Renowned Art Critic Shares High Praise For The Execution Of BTS’s “MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E” Online Concert
On October 10 at 4:30 PM KST, BTS began the first part of their two-day online MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E concert! This concert was previously revealed by Big Hit that it would be eight times bigger than Bang Bang Con: The Live from this past summer.
Renowned art critic Moon Jung Hyun gave his thoughts about the concert after watching day one and posted it on Instagram. He posted several photos of Jimin from the concert and wrote, “Jimin loves video art. Nam June Paik (not Kim) would absolutely love it if he was still alive.”
He also gave his honest thoughts about the first night’s performance of the show.
I was going to write a review about the concert after watching it, but my heart is still so full that I just posted some screenshots of Jimin’s amazing video art scene. I bought some beer to drink while watching the concert but I was so drawn in to the show that I am just now opening my can of beer after it’s all over. I was 200% pleased with this concert and if anyone has ever been curious about BTS’s concert, I highly recommend that you watch it once by downloading the Weverse app and paying for tomorrow’s concert at 4 PM KST. Even if you are not a registered ARMY you can still pay and watch the show.
— Moon Jung Hyun
He was constantly blown away by each performance, which just proved once again that “DNA” will always be an important song to the Korean music history.
Back to what I was saying, I was particularly blown away starting with DNA and the three songs that came right after that. I was shocked at how they could turn an online concert in the COVID-19 pandemic into such a charismatic and different performance. I personally think that DNA is a song that not only makes you fall for BTS, but is also one of the most important songs for the contemporary Korean song history.
— Moon Jung Hyun
(A long time ago at some art meeting, I said that Seo Tae Ji’s “Hayeoga” for the 90s and BTS’s “DNA” for the 00’s and onward were the hit songs of the era and someone had asked if I truly believed that. I thought about it some more on my way home and I still stand by my words today.) Anyway, I hope that everyone can watch this “DNA” performance. Just like how there are rumors that there are aliens in the basement of Apple’s headquarters, I sometimes think that Big Hit also has aliens that are planning what’s next in the world of K-Pop too.
— Moon Jung Hyun
He even had to stop himself from spoiling the concert too much as there was still people that were waiting to watch it on Sunday!
The next performance was “Butterfly” and it reminded me of my trip to Paris last year when the song played on random from my earphones as I was taking a walk and brought tears to my eyes. Watching the performance, I started to break down a little and after watching Jimin start to cry I couldn’t help but cry as well. I think that all the ARMYs that saw the performance today will understand what I mean about sitting in awe after the concert and opening a can of beer.
— Moon Jung Hyun
And honestly, when they the melody started playing for “Dynamite” for the encore songs, I stopped for a second. Although it was a song that I listened to every day, I think it felt different because it was the first time watching this performance on stage. I feel like I can’t say much more because I feel like I am spoiling it too much for the people who will be tuning in tomorrow, but all I can say is that the set list from today was amazing and I really think that even those who don’t have an interest in BTS should watch tomorrow’s concert.
— Moon Jung Hyun
This isn’t the first time Moon has talked about BTS as he has praised Jimin’s dancing to be that of an angel and congratulated the group on their 7th anniversary as well. This just proves once again that he is a true ARMY and is always looking for a chance to spread the power and influence of BTS to the world!
