#BTS_Tutorials

[roo-bastmoon]

I need to comb through these tutorials and update them (some rules probably changed since the second week of FACE) and I also need to add a post about Deezer, but, for now, just sharing these links in case folks find it useful. (Please do message me if you know of more up-to-date info and I will revise--I appreciate your insight!)

Love, Roo

BTS TUTORIALS MASTERLIST

I made a few guides for fellow Baby Army and Dope Old Army who are new to streaming, buying, voting, and promoting Bangtan. This list is organic and will be updated as new info comes to light. Please share and bookmark if you find it useful, and thank you for working hard for our boys!

Resources for Jimin Fans

Billboard Charts

Streaming vs. Buying

Concert Tickets Part 1

Concert Tickets Part 2

Pandora

Spotify

Premium Spotify Accounts

YouTube

Premium YouTube Accounts

YouTube Queue Option

Apple Music

iTunes multiple accounts using gift cards

Stationhead & Renaissance

WeVerse Shop

Shazam

Idol Plus

MuBeat

Voting on MuBeat

Choeaedol

MNet Plus

FanPlus

Idol Champ

FreeVote

Star Planet

Discord

Real-Time Translators

Reporting to BigHit

[roo-bastmoon]

Checklist for Face Day

While you wait around today, please use a QUEUE on YouTube instead of a playlist, as this is the last day of tracking for Set Me Free Pt. 2 and it takes too long for playlists to count. Here's a good one.

Around 8pm EST, you need to start playing Jimin-discography playlists on Spotify to set him up with a high position on their Daily Global Artists chart.

Later tonight, Jimin's interview will appear on Jimmy Fallon, on NBC at 11:35pm EST--approximately 25 minutes before the Like Crazy Music Video Premiere. If you cannot watch it in your region, Our Magic Shop on Discord will be hosting a stream of it under the magic-shop-media thread.

Jimin may also go live on WeVerse before the premiere drops. You're gonna wanna have a few screens around you tonight so you don't miss out.

It is crucial you use another device while all this is going on so you can tune in for a clean stream of the Music Video Premier because those views will be added for the charts and it is extremely unlikely a premiere video will be frozen or deleted.

Cometh the hour, you watch the crap out of the music video--you like, you share, you send it to all your friends and social media accounts and encourage folks to watch it.

Next you're going to want to go to all your pre-sale emails and actually go in and download your purchases. If you do not download your sale, it does not count for the chart.

Then you're going to go into every iTunes and Amazon account you have and you're going to order a digital copy of the FACE album if you haven't already.

One credit card or gift card = 1 account = 1 album purchase. Buy as many as you can afford. There is no faster, cleaner way to chart an artist than to buy their digital album.

Then it's time to actively stream on your premium accounts.

TURN OFF YOUR VPN!

FACE will feature five original songs in this order:

“Face-off”

“Interlude: Dive”

“Like Crazy”

“Alone”

“Set Me Free Pt.2”

In addition, the tracklist will be bolstered by an English-language version of “Like Crazy.”

Stream the whole album but our main job is to prioritize Like Crazy Korean and English versions.

You know the drill. Search manually on YouTube for the first 24 hours. Play it all the way through at 51% volume. Click around on other Jimin or BTS music videos for about a minute. Search again. Play again.

Prioritize both versions of Like Crazy but build in diversity, pause, adjust things, act like a human. You can listen to it 50 times, then you need to switch to another premium account.

Because YouTube is being a little bitch and fucking up the stream count for Jimin right now (don't stop using it--every stream is critical right now, but you can be grump about it while you do), I also signed up for a free trial of Apple Music today and have liked Jimin's profile there.

DO NOT ADD HIS SONGS TO YOUR LIBRARY. If you bought FACE songs from iTunes, go into your Apple Music account and delete them from your library for now. If they are in your library, Apple Music will automatically play from there and it won't count for charts.

Just go under Jimin's profile and play them that way. You can keep playing them from your main account without having to switch Apple Music accounts. No limits on number of plays, just click around on other songs for 30-60 seconds from time to time and don't loop. This is gonna be critical for supplementing YouTube handicaps.

While you're working on that, you gotta fire up your premium Spotify accounts. Make sure all your accounts are following the artist as a monthly listener.

You know you can play something 20 times on Spotify and then you're done with that account for that song for the day. So keep an eye out for how many times the songs of FACE play in your list and set an alarm so you can switch to the next premium Spotify account and keep working.

There are two ways of charting FACE on Spotify. You can play the album all the way through, with the songs all in order, or you can prioritize the title track and use the rest of the album and other BTS songs as filler.

I'm gonna be following JRJ-OT7's lead on this because Jennifer has more than earned my trust when it comes to chart goals, but if you want to tailor your own experience, here are examples of how to flesh things out (album order vs. title track priority):

If you're making your own lists and queues and whatnot, please remember to include fillers like On the Street, Smoke Sprite, and Vibe as new releases and the Astronaut, Wildflower, More, Fake Love, and Sweet Night for milestones. Please also add in Left and Right, Dreamers, and Stay Alive as we only have four days left to help Jungkook break the 1 Billion Record.

So to recap:

*Watch and share the hell out of the premiere video.

*Prioritize the title track Like Crazy (English and Korean versions) but it's a short album so hit all songs in your playlists.

*Download your pre-sale purchases.

*Prioritize making digital purchases today. Make new accounts and use gift cards if you need to.

*Premium streaming accounts count three times as much in the charts. Use free trials for YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music. Stream the album like crazy on all of those. (If you have premium accounts, you can open all of those in their own browsers and hit 'em all at once on one device if you have to--headphone recommended so you don't go nuts.)

*Delete Face songs from your library in Apple Music first.

*Search manually the first 24 hours on YouTube, then switch to playlists.

*Shazam the songs as you play them.

*Never loop. Never shuffle. Never use VPN.

*Ignore the bullshit from antis and drama queens. Today and tomorrow belong entirely to our artist. We focus on Jimin and only Jimin, and we encourage each other with a positive attitude, good humor, and sheer grit.

I intend to be awake and stream actively for 24 straight hours starting at midnight EST tonight, so I'm going to hop offline now and get some rest.

If you have questions, you might want to take a look at the BTS Tutorial masterlist.

Good luck and God's speed, puppykitties! Let's lift our boy up!

[roo-bastmoon]

BTS Tutorial: REPORTING TO HYBE

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people on the internet and out in the world with hate in their hearts. Some are annoying, and some are dangerous.

In the past year, BTS members have endured:

--home invasion

--mail tampering

--info doxing

--leaked photos

--selling stories and fake scandals to the press

--clout chasing by brands following their accounts

--stalking at restaurants, airports, stadiums, gyms, and homes

--netizen threats of cutting, suicide, rape, and killing of their families or themselves

As a result, some members have:

--refused to come online for months

--deleted all their personal content and stuck only to official business

--removed social media apps (worth millions) altogether

--come on Lives and WeVerse and BEGGED us to remember they are human and not to follow them or put other people in danger

Normally it’s enough to just block haters who talk shit on the internet and report their posts to the platform hosts.

But when a Tannie’s in danger of being attacked or violated, it’s time to kick things up the chain to BigHit so their Security Team can be aware of it.

If you see issues online that can cause harm to one of the members, please keep the following things in mind:

Never interact with the poster(s). Do not engage. The more engagement they have, the less likely they can be suspended quickly.

Do not repost or quote retweet—you are only helping to spread the harm. If you MUST share, you keep it to your DMs and private forums. Share with trusted people so that they can quietly report it, not so they can gossip about it.

Immediately start gathering evidence. Take a screenshot, bookmark the link, note the IP address. Write down the date, the user nickname, the post’s URL, and a description of the issue plus any pertinent info on the poster. Anything that might serve to send them a Cease and Desist or take legal action.

Email your evidence to BigHit at protect@bighitmusic.co.kr

Sometimes people will craft template messages you can use—as a guide. Don’t copy lines verbatim or your email will get trapped in a spam folder. Change the subject line and the sentences a little.

This email process is for harmful content, breaches of privacy, security threats. It’s not where you go to report a piece of fanart you think is distasteful or someone expressing negative opinions about BTS’ music. This is for ACTIONABLE BREACHES.

Please do not ever contact BTS’ members friends, family, staff, collaborators or brand ambassadors. That is a serious boundary breach, even if you have good intentions. Stick to the official channels and just email the company.

Go ahead and bookmark this post in case you need a quick and easy reference:

Just a note: The maknae line get it bad, and Jimin gets it the worst. Please don't get into dogfights. Just quietly, calmly, and diligently report. If you feel really strong about it, join a reporting group.

ARMYs exist to support BTS. Protecting their privacy and safety is part of that. We will never get another Jikook live or TMI session if they do not even feel safe in their own homes.

[roo-bastmoon]

BTS Tutorial: WEVERSE SHOP

WeVerse is a platform where we can watch BTS content and interact on the forums with the artists.

WeVerse SHOP is where we buy official and exclusive merch.

Gonna recommend you bookmark those two links.

Did you know you can even set up WeVerse on your smart TV and watch content on your big screen? For tutorials on how to set up accounts, go here:

Before we get into it, I’m just gonna make a plug that you try to purchase your ARMY annual membership. Even and especially while the boys are in military service, your membership lets HYBE know there’s still interest and engagement for our boys and that they have SOME funds and fans they can depend on coming in from BTS-related content. I can’t afford the fancy exclusive expensive membership but the $22 a year gets me a free pass to all kinds of cool paid media like behind the scenes footage and extra content, too.

Okay, now back to the shop. So far, I’ve found WeVerse shop to carefully package their folios and albums. I honestly can't afford much because I want to prioritize purchasing the music more than the merch. However, for international ARMY, WeVerse Shop purchases often come with steep shipping costs and delays, so just be mentally prepared to wait for your hoodie or whatever several weeks if not months longer than our K-diamond ARMY have to. Them’s the breaks.

In terms of helping your bias chart, physical albums (CDs, vinyls) sold on WeVerse USA Shop WILL count toward Billboard 200 if you live in the US. (So will physical albums in Target—and some physical albums on Amazon IF they come from the official BTS source. You absolutely gotta check the fine print and see if they tell you which charts their sales might count toward, or just don’t risk it.)

Sales on WeVerse GLOBAL Shop will NOT count for Billboard 200, but those will count toward Hanteo and GaOn charts. If you are a non-US-based I-ARMY, please go ahead and purchase from the GLOBAL STORE to help the boys win awards in their home country if you have the funds.

Also note that WeVerse digital albums are basically QR codes that you get access to the day an album drops. You scan the code and you can play the songs in WeVerse only. None of those plays in the WeVerse app count for our charts so I highly recommend you prioritize Spotify, YouTube, Apple, and Amazon for streaming.

For more information US ARMY can use about WeVerse items for sale, including FACE presale releases, I recommend following this account:

Please go ahead and share this so the word gets out. If you know of better information, please let me know so I can keep these tutorials evergreen, and thank you!

DISCLAIMER:

I am a Dope Old Person and have been ARMY since January 2022. So I still have a lot to learn.

I’m making mini-tutorials for people like me who are comfy with technology but totally new to voting, streaming, and buying Kpop stuff.

If you know of better, more up-to-date information, please comment or DM me so I can make sure I’m not spreading misinfo. Please be polite about it, though—we are on the same team!

Feel free to apply whatever you learn here to other BTS members and other artists; I’m Jimin-biased so I am focused on helping Jimin at this moment in time, but I’m OT7 so rest assured I’ll put my shoulder to the wheel for all our members!

[roo-bastmoon]

UPDATE FOR 2023

Reminder, MAMA Voting will take place on October 19.

Register Mnet Mplus accounts ahead of time as new accounts will not be allowed to vote on the day-of.

There's a limit of two accounts per IP address so please register using both wifi and data.

Webite: https://www.mnetplus.world/

You can also use apps on iPhone or Android

Please refer to Jimin Data's Guide.

MAMA can be a bloodbath. It is taken extremely seriously. It's one of the major awards and our Jimin has a chance but we all have to work HARD and SMART. If you've got it in you to buy more and stream more of FACE, now's the time.

I know everyone is fatigued, I'm tired too. But this battle will take five times the effort compared to what we accomplished for The Fact TMA.

So make your accounts this weekend, study tutorials (YouTube is a great source), and set aside time on your calendar for October 19th to go hard.

It is extremely likely that Jimin will attend this award show.

Run, puppkitties, run, run!

BTS TUTORIAL: MNET PLUS

Mnet Plus is an app that helps you vote for your favorite artists to get Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).

It also has a lot of other kinds of engagement like clips, YouTube videos, star point voting contests, but I only care about helping BTS win awards so I’m just gonna talk about MAMA here.

You get the Mnet app from the App store, then click the MY ACCOUNT (the person icon) and set up a login. (For example, for things like this, I use roo.voting@gmail.com). I do not allow notifications or tracking. I never check that email after initial account set up.

Verify your age, put in your one time verification number that they will send to your email, and set up your profile picture and all that jazz.

Here's a step by step screenshot of how to sign up:

On your home page, you’ll see slides. Go to the contest you want to vote on. Click it to vote. You’ll have to prove you’re not a bot by doing a photo captcha and answering some questions, logging in, things like that.

Sometimes it crashes. Don’t panic, just be patient.

Here’s a short video tutorial:

Now I'm a newbie to voting but even I know that MAMA is a big huge hairy deal, so just I recommend you just download the app, follow the voting accounts on Twitter for your favorite artists, and when the appropriate contests come up, vote.

Motivation to vote for fave:

DISCLAIMER:

I am a Dope Old Person and have been ARMY since January 2022. So I still have a lot to learn.

I’m making mini-tutorials for people like me who are comfy with technology but totally new to voting, streaming, and buying Kpop stuff.

If you know of better, more up-to-date information, please comment or DM me so I can make sure I’m not spreading misinfo. Please be polite about it, though—we are on the same team!

Feel free to apply whatever you learn here to other BTS members and other artists; I’m Jimin-biased so I am focused on helping Jimin at this moment in time, but I’m OT7 so rest assured I’ll put my shoulder to the wheel for all our members!

[roo-bastmoon]

BTS Tutorial: gift cards for multiple iTunes

Today I set up 4 extra iTunes accounts and then I redeemed gift cards from JIMIN FUNDS to make more purchases of Set Me Free Pt. 2.

I will break down the experience for you so you might feel more comfortable doing this too, or if you know of someone who really wants to help but is pinching pennies.

But first--let me start by saying: there is a really good post over here about why it's important to avoid working with solos and antis. I do not want any drama on my blog and I never wish to cause harm to any BTS member. So I DMed Jimin Funds and straight up asked them if they were solos and/or didn't love all the members of BTS... and they flat-out said "No! It's Jimin OF BTS 100% of the time!!"

So after interacting with them a lot today, I believe they are a Jimin-biased account on Twitter but real ARMY in their personal lives, just like me. However, it seems they will take donations from anyone--including shippers, solos, OT7s, multis, who and whatever--and they will distribute to anyone buying for Jimin--including shippers, solos, OT7s, multis, who and whatever. If you wanna help Jimin, they will empower you to do so and not put you through a lot of questions to "vet" you about it. They are acting like a safe middle man.

But Jimin Funds themselves are NOT SOLOS and are actually very nice. It was 3am where they live and they were diligently still up and getting funds into the hands of ARMY like me, answering questions, making connections and suggestions. I have followed their twitter for months and they have never shaded any member and they work hard for Jimin as far as I can see, so I have no qualms working with them, but you do you. You can search for OT7 funding accounts on Twitter and use them by all means!! Please do not bring drama to my blog. I will force you to ride the drama llama if you do.

Anyway, Jimin Funds have bought hundreds of gift cards so folks can afford to buy Jimin's single and title track. Right now they are prioritizing digital sales for US and PR ARMYs but reach out to them with questions for other options.

I will walk you through how it's done, in case you wanted to do it but weren't feeling comfy and so are still on the fence.

First up, I have an iTunes account under my real name with my real life credit card and that's what I use for my main music buying, just in my real every day life outside of being ARMY. I also have 5 other fandom gmails I made, which I'm constantly cycling through to vote, stream, engage on social media, and make purchases. So today I logged out of my main iTunes and I set up accounts there with my other emails. I could only set up 4 other accounts, because iTunes limits you to 5 emails per credit card.

I input the same birthday, same address, same security questions, same credit card. Used different handle names based on the gmail address so I can keep it all straight in my mind. These 5 accounts are tied to me, one user, BUT IF I USE A GIFT CARD TO BUY, the 5 accounts' purchases count separately for the charts.

So I DMed Jimin Funds and they individually released $2 iTunes electronic fund codes to me via DM and I purchased Set Me Free four more times, and sent them screenshots and my thanks.

They did not ask me for my name, address, credit card info--nothing. I just told them the email I'd be using and as a courtesy gave them a screenshot of my iTunes account with that purchase showing them that I spent their funds as they'd intended. I feel safe that I will not be data mined just because they know those shell email addresses.

They asked me to please use the remaining funds on each gift card to purchase Like Crazy when it drops, which I will definitely be doing.

All told, I will have bought Jimin's physical album 6 times and his digital album 5 times on iTunes and 3 times elsewhere, plus I will stream nonstop on 3 devices using 6 free trial premium accounts for 24 straight hours. I'm not sure what else I can realistically do but I'm all ears if you have suggestions.

Please reply to this post with links if you know of accounts funding the entire digital album on March 24th.

I have no idea how much it will end up costing on iTunes, but the average price of an EP is around $10-$12. That can add up for folks, I know, but sales are EXTREMELY IMPORTANT especially considering the names Jimin is trying to chart against, without radio play.

And yes, I will say that streaming is important too, of course it is, but you have to stream something 150 times for it to count as one sale. If we can make use of up to 5 iTunes accounts and spend down all the donated funds ARMY has collected, that will help Jimin chart higher, faster.

The only thing required of you is the time and effort it takes to set up extra iTunes accounts, redeem a gift card code, and click to purchase two songs. It's way less work than streaming for 24 hours straight (though I'll be doing that too, because what is love if not sleep deprivation?)

Love, Roo

PS Our streaming and voting numbers always dip a lot on the weekend. Please, please set reminders and be diligent--but also be sure to build in time for rest and real-life stuff. This is a marathon and next Friday at 12:01am we are gonna have to go hard like never before to lift our boy up!

[roo-bastmoon]

BTS Tutorial: Stationhead & Renaissance

Stationhead is an app that connects to your Apple Music or Spotify account and allows you to stream music in a community so that every person’s streams count toward your artists’ chart. Supposedly this app can rival radio (it’s early days; we will see).

Apple Music and Spotify both work on Stationhead's web player. 

If a host is playing their songs from Apple Music, and you only subscribe to Spotify, the matching track from Spotify will play through your streaming account. In the same way, a host using Spotify to play music will have songs matched for Apple Music listeners. So it's a great cross-platform tool.

It can be kind of fun to know you’re streaming with hundreds if not thousands of other ARMYs, especially when you are targeting milestones for certain songs and you don't want to think too deeply about how to build a playlist... but it’s not necessary if you want to just stream on your own accounts.

You need to listen to at least 30 seconds of a song on Stationhead for it to count toward charts.

Here’s a short tutorial about how to set up a Stationhead account, but in my case, I will search for BTS and Jimin on Station head instead of Stray Kids (sorry, Stray Kids—I think you’re cool but I’m a loyal hoe.)

After you download the app and set up your profile, I recommend you search for the following communities on Stationhead and join them:

JIMINCHARTSPH

JIMINGLOBAL

JIMINRECORD13

When a live streaming party is about to start, you’ll get a little notification on your phone and you can decide to join. Then you listen to streams. To maximize your time in the first 24 hours of a release, maybe have Apple Music play on one laptop, YouTube play on a tablet, and Stationhead or Renaissance app going on your phone (tethered to your Spotify). It’s free and it doesn’t spam you, it just takes a few moments to set up accounts on these apps.

If you’re still not convinced, here’s a review from a music professional that gets into the details:

Similar to Stationhead, Renaissance is an app that connects to your Spotify account. If you follow streaming accounts on twitter, they will sometimes throw streaming parties on Renaissance and it can be fun to join in and gather collective streams to achieve certain goals.

You download Renaissance from the app store, sign in (I use my gmail account and connect to my premium Spotify). Once logged in, you can search for Jimin, and there you’ll see various streaming parties going on. You click to join, it’ll open your Spotify account, and you can play that playlist along with hundreds and sometimes thousands of others.

It's simply a great way to find playlists and help meet benchmarks with the community, but don't feel pressure. It's just nice if you're engaging in streaming battles on Twitter; gets everyone psyched up.

Some people prefer Renaissance because you can be in control of your playlist (when to stop and start, the ability to count your streams), whereas Stationhead is more like radio, where the host is a DJ and they are in charge. Really it just all comes down to what you prefer and if you're part of communities that enjoy group streaming.

After our artists land on the charts, it's important to keep streaming so their songs have longevity and aren't just flash-in-the-pan, one-hit-wonders. Using streaming apps is a great way to let your accounts count for streams, without having to curate and manage playlists all day long. (But remember, 20 streams of a song, then login to a different Spotify account for it it count.)

Stream on, stream on, stream until your streams come true!

DISCLAIMER:

I am a Dope Old Person and have been ARMY since January 2022. So I still have a lot to learn.

I’m making mini-tutorials for people like me who are comfy with technology but totally new to voting, streaming, and buying Kpop stuff.

If you know of better, more up-to-date information, please comment or DM me so I can make sure I’m not spreading misinfo. Please be polite about it, though—we are on the same team!

Feel free to apply whatever you learn here to other BTS members and other artists; I’m Jimin-biased so I am focused on helping Jimin at this moment in time, but I’m OT7 so rest assured I’ll put my shoulder to the wheel for all our members!

[roo-bastmoon]

Time to vote on MuBeat!

Attention, puppykitties. Global Pre Voting for Show!Music Core has just started and now is the time to cast your initial votes for Jimin’s Set Me Free Pt.2!!

DO NOT USE ALL YOUR VOTES. Cast ONLY 15 votes. (I am telling you to use 15 votes for a total of 45 beats, do NOT click to vote 15 times and spend down 135 beats.)

Open the app and go to this screen:

I have a tutorial here if you're not familiar with the app.

It's free, it won't track or spam you, all you have to do is watch videos (and take quizzes if you like that) to gather beats, then spend your beats voting for Jimin.

Are you short on beats? No worries. Take some quizzes to earn extra heart beats. Follow Mubeat Quiz Answers on twitter and watch their daily videos to get the answers.

Once you've logged in and earned heart beats, you'll want to vote for Set Me Free Pt. 2 every day now:

Follow VoteForPJM on twitter for guides and reminders:

https://twitter.com/voteforpjm

Thank you!

Love, Roo

[roo-bastmoon]

Premium Spotify Snafu

If you were like me and planning on making several premium Spotify accounts today but you have ever had a free trial before, you cannot get any more free trials on Spotify with the same email, address, OR credit card.

You can try to start from scratch with a new credit card, email address, and billing address, as if you were a new human being, over and over... or you can bite the bullet and choose this great a work-around, but it involves a discounted payment plan:

So for me, I signed up for a free trial for VIBE when it dropped. Which means my address and my credit card are blocked from any more free trials. I went to login under my different fandom emails, but Spotify understood they were linked to the same info and would not let me get premium no matter what. I'm at work today and I do not have time to go out and fiddle with gift cards or use friends' and family members' addresses to create a bunch of identities.

So what to do?

I signed up for a Premium Family Plan.

This allows me to pay $16 total each month with my main credit card to own 6 individual, independent Spotify premium accounts--and all 6 of these profiles individually count separately for Billboard streaming, provided I stream properly.

That's less than $3 for premium accounts with streams that count three times as high as free streams. Worth it, for me, because I know I can cancel this plan in any given month. Since I am not locked in for a year, I likely will cancel after Suga's tour unless another member needs me to be at peak.

I genuinely like this family plan option, because it means I can quickly and easily shuffle through my premium accounts so I can hit those 20 streams and then move on to the next account, for maximum charting.

The only thing is that if you upgrade your free trial today to a Family Plan, Spotify will give you a link to invite other members of your "household." You then need to email yourself that link to 5 other fandom emails.

You gotta log into each email, follow the link you just emailed yourself, and sign in to your different corresponding Spotify accounts, save your password, and set yourself up. As you accept your emailed invitation, it will ask you for the EXACT ADDRESS from your main owner account, so write that down before you dig into your various inboxes.

As you log in to all 6 of your Family Plan accounts and start setting things up, be sure to follow BTS, each of the members (especially Jimin today), and I highly recommend you also follow JRJ-OT7 for the best chartable playlists for BTS that I've ever seen.

Let her do the hard work for you, making playlists using exact calculations for filler songs, timing, and charting impact. Go ahead and like some of her playlists so you have something in your library before FACE drops and be on the lookout for her FACE-specific stuff when it drops.

If you have questions feel free to ask in the comments--I'm working today and may not be able to get to you as quickly as another fan can.

PLEASE SHARE THIS SO MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEY NEED TO TAKE TIME TODAY TO SET UP PREMIUM ACCOUNTS CAREFULLY.

If you have a better alternative or more info for folks who cannot afford a subscription, please PLEASE share your knowledge and thank you!

Love, Roo

[roo-bastmoon]

BTS Tutorial: Shazam

This free music app helps people identify music based on a short sample of a song being played from any source (radio, tv, alexa, your phone, etc.).

When you shazam a song, it helps people discover info about the music, artists, lyrics, etc. The more people and places that recognize BTS songs, the more it goes viral and becomes a success.

Here’s a great tutorial on how ARMY can use this tool:

Essentially, you get the app from the app store and open it up (no need to make an account). Then you play one of Jimin’s songs.

Press the Shazam button. Let it identify the music. Then go ahead and play it. It only takes a few seconds.

Tip: If you’re using an iPhone, don’t use headphones. Androids can detect music with headphones but iPhones cannot.

Whenever new BTS music drops, please Shazam it and ask your friends to do it too. Radio stations use Shazam to gauge interest and trends, so it’ll help promote and normalize BTS’ music abroad.

FACE drops on March 24th and I know we're gonna go hard for every track on Jimin's album, right? Work like he's watching you!

DISCLAIMER:

I am a Dope Old Person and have been ARMY since January 2022. So I still have a lot to learn.

I’m making mini-tutorials for people like me who are comfy with technology but totally new to voting, streaming, and buying Kpop stuff.

If you know of better, more up-to-date information, please comment or DM me so I can make sure I’m not spreading misinfo. Please be polite about it, though—we are on the same team!

Feel free to apply whatever you learn here to other BTS members and other artists; I’m Jimin-biased so I am focused on helping Jimin at this moment in time, but I’m OT7 so rest assured I’ll put my shoulder to the wheel for all our members!

[roo-bastmoon]

How BB Charts Work

Y'all know I'm not the biggest fan of WilliamPlank after all the crap they pulled, but, the truth is that the more we can fight to keep our boys' sales, streams, and spins at the top, the more leverage and freedom they have to make the music they envision and do the collabs they want. So work smart, puppykitties, and thank you for all you do! You're an amazing community and I'm proud to fight alongside you!

[roo-bastmoon]

YouTube reminders

Unlike Spotify, YouTube let me sign up for a one-month premium trial with my regular email AND all my fandom (dummy) emails, all while using the same credit card. This is perhaps because I never tried for a premium account before, I'm not sure.

Considering Billboard will only count the FIRST 50 STREAMS on YouTube, and Jimin's Set Me Free Pt. 2 is likely 4 minutes or under, in about 4 hours, I'll have maxed out my charting plays of his single in a 24-hour period. And premium streams count three times as much as free streams.

So now I have six free trial premium accounts. I can play his song 50 times on one account (with filler songs in between, then clicking away, using the search bar, clicking manually back on), then I can switch to the next account, and so on and so on, and each play will chart.

The first 24 hours are critical for Hot 100. Roo is planning to forego sleep and even stream while at work, that's how much Roo loves Jimin. (Roo loves Jimin so much, she speaks in third person.)

Please do not underestimate the amount of time it will take you to create emails and passwords, login and save passwords, set up accounts, enter credit card info, subscribe to official channels, and get set up for streaming tonight. Also put reminders in your calendar to cancel in 29 days.

You have ten hours left to prepare, puppykitties. Stream smart. Our boy is coming home.

[roo-bastmoon]

BTS Tutorial: CHOEAEDOL

CHOEAEDOL is basically an abbreviation that stands for 'My Favorite Idol'. It’s your standard voting app that relies on engagement from users.

It’s best to login at certain “hot times” (between 8pm-11:30pm KST – or 6am to 9:30am EST). You get 30 extra hearts just for doing that.

After you login with your email to set up your account, you can go to your profile and fill that out. Then you're just logging in all the time.

You can then click the options on the bottom ribbon to watch ads, do missions, click on the hearts of certain pictures, upload content, join communities, and exchange hearts with friends.

Always go into the forum boards for Jimin and use your hearts to vote on posts there; don't vote on the homepage or fellow Jimin fans to get the extra 10 hearts from your vote.

If you’re voting on a post, you’ll want to vote during “hot time” which is basically 10:45pm to 11pm KST (or 8:45am to 9am—best to set an alarm as a reminder).

You’ll want to drop a minimum of 100 hearts in voting every day so you get 10% of hearts back as a reward.

If you upload an image during hot time, you get another 100 hearts.

The rest of your hearts you save for when it’s time to mass vote for a big milestone, like there was a mass voting for 10,000 days with Jimin, which donated money to a charity in his name, or his birthday, where screen ads in Korea were purchased.

There are some rules, like you can watch up to 5 ads within a limited timeframe, you can only click the heart of an image 5 times every hour, for votes to count you’ll want to vote on the community page and not the homepage, and it’s a good idea to save your Ever Hearts for mass voting, stuff like that.

Follow this account and see their fantastic voting tutorial with tips on how to prioritize Jimin in this app:

The point of these popularity contests is to help your idol or group win at the Soribada Best K-Music Awards (previously abbreviated as SOKA and currently abbreviated as SOBA). Otherwise, it’s mostly just for clout / reputation and a few cute side projects, so spend your time and energy wisely. Collect your hearts, save your Ever Hearts, follow your voting accounts on Twitter, and vote when they tell you to.

Here’s a tutorial video for how to vote for BTS:

One thing I like about this app is that the Jimin forum has thousands of amazing high-quality pics of Jimin. Huge bonus for me, because I download these photos to my phone and share them all with you!

DISCLAIMER:

I am a Dope Old Person and have been ARMY since January 2022. So I still have a lot to learn.

I’m making mini-tutorials for people like me who are comfy with technology but totally new to voting, streaming, and buying Kpop stuff.

If you know of better, more up-to-date information, please comment or DM me so I can make sure I’m not spreading misinfo. Please be polite about it, though—we are on the same team!

Feel free to apply whatever you learn here to other BTS members and other artists; I’m Jimin-biased so I am focused on helping Jimin at this moment in time, but I’m OT7 so rest assured I’ll put my shoulder to the wheel for all our members!

[roo-bastmoon]

BTS TUTORIAL: IdolPlus

Idol Plus is a website that hosts various contests, many of which give actual trophies to idols during actual award shows.

It’s pretty much a staple of ARMY culture to vote in these. It’s also extremely simple. You don’t have to download an app; you can just bookmark the link to the contest they are currently hyping.

To vote on IdolPlus:

Go to the website and choose the English language option.

Login under one of your email or Facebook accounts.

Search for the contest you want to vote in.

Scroll to find the image of the group or idol you want to vote for, and click it.

Notice that I said you login under AN account. Remember those various email addresses you made for voting, streaming, promoting, and being a fan? You can login, vote, and logout, then repeat this process with ALL those accounts, plus your Facebook.

Then you wait 24 hours and do it all again. Contests usually run a few days, sometimes longer.

It is quick, simple, costs nothing, and won’t spam you.

No shade to the famous trot singer Lim Yoong Woon, from what I’ve heard he’s a stand-up guy, but if you let ARMY and BTS lose awards here on IdolPlus to his little old lady ajumma voters, you get to wear the cone of shame for forever. He's our only real contender. I have mad respect. But still, I don't like losing to him.

If you follow Jimin voting accounts on Twitter, they will remind you often to vote and it only takes seconds to bag our boys nice awards and street cred.

Here’s a short video tutorial for visual learners:

Please do your best to vote for our IT BOY any time he or BTS are up for one of these contests!

Feel free to share this to spread the word and let me know if new or better information is out there! Thank you!

DISCLAIMER:

I am a Dope Old Person and have been ARMY since January 2022. So I still have a lot to learn.

I’m making mini-tutorials for people like me who are comfy with technology but totally new to voting, streaming, and buying Kpop stuff.

If you know of better, more up-to-date information, please comment or DM me so I can make sure I’m not spreading misinfo. Please be polite about it, though—we are on the same team!

Feel free to apply whatever you learn here to other BTS members and other artists; I’m Jimin-biased so I am focused on helping Jimin at this moment in time, but I’m OT7 so rest assured I’ll put my shoulder to the wheel for all our members!

[roo-bastmoon]

BTS TUTORIAL: Idol Champ

As far as I can tell, interacting with this app and voting (uploading photos, clicking on things, making purchases, watching ads) lets you collect Chamism (hearts) to vote.

Your votes go towards promotions and advertisements for your favorite idol. Possibly also toward awards, but I’m not really familiar with it yet.

It’s a bit confusing to me because even when you select English, not everything in the pre-populated slides or screens translate.

So I’m just watching videos, collecting free hearts and stars, and waiting for the Vote For PJM account to tell me when and where to cast my votes.

I hear tell this one will be important for FACE soon, so here's your voting guide:

There's also a video tutorial I found in case that helps:

DISCLAIMER:

I am a Dope Old Person and have been ARMY since January 2022. So I still have a lot to learn.

I’m making mini-tutorials for people like me who are comfy with technology but totally new to voting, streaming, and buying Kpop stuff.

If you know of better, more up-to-date information, please comment or DM me so I can make sure I’m not spreading misinfo. Please be polite about it, though—we are on the same team!

Feel free to apply whatever you learn here to other BTS members and other artists; I’m Jimin-biased so I am focused on helping Jimin at this moment in time, but I’m OT7 so rest assured I’ll put my shoulder to the wheel for all our members!

[roo-bastmoon]

BTS Tutorial: FANPLUS

Like Choeaedol, this app is pretty popular, but it’s a bit convoluted to use, in my opinion...

So I’m going to recommend you just click through the detailed photo guide here because nobody does it better:

If you can't sit through all that, then here's the gist:

You download this app from the store. Set up your account. I do not allow it to notify me or track me, but you do you.

Then you select which stars to follow—I choose BTS and then selected all 7 guys’ names.

Next I picked my bias (can you guess who?)

Bet you guessed right.

So anyway, then you have to give a birthday and country.

I didn’t have anyone “refer” me with a code so I skipped that option and didn't get all the bonuses. HOWEVER, Vote for PJM was kind enough to provide one for you guys: #55c40768

Once you get through that step, you can search for friends, do missions, click through videos, get daily attendance awards, share and earn hearts in order to vote for your bias.

For visual learners, here’s a short tutorial video:

This is now the extent of my knowledge. I haven't had a chance to really play around in this app because right now for Jimin we are trying to focus on MuBeat, IdolChamp, and FreeVote--which I'll get into elsewhere.

Good idea to download the app, familiarize yourself with it, and vote when major projects come up!

DISCLAIMER:

I am a Dope Old Person and have been ARMY since January 2022. So I still have a lot to learn.

I’m making mini-tutorials for people like me who are comfy with technology but totally new to voting, streaming, and buying Kpop stuff.

If you know of better, more up-to-date information, please comment or DM me so I can make sure I’m not spreading misinfo. Please be polite about it, though—we are on the same team!

Feel free to apply whatever you learn here to other BTS members and other artists; I’m Jimin-biased so I am focused on helping Jimin at this moment in time, but I’m OT7 so rest assured I’ll put my shoulder to the wheel for all our members!