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Andrew, like many others, I’ve been with you since the start of your journey. I remember how touched you were by Suga’s song, “First Love.” BTS is evolving and so are you. That’s healthy and normal and a good example to all of us. As long as you’re enjoying BTS, examine their music any way you like. I support you. We all support you. You’ve been so open and vulnerable with us and I respect how much you must trust us to do that. Much love to you and Caitlin.
I love this new direction. There are a lot of reactors out there, but what you have to offer is very different. Your ability to break down musical elements and make it accessible/easily understandable is super helpful and unique to you, and you should absolutely lean into it.
Yes! I loved the Learn Music with BTS video! I do not have a musical background (except for the music appreciation class I took in college) so the way you are able to break it down is really helpful to me. And the fact you will be using BTS music to do it is a bonus. 😁💜
I am so proud of you Andrew. Self awareness and becoming comfortable with emotion is key, and so refreshing to see from a man especially. BTS have really helped me with my depression and anxiety as well. They have taught me that I AM worth it... I deserve to take up space and look out for myself and my needs. I have never done that before. I will happily stay with you on your new adventure, oh and say Hi to your beautiful wife, you are such a sweet couple💜
Andrew, first off, my wife and I are so very thankful that you discovered BTS. The reason being, if not for them, we wouldn't have ever heard of your channel, and been able to enjoy your descent into the BTS rabbit hole. You and your lovely wife are such a joy to watch! Borahae 💜 💜 💜. Secondly, as you shared yourself with us six months ago, it gave us a true insight into the man you are and the man you hope to continue to grow into. We've had several discussions about our own struggles with insecurities, depression, and our own mental health, thanks to that video. And we truly appreciate you, your wife for being your strong tower, and, of course, BTS. Thank you again for being real. It's a rare thing to see someone put his or her real self out there these days. I commend you, sir. You are truly an inspiration. Last, but not least, we look forward to the upcoming changes in the channel. As a fan of many styles of music, it will be a wonderful learning experience for all of us to get your insights through breakdown of the songs we ARMY have grown to love. Again, Borahae, my friend!
Thank you so much for this video, Andrew. Do you know? I'm 42, and for me those guys who I discovered two years ago let me process things in a way that I couldn't before. I'm with a therapist since 2010, I've always been very open and self reflecting, but the company of these seven boys, in special in their vlives, when they can put themselves as examples of how a person can have problems because of impostor syndrome, because of being too self demanding, because of the social demands, because of how they overthink, and seeing how they go over those problems, how they help each other, how they listen to ARMY problems and try to help too, just being... even their fiction, reading The Notes and seeing how hurtful it is to experience certain silences when you are a teenager... well, all of that helped me to revisit and heal many parts of my soul, and is helping me to push myself out of my comfort zone. In special Jimin, when you know his own journey -at least the public part of it-, when you see him crying because he is not good enough in what he loves -yes, what, how-, when you see him asking for help, accepting, learning, growing, healing others... when you see him really happy, enjoying himself, proud of who he is, shining as no one else, it's so empowering! All of them are in a new chapter, and seeing them fighting against themselves to achieve new dreams, knowing that they can fall but they are not alone, it gives us strenght to try too. About your chanel, I love your choice. There are many reactors, and most of them really can't do more than making faces. But you have knowledge about music and pedagogic skills, and I enjoy a lot your explanations. Also... it will let you listen to BTS without waiting until you make a reaction video. It makes me feel anxious haha, when I watched the first videos I just couldn't stop discovering new things, how could you wait a year to listen to some of their songs in order to react to them for the camera? I envy your patience hahaha. I wish that some day you take again Fake Love, with its choreo too, and break it down... there is something in this song that makes me relate to opera and metal at the same time, but I never understand much, and I couldn't find good analysis too, but I can wait some years for that haha. Big hug!
First and foremost, kudos for the very personal talk on mental health. Talking about it is definitely the first step to de-stigmatizing it which is so important. (I'm saying this as someone with long time anxiety and recurring depressions) And a huge THANK YOU for sharing the info on where to seek help when needed! Second, the new direction for your channel sounds very unique indeed and I'm very excited to see what you'll do with it. Keep up the good work! 💜 Borahae 💜
Oh my gosh, these comments!! They are so wholesome and supportive!! I am crying reading them! 🥲💜 Knowing how much you look forward to being creative with your videos & sharing the understanding of music, I am feeling so extremely happy for your release of this video and how it's being received. Andrew, your journey has been such a privilege to be a part of, and I'm so glad to have stumbled into this purple friendship with you and Caitlin and the carrot farmers. 😅🥕 Can I say it's official? You don't need permission to dance 🕺 to a BTS song you haven't filmed a reaction to!! Enjoy the music, live your best life, be your best self, and we're here for the fun and the music lessons! CFA
😭😭😭 thank you, Angela. You're so extremely supportive and I'm glad you stumbled onto my reaction of Butter 💜 countdown to me not having to just dance to Super Tuna all the time 😂 (although maybe like half the time still)
BTS and BTSARMY really saved my life 💜 I am forever grateful and blessed to be able to be a part of this wonderful worldwide family 🙏💜 thank you BTS Thank you BTSARMY 🙏💜
Much love and respect to you Andrew 💜🤗 so proud and happy having you as a part of my BTSARMY family! love your videos. Thank you so much for your hard work 💜 borahae
Andrew, THANK YOU for sharing your personal struggles, despite how vulnerable you may feel doing so, and advocating for mental health. I am so incredibly grateful. I am also incredibly excited for the added direction your channel will soon embark on! I truly can't wait to listen and learn more from you. 💜
I'm so glad you talked about mental health, cause it's so important to normalize seeking help. I've learned that living with anxiety and depression is not an option, cause it's not the way I want to live my life. Thankfully, BTS was there to give me a helping hand and so many others. I'm super excited about the new direction of your channel!!! I'm looking forward to it.
Hey Andrew. I love the idea for your channel. 100% love your emotional maturity…one of the big reasons I love BTS. Some of my favourite BTS reactions you did that stick in my mind are the breakdown of Yoongi’s ON rap, your heartfelt reaction to First Love which mirrored the way I feel about that piece & the explanation of Dionysus which enhanced my enjoyment of it. Looking forward to some more musical discoveries with you. I also think ARMY love watching people discover & fall in love with BTS music & BTS themselves…but once you have passed that initial 🤯, I think it’s a shame if you can’t just binge their discography like we do, without having to wait for time to film. Have fun just letting YT feed you all & any BTS content. There’s so many gems still out there. 💜💜
I have been with you since your first video, LIE, and watched you progress over time. I mentioned in your last heart to heart to us, how I was going after something I thought I would never be able to do. This update is wonderful, because I am using it in a way to measure my own progress. The fact you did not put resources at the end, not as some after thought. Thank you for being my teacher, I have learn so much about music. Finally, thank your wife, who we have dragged onto doing these with you at times, for her sharing her magnificent smile. In that first video you said you wanted to break down LIE, I hope you do now. It is am very important song to me, what got me off the couch and behind a keyboard. Your video on LIE showed me I was not the only one who really connected to the song. I will be excited to see your other videos, as you explore your new direction.
I'm so happy for you that you were able to put out this video. You're such a genuine person and I look forward to seeing how to you continue to share your passion for music. P. S. I hope you've settled well into your new home 😊
Thank you for sharing your thoughts today. I have family members who suffer greatly from anxiety and depression and luckily they do feel able to talk to me at times. In its own way that also helps me because knowing that I'm maybe helping them a little bit just by taking the time to listen to them and let them express their feelings makes me feel less anxious and worried about them. I've always found your insight into the songs and music so interesting and as someone who isn't a musician or singer I learned a lot from you when you gave us the little explanations (I still remember what a polyrythm is!) which made listening to the songs even more enjoyable. I'm really looking forward to your "non-reaction" videos - "You nice, keep going!". 💜💜💜💜💜💜
Andrew, I'm excited about your channel update! Music appreciation with BTS---Yay! I'm a vocalist, not an instrumentalist, and a bit of a music nerd (well, really just an all-around nerd), and I'm eager to learn more from you. The fact that you are a music teacher (and that you were discussing one of my bias's songs) first grabbed my attention and set you apart from the myriad other reactors on TH-cam. I'm happy that you've given yourself the freedom to enjoy BTS music more organically without the unnatural pressure of waiting to record reactions. Above all, thank you for sharing your mental health journey and highlighting helpful resources for all of us. P.S: That rubber chicken peeking over your shoulder is good for my mental health (Ugh! I cannot remember his name). Seriously, a cheerful heart is good medicine, and that chicken makes me happy. Borahae!
Yes!!!! I love all your ideas for videos- I have already learned things about music from you. Be our teacher - we will only appreciate their music and the process of making music more. Borahae Andrew!!
Looking forward to your "non reaction" video! I always liked the little explaination sections in your vids. I'm quite excited to learn some things about BTS's song making ! Borahae 💜
Really like your idea for the new videos and no matter what you put out, im sure i'll enjoy it as long as it's genuine. A little story on how i started watching your videos: i used to watch quite a few other youtubers' reaction videos such as 'Producer reacts to BTS...' OR 'Vocalist reacts to..' or 'Rapper reacts to...' Some of whom i really enjoyed especially one particular youtuber's. But i then started noticing he would slowly start making his videos longer, like a 3 min song reaction video would end up for as long as 20 min or so. it would have been fine as long as he actually would have said something about their music, or their style, or how a certainpart may be different or anything else but instead what he did was keep replaying the videos from the middle again and again and just say things like, 'oh this is soo good', 'woww that sounds good,lets play it back again', like there wasnt any real content to it, and it disturbed me to think he's just using bts to make his more money or something. so i stopped watching reaction channels and watched only the few that i felt were genuine. Your videos kept popping up on my youtube tl, and i'm really sorry for this, but i thought you were one of the other attention-seeking youtubers and you too maybe fake. But because it kept popping up so many times, and one song reaction vid made me really want to see it (i dont remember but it must be your 4th or 5th bts reaction video cause there werent many when i had started watching) and i started watching. i was really happy to see your genuine reaction and it made me excited everytime you gave your genuine thoughts on it to us. especially loved the parts where you broke down parts and explained it musically, like how you did with SUGA's part in ON. So here i am still watching your videos.
Here I am watching this video and writing my rant on weverse because I don't know what I should do with my life anymore. I just thought if I just keep on pushing myself to do my responsibilities and keep on working I would be fine but I keep losing motivation and hope. It has been a while since I have fully experienced happiness. To be honest BTS are the ones helping me keep myself together everyday. Bangtan are comfort personified and hearing your story rly makes me happy. Thank you for sharing this with us 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Stay strong, fighting! 💪ARMY supports you. Life can be mysterious and confusing, but that feeling doesn't last forever. Let's enjoy BTS and music together. 💜
I'll say, "I second that!" to all the encouraging and grateful comments I've read here today! 💜 I look forward to your new format. I think lots of viewers will love it. It will be a chance to savor the songs, and marvel at the talented members who make BTS so special. Borahae to you and Caitlin! 💜💜💜
first i wanted to say that I'm excited to learn with you through your videos!, and also that im glad that u bring up topics as important as mental health, bts has helped me so much, they helped me to know how i wanted to be and what i wanted to do, and i will always be infinitely grateful to them, i appreciate them so much and hold them very very close to my heart💜
Hi Andrew! First of all let me say this: As a fellow human being with dreams and goals, I am so glad and proud that you feel like you can be more of yourself by taking this new direction. I fully support and I am extremely excited. You've already given us an insight into how it can look and as someone who loves music as more than just a listener, but also a learner, you can't imagine how exciting this is. So Yay for us! Speaking of mental health. I'll say something about how I fell into the rabbit hole. I might've mentioned some on your discord channel, though I haven't been there in a while. Since you've been brave enough to share your story with us so openly, I'll share mine too. As a lot of Army have, I found BTS during the pandemic. I might've downplayed how the pandemic affected me to myself unconsciously, but looking back and analyzing myself at that time, especially my mental state, I can honestly say, the pandemic took a heavy toll on me in a lot of ways. I was in the last phase of getting my undergraduate degree and finally mustered up a lot of courage and motivation to just flipping ( I feel uncomfortable cursing here 😅) go for it and get it done when the pandemic hit our country and we went into full lock down mode. My college closed down and my plans went up in flames. So, when BTS said they felt directionless when their MOTS7 tour got canceled, I completely understood, cause I went through something similar. It felt like all that determination that I saved up for this huge endeavor kind of popped like a balloon and I was left with nothing. I have to say, I wasn't in the best mental state before the pandemic either, but luckily I got through the worst of it on my own and learned an important lesson. I'm still learning it, it's basically Epiphany's lyrics. Back to the point 🤭 It was March 2020 when the pandemic made life nearly impossible for me. Looking back, I felt like a zombie, I spent hours upon hours either sleeping or watching videos. Sometimes not very useful ones either. But I quickly got bored by western media and started to see if I would find anything more interesting in Asian media. Boy, have I learned a lot about Asian media since then. I did find more interesting stuff. It kept my boredom away and kept my thoughts from really entering a vicious circle. One day, I randomly came across BTS carpool with James Corden. I remember having seen snippets of it on TV and I decided to just watch it. That decision is one of the best I've made. I can honestly say that. Their personalities just drew me in, their performance skills were absolutely intriguing, cause I hadn't come across anything like them before (that's not exactly true, but honestly, BTS find you when you need them, so that story doesn't matter, right?) The first song/video I saw of theirs was Black Swan. It was 2 or 3 AM on my birthday. I remember being clever enough to turn on captions. And everything in that song made me just burst into sobbing. Because it wasn't until that moment that I realized I had stopped doing something that brought joy to my life. I stopped listening to music that felt meaningful to me, I had stopped singing, I stopped exploring music. So with Black Swan I was really harshly confronted with that. And then as if that wasn't enough. I watched Singularity after. Oh my God. I swear I was sobbing so hard I had to stifle myself in my pillow. I was harshly confronted with just exactly that struggle portrayed in the song. I had been steadily losing parts of myself trying to fit into a mold. And I could see the parts of myself I was losing and I felt like I couldn't do and shouldn't do anything about it. So that line where V sings but "in the end spring comes anyway, the ice will melt and flow away" really resonated. I am being deadly honest here. I have never ever been so deeply touched by music. It felt like their music shot bullets into walls that I unintentionally build around myself and it was so visceral that I could feel it. So when I say BTS is the best birthday gift I've ever gotten, it's because its such a truth to my existence that denying it hurts. And then this happens. It feels silly when I talk about it 😆 but I needed a new phone back then, so my parents bought me one for my birthday. And in that isle at the store, while I was waiting on the phone I saw BTS appear on the wall of TVs they displayed. It truly felt like they came on to wish me happy birthday. I'll never forget it. I became Army three hours after I set up my new phone and had explored just a bit of the rabbit hole. I've been an avid Army since. Getting to know BTS brought so much more than just great music into my life. It introduced me to these 7 guys that I can somehow relate to, even though we lead completely different lives and are at completely different levels in life, these 7 guys I admire and love, it also connected me to a community that's so open, loving, protective, supportive, ambitious. I often feel like the best qualities of these 7 guys are reflected and enhanced in our Army community. So congratulations to us for finding this amazing space 💜 And then, as if that wasn't enough, BTS with their pride for their country, introduced me to fascinating Asian culture. I have always wanted to travel. But until my interest in Asian culture was awakened, it felt like a superficial kind of dream or goal, not something I took seriously. So basically what I am trying to say in this endless comment that's not finished yet 😄 is that BTS has been, continues to be and has brought a huge source and force of positivity in my life as well. Life isn't easy, but BTS makes it easier. I sometimes forget that, cause I'm only human. But I always come back to them. As an aside 😉 I am so emotionally connected to their music that when Epiphany started playing in the background if your video, I started tearing up. Especially since it matched the mood and tone and your topic so well. And then when Outro: Tear started playing, the waterworks really started. Especially knowing the story behind it and you mentioning that legendary speech. I treat that song is if its the story of them overcoming a difficult hurdle and dark times. It's like, yeah we went through this and we felt this, but we got ourselves together, learned our strength and we're standing even stronger now. So while that song reminds me of their darkest times, it also reminds me that they overcame it, so it's one of my favorite songs. Though any BTS song fits that description, honestly. Ok. I'm done. I think 😅😅😅 I'll end by saying thank you for introducing those resources for better mental health. I'm wishing you good luck and success on this new journey you're taking yourself on. I hope it fulfills you in the ways you need it too. And I'm reiterating that I am really looking forward to it!!!!! 보라해요! 💜 Love and kisses for you and Caitlin!
Honestly Andrew you are amazing and genuine. I am glad how BTs helped you, they help us all so you being so genuine and sharing is amazing. I can't wait to see the new direction you take as well! I will enjoy the ride.
I'm happy for you to use your expertise and talk more about in-depth music...also glad you are being helped by BTS! They help me also...to go deep and to just have fun!
This is great, Andrew! I'm excited about your new ideas for the channel, more of the really fun stuff (for you and for us, your audience). Never neglect your passion, we can see how much you love music and how much you love teaching people about music. Please do what gives you joy because joy is infectious and I believe it is transferred/relayed through the screen. When I see you really excited about something in a BTS song and try as much as you can to explain exactly what you're getting from it, somehow you're able to make me feel it myself or I get to relive my joy when I first experienced that particular song. I find it wonderful and refreshing, so different from the usual tired and predictable reactions on yt. And as someone who has also crashed and burned myself, there is nothing more inspiring than seeing someone rise through all the negative thoughts and emotions that try to choke us. You have inspired me, as BTS has inspired you and me (and everyone here, I suppose). Life is not a bed of roses free of thorns, but what makes it beautiful is how despite the pricks and scratches along the way, we still push on just so we can smell those roses. Thank you, Andrew, for sharing yourself with us, scratches and all. :)
I have bi-polar disorder that shows up every month or so. Sometimes pretty mild, other times, pretty bad on the depression side. Ever since I started with BTS last December, I noticed I felt a lot more stable but thought maybe it was just in my head. I started tracking my mood along with daily activities. Any days I listened to BTS for about an hour, I rated my mood about 6/10. If I watched Run BTS or listened to more music, I could hit 7 or 8/10 with the occasional 9/10. But the most noticeable difference is the stability. The dips are so mild and I've had probably 3 "bad" episodes since December when I'd usually have 1 every month or 2. ANYWAY, turns out, it wasn't in my head. There's like real verifiable data on how my mental health has been effected in such a positive way. It's pretty impressive IMO. Especially since my story isn't a rarity. I'm totally thrilled to see new videos from you in that style! I find that kind of analysis a lot more interesting than just a "pure" reaction with little other input. I do hope you continue do watch Run BTS with us from time to time. Its one of my favorite weekend chill out activities 😄
That's awesome!! I have fibromyalgia which has a depressive aspect, and I can also attest to how positive BTS has been on my health. I'm so happy for you, keep going!
Thank you Andrew for making this video. 💜 I'm feeling emotional with you, and this is message is so important and powerful. Also, I am so excited to see a variety of different music-based videos!!! 🤗 And I'm excited for you that you can discover more BTS music at least a bit faster than so far, at just one song per week. You have been soooooo patient with this until now. 😅 (and us marking spoilers in mod-discussions for you 😜) I think i have a hunch for the video next week... 🤭 🥕 CFA
Hi, i am back. I am so proud of you Andrew! Well done. Will share your video on Twt., FB and with my former agency. I am a former Peer Advocate so I know mental health. Hugs. Borahae. -NY USA 2019 Army💟
YES! I am excited about the new format. You don't have enough time to break things down during a reaction, and I completely sympathize with just wanting to enjoy the music!.
YESSS! Andrew, so glad to hear about your plans. Breaking the music down would be using your strengths, for sure. We look forward to learning from you! Also, take your time to delve deeper into BTS discography. When RM said they needed time to reflect about their musical identity, he would have had their Hiphop roots in mind, their passionate Korean rhythms and satirical wordplay, and their authentic Love Yourself message, as well as their self soul-searching songs (MOTS7). So Do You!
Absolutely important conversations to have so thank you. It’s really helped me to see BTS speak so openly about their own mental health and destigmitize the topic. So many people are hurting and the world has always been hard but this decade feels especially challenging. I never realized how much I wasn’t “loving myself” till I just sat deeply with BTS music and broke down sobbing at songs like Epiphany because I needed to hear it. We need to build stronger communities but that starts with being the best us.
The magical thing about loving BTS is there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. Always, there is always a positivity in the way they influence everybody. I am super proud of being a ARMY. They taught self-love, not being narcissistic. But loving yourself in order to be a light to others. Also that you are loved and your worth as a person. They also had shown respect, intelligence and being morally correct. They are a beacon of light indeed.. Love BTS. BTS ApoBangtan. As what Taehyung said, BTS and ARMY's line will never break.
I am a speech-language pathologist and I saw your video about stuttering. I was very proud of you then and now. Thank you for your honesty and for reaching out to help others. I have used Better Help after my mom died. I back your recommendation. I wish great blessings of success and happiness. Borahae Saranghae 💜
Hi Andrew, I'm delighted with the new direction of your channel (in a way, study a song through and through musically, lyrically, waow!). I can't believe it has already been 6 months since your video about your stuttering issue which got me so emotional! I'm proud and happy that you went so far ! I'll be waiting impatiently until Wednesday's hints before your Thursday's video, I love those!!! I think I have a slight idea of what it might be mmmhhh... Until then, see you Saturday for the stream! Borahae 💜
Thank you, Andrew, for being open and sharing yourself with us all. I’m happy for you, and I’m glad you got to fulfill your quest! Thank you for teaching us. Thank you for the resources. And thank you for all your efforts. I’m looking forward to the music breakdowns! (I almost said “musical breakdowns” which makes it sound like you’ll either be breaking down musicals or breaking down songs in musical format, both of which I would be down for! 😁)
I have enjoyed your breakdown of BTS music until now, especially how you have introduced musical terms (to me, a total non-musically inclined individual). I am excited to continue watching your videos from now on! On a personal note, I became a fan of BTS when things were changing for the better in my life, so I always associate them with a huge positive change in my life. I think that if I had delved into their music sooner then maybe I would have left my bad job sooner! 😅 They definitely helped me through that transition so I will always feel grateful and indebted to them... which is why I always wish nothing but the best for them!
I love this! I just found your channel by your latest video about how BTS vocals make you emotional, and I went down the rabbit hole of your videos. I love how you break down the music, in little bits in your reactions and more in depth in the newer ones. I'm not as educated in music as I'd like to be and learning about what makes it work is so fun. I have words for why their music is so impactful now. I will eat up more break down and educational videos, lol. But it's also been fun just watching your journey with BTS. I love how genuine you are. BTS also helped me with my mental health, so it's honestly fun to see someone else experience that too. 💜
I love your break down videos. Those are my favorites, not that I didn't love your reactions but those are a dime a dozen but your teaching videos. OMG I love them, I eat them up. I have been involved with music since I was six and that has been over 50 years but I still love learning music. So you are doing something for youtube that is wonderful.
Andrew you are probably one the very few genuine people on TH-cam. Your honesty shows in your words.I cried with you in your previous video about stutter and I can relate to I this video too. I have lost my direction and namjoon is probably this only person I am looking up for guidance. I don't know what it makes me but I just want a pep talk from him on how to handle this mess of a life .
Thank you once again for your vulnerability. I just watched your previous video about your stutter and I'm really happy for you. Also, I would love for your channel to start talking about the music. It's your channel, and it's your BTS journey, really, and also there are many MANY musical and instrumental ARMYs that would love this change to your channel. Thank you so much for your reactions, we really appreciate you :D
Andrew, I look forward to enjoying your deep dive into the songs and learning more about music. Very touching video that I am glad I had an opportunity to watch. RL has been keeping me from enjoying keeping up with your journey through the rabbit hole. But, I will enjoy catching up on all that I have missed. Peace and blessings. Journey on... 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
i just came across your channel today and i have almost zero musical knowledge ,so watching you simplify and explain the musical aspect of bts songs were very fascinating to me. i also would highly encourage you to do what you feel comfortable doing and enjoy doing it rather than feeling like completing chores when you are creating content. i'm happy for you to have found your possible direction and i hope the best for you!! now lemme explore more of your content and i'll try my best to follow along your journey. "I believe in your galaxy", words by RM that touches my heart for you. good luck!!
Hi Andrew! I just wanted to say that it takes a lot of effort to talk about mental health issues and I think it is really brave of you to speak out. I'm also excited about the new direction you will be taking and look forward to it ~
I love you 💜 thank you for being YOU. Thank you for being brave and talking about your struggles. I appreciate you taking the time to do this video. I needed this today 🙌
Hi Andrew, I didn't get to watch as soon as it dropped. Sorry. Borahae! I support any direction you are going to take so long as you remain true and I believe this does sound like you (Like how RM said "this is you" to Jhope as he listened to Jhope's album). I am not a musician, I didn't formally study music but I do enjoy learning about it and whenever you talk about and breakdown the music as well as when Caitlin joins and breaks down the lyrics. It is as interesting to me as the galaxies and outer space. I might not be exploring the outer space but it is fun learning about it. That's how I feel about learning music (and hope someday I might get to apply). So thank you. For being genuine towards BTS, for feeding my music curiousity, for welcoming me in a music channel when I know nothing but listening to it, and so many more. This is your journey, you are the pilot. And I'll happily sit at the passenger seat. It is truly a privilege. I'm looking forward to the new videos 😊💜
So happy you got inspired and this journey has helped you! And you should do whatever is best for you. Without being dramatic, BTS was what pulled me out of a very deep dark hole of depression and what remains constant, besides the great music, is the positive impact they have on my mental health.
First of all thank you for opening up! I'm sure your message will resonate with someone who needed to hear that message today! Excited to see your content from now on sounds super interesting!!!! Placing my bets on Lie?,
Hey Andrew, I'm super late to the party but, I just haven't had the spoons for it till now. But, better late than never! Thanks for opening up and sharing and thanks for the update. Looking forward to what's yet to come! 💜
It's a beautiful idea! Please, go ahead! Great tribute to BTS's amazing job healing and helping us with their music. Congrats! Looking forward to watch it.
I love the idea of your doing these in-depth music deep dive videos. I watched your video on Lie, which I happen to think is a musical masterpiece, and really enjoyed it. You should do whatever makes you happy and proud to have done it, but I think this is a brilliant idea and look forward to seeing more of them.
Thank you for sharing this with us, Andrew. I rarely comment because a lot of times armys are already commenting things I wanted to say,, everyone is very reliable. I also want to mention that I'm very excited for the channel update (sooo looking forward to it!) before sharing my own story. cw / tw /// suicidal thoughts I honestly had been struggling a lot for the past 2 months but I hope it's okay to share my not-so-recent "wins". I was in a horrible place when I first became an army. I had good days but a lot more bad days. A week or two weeks ago, I logged in to my private acc on twitter from 2020 (I left twitter for mental health reasons). I saw my tweets about how I want to end my life. How I was so sad. I was numb. I couldn't see the point of living when I constantly disappoint myself and people around me. But it's been more than a year since I had suicidal thoughts! 🥰 there are hiccups here and there. Even today, and for the past week, I don't feel like doing anything. I don't feel like eating. I don't feel like taking care of myself. But I am still hoping for a "tomorrow". I guess that's more than enough than wanting to end it all? even though I feel kind of numb and floaty? Like I'm just navigating life through muscle memory. I did kinda go on a hiatus from being an army. Still catching up as much as I can, but not everyday like I used to. At first, I was not sure about the decision to do that. But I know BTS is my comfort place. Which means I can always step away for some time. Anytime- and comes back. They will always have a place for someone like me. So yeah, I must admit I'm still harsh with myself, but I am way- A LOT kinder to myself than before/early years I found BTS. I learned a lot from them. I learned how to be kind to myself. How to appreciate myself. How to talk and treat my own self nicely and not just other people. I learned bits by bits how to acknowledge my feelings and my struggles instead of bottling them up. I think knowing BTS and being a part of their journey is a win itself. I'm going to treat it that way. Another thing to be proud of myself 🥰
I am happy to hear that you are in a better place el. It's not always a straight road, but it sounds like you are developing coping skills and excellent self awareness. Also... auto pilot is just fine! Borahae💜
@@sharebear321 thank you, that means a lot to me 💜 I don't know how else to respond to your comment but when days are hard to go through, I will remember that someone heard, understand, and appreciate me and my effort 💜
I'm so proud of you for doing what your health needed!! That is not easy, it takes willpower to change. 💜 Thank you for sharing your encouraging story.
I'm so proud of you for sharing this story and I'm so happy to hear that things have improved 💜 it takes so much awareness to be able to acknowledge the things that are in your way and to consciously change the situation. You should definitely be proud of yourself 💜
💜Andrew you are ARMY, I'm sure you know ARMY loves you. You nice, keep going. Ok, I like the ideas you suggested and I will watch them. I have always enjoyed the more educational parts of your reaction, and I assume with more time to put things tgt (instead of having to do it as a reaction) it will make the learning more fun. In fact those are the parts I show my husband. He's not a huge reaction junkie like me but he's more into the musical elements of the music he's listening to, so those videos shall be our bridge. Recently I have grown fatigued towards reaction videos. There's so many out there and yet I find them hugely unsatisfying. So yes, you have my support for the direction you intend to move in. In terms of mental wellness, I really appreciate you talking about it. I don't know how to articulate it but I'm a stronger version of myself before BTS. I don't have specific incidents or metrics. I have always struggled since 2000 with a lot of things, albeit in minor ways such that I could still function pretty well. There have been moments but it was rare enough that I could chalk those up to special circumstances. But looking back now, I could tell that I was feeling like an inpostor，I often lack confidence, I got easily anxious, and sometimes I get defensive basically a lot of negative responses to things happening. But I'm truly a better version of myself now and I can't deny it. And that's pretty amazing. BTS is like therapy for people who didn't know they need therapy, or people who don't think their situation is serious enough for therapy.
I wish I could express too to my friends, family ,people I around me the effect of bts and their music to me. They are very special. Their music and bts themselves. I treasure everything about them and I feel very lucky that I became a fan of them.
BTS scammers have negatively affected my mental health. And Hybe does NOTHING to stop these imposters, even after they are informed about the scammers.
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Andrew, like many others, I’ve been with you since the start of your journey. I remember how touched you were by Suga’s song, “First Love.” BTS is evolving and so are you. That’s healthy and normal and a good example to all of us. As long as you’re enjoying BTS, examine their music any way you like. I support you. We all support you. You’ve been so open and vulnerable with us and I respect how much you must trust us to do that. Much love to you and Caitlin.
I love this new direction. There are a lot of reactors out there, but what you have to offer is very different. Your ability to break down musical elements and make it accessible/easily understandable is super helpful and unique to you, and you should absolutely lean into it.
Yes! I loved the Learn Music with BTS video! I do not have a musical background (except for the music appreciation class I took in college) so the way you are able to break it down is really helpful to me. And the fact you will be using BTS music to do it is a bonus. 😁💜
I totally agree! I think that bringing your unique perspective is going to be amazing and I am totally here for it! 💜
I am so proud of you Andrew. Self awareness and becoming comfortable with emotion is key, and so refreshing to see from a man especially. BTS have really helped me with my depression and anxiety as well. They have taught me that I AM worth it... I deserve to take up space and look out for myself and my needs. I have never done that before. I will happily stay with you on your new adventure, oh and say Hi to your beautiful wife, you are such a sweet couple💜
BTS is your journey. Whatever works best for you. We're just happy to see you benefit from their content.
Andrew, first off, my wife and I are so very thankful that you discovered BTS. The reason being, if not for them, we wouldn't have ever heard of your channel, and been able to enjoy your descent into the BTS rabbit hole. You and your lovely wife are such a joy to watch! Borahae 💜 💜 💜.
Secondly, as you shared yourself with us six months ago, it gave us a true insight into the man you are and the man you hope to continue to grow into. We've had several discussions about our own struggles with insecurities, depression, and our own mental health, thanks to that video. And we truly appreciate you, your wife for being your strong tower, and, of course, BTS. Thank you again for being real. It's a rare thing to see someone put his or her real self out there these days. I commend you, sir. You are truly an inspiration.
Last, but not least, we look forward to the upcoming changes in the channel. As a fan of many styles of music, it will be a wonderful learning experience for all of us to get your insights through breakdown of the songs we ARMY have grown to love.
Again, Borahae, my friend!
Thank you so much, this was incredible to read and I really appreciate your support 💜
Thank you so much for this video, Andrew. Do you know? I'm 42, and for me those guys who I discovered two years ago let me process things in a way that I couldn't before. I'm with a therapist since 2010, I've always been very open and self reflecting, but the company of these seven boys, in special in their vlives, when they can put themselves as examples of how a person can have problems because of impostor syndrome, because of being too self demanding, because of the social demands, because of how they overthink, and seeing how they go over those problems, how they help each other, how they listen to ARMY problems and try to help too, just being... even their fiction, reading The Notes and seeing how hurtful it is to experience certain silences when you are a teenager... well, all of that helped me to revisit and heal many parts of my soul, and is helping me to push myself out of my comfort zone. In special Jimin, when you know his own journey -at least the public part of it-, when you see him crying because he is not good enough in what he loves -yes, what, how-, when you see him asking for help, accepting, learning, growing, healing others... when you see him really happy, enjoying himself, proud of who he is, shining as no one else, it's so empowering! All of them are in a new chapter, and seeing them fighting against themselves to achieve new dreams, knowing that they can fall but they are not alone, it gives us strenght to try too.
About your chanel, I love your choice. There are many reactors, and most of them really can't do more than making faces. But you have knowledge about music and pedagogic skills, and I enjoy a lot your explanations. Also... it will let you listen to BTS without waiting until you make a reaction video. It makes me feel anxious haha, when I watched the first videos I just couldn't stop discovering new things, how could you wait a year to listen to some of their songs in order to react to them for the camera? I envy your patience hahaha.
I wish that some day you take again Fake Love, with its choreo too, and break it down... there is something in this song that makes me relate to opera and metal at the same time, but I never understand much, and I couldn't find good analysis too, but I can wait some years for that haha.
Big hug!
First and foremost, kudos for the very personal talk on mental health. Talking about it is definitely the first step to de-stigmatizing it which is so important. (I'm saying this as someone with long time anxiety and recurring depressions) And a huge THANK YOU for sharing the info on where to seek help when needed!
Second, the new direction for your channel sounds very unique indeed and I'm very excited to see what you'll do with it. Keep up the good work!
💜 Borahae 💜
I think this will be a refreshing change! I look forward to what's to come.
Oh my gosh, these comments!! They are so wholesome and supportive!! I am crying reading them! 🥲💜 Knowing how much you look forward to being creative with your videos & sharing the understanding of music, I am feeling so extremely happy for your release of this video and how it's being received. Andrew, your journey has been such a privilege to be a part of, and I'm so glad to have stumbled into this purple friendship with you and Caitlin and the carrot farmers. 😅🥕
Can I say it's official? You don't need permission to dance 🕺 to a BTS song you haven't filmed a reaction to!! Enjoy the music, live your best life, be your best self, and we're here for the fun and the music lessons!
CFA
😭😭😭 thank you, Angela. You're so extremely supportive and I'm glad you stumbled onto my reaction of Butter 💜 countdown to me not having to just dance to Super Tuna all the time 😂 (although maybe like half the time still)
BTS and BTSARMY really saved my life 💜 I am forever grateful and blessed to be able to be a part of this wonderful worldwide family 🙏💜 thank you BTS
Thank you BTSARMY 🙏💜
Much love and respect to you Andrew 💜🤗 so proud and happy having you as a part of my BTSARMY family! love your videos. Thank you so much for your hard work 💜 borahae
Andrew, THANK YOU for sharing your personal struggles, despite how vulnerable you may feel doing so, and advocating for mental health. I am so incredibly grateful.
I am also incredibly excited for the added direction your channel will soon embark on! I truly can't wait to listen and learn more from you. 💜
I'm so glad you talked about mental health, cause it's so important to normalize seeking help. I've learned that living with anxiety and depression is not an option, cause it's not the way I want to live my life. Thankfully, BTS was there to give me a helping hand and so many others.
I'm super excited about the new direction of your channel!!! I'm looking forward to it.
Hey Andrew. I love the idea for your channel. 100% love your emotional maturity…one of the big reasons I love BTS. Some of my favourite BTS reactions you did that stick in my mind are the breakdown of Yoongi’s ON rap, your heartfelt reaction to First Love which mirrored the way I feel about that piece & the explanation of Dionysus which enhanced my enjoyment of it. Looking forward to some more musical discoveries with you. I also think ARMY love watching people discover & fall in love with BTS music & BTS themselves…but once you have passed that initial 🤯, I think it’s a shame if you can’t just binge their discography like we do, without having to wait for time to film. Have fun just letting YT feed you all & any BTS content. There’s so many gems still out there. 💜💜
I have been with you since your first video, LIE, and watched you progress over time. I mentioned in your last heart to heart to us, how I was going after something I thought I would never be able to do. This update is wonderful, because I am using it in a way to measure my own progress. The fact you did not put resources at the end, not as some after thought. Thank you for being my teacher, I have learn so much about music. Finally, thank your wife, who we have dragged onto doing these with you at times, for her sharing her magnificent smile.
In that first video you said you wanted to break down LIE, I hope you do now. It is am very important song to me, what got me off the couch and behind a keyboard. Your video on LIE showed me I was not the only one who really connected to the song.
I will be excited to see your other videos, as you explore your new direction.
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I'm so glad that you are also seeing positive change 💜 As for a LIE breakdown.... let's just say you should keep an eye out 👀
Sooooo excited for the in depth breakdowns!
excited for this new approach! i havent seen anyone do this here. i always learn something from you and i appreciate it. borahae 💜
So excited for your break down of BTS music!!!
I am here for it 100 % 💜
You have tought me so much already! I so happy for what is coming 😊💜
I'm so happy for you that you were able to put out this video. You're such a genuine person and I look forward to seeing how to you continue to share your passion for music.
P. S. I hope you've settled well into your new home 😊
Thank you for sharing your thoughts today. I have family members who suffer greatly from anxiety and depression and luckily they do feel able to talk to me at times. In its own way that also helps me because knowing that I'm maybe helping them a little bit just by taking the time to listen to them and let them express their feelings makes me feel less anxious and worried about them. I've always found your insight into the songs and music so interesting and as someone who isn't a musician or singer I learned a lot from you when you gave us the little explanations (I still remember what a polyrythm is!) which made listening to the songs even more enjoyable. I'm really looking forward to your "non-reaction" videos - "You nice, keep going!". 💜💜💜💜💜💜
Andrew, I'm excited about your channel update! Music appreciation with BTS---Yay! I'm a vocalist, not an instrumentalist, and a bit of a music nerd (well, really just an all-around nerd), and I'm eager to learn more from you. The fact that you are a music teacher (and that you were discussing one of my bias's songs) first grabbed my attention and set you apart from the myriad other reactors on TH-cam. I'm happy that you've given yourself the freedom to enjoy BTS music more organically without the unnatural pressure of waiting to record reactions. Above all, thank you for sharing your mental health journey and highlighting helpful resources for all of us.
P.S: That rubber chicken peeking over your shoulder is good for my mental health (Ugh! I cannot remember his name). Seriously, a cheerful heart is good medicine, and that chicken makes me happy. Borahae!
🐔 is Steve 👋 😁
and yes indeed, more music-focused deep-dives will be so good to see 🤗
@@deliaconny Steve! That's it! Thank you.
Thank you so much!! Steve is always around to help cheer everyone up 😀🐔
Andrew Berg's 'Yet to Come' Moment 💜
Will support you whatever. Do what is real and honest to you.
We will be chinggu forever.
Good luck. Such a brave move..😊 Do what feeds your soul. We'll be watching 💜💜💜
Yes!!!! I love all your ideas for videos- I have already learned things about music from you. Be our teacher - we will only appreciate their music and the process of making music more. Borahae Andrew!!
Looking forward to your "non reaction" video!
I always liked the little explaination sections in your vids.
I'm quite excited to learn some things about BTS's song making !
Borahae 💜
Really like your idea for the new videos and no matter what you put out, im sure i'll enjoy it as long as it's genuine.
A little story on how i started watching your videos: i used to watch quite a few other youtubers' reaction videos such as 'Producer reacts to BTS...' OR 'Vocalist reacts to..' or 'Rapper reacts to...' Some of whom i really enjoyed especially one particular youtuber's. But i then started noticing he would slowly start making his videos longer, like a 3 min song reaction video would end up for as long as 20 min or so. it would have been fine as long as he actually would have said something about their music, or their style, or how a certainpart may be different or anything else but instead what he did was keep replaying the videos from the middle again and again and just say things like, 'oh this is soo good', 'woww that sounds good,lets play it back again', like there wasnt any real content to it, and it disturbed me to think he's just using bts to make his more money or something. so i stopped watching reaction channels and watched only the few that i felt were genuine.
Your videos kept popping up on my youtube tl, and i'm really sorry for this, but i thought you were one of the other attention-seeking youtubers and you too maybe fake. But because it kept popping up so many times, and one song reaction vid made me really want to see it (i dont remember but it must be your 4th or 5th bts reaction video cause there werent many when i had started watching) and i started watching. i was really happy to see your genuine reaction and it made me excited everytime you gave your genuine thoughts on it to us. especially loved the parts where you broke down parts and explained it musically, like how you did with SUGA's part in ON. So here i am still watching your videos.
Thank you so much! I completely understand that there are so many reactors out there that are not genuine, but I'm so glad you gave me a chance! 💜
Here I am watching this video and writing my rant on weverse because I don't know what I should do with my life anymore. I just thought if I just keep on pushing myself to do my responsibilities and keep on working I would be fine but I keep losing motivation and hope. It has been a while since I have fully experienced happiness. To be honest BTS are the ones helping me keep myself together everyday. Bangtan are comfort personified and hearing your story rly makes me happy. Thank you for sharing this with us 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Stay strong, fighting! 💪ARMY supports you. Life can be mysterious and confusing, but that feeling doesn't last forever. Let's enjoy BTS and music together. 💜
I'll say, "I second that!" to all the encouraging and grateful comments I've read here today! 💜 I look forward to your new format. I think lots of viewers will love it. It will be a chance to savor the songs, and marvel at the talented members who make BTS so special. Borahae to you and Caitlin! 💜💜💜
This sounds great. I think having to see reactors wait and do "their first reaction" has never made sense to me. Borahae!
first i wanted to say that I'm excited to learn with you through your videos!, and also that im glad that u bring up topics as important as mental health, bts has helped me so much, they helped me to know how i wanted to be and what i wanted to do, and i will always be infinitely grateful to them, i appreciate them so much and hold them very very close to my heart💜
Hi Andrew! First of all let me say this: As a fellow human being with dreams and goals, I am so glad and proud that you feel like you can be more of yourself by taking this new direction. I fully support and I am extremely excited. You've already given us an insight into how it can look and as someone who loves music as more than just a listener, but also a learner, you can't imagine how exciting this is. So Yay for us!
Speaking of mental health.
I'll say something about how I fell into the rabbit hole. I might've mentioned some on your discord channel, though I haven't been there in a while. Since you've been brave enough to share your story with us so openly, I'll share mine too.
As a lot of Army have, I found BTS during the pandemic. I might've downplayed how the pandemic affected me to myself unconsciously, but looking back and analyzing myself at that time, especially my mental state, I can honestly say, the pandemic took a heavy toll on me in a lot of ways.
I was in the last phase of getting my undergraduate degree and finally mustered up a lot of courage and motivation to just flipping ( I feel uncomfortable cursing here 😅) go for it and get it done when the pandemic hit our country and we went into full lock down mode. My college closed down and my plans went up in flames. So, when BTS said they felt directionless when their MOTS7 tour got canceled, I completely understood, cause I went through something similar. It felt like all that determination that I saved up for this huge endeavor kind of popped like a balloon and I was left with nothing. I have to say, I wasn't in the best mental state before the pandemic either, but luckily I got through the worst of it on my own and learned an important lesson. I'm still learning it, it's basically Epiphany's lyrics. Back to the point 🤭 It was March 2020 when the pandemic made life nearly impossible for me. Looking back, I felt like a zombie, I spent hours upon hours either sleeping or watching videos. Sometimes not very useful ones either. But I quickly got bored by western media and started to see if I would find anything more interesting in Asian media. Boy, have I learned a lot about Asian media since then. I did find more interesting stuff. It kept my boredom away and kept my thoughts from really entering a vicious circle. One day, I randomly came across BTS carpool with James Corden. I remember having seen snippets of it on TV and I decided to just watch it. That decision is one of the best I've made. I can honestly say that. Their personalities just drew me in, their performance skills were absolutely intriguing, cause I hadn't come across anything like them before (that's not exactly true, but honestly, BTS find you when you need them, so that story doesn't matter, right?) The first song/video I saw of theirs was Black Swan. It was 2 or 3 AM on my birthday. I remember being clever enough to turn on captions. And everything in that song made me just burst into sobbing. Because it wasn't until that moment that I realized I had stopped doing something that brought joy to my life. I stopped listening to music that felt meaningful to me, I had stopped singing, I stopped exploring music. So with Black Swan I was really harshly confronted with that. And then as if that wasn't enough. I watched Singularity after. Oh my God. I swear I was sobbing so hard I had to stifle myself in my pillow. I was harshly confronted with just exactly that struggle portrayed in the song. I had been steadily losing parts of myself trying to fit into a mold. And I could see the parts of myself I was losing and I felt like I couldn't do and shouldn't do anything about it. So that line where V sings but "in the end spring comes anyway, the ice will melt and flow away" really resonated. I am being deadly honest here. I have never ever been so deeply touched by music. It felt like their music shot bullets into walls that I unintentionally build around myself and it was so visceral that I could feel it. So when I say BTS is the best birthday gift I've ever gotten, it's because its such a truth to my existence that denying it hurts. And then this happens. It feels silly when I talk about it 😆 but I needed a new phone back then, so my parents bought me one for my birthday. And in that isle at the store, while I was waiting on the phone I saw BTS appear on the wall of TVs they displayed. It truly felt like they came on to wish me happy birthday. I'll never forget it. I became Army three hours after I set up my new phone and had explored just a bit of the rabbit hole. I've been an avid Army since.
Getting to know BTS brought so much more than just great music into my life. It introduced me to these 7 guys that I can somehow relate to, even though we lead completely different lives and are at completely different levels in life, these 7 guys I admire and love, it also connected me to a community that's so open, loving, protective, supportive, ambitious. I often feel like the best qualities of these 7 guys are reflected and enhanced in our Army community. So congratulations to us for finding this amazing space 💜 And then, as if that wasn't enough, BTS with their pride for their country, introduced me to fascinating Asian culture. I have always wanted to travel. But until my interest in Asian culture was awakened, it felt like a superficial kind of dream or goal, not something I took seriously. So basically what I am trying to say in this endless comment that's not finished yet 😄 is that BTS has been, continues to be and has brought a huge source and force of positivity in my life as well. Life isn't easy, but BTS makes it easier. I sometimes forget that, cause I'm only human. But I always come back to them.
As an aside 😉
I am so emotionally connected to their music that when Epiphany started playing in the background if your video, I started tearing up. Especially since it matched the mood and tone and your topic so well. And then when Outro: Tear started playing, the waterworks really started. Especially knowing the story behind it and you mentioning that legendary speech. I treat that song is if its the story of them overcoming a difficult hurdle and dark times. It's like, yeah we went through this and we felt this, but we got ourselves together, learned our strength and we're standing even stronger now. So while that song reminds me of their darkest times, it also reminds me that they overcame it, so it's one of my favorite songs. Though any BTS song fits that description, honestly. Ok. I'm done. I think 😅😅😅
I'll end by saying thank you for introducing those resources for better mental health. I'm wishing you good luck and success on this new journey you're taking yourself on. I hope it fulfills you in the ways you need it too. And I'm reiterating that I am really looking forward to it!!!!! 보라해요! 💜 Love and kisses for you and Caitlin!
Honestly Andrew you are amazing and genuine. I am glad how BTs helped you, they help us all so you being so genuine and sharing is amazing. I can't wait to see the new direction you take as well! I will enjoy the ride.
Thank you so much 💜
I'm happy for you to use your expertise and talk more about in-depth music...also glad you are being helped by BTS! They help me also...to go deep and to just have fun!
Looking forward to the new format :) so glad BTS was able to help you like they have helped all of us! Thanks for sharing, take care!
This is great, Andrew! I'm excited about your new ideas for the channel, more of the really fun stuff (for you and for us, your audience). Never neglect your passion, we can see how much you love music and how much you love teaching people about music. Please do what gives you joy because joy is infectious and I believe it is transferred/relayed through the screen. When I see you really excited about something in a BTS song and try as much as you can to explain exactly what you're getting from it, somehow you're able to make me feel it myself or I get to relive my joy when I first experienced that particular song. I find it wonderful and refreshing, so different from the usual tired and predictable reactions on yt.
And as someone who has also crashed and burned myself, there is nothing more inspiring than seeing someone rise through all the negative thoughts and emotions that try to choke us. You have inspired me, as BTS has inspired you and me (and everyone here, I suppose). Life is not a bed of roses free of thorns, but what makes it beautiful is how despite the pricks and scratches along the way, we still push on just so we can smell those roses. Thank you, Andrew, for sharing yourself with us, scratches and all. :)
Thank you so so much. This is such a sweet comment 💜
This new direction sounds exciting Andrew! Looking forward to it.
I've always particularly liked and appreciated your technical explanations of elements in their music, so I think this is great
I have bi-polar disorder that shows up every month or so. Sometimes pretty mild, other times, pretty bad on the depression side.
Ever since I started with BTS last December, I noticed I felt a lot more stable but thought maybe it was just in my head. I started tracking my mood along with daily activities. Any days I listened to BTS for about an hour, I rated my mood about 6/10. If I watched Run BTS or listened to more music, I could hit 7 or 8/10 with the occasional 9/10. But the most noticeable difference is the stability. The dips are so mild and I've had probably 3 "bad" episodes since December when I'd usually have 1 every month or 2.
ANYWAY, turns out, it wasn't in my head. There's like real verifiable data on how my mental health has been effected in such a positive way. It's pretty impressive IMO. Especially since my story isn't a rarity.
I'm totally thrilled to see new videos from you in that style! I find that kind of analysis a lot more interesting than just a "pure" reaction with little other input. I do hope you continue do watch Run BTS with us from time to time. Its one of my favorite weekend chill out activities 😄
That's awesome!! I have fibromyalgia which has a depressive aspect, and I can also attest to how positive BTS has been on my health. I'm so happy for you, keep going!
Thank you Andrew for making this video. 💜
I'm feeling emotional with you, and this is message is so important and powerful.
Also, I am so excited to see a variety of different music-based videos!!! 🤗
And I'm excited for you that you can discover more BTS music at least a bit faster than so far, at just one song per week. You have been soooooo patient with this until now. 😅
(and us marking spoilers in mod-discussions for you 😜)
I think i have a hunch for the video next week... 🤭
🥕 CFA
Thank you so much for your support 💜 I'm very excited to hear more music!!! My patience has been wearing thin 😅
Oooh sounds soooo interesting 🙂love learning how/why music is made 👏
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Hi, i am back. I am so proud of you Andrew! Well done. Will share your video on Twt., FB and with my former agency. I am a former Peer Advocate so I know mental health. Hugs. Borahae. -NY USA 2019 Army💟
YES! I am excited about the new format. You don't have enough time to break things down during a reaction, and I completely sympathize with just wanting to enjoy the music!.
You're amazing.
Love your music breakdown.
Thank you. 💜
YESSS! Andrew, so glad to hear about your plans. Breaking the music down would be using your strengths, for sure. We look forward to learning from you! Also, take your time to delve deeper into BTS discography. When RM said they needed time to reflect about their musical identity, he would have had their Hiphop roots in mind, their passionate Korean rhythms and satirical wordplay, and their authentic Love Yourself message, as well as their self soul-searching songs (MOTS7). So Do You!
You are such a gentle soul, I hope the world is only ever kind to you.
This video is so touching, so beautiful and so important 🥺💜 thank you so so much 💜
Absolutely important conversations to have so thank you. It’s really helped me to see BTS speak so openly about their own mental health and destigmitize the topic. So many people are hurting and the world has always been hard but this decade feels especially challenging. I never realized how much I wasn’t “loving myself” till I just sat deeply with BTS music and broke down sobbing at songs like Epiphany because I needed to hear it. We need to build stronger communities but that starts with being the best us.
The magical thing about loving BTS is there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. Always, there is always a positivity in the way they influence everybody. I am super proud of being a ARMY. They taught self-love, not being narcissistic. But loving yourself in order to be a light to others. Also that you are loved and your worth as a person. They also had shown respect, intelligence and being morally correct. They are a beacon of light indeed.. Love BTS. BTS ApoBangtan. As what Taehyung said, BTS and ARMY's line will never break.
I am a speech-language pathologist and I saw your video about stuttering. I was very proud of you then and now. Thank you for your honesty and for reaching out to help others. I have used Better Help after my mom died. I back your recommendation. I wish great blessings of success and happiness. Borahae Saranghae 💜
Yes love music breakdown!
Really good idea - well done on all you have done to date
Hi Andrew, I'm delighted with the new direction of your channel (in a way, study a song through and through musically, lyrically, waow!). I can't believe it has already been 6 months since your video about your stuttering issue which got me so emotional! I'm proud and happy that you went so far ! I'll be waiting impatiently until Wednesday's hints before your Thursday's video, I love those!!! I think I have a slight idea of what it might be mmmhhh... Until then, see you Saturday for the stream! Borahae 💜
Love the new direction!
Thank you for sharing. Love your openness 💜
exciting channel update :D looking forward to it hehe
U do u pal and we will support. Hugs.
Wow is going to soo intresting, i am looking forword to it💜😊
Thank you, Andrew, for being open and sharing yourself with us all. I’m happy for you, and I’m glad you got to fulfill your quest! Thank you for teaching us. Thank you for the resources. And thank you for all your efforts. I’m looking forward to the music breakdowns! (I almost said “musical breakdowns” which makes it sound like you’ll either be breaking down musicals or breaking down songs in musical format, both of which I would be down for! 😁)
💜💜💜you andrew.. God bless you..
I have enjoyed your breakdown of BTS music until now, especially how you have introduced musical terms (to me, a total non-musically inclined individual). I am excited to continue watching your videos from now on!
On a personal note, I became a fan of BTS when things were changing for the better in my life, so I always associate them with a huge positive change in my life. I think that if I had delved into their music sooner then maybe I would have left my bad job sooner! 😅 They definitely helped me through that transition so I will always feel grateful and indebted to them... which is why I always wish nothing but the best for them!
Whichever you feel even more comfortabke and what really excites and makes you grasp inspiration, we’d be here for you.
I love this! I just found your channel by your latest video about how BTS vocals make you emotional, and I went down the rabbit hole of your videos. I love how you break down the music, in little bits in your reactions and more in depth in the newer ones. I'm not as educated in music as I'd like to be and learning about what makes it work is so fun. I have words for why their music is so impactful now. I will eat up more break down and educational videos, lol. But it's also been fun just watching your journey with BTS. I love how genuine you are. BTS also helped me with my mental health, so it's honestly fun to see someone else experience that too. 💜
I love your break down videos. Those are my favorites, not that I didn't love your reactions but those are a dime a dozen but your teaching videos. OMG I love them, I eat them up. I have been involved with music since I was six and that has been over 50 years but I still love learning music. So you are doing something for youtube that is wonderful.
Andrew you are probably one the very few genuine people on TH-cam. Your honesty shows in your words.I cried with you in your previous video about stutter and I can relate to I this video too. I have lost my direction and namjoon is probably this only person I am looking up for guidance. I don't know what it makes me but I just want a pep talk from him on how to handle this mess of a life .
Thank you once again for your vulnerability. I just watched your previous video about your stutter and I'm really happy for you. Also, I would love for your channel to start talking about the music. It's your channel, and it's your BTS journey, really, and also there are many MANY musical and instrumental ARMYs that would love this change to your channel. Thank you so much for your reactions, we really appreciate you :D
Borahae 💜
Andrew, I look forward to enjoying your deep dive into the songs and learning more about music. Very touching video that I am glad I had an opportunity to watch.
RL has been keeping me from enjoying keeping up with your journey through the rabbit hole. But, I will enjoy catching up on all that I have missed. Peace and blessings.
Journey on...
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You are one special person, Andrew. All the love to you!
i just came across your channel today and i have almost zero musical knowledge ,so watching you simplify and explain the musical aspect of bts songs were very fascinating to me.
i also would highly encourage you to do what you feel comfortable doing and enjoy doing it rather than feeling like completing chores when you are creating content.
i'm happy for you to have found your possible direction and i hope the best for you!!
now lemme explore more of your content and i'll try my best to follow along your journey.
"I believe in your galaxy", words by RM that touches my heart for you. good luck!!
As bts said..Just be yourself,do what ever make u great/happy.
Thank you, Andrew. Truly.
I support you fully on your new direction 🤗✨
thank you for always being so genuine and open!!!
Hi Andrew! I just wanted to say that it takes a lot of effort to talk about mental health issues and I think it is really brave of you to speak out. I'm also excited about the new direction you will be taking and look forward to it ~
I love you 💜 thank you for being YOU. Thank you for being brave and talking about your struggles. I appreciate you taking the time to do this video. I needed this today 🙌
Hi Andrew, I didn't get to watch as soon as it dropped. Sorry.
Borahae! I support any direction you are going to take so long as you remain true and I believe this does sound like you (Like how RM said "this is you" to Jhope as he listened to Jhope's album). I am not a musician, I didn't formally study music but I do enjoy learning about it and whenever you talk about and breakdown the music as well as when Caitlin joins and breaks down the lyrics. It is as interesting to me as the galaxies and outer space. I might not be exploring the outer space but it is fun learning about it. That's how I feel about learning music (and hope someday I might get to apply).
So thank you. For being genuine towards BTS, for feeding my music curiousity, for welcoming me in a music channel when I know nothing but listening to it, and so many more.
This is your journey, you are the pilot. And I'll happily sit at the passenger seat. It is truly a privilege. I'm looking forward to the new videos 😊💜
So happy you got inspired and this journey has helped you! And you should do whatever is best for you. Without being dramatic, BTS was what pulled me out of a very deep dark hole of depression and what remains constant, besides the great music, is the positive impact they have on my mental health.
BTS songs get better the more you listen I L 💜VE this
First of all thank you for opening up! I'm sure your message will resonate with someone who needed to hear that message today! Excited to see your content from now on sounds super interesting!!!! Placing my bets on Lie?,
What an inspiring video!
Hey Andrew,
I'm super late to the party but, I just haven't had the spoons for it till now. But, better late than never! Thanks for opening up and sharing and thanks for the update. Looking forward to what's yet to come! 💜
💜💜 really love this channel
Still appreciate you opening up like this, I am sorry to hear that this has taken so much out of you and I hope you recover someday
Andrew, this is such a great video. It's exactly what I was expecting of you.
It's a beautiful idea! Please, go ahead! Great tribute to BTS's amazing job healing and helping us with their music. Congrats! Looking forward to watch it.
I love the idea of your doing these in-depth music deep dive videos. I watched your video on Lie, which I happen to think is a musical masterpiece, and really enjoyed it. You should do whatever makes you happy and proud to have done it, but I think this is a brilliant idea and look forward to seeing more of them.
You are so brave. Really admire your courage for sharing with us. Good luck for all your future ventures. We purple you 💜
Thank you for sharing your past with us. It hard, but I'm glad you've come to term little by little.
Your new direction will be awesome!
Thank you for sharing this with us, Andrew. I rarely comment because a lot of times armys are already commenting things I wanted to say,, everyone is very reliable. I also want to mention that I'm very excited for the channel update (sooo looking forward to it!) before sharing my own story.
cw / tw /// suicidal thoughts
I honestly had been struggling a lot for the past 2 months but I hope it's okay to share my not-so-recent "wins". I was in a horrible place when I first became an army. I had good days but a lot more bad days. A week or two weeks ago, I logged in to my private acc on twitter from 2020 (I left twitter for mental health reasons). I saw my tweets about how I want to end my life. How I was so sad. I was numb. I couldn't see the point of living when I constantly disappoint myself and people around me. But it's been more than a year since I had suicidal thoughts! 🥰 there are hiccups here and there. Even today, and for the past week, I don't feel like doing anything. I don't feel like eating. I don't feel like taking care of myself. But I am still hoping for a "tomorrow". I guess that's more than enough than wanting to end it all? even though I feel kind of numb and floaty? Like I'm just navigating life through muscle memory.
I did kinda go on a hiatus from being an army. Still catching up as much as I can, but not everyday like I used to. At first, I was not sure about the decision to do that. But I know BTS is my comfort place. Which means I can always step away for some time. Anytime- and comes back. They will always have a place for someone like me. So yeah, I must admit I'm still harsh with myself, but I am way- A LOT kinder to myself than before/early years I found BTS. I learned a lot from them. I learned how to be kind to myself. How to appreciate myself. How to talk and treat my own self nicely and not just other people. I learned bits by bits how to acknowledge my feelings and my struggles instead of bottling them up.
I think knowing BTS and being a part of their journey is a win itself. I'm going to treat it that way. Another thing to be proud of myself 🥰
I am happy to hear that you are in a better place el. It's not always a straight road, but it sounds like you are developing coping skills and excellent self awareness. Also... auto pilot is just fine! Borahae💜
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@@sharebear321 thank you, that means a lot to me 💜 I don't know how else to respond to your comment but when days are hard to go through, I will remember that someone heard, understand, and appreciate me and my effort 💜
I'm so proud of you for doing what your health needed!! That is not easy, it takes willpower to change. 💜 Thank you for sharing your encouraging story.
I'm so proud of you for sharing this story and I'm so happy to hear that things have improved 💜 it takes so much awareness to be able to acknowledge the things that are in your way and to consciously change the situation. You should definitely be proud of yourself 💜
Realized I wasn’t able to finish this video
But I loved the new videos and I’m super excited on what’s to come! 💜
💜Andrew you are ARMY, I'm sure you know ARMY loves you. You nice, keep going.
Ok, I like the ideas you suggested and I will watch them. I have always enjoyed the more educational parts of your reaction, and I assume with more time to put things tgt (instead of having to do it as a reaction) it will make the learning more fun. In fact those are the parts I show my husband. He's not a huge reaction junkie like me but he's more into the musical elements of the music he's listening to, so those videos shall be our bridge.
Recently I have grown fatigued towards reaction videos. There's so many out there and yet I find them hugely unsatisfying. So yes, you have my support for the direction you intend to move in.
In terms of mental wellness, I really appreciate you talking about it. I don't know how to articulate it but I'm a stronger version of myself before BTS. I don't have specific incidents or metrics. I have always struggled since 2000 with a lot of things, albeit in minor ways such that I could still function pretty well. There have been moments but it was rare enough that I could chalk those up to special circumstances. But looking back now, I could tell that I was feeling like an inpostor，I often lack confidence, I got easily anxious, and sometimes I get defensive basically a lot of negative responses to things happening. But I'm truly a better version of myself now and I can't deny it. And that's pretty amazing. BTS is like therapy for people who didn't know they need therapy, or people who don't think their situation is serious enough for therapy.
First time watching you. I think I will watch ur reaction to bts from the beginning coz I just love watching people falling in love with bts hehe 💜😊
I wish I could express too to my friends, family ,people I around me the effect of bts and their music to me. They are very special. Their music and bts themselves. I treasure everything about them and I feel very lucky that I became a fan of them.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that 💜
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I love it more..because i want to watch a reaction like that to fully understand it.
💜💜💜💜💜 let’s go
Crying helps too. Having someone to talk to is better
title suggestion for the new type of videos "behind the sound (bts)"
Ohhhhh I wish I would've seen this sooner. This is a good name 🤔
@@AndrewBergSax right? you should hire me in your team
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BTS scammers have negatively affected my mental health. And Hybe does NOTHING to stop these imposters, even after they are informed about the scammers.