FIRST TIME LISTENING TO XG (WINTER WITHOUT YOU MV, MASCARA LIVE STAGE PERFORMANCE, BTS)

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Stephen Thompson | Sept. 21, 2020
We've been trying to make a BTS Tiny Desk concert happen for years now - even gaming out ways we might move Bob Boilen's desk far enough forward to accommodate the superstar Korean boy band's dance moves.
In the end, it took a global pandemic - and the launch of Tiny Desk (home) concerts back in March - to make something happen. With BTS cooped up in Seoul, the group held true to the series's spirit by convening a live band for its Tiny Desk debut, and even arranged to perform in a workspace with a music-friendly backdrop: the record store VINYL & PLASTIC by Hyundai Card in BTS's hometown.
Opening with this summer's inescapable "Dynamite" - the group's first single to hit No. 1 in the U.S., as well as its first song to be fully recorded in English - BTS leaned hard into the new track's celebratory, "Uptown Funk"-adjacent vibes. From there, the group dipped into its back catalog, seizing on the opportunity to showcase its quieter side while (mostly) staying uncharacteristically seated. The breezily propulsive "Save ME," from 2016, ultimately gave way to a full-on power ballad in 2017's reflective "Spring Day."
The latter track seemed especially true to BTS's hopeful nature: Introduced with a few optimistic words from rapper and singer RM ("It's been the roughest summer ever, but we know that spring will come"), the song reflects on a need to wait out hard times, even as the weight of present-day pain feels oppressive.
BTS had intended to spend 2020 delighting the BTS Army in arenas around the world, only to spend these last few months performing in isolation. Released on the last day of a grim season, "Spring Day" provides a nice reminder of what awaits us on the other side. We just have to get through fall and winter first.
SET LIST
"Dynamite"
"Save ME"
"Spring Day"
MUSICIANS
J-Hope: vocals; SUGA: vocals; Jungkook: vocals; V: vocals; Jin: vocals; RM: vocals; Jimin: vocals; KHAN: drums; DOCSKIM: keyboard; Kim Kiwook: bass; Shyun: guitar
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[@Allen_Alphaz_XG]

Bro you sounds so nice too!😂

[@Bigbrothaj]

😂 thanks 🙏🏾

[@kingbyouchoob2488]

What girl group on the planet is doing what XG is doing at the level they are doing it? No one. Period. They literally can do anything & everything. Elite rapline, elite vocalists, elite dance crew. This is such old skool R&B 90s/early 2000s perfection. The entire world needs to wake up on XG. People sleepwalking on XG are really missing out big time. This is currently #1 on the U.S. iTunes R&B chart and several other countries

[@Bigbrothaj]

Next level 👌🏾🔥

[@Dream.Lies0712]

The producers and lyricists have a blast making this record…

[@Bigbrothaj]

I see why 🔥

[@Allen_Alphaz_XG]

XG best Christmas gift of my life! Wish everyone have a very good Christmas time 2023

[@Bigbrothaj]

You too family 🙏🏾

[@kaecee1991]

This is how you make a modern R&B song to end the year. What a way to end 2023 XG. Applause 👏 take a bow.

[@pedroportalatin6751]

Love XG first world tour XG 2024

[@Bigbrothaj]

Need it 🔥

[@jasonmoo4177]

Damn bro. Nice addition verse. Secret member of XG.😅

[@Bigbrothaj]

😂 thanks and I’ll take that 💪🏾

[@jasonmoo4177]

@@Bigbrothaj Merry Xmas man. Hope you had a good year ahead. For me, I had a blast this year with XG. Nobody comes close when they show up. TGIF, thank god they fly. Definitely appreciate your awesome reaction. Thank all the supporters of XG. We are served.

[@pedroportalatin6751]

Xg head in the clouds at New York

[@Bigbrothaj]

🔥🔥

[@rj_lab]

XG is the BEST and CERTIFIED DOPE. Vocals on point. Dance queens, Rap queens, Vocals queens, Trilingual queens. 🔥🧨⚡💣💖💘💝👍👊👏💪 #XG #WINTERWITHOUTYOU #XG_WINTERWITHOUTYOU #XG #XPOP #JPOP #KPOP

[@Bigbrothaj]

Facts 💪🏾

[@Lycaonightley]

You have a great voice and musicality and seem to know how to speak over the music without ruining it. Also great rap cover!

[@Bigbrothaj]

Wow thanks really appreciate you 🙏🏾

[@user-hl5li4gs6b]

Thank you for your wonderful reaction to XG and the continued support on your channel. It tore at my soul. 👼 #1 R&B song on ITUNES. World they are coming at you, enjoy them as we do, World Tour 2024.❤❤ Love these 7 Angels. 👽👽👽👽👽👽👽💖💖 Jurin 🦋Chisa 🌞Hinata 💠Harvey 🦄Juria 🧸Maya 🐕Cocona 🍄. ALPHAZ 🐺👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👾💖

[@Bigbrothaj]

Thank you for watching 🙏🏾

[@harriettholmes539]

Yelling out Winter Without You, Winter Without You. Chisa is doing a scene from a Japanese movie "The Love "Letter. Maya vocals sound pretty. Usually hear Maya rapping voice. This song should be on everyone's Playlist.

[@Bigbrothaj]

Ah gotcha and yeah it should be 🔥

[@kit_the_kat741]

So Chisa is recreating an iconic scene from a 1995 Japanese movie called Love Letters. A woman screams "How are you? and then "I'm fine" into the mountains where her husband died knowing that he will never answer her back, it's just endless echoes of her own voice.

[@Bigbrothaj]

Ah thank you for that 👌🏾

[@ductdang]

🥲

[@migosyrntakeoff2929]

Intro was hotter than my AC lol they go too hard

[@Bigbrothaj]

😂 thanks

[@abtv8692]

🔥

[@Bigbrothaj]

🔥

[@caca-wd9fv]

itd be fun if you react to more behind the scenes type of videos

[@Bigbrothaj]

For sure 👌🏾

[@AntaresRex]

Nice breakdown flow in the beginning, bro! I see you! 😎😎😎

[@Bigbrothaj]

Thank you brother 🙏🏾

[@pedroportalatin6751]

My brother your screen was a little fuzzy thanks for supporting XG on your KZbin channel

[@Bigbrothaj]

Not sure why 🤔 thank you for watching

[@rj_lab]

You sound DOPE, Bro! You should insert your parts somewhere before the bridge man! 👏👊👍🔥⚡🧨💣

[@Bigbrothaj]

lol really appreciate you 🙏🏾

[@rj_lab]

@@Bigbrothaj Nice one!

[@AnthonyCheeseborough]

Simon is the reincarnation of christ