some things to know about bts
with bts becoming more and more popular internationally, I think it’s good to let people know of bts’s humble beginnings
rap monster and suga both worked as underground artists predebut. J Hope was a street dancer and Jimin studied popping and modern dance.
when suga said that he wanted to become a music artist, he was told that he would cause his family to fail. He performed for audiences of two and barely made any money off of his tracks and struggled to even buy ramen.
rap monster has an iq of 148, was in the top 1.3% of Korea in terms of mock college entrance exams, and received a 900 on the TOEIC exam. he could’ve gotten into a high-ranking college but gave all of that up because music was the only thing that gave him strength.
jungkook failed the first round of super star K but joined bighit after seeing rap monster rap.
v auditioned without his parents knowing and had to get the staff member to convince them to let him become an idol. He also farmed with his grandmother pre-debut.
bts was created because of rap monster.
rap monster is the leader, but he is also the 4th youngest member (which is unusual because it is usually the oldest that is the leader).
j hope was originally supposed to be a vocalist/main dancer but got put into the rap line instead and had to LEARN about hip hop, how to write lyrics, and how to rap.
j hope taught jin, rap monster, and suga how to dance pre-debut and still stays late with the members to help them practice. BTS’s choreographer even said that j-hope is the one that helps him the most when it comes to choreography and teaching the other members (he learns the fastest). Also j hope often helps to direct bts’s performances
when bts went on vacation once, j hope was the only one that stayed at the dorm because his own family left for their own trip without telling him. Suga left his family for a day to spend time with j hope and bought him chicken so that he wouldn’t be lonely.
Jin used to help his uncle at his strawberry farm and when jin auditioned for big hit, he didn’t know one thing about music or dance. He had to start from the very bottom and learn from scratch.
Jin also drives Jungkook to school. Speaking of Jin, he often cooked for the members. But back then because they were so poor, he couldn’t afford to buy bts meat and had to borrow a lot of ingredients/tools from his mom and brother.
during the hyyh concerts, jungkook jin and suga all broke down in tears (separately) because they felt as if they had never made their parents proud and that when they were performing at the concert, they thought that they had finally become a son that their parents could brag about and because they were so thankful for having such a loving family.
During HYYH epilogue at the Seoul Gymnastics Stadium, Namjoon also started crying because pre-debut, all of the bts members went to a concert that was held at the same venue. They believed that they could never make it to the same point as the artist holding the concert.
During HYYH epilogue, Jimin called out the names of each member one by one and thanked them. He broke down in tears too. Literally all the members have cried on stage during the HYYH concert series.
also not many of you realize this but 5/7 of the members were raised in far away cities and had to leave their families at a young age to come to Seoul and begin training. Jimin and Jungkook comes from Busan. Suga and V come from Daegu, and J Hope comes from Gwangju. These cities are more rural than the urban life of Seoul, so they had to learn and fit into a completely different society and quite literally learn a different language (all of them spoke in satoori). Jungkook, for example, left his family at the (american) age of 12 and had a very difficult time adjusting to it. In his logs he often said that he missed his parents and had a hard time making friends.
This is just so important. When people say BTS is overrated I can't help but laugh. If only they knew that they deserve every ounce of the attention they receive + so much more! I truly love these 7 men with all my heart! ♡♡♡♡♡♡
