by the barricade for a live show, and deep dive into their new album HEAL and how being in the Black Rose fandom is different to ARMY.