But then I asked myself how did we get here? As it turns out, the history of why these are such a a thing in modern K-pop is a lot deeper than just having cool concert souvenir to take home at the end of the night. To be honest, I didn't quite understand it, being relatively new to the K-Pop wave myself. Until I saw BTS' "Love Yourself: Speak Yourself" tour earlier this year. For the first time, I got to experience up close and personal an extraordinary phenomenon — what fans call "the ocean." A sea of concert attendees, switching their lights on in the dark, bathing the arena in a blanket of color and light. Magical. Mesmerizing. Memorable. The switch is in the off position in the middle position, the light is pushed up to the white light mode, and the light is pushed down to enter the blue light mode.

On January 2017, a teaser image was revealed of the second version for the Army Bomb. This second version was released on February 10, 2017 and came with Bluetooth to enable color changes during concerts. [2] Version 3 It may just be worth it to splurge on that one special moment, the ability to be a part of something larger than yourself, something that represents a collective love beyond your own personal affinity.There will be Paring Booths located in the concert venue. If you need help registering your seat information, please visit a Paring Booth. Jayu said that the most accurate description of the sentiment felt at those events was "'the purpose of me going is not for ME to see THEM, but for THEM to see US.'"