movie: runseokjin_ep.tour 2025

LINK: movie: runseokjin_ep.tour 2025

Currently listening to: Background – Jin

The song, Background, by Jin (one of the members of BTS) is criminally underrated. It’s an emotional ballad that I had on heavy rotation. The bittersweet longing… le sigh.

아직 난 거기 살아
I’m still living there
너의 세상이 다 나였던 계절에
In that season, when I was your whole world
나 홀로 되뇌는 말
I keep repeating to myself
다시 돌아간다면 무슨 말을 할까
What would I say if I could go back in time?

별 하나 없는 이 까만 밤
This pitch-black night with no stars
불 꺼진 무대 위로
Standing on stage with the lights turned off
늦은 잔상처럼 남아
Still in my mind, images that won’t leave
아직 헤매고 있어
I’m still wandering

Chorus:
Maybe in another place, another time
되돌릴 수 있다면
If I could go back
그땐 곁에 내가 있을까
Would I be by your side then?
널 기다리는 나
I’m waiting for you
I’ll be here in the background

다른 색깔로 그린
Painted with different colors
서로 물든 채 뒤섞여 가던 꿈
our dreams were blending into each other
점점 잊혀진다는 게
Slowly being forgotten
때론 미칠 것 같지 But I still choose you
Sometimes it feels like I’m going crazy, but I still choose you

네게 전부
To you, everything
과거가 돼버린 내 흔적 다 해져
every trace of me is in the past, everything fades
기다림도
Waiting too,
사랑이라 꽤 할만해져
is a form of love, so it’s worth it

별 하나 없는 이 까만 밤
This pitch-black night with no stars
불 꺼진 무대 위로
Standing on stage with the lights turned off
늦은 잔상처럼 남아
Still in my mind, an afterimage that won’t leave
아직 헤매고 있어
I’m still wandering, lost

Chorus

Here in the background

모든 이야기가 끝난 밤
The stories all end tonight
불 꺼진 무대 위로
Standing on stage with the lights turned off
늦은 잔상처럼 남아
Still in my mind, an afterimage that won’t leave
또 널 헤매고 있어
I’m wandering in search of you again

Chorus

My friends and I went to see hte live theater viewing of #RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR when he was performing in Amsterdam.

Before the show, I grabbed my usual, an Americano and my latest obsession, the jalapeño chicken pocket. I first tried it in D.C., and it’s been living rent-free in my head ever since. I really need to recreate this at home because I could eat it every day.

Even though it was just a live-streamed movie, ARMY still showed up. Lighsticks, wearing their merch, and freebies. People are so creative. I didn’t get a chance to make anything this time because I was still recovering from a long week but I loved receiving what everyone gave me.

Then came the chaos. Our tickets were for theater 16, but when we arrived, the switched us to theater 17 and split our group up across the aisle. Maria and I sat on the right side, while the other two sat on the left. Ten minutes later, an announcement: everyone was going back to theater 16 for a “better experience.” There were no complaints from us, this meant that we could sit together.

Since the movie was streaming live from Amsterdam, there was a noticeable delay in the audio. It looked like Jin was lip-syncing, which we knew he wasn’t but it was still very distracting. You could hear the collective groan of disappointment in the theater. No one left though, we were committed.

Three songs in, the lights came on mid-performance. A moment of panic… and then relief. They were fixing the sync. THANK GOD. After that, we were all thoroughly enjoying ourselves.

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I feel very fortunate to seeing Jin perform at the Anaheim concert and now again, with friends who couldn’t make it to the concert.

Linda just got back from Korea and surprised me with these Felix collab Pepero snacky snacks, the bag, and BT21 Cooky pen.

We were getting hungry and since I had a $20 off $40 coupon for a restaurant at the mall, the four of us decided to head on over there. The food was good, but the service was not. It took forever to be seated, even longer to get our order, and when the bread plates arrived, mine had dried food crusted on it. I asked for a replacement, a different server took the plates and never came back. Linda ended up grabbing clean plates from an empty table. Our server came over to ask if something was wrong, and I just looked at him and said, “Yeah, there was food crusted on our plates and we wanted new ones.” Service stayed slow (we were there for over two hours for two salads and two pasta dishes and there weren’t many customers), and when we asked for a box, he brought the wrong lid and didn’t even apologize as we struggled to fit it over the food. I still tipped, but not my usual generous amount.

We went to 85 degrees bakery for dessert. They had a BOGO on sea salt coffee through the app. I’d never tried it before and it was surprisingly good. Sweet, salty, and creamy over an iced Americano.