(but then the final track is all about the cyclical, sisyphus-like nature of all things, and how he calls for all the pain and divine to return to him.)

And maybe the docu’s showcase of the creative process didn’t feel /as/ unique to us now in 2024 than it did to him in 2023 because we’ve already watched Jimin do his song camps and work through his albums from start to finish?

Yes, that’s true! I did think the docu would be more of a revelation since I hadn’t been following him as actively recently, and he’d showed less of himself, but turns out it’s still the same ol’ Joon. (And I say that with fondness!) +

🫠

Honestly, both! But I don’t want to speak on it too much before others get a chance to see it and take it in! I’d really love for you to let me know how you find it. (And there are worse ways to spend time than watching Joon and his crinkly eye smiles. ☺️)

but i respect that as the creator, joon feels that he was able to experience a new and much-needed rush of freedom outside his decade-long role as a k-pop artist who wrote lyrics, helped set the big vision, then just got to work on the choreo.

my head is still paused at flowers suspended in air, and glow bugs that melt into the sky as stars thank you!!!

playing 0:21-0:57 of “no one mourns the wicked” after finishing the movie is a hit to the chest!!

help i saw it so early that ao3 cannot support my maelstrom of feelings

I haven’t, and I’m so keen to go! It’ll be lovely to experience his process months after we first experienced his album 🥹

(for a long, long time, his lyrics had felt like a synthesis of everything they’d already shared with us in other mediums, so i hadn’t had to use my imagination.)