Bangtan Boys/BTS

BTS, also known as Bangtan Boys, is a seven-member South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Entertainment. They debuted on the 13th of June 2013 as an all hip hop boyband. The group is made up by Jin-the eldest, Rap Monster-the leader, Suga-lead rapper, J-Hope-lead rapper and dancer, Jimin-lead dancer, V- lead vocalist and Jungkook- the youngest of the group.

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BTS are the 1st ever group to have been invited to the American Billboard Awards, and not only that, but the 1st to recive an award for in the genre K-pop. On May 21st, they recieved the Top Social Artist Award, with awar more than 320mil votes.

They currently top the Billboard Social 50, spending 31 weeks on the chart. They are now on a sold-out world tour, with US concerts this past March and April in Newark, Chicago and Anaheim. Their next stops are in Australia and Japan.

BTS reveals facts about each member that they think fans should know

In a recent interview with Non-no Magazine, the members of bangtan seonyandan revealed stories and thoughts about all the members of the band. 

RAP MONSTER

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From Suga:

Of every single person I’ve met through my entire life, you’re one of my favorite people, and you’re also our leader, someone we can lean on. Since he’s done music ever since he was young, I receive a lot of positive influence from as he promote.

From Jungkook:

Someone who always finishes his work wherever he is. He is a hyung whom I have a lot to learn from. He knew I was practicing my composing, so he warmly taught me lots of things.

JIN

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From Rap Monster:

A hyung who went to a cafe with me and consulted me for a very long time. These days he’s been making dad jokes but when he’s serious, he’s really cool! (laughs).

From Jimin:

We spend a lot of time together when we play games. I remember we both purchased a game app on our phones an hour before we left for Japan, and we continued playing it together even after we arrived. As for our skill… I’m pretty sure I’m one level above you? (laughs).

V

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From Rap Monster:

He’s got a handsome face and he’s good at performing. His passion for composing great songs is multiple times stronger than other people. He may not know this, but I hope many others know that he has this side about him.

From Jungkook:

Sometimes we fight, but he’s like a friend I interact with closely. Last time we promised each other we’d be going to Jeju Island together but we couldn’t go because of me.. Since we’re close, we’re going to plan another trip soon!

JUNGKOOK

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From J-Hope:

His rate of improvement in dancing and music is incredibly high, and he’s at least twice as strong as other people. At least that’s what I think of him sometimes, but the rare glimpses of his aegyo have made me think he has a cute side to him, too. It takes a lot of energy to hug someone that tall, so I sleep well after hugging him.

From Jimin:

Our maknae, who’s tried harder than anyone else, ever since he was young. He’s the same age as my younger sibling so I took care of him, but one day, it started feeling like he was my own little brother so whatever he does is adorable.

SUGA

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From Jin:

Lamb skewers, furniture, miscellaneous goods.. He’s interested in a lot of things, but when we end up going shopping, he only buys machines related to music. This is special information that only I know as his roommate.

From V:

V hyung grew a huge interest in studying Japanese recently, so I see him studying a lot these days. Compared to before, the things he talks about and his overall vibe has become more fun (laughs).

JIMIN

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From J-Hope:

His broad back is attractive! He also has a unique habit when he sleeps, where he often makes sad sounds. When he wakes up I’d ask him, “Did you have a bad dream?” but he always says, “I don’t remember” (laughs).

From V:

Whenever he speaks in Japanese or English, he gets so shy that even I can feel it. I think it’s so cute when he gets shy. These days, he’s become more handsome, maybe it’s because of the makeup (laughs).

J-HOPE

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From Suga:

A friend who was an energizer for me when I was having a hard time. When we were trainees, I took him to the medical room because he collapsed. He doesn’t like it when I tell that story.. But I said it anyway (laughs).

From Jin:

He’s obsessed with shoes and slippers, so J-Hope has the most shoes at our dorm. Oh yeah, and I gifted him cute shoes for his birthday present this year, and I saw he wore them when we arrived in Japan so I was really happy (laughs).

 

 

BTS at the Billboard Music Awards

  • Thanks to a massive fan base that stretches around the globe, BTS was able to overtake pop superstars like Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez and capture the Top Social Artist award, presented by ION360, during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (May 21).
  • The K-pop group had made headlines by announcing that they would be in Las Vegas for the ceremony at the T-Mobile Arena, and their presence dominated social media during the magenta carpet prior to the awards. When Top Social Artist was presented, the group took the stage, looking overwhelmed by the moment and remaining gracious for their fans’ support.
  • BTS fans, known as the “A.R.M.Y.” (Adorable Representative M.C’s for Youth”) voted for the award on Twitter and on the awards website, using the hashtag #BTSBBMAS more than 300 million times.

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BTS FESTA- 4th anniversary

BTS festa is a 11-13 days event where Bangtan celebrate their debut anniversary with ARMYs. They’re going to release various contents (photos, videos, choreographies etc.) through their official social media accounts. The time of release is various every year but mostly it’s from 1-3 June untill their debut day (13 June).

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  • 02 June 2017

    They released Bangtan photo collections, a series of Bangtan photos.

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  • 03 June 2017

    Jungkook did a cover of “Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez – We don’t talk anymore” a couple months ago. And now there is a second part realised. It’s together with fellow band member, Jimin. It was popular that it trended on twitter for a whole day.

     

  • 04 June 2017

    They  released an exclusive stage cam (BTS focus). It’s a behind the scenes (bts) of Bangtan (BTS).

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  • 05 June 2017

    It is Bangtan “introduction” day. They  “introduce” themselves. They wrote self written profile like they did last year:joy:

  • 07 – 08 June 2017

    On this day they released a special choreography of their recent songs. There are two parts of the special choreographies, stage A will be released on 07 June and stage B will be released on 08 June. Stage A was on their new song “Not Today”, stage B was from an old song.

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  • 10 June 2017

    It was a day they release their “cover photos” for this BTS festa. They are family photos , that show the clossness of the members, very much like a real life family photo.

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  • 12 June 2017

    On this day, they did their yearly “Honey FM” to celebrate Bangtan birthday. Usually Yoongi is the MC or the radio host and they play games, dance, sing, talk about their goals, diss each other, reveal secrets, eat etc.

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  • 13 June 2017

    On this day they held the official “BTS party”  For this year they did a livestream of this event through Vlive CH+.

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Members of 방탄소년단

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  1. Rap Monster
  • Real name: Kim Namjoon
  • Native name:김남준
  • Leader and lead rapper of BTS
  • Born on September 12, 1994 (age 22), in Ilsan-gu, Goyang, South Korea
  • Favorite color: Black
  • Favorite food: Meat, korean knife noodles
  • Rap Monster’s Nicknames are RapMon (shortened!), Leader Mon (because he is the leader), Moni (by Jimin) and God of Destruction.
  • The charismatic rapper of BTS received 900 on the TOEIC when he was in middle school and was in the top 1.3% of the nation in the preparatory university entrance exams. He also has an IQ of 148.

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2. Jin

  • Real name: Kim Seok-jin
  • Native name:김석진
  • Vocalist and face of BTS
  • Born on December 4, 1992 (age 24), in Gyeonggi-do Gwacheon, South Korea
  • Favorite color: pink
  • Favorite food: lobster, meat, Naengmyun (cold noodles), chicken and greasy food.
  • Jin’s nicknames are Eat Jin, Car Door Guy, Pig Jin, Third guy from the left, fake maknae, pinkprince, eomma (because he’s the oldest and takes care of the younger) and alpaca.
  • When BTS took home a historic Top Social Artist win as the first Korean group to win a Billboard Music Award  the massively popular troupe was already causing a stir on social media: Jin — unofficially now dubbed the “third one from the left.” Amusingly, this isn’t even the first time Jin caused a panic at an awards ceremony with his mere appearance. Two years ago, at the MelOn Music Awards, Jin became known as the “car door guy” simply for looking good while getting out of a car.

     

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3.Suga

  • Real name: Min Yoongi
  • Native name: 민윤기
  • Lead Rapper, writer and record producer of BTS.
  • Born on March 9, 1993 (age 23),  Buk District, Daegu, South Korea.
  • Favorite color: white
  • Favorite food: Meat, Meat, and Meat.
  • Suga’s nicknames are Motionless Min (because when he has free days, he doesn’t do anything) Mr. Appendix (because he had appendicitis surgery in 2013 ), slug, grandpa, Min Monarch, cause sometimes he acts like a king.
  • Agust D  transitions into the raw reality of depression, OCD and social phobia that has plagued Suga between the time he left his hometown to pursue his dream in Seoul and the anguish he’s felt about selling out. Unusually frank for Korea, where suicide is prevalent and mental health care faces extreme stigma, the mixtape climaxes with “The Last,” as Suga relates seeking psychiatric help and coming to terms with the fact that he is in fact an idol and part of the mainstream pop industry.

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4. J-Hope

  • Real name:Jung Ho-seok
  • Native name:정호석
  • Lead dancer and rapper of BTS
  • Born on February 18, 1994 (22) in Gwangju, South Korea.
  • Favorite color: green
  • Favorite food:original Korean food, kimchi, food that kings eat.
  • J-Hope’s nicknames are Hobi, sunshine, the hope of BTS, j-horse.
  • J-Hopes dancing has improved over the last couple of years and it’s just amazing to see him following his dreams.He is always full of energy, he really loves making people smile, he never ever fails to make his fellow members and fans laugh.

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5. Jimin

  • Real name: Park Jimin
  • Native name:박지민
  • Lead dancer and vocalist of BTS.
  • Born on October 13, 1995 (21) in Busan, South Korea.
  • Favorite color: light blue
  • Favorite food: pork, duck, chicken, fruit, and kimchi jjigae.
  • Jimin’s nicknames are Mochi, Chim Chim (name received from their trainers in American Hustle Life”), mang-gae-ddeok (its a really soft rice cake, because fans think Jimin is as squishy as manggaeddeok), 3분33초, 모찌섹시, Jimnie, “Jungkook heart” (fans started calling him like this because he showed a particular interest in jungkook), 95liner(with V because they are both born in 1995).
  • Pre-debut Jimin entered Busan High School of Arts as the top student in modern dance, but later transferred to Korea Arts High School with V. Unlike the rest of the members who trained for more than a year, Jimin debuted after only training for one.When Jimin viewed himself fat (he doesn’t anymore) he went into depression and starved himself until Jin got him out of it and he started eating regularly. He fought trough it and now inspires many fans.

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6.V

  • Real name: Kim Taehyung
  • Native name:김태형
  • Lead vocalist and visual of BTS.
  • Born in December, 30, 1995 (21), in Daegu, South Korea.
  • Favorite color:black, white, green
  • Favorite food:Japchae, any type of meat.
  • V’s nicknames are Tae Tae, Vishi, kim-seu-chi-myeon-in-yeon (which means:”if you pass by/glance you become connected/attached”), Blank Tae, 95liner (with Jimin, because they are both born in 1995), Gucci man.
  • V was kept a secret during BTS’ predebut times and was only revealed as a seventh member when their teaser images were released. He was scouted by a rookie group development personnel when he was simply walking and looking around Big Hit’s academy building. He had no intention to be a singer and his parents were against it as well.

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7. Jungkook

  • Real name: Jeon Jungkook
  • Native name:전정국
  • Lead vocalist and mankae of BTS.
  • Born on September 1, 1997 (age 19) in Busan, South Korea.
  • Favorite colore: red, black, and white.
  • Favorite food: anything with flour (pizza, bread, etc).
  • Jungkook’s nicknames are kookie, nochu (named by the rappers in “American Hustle Life”), jk, Justin Seagull, golden mankae (because he’s good at everything he does), bunny, muscul pig.
  • In 7th grade Jungkook learned B-boying in a club with his some friends and Hyungs. That’s how everything started. Jungkook went to the Mnet for Superstar K2auditions and got casted by my current company’s staff. When he danced, Bang Sihyuk PD told him,“No emotion. No emotion while dancing.” So, he went to the U.S.A for dance training. In USA, Jungkook learned Urban Style, Female Dancing Style, Powerful Dances, and many more from famous choreographers. Then in 8th grade, he got casted by Big Hit after leaving the Superstar K3 auditions and became a part of Bangtan.