What came later, July 12 -- Haaland as the god of football, Thor as the god of thunder, Jimin as something beyond both. J-Hope spotted it during soundcheck at Allianz Arena on Friday and called Jimin over. The two read it together, laughed, and Jimin photographed it before the rehearsal continued. No one announced that this was a setup for what came later.

in front of more than 70,000 people inside Erling Haaland's home stadium, BTS Jimin walked. Not danced, not performed, not delivered a choreographed sequence. He walked. The gait was specific to anyone who has watched Haaland move across a football pitch after scoring: head up, shoulders back, a pace that reads simultaneously as unhurried and deliberate, the stride of a person who know...