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it’s like there’s nothing that we don’t know about e/o. Like a real family. +
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“BTS, who are close as family. What’s the secret to your friendship?”
We’ve come to understand e/o while butting heads in the past. I think we were able to know e/o deeply bc we’ve been together for a long time. They’re such a close existence,
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“If you were to gift smth to the hardworking ARMY?”
I would like to gift them with “time” bc I think time is smth ppl need for anything. If there’s time to reflect upon urself, you can calmly think about ur future, & if there’s smth you can’t manage by urself, u can take a rest.+
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“If you could choose a performance or MV you think you shine the most in?”
🐯I think I’ve been able to show many sides of myself in my solo songs. like Singularity and Inner Child. They’re songs in which I have to attract (the audience) by myself, so I tackled them head on. +
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I worked hard, thinking about how I wanted to show a new stage. I think everyone acknowledged that attitude I had (towards the songs).
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“RM, who writes the kind of lyrics that come out /bc/ he’s thinking about the world deeply. What kind of moments make u want to write lyrics?”
🐨Everything always has two sides. There’s good and bad things, and there’s light and shadow.+
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There’s a lot of layers in the world, and it’s three dimensional. After I started thinking that way, I’ve come to accept things straightforwardly. I get inspiration from people who can find reason in things and phenomenons many usually don’t notice. For example, +
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if there are many blooming flowers, few people try to count how many petals are on each flower. I recently learned that there are 4 petals on each forsythia flower. I try to value not just facts that can be understood like *that*, but also these kinds of “realizations” as well. +
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“When spending time with the family-like members, what moments make you feel safe/relieved?”
🐨all the time. bc I trust the members. I think we’ve been able to carry on for 7 years like so. I think the time we spent until now believing in e/o is proving that to us. +
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There’s no other friend/companion/partner that I can trust and have such a valuable bond of 7 years, as much as them. +
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“When do you feel ARMYs’ love?”
🐨We were reading comments from everyone real-time during BBC. Comments like “Jimin raising his hand was cute” were so adorable. It’s so hard to liven up the atmosphere but from the ARMYs who give us a lot of comments, I feel the love. +
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“Silly RM, who sometimes shows us a clumsy side of himself. Any episodes where you felt you were missing a few screws?”
🐨apparently you call ppl who drop a lot of things “butter hand” in English, and I’m exactly that. Water and coffee very often, and during those times, +
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although I do think “ah I did it again,” I’ve also forgotten how to panic at this point. I just wipe it quietly. I’m trying to be more careful these days. +
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“7 is an important number to ARMY and BTS this year. If the 7 of u were to open a shop, what kind of shop would it be?”
🐨We’ve joked about how we should build a 7-story building in a nice place and use 1 floor each. The name of the building would be “the 7 seasons”.
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“SUGA, who always makes amazing songs. Where do you get your inspiration for your songwriting?”
🐱Recently I’ve been studying psychology and psychoanalysis. Freud’s “The Interpretation of Dreams” and Jung’s “Map of the Soul” are
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“When do u think u have been helped by the members outside of work?”
🐱They listen when I have something on my kind, and they even give me musical feedback. Even if it’s not a song we’re singing together, they think about it as if it’s their own. The members are also the ppl who+
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are books from a hundred years ago, but there are many points I can relate with even now. I’ve talked about life and dreams, and happiness up until now but now I want to value the time I take to reflect upon myself. +
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I go out with, and accompany me for the things a normal 27 year old does. +
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“The number 7 is important to ARMY and BTS this year. What is a food the 7 of you like?”
🐱Korean food. We all have different preferences, but Korean food has a wide variety of choices, and you don’t get bored of eating it. We just ate Kimchi Jjigae and Banchan (side dishes). +
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ARMYs in front of you is as natural as meeting you family. When I got used to that, I felt that we’d become a special kind of existence for each other. +
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Kimchi Jjigae is a dish all 7 members like. +
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“What kind of moments make you feel like ARMYs are family?”
🐱When we’re doing a concert. It’s not an easy thing to stand in front of tens of thousands of ppl. Some people might even have shaking hands. but no one gets nervous meeting their family. Having tens of thousands of +
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“The thing that made you hyped up the most during non-work related times?”
🐱Fun times makes me very hyped up. I especially get excited when I’m talking about things I like. The recent funniest moment was at our Run BTS! shoot. I laughed so hard the tears wouldn’t stop! +
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I think you’ll understand when you watch it. (laugh)
what run ep are they talking about I wanna see 😭
pic cred:comma_bts
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a different way of playing that makes them happy (laugh). I don’t know what my dongsaengs think of me, but I would like to stay as a kind hyung. +
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