Afternoona Army: Thinky and Thirsty BTS Takes
Oct 1, 2026 · 58 min · 11 segments
Join Lia and Megan as they recount Chicago and LA stops of Arirang and discuss I Heart Radio. The North American chapter of the 2026 BTS Tour has come to a close but the memories are life-changing…
Leah RileyHostI wasn't really sure where to start, but I thought, why don't we just start with probably the biggest news in the last month, which is on day four of LA, JK decided to just not wear a shirt at all, which is something we've been talking about for a while.
Like, why bother with a tank top? And he was like, yeah, why bother with the tank top?
And I was like, the thing that's funny about JK is that he's surprisingly modest in his clothing.
Like he really is just like on stage, like a layered one to the point that I'm like, aren't you just so hot? Like you have so many layers on.
Yeah.
Yeah, not in the beginning, you know, because the concert's broken up into, like, three acts, basically.
And the first act was, like, very normal.
Everyone came out.
They were all dressed up.
Like, you were just like, oh, yeah, this is where if I've been, it's night four.
Night four being the last show of the American, the North American leg of this tour so far.
So, you know, we're just, I'm streaming, you're streaming.
Everyone's kind of texting, going in different group chats at the same time.
And I don't know about you, but I am watching.
And I'm like, slowly but surely, he's like walking up the ramp.
And I'm like, is he? No.
No. Why? Why on night four would he be? No.
And then all of a sudden, they start 2.0. And you get the bounce, the chest bounce.
And that was it.
I wasn't really sure where to start, but I thought, why don't we just start with probably the biggest news in the last month, which is on day four of LA, JK decided to just not wear a shirt at all, which is something we've been talking about for a while.
Like, why bother with a tank top? And he was like, yeah, why bother with the tank top?
And I was like, the thing that's funny about JK is that he's surprisingly modest in his clothing.
Like he really is just like on stage, like a layered one to the point that I'm like, aren't you just so hot? Like you have so many layers on.
Yeah.
Yeah, not in the beginning, you know, because the concert's broken up into, like, three acts, basically.
And the first act was, like, very normal.
Everyone came out.
They were all dressed up.
Like, you were just like, oh, yeah, this is where if I've been, it's night four.
Night four being the last show of the American, the North American leg of this tour so far.
So, you know, we're just, I'm streaming, you're streaming.
Everyone's kind of texting, going in different group chats at the same time.
And I don't know about you, but I am watching.
And I'm like, slowly but surely, he's like walking up the ramp.
And I'm like, is he? No.
No. Why? Why on night four would he be? No.
And then all of a sudden, they start 2.0. And you get the bounce, the chest bounce.
And that was it.
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