Korean youth group BTS. Formation of BTS: How the Members Joined

South Korea has repeatedly surprised the world with its musical talents. Now this is a group BTS, operating under the BiqHitEntertainment label. Many people took part in its promotion famous musicians. And the selection of participants took place throughout the country.

Although the group was formed in 2010, its performance at music show in June 2013. And the number 13 turned out to be lucky for the seven members of the group. The audience liked not only how the guys sing and move on stage, but also the fact that they came up with it all themselves. Before their debut performance, the group shot two videos for the tracks Bulletroof Boy Scouts Graduation and School Of Tears, so the audience appreciated their work in advance. To achieve success, you need to work long and hard on the composition of the team, the quality musical material, its execution. And the producers held great job, which brought tremendous success.

Currently, BTS has tens of thousands of fans all over the world. By the end of the summer of 2013, the band released their first album. And the synchronicity of dance movements and the incredible choreography were presented in the trailer for ten tracks of the album.

The band began winning fans outside the country in 2015, performing in Japan. By the end of 2016, the musicians had already released three albums and dozens of videos. They are distinguished by the originality of the combination of words, music and choreography.

The oldest member of the team is Jin, who will soon be 25 years old. He comes from the city of Anyang, and never thought that fame would await him. His song played a major role in the group's success. Hence the attitude towards Jin as the face of BTS. He is an excellent melodist, has good vocal abilities and dancing abilities. Success for Jin Kim Seokjin is an opportunity to work on himself more and more. The guy knows that he needs to move forward. And despite his excellent appearance, he wants to lose weight. And this is so difficult when you love to cook and eat delicious food. There is little time for this, but Jin hopes that his girlfriend will surprise him with delicious dishes.

Jin speaks excellent Chinese and English, and drives well, as he has a driver's license. V is considered his best friend in the group.

Of average height - 176 cm, with a weight of 54 kg, Suga Yoongi is distinguished by his pale complexion, for which he was nicknamed Sugar. And he dresses in white clothes. But for him, life is a search for suitable rhymes and rhythms. He's constantly composing when he's not at the gym. He also gives his all to training. But short breaks are filled with lazy idleness or sitting on Twitter. The rapper's erudition is surprising. He can answer any question - this is how Jimin speaks of Suga. No wonder the member received the nickname daddy.

Suga has a sharp tongue, which Jimin often gets into. A friend likes to joke and ridicule. When a guy gets excited, he switches to the dialect of Daegu, where he was born in March 1993.

Dancer and rapper of the group Jay Hope Jung Hong-seok is from Gwangju. He’s a sporty guy, but despite weighing 65 kg with a height of 177 cm, he doesn’t like to exercise physical activity. The member is distinguished by neatness. After rehearsals or training, there is no need to clean up after him - in this he is an example to follow.

Among the musicians, Jay is especially close to Dzhelo and Ange from the group V.A.R. The boy’s love of dancing is especially inherent - he can select movements for any track. Before joining the team, he was a member of the street dance group, auditioned for IUP. He is currently the dance director for BTS, and free time busy assembling Lego, which he spends a lot of money on. Of the devices, he selects only Apple.

Fans need to know what it's like for a rapper main feature beautiful girl must be long hair and mind. He bypasses those who cannot think or reason. After all, Jay graduated from university and believes that his experience in the group will be useful to him in the future.

The vocalist of the group, Park Jimin, is fine without a pseudonym. They simply didn’t pick him up. Maybe there wasn’t enough time for this, since Jimin joined the team a year before his debut. He was invited to join the group right on the street. He dances well and has an excellent sense of rhythm. He wants to dance with Kai from EXO.

But the guy has no desire to write, although he has tried. But his friends advised him not to write songs, otherwise his compositions would simply put the audience to sleep. Good quality Jimin's skill in making friends is his. No wonder both Suga and V love to communicate with him. The main colors in the guy's clothes are blue and black.

Kim Namjoon was born in the capital of South Korea in 1994, and lived for some time in the United States of America and New Zealand. Can communicate perfectly in the languages ​​common in these countries. The constant desire to expand one's knowledge and improve the language is characteristic of Rap Monster.

He takes the position of a rapper in the group, wearing black clothes. And how difficult it was for him to master at first dance moves! Basketball was much closer to his soul. But over time, thanks to constant training, choreography succumbed to him.

The youngest member of BTS, Jungkook Maknae, born in 1997, began playing music professionally at the age of 13. The versatility of his position in the team is surprising - dancer, vocalist, rapper. Suga and Hongseok look after Jungkook like a younger brother.

Maknae's favorite pastime is drawing, so his room is always a mess. And he loves bright, contrasting colors - red, yin-yang.

V Kim Taehyung is friends with all the members of the boy band, although at first they were wary of him and did not understand his quirks. But soon the unusual behavior of the guy began to impress many. V out large family, in which main role belongs to the father. This is exactly what V would like to be like, to become a caring, interesting person.

The nickname Monkey was given to the vocalist not only for his habit of biting his nails and touching things with his hands, but also because a chimpanzee once spat at him at the zoo.

The group was conceived as a duet consisting of Rap Monster and Iron. But three years before their debut, the idea was revised, and the group BTS was formed - Bulletproof Boy Scouts - which means Bulletproof. If at first this made the guys laugh, now the name has become familiar, and there is no need for another.

The group has recorded over a hundred songs that they wrote together. The roles are usually distributed as follows: Rap Monster writes the music, Suga arranges it, and J Hope joins them to write the lyrics. Some tracks are rewritten several times. So the song No More Dream was remade more than twenty times. But now it is popular as a message to young people not to stray from their chosen path, to follow their dreams. And the choreography for this composition was staged by Jay Hope together with former member Donghyuck's team.

The most popular participants groups consider Jimin and V to have the most fanboys.

Interestingly, the members have almost the same height, from 174 to 181 cm. The tallest is Rap Monster. According to the constitution, one can also note the same weight, not exceeding 60 kg.

BTS fans are growing more and more every day. After the debut performance four days later, about three thousand fans of the group registered in the fancafe, before that there were no more than two thousand.

Young Forever's latest video took sixth position in iTunes chat in 2016. The song Fire was highly rated by four million listeners and is one of the top twenty best-selling songs.

2015 was a fruitful year for the group music awards, among which is the World Rookie Award, awarded annually in Monte Carlo.

Many BTS fans note that their tracks are mixed different styles, but it was done with great taste. The stylistic diversity is especially clearly manifested in the song I Need U. It’s not without reason that the group’s albums sell out instantly. This was the case, for example, with the album Run, which ranks thirteenth in the iTunes chat.

It is interesting that in the families of each of the participants there is either an older or younger brother or sister. And V has both a brother and a sister.

According to journalists' polls, the musicians unanimously named the lion as their favorite animal.

In the future, ten years from now, South Korean members dream of remaining on the crest of fame, continuing to make music, being cool and famous. And Jay Hope believes that he will become one of the unique ones in the Banqtan group.

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Korean group BTS - official website of the group bts.ibighit.com.

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Stage name: V/뷔/V
Real name: Kim Tae Hyung / 김태형 / Kim Tae Hyung
Position in the group: Vocalist
Date of birth: December 30, 1995
Hometown: Daegu
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 58 kg
Blood type: AB
Nicknames: TeTe, Pure Te (because he always has a puzzled expression on his face, often doesn’t understand anything, “blank slate”)
Family: father, mother, younger sister, younger brother
Zodiac sign: Capricorn

The participants call me 4D. Really, I don't know why they do this. (Rap Monster: “When his gaze is blank, like now, he really seems like 4D. J-Hope: “I think V will be able to fully show his charm on entertainment shows thanks to its 4D nature"). When I'm lying on the top bed and watching anime, the guys' glances in my direction seem to say: “This... is a fan.” But after Jin-hyung moved into the dorm, I realized that we have many common hobbies. Hyung gives the impression of being this perfect prince, but in reality he loves anime just like me. (Jin: “having no flaws and loving anime are not related!”) Q lately, as soon as a new anime comes out, we agree to watch it together. I watched all the episodes of Digimon Adventures, Wolf Children and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, as well as other works by director Mamoru Hosoda on at the moment are favorites. I like almost all the cartoons that are shown on the Tooniverse channel, and I think I've watched most of them. I was very moved when I saw Danny Chong's video and started playing the saxophone, which continued for three years. However, suddenly I became interested in dancing and decided to choose a different path. I took a bit of a break after moving from classical to jazz saxophone, so I'm not sure if I'm as good at it as before. But I think that three years ago I played great. Applause! I don't practice showing any individual talents. I don't prepare for this in advance. I just focus on the situation and think: what should I do today? Should I try this? But... many times it happened that I couldn’t think of anything (laughs).
I was very sad when I couldn't participate in vlogs (videos that Bangtan members filmed themselves and uploaded to their blog). I was there for my hyungs whenever they vlogged, but I couldn't upload my own videos. I sat alone and said: “Such and such a date, such and such a month in 2013, today I did this, but it won’t be on the blog, right? I'm upset". I was also nearby when the group vlog was being filmed, I just couldn’t show up on the screen - in fact, I was standing next to the trash can. When I was announced as a member of Bangtan, I received exactly one letter. I was so happy. I stayed up until four in the morning and read it about fifteen times. I showed it to my hyungs all the time.
I made a lot of mistakes during the part in “No More Dream” where I need to lose my points. I put my glasses in a zippered back pocket, and once I even had to imitate the glasses with my fingers, and there were also many times when the glasses flew off so much that after the performance I could not find them. I usually don't cry while watching movies. But recently I cried when I watched “Miracle in Cell No. 7” with Jin hyung. I cried as if someone had turned on a faucet in front of my eyes. I have no experience serious relationship. I want to marry my first love and always be with her.
Favorite food: japchae, meat in any form.
Favorite color: black, green, white.
Favorite things: computer, big toys, clothes, shoes, accessories, something unique, unusual.
Ideal type: a girl who becomes more charming every day, who will only care about him, who will love only him. A gorgeous girl who would make him jealous on the street, but at the same time she would make him cocoa when they were at home and show him a lot of aegyo.
Habits: biting nails, walking with open mouth, touch everything cute. Often says “Well, mom?” and “It hurts!”
The word that describes him is: “Monkey. When I was younger, a chimpanzee spat on me at the zoo, and after this incident, my friends began to call me a monkey - the chimpanzee’s rival.”
Role model: father. He wants to become the same father as him. Who takes good care of the children, listens to them, encourages them and gives advice for the future, but is often scolded by his wife.
In 10 years it will be: “I will take my two children - Taekwon (boy, 2 years old) and Taegyeok (girl, 7 months old) - to the zoo, we will feed the pigeons. I'm going to be a cool guy."
1. Before V became a trainee, he was an Ulzzang in 2011.
2. V admitted that he received many written declarations of sympathy, but no one confessed to him personally.
3. When the guys were asked to choose who they were closest to, V chose Jungkook. Hearing this, Jin pouted and said that he was close with V. V then changed his answer and said that he is close to everyone.
4. Repmon said that V is the worst at dating. Suga explained this by saying that V has a lot of strange thoughts in his head that not everyone can understand.
5. When he first met V, Suga didn’t have a very good impression of him.
6. When he was younger, a chimpanzee spat on him at the zoo, and after this incident, his friends began to call him a monkey - the chimpanzee's rival.
7. Which members have bad habits while sleeping? - Diva V. According to the members, he kicks and screams in his sleep. He can even ask for a glass of water, when they bring him something to drink, he is already fast asleep.
8. Taehyung can play the saxophone. He started learning to play it when he was in elementary school, because he believed that if he wanted to become a singer, he must be able to play an instrument.
9. Taehyung said that Suga once hurt his feelings by faking his smile.
10. During a fan meeting, Jin parodied V, who in turn tried to draw fans away from Jin.
11. V is very picky when it comes to girls and relationships. Repmon said that before he proposes to meet, V will examine her from head to toe, highlighting the pros and cons.
12. Suga said that V can go into the bathroom and pull back the curtain when one of the members is taking a shower. He said that V's actions are very strange, they don't lend themselves to common sense. Suga also suggests that if V has a girlfriend, he won't stop doing all these weird things.
13. V dated a girl when he was in elementary school, they communicated through SNS network. In fact, they never met. We “met” virtually, via SMS, and this continued until high school.
14. Taehyung doesn’t understand why the members think he’s 4D.
15. Taehyung said that he was not in a serious relationship. But he would like to marry his first love and love her forever.
16. Jimin and V best friends, since they are the same age.
17. You are the last revealed member groups. Before the release of the teasers, nothing was known about him at all.
18. Was very upset that he couldn't interact with fans as often as the other members.
19. Second youngest member of the group.
20. Starred in Jo Kwon's video for I'm Da One.
21. Likes to find good songs, which few people know about.
22. Loves big lions very much.
23. Favorite number is 10.
24. Favorite season is autumn.
25. Prefers sunny weather.
26. About myself: “Monkey.”
 

History of creation

The formation of the group lasted almost three years, during which the composition was constantly modified and trained. The core of BTS was formed only in 2012. The members of BangTan Boys are: Rap Monster, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, V, Jungkook, Jimin. Unlike his colleagues, Jimin completed his internship in just a year, perhaps because he was the last to join the group. The remaining participants underwent a three-year probationary period.

As trainees (students), the guys themselves composed about a hundred tracks (if rumors are to be believed), and six months before their official debut on stage, they became active users of social networks, posting their compositions on YouTube.

PR using Twitter and presenting songs on the Internet are only part of the campaign invented by the producers. For example, there was also a news channel they made up that actively promoted a parody show starring the BangTan Boys members.

The creativity of BTS is distinguished by the content of its lyrics, which, as stated in the press, are written by the guys themselves. The music for them, the arrangement and production of the numbers is also the work of RM, Suga and J-Hope. It is worth noting that the group sings in both Korean and Japanese.

The main stages of creativity

2013

BTS – School of Tears

In the fall, the single “Oh, Are You Late, Too?”, better known to fans as “O!RUL8,2”, went on sale? The result of the debut year for the BangTan Boys was the MelOn Music Awards ceremony, at which the guys were awarded the “Best Debut of the Year” award.

2014

In the summer, the group comes to Russia, where the Bridge to Korea festival takes place. Here, as judges, the guys evaluate dance competitions, and then they themselves perform in front of a large audience.

BTS in Russia

Then the guys take part in the American music festival KCON and release a full-length album DARK&WILD. A video was created for a song from the album “War of Hormone” in the fall, which added tens of thousands of fans to the group around the world. The end of the year was marked by the “2014 BTS Live Trilogy – Episode II: The Red Bullet” tour, during which the seven “bulletproof scouts” were met by the Philippines and Singapore, Japan and Malaysia, Thailand and their native Korea.

2015

In the summer, their Japanese-language single "For You" reached number one on the Oricon chart. This is how the group celebrated their debut in Japan a year earlier. The song “Dope” from the album gains more than a million views on YouTube in just 12 hours and takes third place on the main American Billboard chart.

This year was also memorable for the guys with a large-scale tour of Australia, Latin America, Malaysia, USA. In the fall, it is announced that BTS will represent the sports brand Puma at international arena. BTS wins Mnet Asian Music Awards for Best International Act.

2016

Goes on sale in the fall new album in Japanese “YOUTH”, which immediately takes first place in the Japanese charts and sells like hot cakes: 44 thousand copies of the album were sold out in just one day.

Another studio album WINGS is making waves in Korea. The video for the track from the disc “Blood Sweat & Tears” gains more than 6 million views on YouTube in 24 hours. The number of copies of the disc totals over half a million. For the first time in music history, a Korean album enters the UK album chart.

BTS – Blood Sweet & Tears

The end of the year was marked for BTS with the Melon Music Awards in the Album of the Year category and the Asian Award in the Artist of the Year category. The band's producers announce a major tour scheduled for early 2017.

2017

BTS – Spring Day

Millions of views and enthusiastic responses from fans accompany the guys during the 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour. The premiere of the video for the single “Not Today” gains over ten million views in the first day after release.

Collaborations with other artists

• Boy In Luv – BangTan Boys ft. Block B
• Champion - RM from BTS ft. fall out Boy
• Mama Behind – BangTan Boys ft. GOT7
• The Truth Untold (Gidexen Remix) – BangTan Boys ft. DJ Steve Aoki

Scandals

• Dark & ​​Wild (2014)
• Wake Up (2014)
• Wings (2016)
• Youth (2016)
• Face Yourself (2018)
• Love Yourself: Tear (2018)

BTS now

BTS – Fake Love (choreography)

The guys’ new album “LOVE YOURSELF: TEAR” entered the Billboard 200 chart; in the spring it held first place for twelve weeks.

The BangTan Boys are the only ones to be awarded three gold certifications by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and the first holders of the Diamond Button on YouTube.

Rap Monster(real name Kim Nam Joon)
Position in the group: leader, main rapper.
Birthday: September 12, 1994 (22)
Rap Monster is very positive in the group, he raps well. He believes that Monya breaks everything she touches because of this, the participants often feel over him.
Gin
Position in the group: lead vocalist, face of the group.
Born December 4, 1992 (24).
Jin is the oldest in the group. Jin has a very sweet voice. Jin in the group BTS is like a mother, he cooks and cleans. Participants say that when Jin cooks, his food is almost always monotonous and almost always tastes the same. Jin is always given very few parts in songs.
Suga
Real name Min Yoon Gi
Position in the group rapper
Born March 9, 1993 (23)
In my opinion, Suga is a very cool rapper, he has good rhythm and speed. Suga is often angry and swears at his members, and it seems like he’s the only one in the group who can swear often. They also call him Sugar, apparently this name comes from when he was little white because his character is not too similar to this nickname, but in general Suga is very sweet and cheerful. Suga is very lazy and often likes to sleep, but when it comes to performing or something else, his laziness immediately disappears
Jay Hope
Real name Chan Ho Seok
Position in the group is rapper, dancer.
Jay Hope is one of the funniest members of the group. He is almost always in the mood, he dances very well, one might say simply wonderful. Jay Hope at first glance does not seem serious because he is constantly having fun and talking nonsense, but this is a deceptive opinion. Jay Hope can be very serious. Jay Hope is very afraid of roller coasters or any heights, but for the sake of the group and to show that he is still a man, he is ready to go through all this, Jay Hope is also very afraid of all kinds of scythes and snakes. Maybe he’s not afraid of them, but he’s definitely disdainful.
Park Jimin
Position in the group: vocalist, dancer
Born October 13, 1995 (21)
Jimin is the shortest in the group, but despite his height he dances and sings very well. Although earlier you said that Jimin is a bad dancer, maybe it was just a joke. Jimin used to have chubby cheeks and muscles, but due to the fact that they often go on diets, his cheeks disappeared. Jimin is very popular among fans (in general, like all the other members.)
Jimin has a high voice and often hits high notes; Jimin is also famous for his large hips. Jimin is very sweet and cheerful, he often gives his hyungs.
(Hyung is an older brother, but in Korea it is also customary for boys and musicians to address their elders this way. If a person is older than someone, then you can simply address him as Hyun).
V
Real name Kim Tae Hyun
Position in the group: vocalist
Born on December 30th.
V is in my opinion the most mysterious participant group, but he is very strange. I also call V the same (Cherry or 4D)
Even V can’t explain why the members nicknamed him 4D in his childhood, when V was at the zoo and a monkey spat on him. V believes that rabbits live on the moon, and he also believes in aliens. V is very funny and sweet. V’s habits are sometimes very strange; he communicates most with Park Jimin; they are almost always together.
Jungkook (youngest member of the group)
Position in the group: dancer, vocalist, rapper and maknae (translated as junior)
Born September 1, 1997 (19).
I also call Gook as the golden maknae and this is really about him, because at the age of 19 he probably already has everything that anyone could want. He sings and dances well, he also raps and everything works out great for him. The participants love Guk very much because he is so ours. Gook is probably the most popular among fans or maybe even fans.

The full name of the group BTS is The Bangtan Boys/Bulletproof Boy Scouts (방탄소년단) are a 7-member male hip-hop group founded by Big Hit Entertainment (a subsidiary of JYP Entertainment). GLAM and 2AM became friends on the label. The name of the group BTS literally means "block all the bullets in the world." The group debuted on June 13, 2013 with the song "No More Dream".

The group members were selected in 2010 through an audition with Big Hit Entertainment. Even before debut and audition Rap monster and Suga were rapping professionally, and J-Hope was a pro at street dancing. The agency needed guys who would create a huge hip-hop boom in the world of k-pop. And they did.

A few facts about BTS:

1) There are 7 members in the group, although initially the agency was only thinking about 5: Rap Monster / Kim Namjoon, Jin / Kim Seokjin, SUGA / Min Yoongi, J-Hope / Jung Hoseok, Jimin / Park Jimin, V / Kim Taehyung, Jungkook / Jeon Jungkook.

2) BTS speaks several languages.

Rap Monster speaks excellent English and speaks Japanese well. Jin speaks Chinese and V speaks Japanese.The guys looked at each other and decided to study other languages. So J-Hope and V wanted to speak Chinese. We present to your attention a small welcome message from BTS in English!

3) BTS manages to play any concept: from bad boys to schoolboy boys. We are ready for any changes, and stylists are happy to try!

4) The group consists of bright individual personalities. Some are great at playing the cutie role, some are pros at writing music, some at rapping.Everyone brings something different to the group and makes it memorable to the viewer.

5) Most of the songs were written by J-Hope, Rap Monster and Suga.

6) BTS are just awesome guys. They are very cute, strange, cool.

7) They like to show off their pressak.