I made this video to help us understand the complexity of the situation because I don't want the members to get hate speech IN CASE it truly happens, making the biggest opposition comes from their own fandom that should've been protecting them.

TIMESTAMPS.
00:00 – Intro
00:53 – The ‘tea’
03:00 – Psychic prediction
05:09 – Coming out of the closet
07:57 – We need to talk about Jungkook
12:05 – LGBT in South Korea
14:35 – BTS, Big Hit, and LGBT support
17:50 – A glimpse of hope
19:32 – What if it’s true?

REFERENCES.
The prediction    • LAS BREVES DEL #ESPECTÁCULO DEL MES D...   and    • Video  
The translation of the prediction https://www.newsy-today.com/bts-relat...
LGBT awareness playlist    • LGBTQ+ awareness (updated)  
JK on gg dance https://btsdiary.com/2014/06/08/pictu...
JK on being manly https://twitter.com/cafe_army/status/...
JK on Vanity Fair fashion https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019...
Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, gay icon https://www.washingtonpost.com/outloo...
Homophobia & Itaewon https://time.com/5836699/south-korea-... and https://theconversation.com/tracing-h...
Jo Kwon interview https://www.teenvogue.com/story/jo-kw...
MRSHLL interview https://www.papermag.com/mrshll-south...
Holland interview https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-livi...
Shipping culture, fan service in k-pop https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/25/as...
LGBT acceptance in South Korea https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
BTS on TIME 2020 https://time.com/entertainer-of-the-y...

CREDITS.
Footage:
Big Hit Ent, CanalOficial Mhonividente, The Tonight Show Starring JF, The Late Show with JC, M-Net, Melon, KB국민은행, Vogue, 20th Century Studios, 오케이켄ㅇㅋ, stardailynews, Entertainment Tonight

Music:
Lee – Rain (yes this is the beat in Still with You)    • (FREE) Lo-fi Type Beat - Rain  
JK & RM – Fools (cover)   / fools-cover-by-rm-jk-of-bts  
BTS – Stigma

Editing, voiceover, & essay:
Yours truly ❤️

DISCLAIMER.
This video uses works available in the public domain or under the fair use category. I don't own any of the footage or the music in this video. This video isn't monetized and for entertainment purposes only. If there's an ad(s), it goes to the original video/music owner. No copyright infringement intended.

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