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So excited.
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And I will put on the T-shirt.
I'm going to take the jacket off.
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What's up, boys?
What's up, boys?
Good to see you.
What's up?
Good to see you.
What's going on?
Good to see you.
Good to see you.
A lot of people.
A lot of people.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Thanks for joining us today, guys.
Thank you.
Thank you, everybody.
Thank you, Apple.
Thank you, Zane.
Thank you.
This is so exciting.
Thank you for coming to Korea.
It's a long flight, right?
Yeah, but I love it here.
I love it here.
I feel very calm here.
I love the city.
I love the people.
Is this your first time?
No.
And I want to say thank you to Jungkook because... Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
He invited me out. maybe a year and a half ago.
Yeah.
And we sat up there and we had a beautiful conversation.
Wow.
Wow.
So it's been like, you know, years, right?
It's been a minute, but not as long as it's been for you and for ARMY.
It's been a minute for them too.
And you're here, I'm here, ARMY are all there and they're waiting and have been waiting for this moment and are waiting for everything.
We're back.
Yes.
We're back.
We're back.
How does it feel?
I mean, that's a big question for everybody, but who wants to just quickly jump in and try to put into words how it feels for it to be real for you to be together again after the time away?
So exciting.
First of all, it's been a long time since we had this kind of atmosphere.
It's been a long time since we had this kind of atmosphere, and now that we're doing an interview with Jayne, I feel like this is the beginning of the world.
It's been a long time since we had this kind of atmosphere, and now that we're doing an interview with Jayne, I feel like this is the beginning of the world.
It's been a long time since we had this kind of atmosphere, and now that we're doing an interview with Jayne, I feel like this is the beginning of the world.
It's been a long time since we had this kind of atmosphere, and now that we're doing an interview with Jayne, I feel like this is the beginning of the world.
It's been a long time since we had this kind of atmosphere, and now that we're doing an interview with Jayne, I feel like this is the beginning of the world.
It's been a long time since we had this kind of atmosphere and now that we There's so much to talk about and I want to thank you for giving us so much time today to try to get into it.
We have a whole day.
Which is beautiful because I have a whole day's worth of stuff to talk about.
I have so many questions and I'm going to do my best for you, Army.
I think I'm going to start with Worldwide Handsome.
I wanted to ask you what you missed the most about this, about being together with your friends.
It's been a long time since we lived together.
But this time, with our members, in the U.S., It's funny you mentioned past times.
I wondered whether or not know living together again after being away.
Yeah, whether it felt kind of like the beginning, in a strange way, when the circumstances were very different.
It was starting out, the room was much smaller yeah, but did it?
Did it feel a little similar to that?
I think so, because it was really strange to live, you know, all together in in the same.
We lived in the same house, like literally, so we rented it, rented a villa, and then It was in like seven years that we have, you know, ever like lived actually like together and worked together.
So that the session in LA for two months was quite like a big transition.
And it feels like a dream for us at the same time.
Jungkook, when we spoke here, we talked about the idea of you all moving off separately to work on your own solo music.
It felt natural to all of you.
It didn't feel forced.
Did this feel as natural coming back together?
I know you said it was a bit strange living together, but when you all found yourself coming together, even having that first meeting, how did it begin?
I think it's the most natural thing to do.
Rather than solo activities, I did a lot of things as a group.
I think it was a natural thing to do.
Actually, I could have left GUNBANGGO behind.
Anyway, as soon as possible, the group...
I always think that, you know, when artists take a break, it's a chance to look at it as a new point or a new era to some degree.
J-Hope, does it feel that way for you?
Or does it feel like you sort of picked up where you left off?
In fact, the members who were discharged from the military were already active and in that regard, there was a part where I got used to it in advance rather than other friends, but I think the fact that we were doing it as a group definitely had a big impact on the sessions in the US.
So while we were doing it together, I got used to it, quickly came back and organized a lot of parts related to the new song.
I think I was able to get used to these parts so naturally.
And in fact, all the activities that I've been doing with my friends for a long time are so much fun.
There are parts that we need to show in the future.
I didn't feel any pressure, and I had a lot of fun.
It's such a unique situation to take a break from being a band and go and honor the commitment to your country to military service.
But you're still a musician, you're still creative.
Suga, were you thinking about music?
I mean, can you honor that commitment and do service?
Are you still thinking about songs, melodies?
Did any of them make it onto the record while you were serving?
When you started out, RM, you became leader of the group.
Yes, sir.
You're now in a situation where you've grown so much as people, not just as a band yes, what was that perspective like for you when everyone came back together and you could take a look and go okay, these guys i've known since we were kids, in some case teenagers, you know yes um, how does your role as leader kind of evolve now?
Everyone's growing up and have become, you know, men?
Um yeah that's, that's the um trickiest point and um, I don't know, like sometimes I put like too much weight on myself.
Like, I'll either lead or say, you have to do something.
You have to.
You know, like just get your ass off just the sofa and just go out and just like say something to the label, or like to the people, or I don't know music-wise, people-wise.
But it's like, you know, like you said, we're all kind of grown up.
We're all, like, 30s right now.
And we all got back from the unique experience, which is very unique.
But I think through the process from the LA session it's been almost like half a year, like seven, eight months.
And I think there's still something that I can do for this team, like maybe just to communicate with the label or could represent, could say some words that could bring the whole team to a better level.
And I'd imagine also with the touring and whatnot to come and as things get busier and busier, those roles will start to feel a little more comfortable again of like how we support each other.
Yes.
And they are, you know, we've been together for our half of our lives, like 15 years.
That's a long time.
That's like a family.
So, you know, as we see just like each other's eyes, we just understand, we just get it.
Like, oh, now you've been through your hard times, bro.
Then I'll do something more.
I'll take care of you.
Like we could just do that without any like words or something.
So they support me and I just I could, I could do my roles.
But you know, but it's always tricky that I put like sometimes put too much weight on myself as a leader, but at the same time I feel like I'm just one of the member.
I'm just part of the team.
I'm just one of the seven.
So I just, sometimes you just gotta let it go.
Just, just be, just go with the flow and just be part of, part of the team.
So I'm still figuring out what is a good leader.
Good leader.
Thanks, bro.
Thanks, bro.
Thanks, bro.
Thanks for amazing English words.
This is a celebration.
I mean, we're going to talk about the music.
We're going to talk about touring.
We're going to get into it.
We're going to try and fill in some of the gaps everybody wants filled.
But we're here celebrating.
And I would imagine that probably the biggest celebration so far was when SUGAR finally came home, because that was the last member of the band.
So can I ask you guys how you celebrated as a band when SUGAR finally came home and how that happened?
We all gathered at... whose house was it?
Was it JUNGKOOK's house?
Was it my house?
No, it wasn't.
Wasn't it HYUNJIN's house?
No, it wasn't.
I think it was your house.
HYUNJIN's house.
I think I was working.
Oh, is that so?
Is it my house?
Is it your house?
What kind of house is it?
We had to go to the U.S. right away without any celebration.
We used to gather often before we got discharged from the army.
Rather than that day, it was more chaotic after the discharge, so I think I saw it a lot before that.
What are you going to do next?
Yeah, it must have been really special for you, Suga, and for everybody.
And you know what?
I saw this thing on social media the other day when you showed up on Weverse for the first time with your cat.
And everyone went crazy in the theater.
It was amazing.
Why did you take some time to come back and say hi to ARMY?
And how did it feel when you came back and realized that everyone was so happy to see you streaming for the first time?
Well, it didn't take long.
I was just doing something.
The cat came out of nowhere.
I don't remember how much I communicated with people before I left, but I think my style is a bit like that.
It's funny about that is whether you mean to or not.
When you become a person of mystery, it makes people go even crazier when you show up.
It kind of always backfires a little bit.
Maybe on purpose.
Jim, I wanted to ask, what do you think you learned about yourself during the time away?
And in particular, during military service.
When you came home, how would you test yourself and what did you learn about yourself?
I had a lot of thoughts when I went there.
It was a time when I felt how precious it was to have the time to work and have the passion to do something.
And at a very young age.
Korean men are in the army at a very young age and there are friends who work hard there.
So when I saw those images, We're glad you're back.
We're glad we're back.
Yeah, I bet.
And off to Los Angeles you went.
I mean, I get it, it's music town.
There's a lot of places to work, but most people come to LA to go and find people to work with.
You already kind of figured out who you wanted to work with and how you wanted to get, or at least start.
Why did you choose to go to Los Angeles and have that time there?
We all knew that LA is a true music town.
But I was even so surprised after we got to LA.
We met tons of hundreds of songwriters and players and producers.
And most of them actually had their home in LA.
And they just you know they advertised to us like the life, how you know a life in LA is so great.
So we have never lived in LA for that long.
And we also, you know, had a kind of consensus that you know the weather and the creative energy and the people in LA is really so great and um, i think it's always the best choice.
You know, you have a wanna like a real, like musical base camp or a session, you should go to la, maybe.
Yeah, So I think that's why.
V, when did recording start?
Like, how did this album begin?
It started right after the album was released, right?
Right after the album was released.
Right after the album was released.
Right after the album was released.
Right after the album was released.
Right after the album was released.
Right after the album was released.
Right after the album was released.
Right after the album was released.
Right after the album was released.
I think I went out three or four days later.
We all went out in early July.
We all started working while living in LA.
We couldn't talk at first.
Try saying that in English.
Try saying this in English?
So during the session, the first problem, first thing first, the conversation was impossible because they can't speak English.
We're still learning English.
We barely understand.
We're like a baby animal, you know.
It's been two months since we started working on it and we've been working on too many songs, so we had a hard time deciding which songs to work on.
We couldn't decide which ones to work on.
You can't tell.
When I listened to this album, there's so much energy on this record.
And everyone has come back and delivered at the highest level.
I want to congratulate you on this album.
I think start to finish, it's a really, really great record.
Have you listened to it?
Yeah.
Really?
Yeah, I mean, I have to.
Otherwise, what are we talking about?
Okay, I think you're one of the first people outside who have ever listened to the whole album.
You work with some great people. on this record.
Diplo.
Mike Will made it.
Al Guincho.
Incredible.
Kevin Parker.
What?
Kevin Parker.
Teezo Touchdown.
Yeah.
It's pretty wild.
I mean, let's get into that.
The fun part of that.
John Cook.
Tell us some stories or let's talk about the collaborators and what you loved about all of that.
First of all, I think I worked with Gingcho a lot.
Actually, Jung Kook touched on the song Hooligan a lot.
He played a lot of tracks at first.
At that time, I thought, wow, there are so many things that these people think about.
It was so fresh and new, so I thought, I can write a track like this, I can make a track like this.
I think that was the first thing I thought about.
And then I thought, how should I write it here?
So it was a lot of pressure.
So I think that's why I wanted to be next to you.
Anyway, the feeling itself was so different.
It was very new.
If I get another chance, I would like to do this session with the people I worked with.
I think it was very important.
Since we are seven.
So maybe from perspectives outside we could think like oh, you guys are seven, so you can make your own on your own.
But we have to consider a lot of things.
We could also digest a lot of genres at the same time.
So it's always, I think it depends on the clothes, what we're trying to wear or not.
And so bringing their colors and creatives, especially the young generations and people from the LA or Europe or Latin America.
It was really important for us to you know we were trying to make a change and transition after the discharge from the military, because many things are changed and it's getting faster and faster.
Yeah, so we have to adjust our channel to another frequency, a new one.
And we wanted to borrow their thoughts and their creative minds.
So I think it was really important to be back.
So they helped us a lot.
Yeah, I mean, the album starts hard.
It starts hard.
And at the end, there's some beautiful, thoughtful, really emotive, vulnerable songs.
Into the sun, yeah.
But the first four five, six songs are like bam yeah, like body to body.
Who wants to tell us a story about that one?
Well, i have a few.
It's definitely up there.
I love aliens.
Oh, my will made it snapped on that.
Like i like aliens a lot, i also love normal.
No more ryan tether yeah, that's my favorite.
I love normal.
Um, i love They don't know about us.
I love Please.
I like Merry-Go-Round.
That's a beautiful song.
Yeah, Kevin.
Did anyone get to meet or work with Kevin or did he do that remotely?
I really tried to work with him for my solo before, but I couldn't make it because I had no time.
And there was a producer called Sam, and he was a close friend and a partner of Kevin.
And one day he came to our session, maybe like seven or eight times.
So he did a lot of stuff for the music, our music.
And he just said like, I love Timing Paula and stuff.
And I was like, oh, bro, Kevin Parker's my friend.
So he just gave a listen to me of his tracks, like 10.
And the merry-go-round was like third or fourth.
So I was like, damn, I love this track.
This is so Tame Impala.
And I just, you know, it would be an honor if we couldn't have like a little joint with him.
And there was a songwriter, his name is Alde.
He's a damn genius.
Yeah, he did a lot of stuff for our album as well. i i just i just gave all day a mission like i think i love this beat and i i think your type of songwriting and your vocals gonna gonna have a beautiful collaboration with this kid and parker track and i told him like i want to tell about a merry-go-round i think life is like this so and he truly felt like oh okay i think i i can i think i have some inspiration with that and he just made that melody like, I don't know, like an hour.
So it's just how it happens.
Sometimes a miracle comes.
Jen, what's your favorite song on the record?
Do you have one?
My favorite song is Into the Sun.
I love that song.
The last track.
He made it.
Yeah, yeah.
Into the sun.
The last word on that song is dawn.
Dark.
Yeah.
We changed it to dawn.
Yeah.
Because it's like, you know, like going into the sun.
I love that.
I love it.
And when I saw that in the lyric sheet and I saw that the last word was dawn, it really felt like the end of the record in a really amazing way.
Oh, thank you.
Appreciate it.
Were there songs on the record where lyrically you really felt like you had grown and were able to address some subjects that felt mature, like you'd lived some life?
The album itself is very... Especially the song called Swim.
It's not written, but when I listen to the lyrics of their rap, the lyrics of Into the Sun are a bit
Grown up?
No, rather than grown up, it's very touching.
Like a wolf.
I tried to write it less heavy when I wrote it.
Personally, I thought I shouldn't write it too heavy, so I wrote it lightly.
Overall.
I think that lightness gives you a little bit of a punch.
There's some amazing bars on this though.
To me.
In some respects it felt like you got to go back and reignite that original fire that you had when you started from a rap point of view as well.
In recent years obviously, as the band has become bigger, songs have gotten bigger melodies, bigger stadiums, bigger.
To be able to come back, Suga, RM, J-Hope, and be able to get on the mic and just tear it up.
Like I said, the first five songs, it's like Aliens is a rap song.
It is a rap song.
When I was working on the BTS album, I tried to show a lot of my identity.
I think that's the identity that BTS wanted to show.
Anyway, why are we doing this album?
We wanted to show our roots and identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
We wanted to show our identity through this album.
What's amazing about J-Hope is that me and Suga, we started as a rapper from Seoul street.
But he used to be a dancer, a street dancer.
And my favorite rap verse from this whole album was his verse from a song called 2.0.
Wow.
It's so, it's so addictive.
Like, I was like, Dan, you're a rapper, bro.
It's great to hear.
It's great to hear Suga just get on the mic and just tear it up.
It just must have been really fun to realize that the things you originally loved, those passions you had when you were just kids on your own, now all fit in to BTS at the highest level.
When we started the album, I really liked that all seven of us were able to do that.
That's why it's such a good album.
When we were working on this album, we just did what we wanted to do.
We just did what we wanted to do.
We worked freely.
Yeah, it sounds really together.
And it really knows itself.
And I feel like you all really know each other better than ever before, which is amazing given the time you spent away.
The album is called Arirang.
Yeah.
Oh, you sound great.
Okay.
Arirang.
Arirang.
Okay.
You don't sound like Arirang.
Arirang, and I want to ask you why.
What that means to you calling the album something that is so synonymous and special to the people in this country and to you.
I think it was very natural to bring a keyword like Arirang, because Arirang is like it's an old, traditional Korean song, like hundreds of years, maybe thousands.
What does it say?
The song is about.
The lyrics are quite abstract, but it's about longings and nostalgia for a hometown.
It could be a lover, it could be a hometown, it could be a family, it could be a friend.
Lots of our ancestors had been seeing it.
It's a very ethnic and it's very, very historical in Korean.
So in the military we also thought about missing the times and the past and the fans, the times that we were together but we couldn't do anything inside.
And we naturally, thought about where we came from and if we unite again, what do we have to do?
If BTS should go on, then what word could make us into a one group?
That's bigger than you.
Yes.
We want to claim to the world where we are rooted in.
And it was Korea since we are all Koreans and we are proud of where we came from.
And I think the song has the lyrics and the melodies are very, very universal, because everyone has some nostalgia and their sadness and their longings.
So I think a great art mostly brings their personal thing into a universal thing.
So if we bring Arirang into 2026 in our own ways, we thought that we could bring it to the world.
You know, one of the things I think that your fans fell in love with ARMY fell in love with when you came out was that you were very open and honest about some of the internal and emotional struggles that young people felt around the world, but in particular in Korea, and the pressure that you felt to live up to other people's expectations.
That's so true.
Do you feel, in the time that you've been making music and writing those songs and speaking to young people, that that is changing?
Do you think that there is a growing sense of Confidence and freedom that's occurring with young people now more than when you started out?
It's getting harder and harder.
I don't know much about social media or anything like that.
I think that's what changed the world a lot, so I think we should know how to see less.
Of course, we still make music and continue to compete.
It's a situation that we have to do in the future, but everyone has their own happiness and satisfaction.
We're all 30s, so when we look at the 20-year-old younger people, I don't know what to say.
I feel sad sometimes.
But younger people always kind of rebel the older generations.
They refuse it, they deny it and they have their own riots.
And then they become older, and then younger generation comes again.
It's just like a natural happening, like a hurricane.
So we're in our all 30s and since the change is getting faster.
When 20-year-old, those kind of friends come to me and they ask for some advice.
I sometimes lose words and be really careful.
It's a really big question.
It's a valid question to ask those in a position of influence and inspiration.
But it's really hard to try to influence people on their own terms you know what I mean on their life.
There's no right answer.
No, everyone's journey is kind of different.
Yeah, you know, even all seven of you, we're on very unique paths to become one.
You know jen, your journey to here is very different to rn's journey to here.
I mean, you have such a unique journey on how you became a part of bts.
I mean it was almost a happy accident, right in a strange way.
Well, our paths were different when we started but in the end I think our leader led the members well.
He led us in a way that made music fun and happy.
A lot of friends have changed because of the leader, and now everyone can love music.
I'm always grateful to all the members, including Namjoon and Hobi.
These days, I often wonder if I would have been happier if I had lived a different life.
I'm always grateful to our members because I think our members have led me to the best way.
I'm always praying for you to do well.
It's true.
Thank you, Worldwide Handsome.
Thank you.
Worldwide Handsome, everybody.
Worldwide Handsome.
Handsome.
You know what?
You all look fit.
You all look world tour ready.
Who was the most out of shape when you all go back together to rehearse?
Which one of you guys was not ready to get back into it?
Me.
Yeah.
I think me.
Me and you.
Oh, yeah.
Me and you.
The out of shape duo.
To be honest, At first, I didn't know if we could do it.
I thought it would be okay, but we're getting there little by little.
And anyway, it's been a long time since we've shown our performance to our fans.
To prepare something new, cooler and more shocking.
We're all trying to come up with ideas and practice together.
I think you can look forward to it.
It's a 360-degree stage.
I heard.
Yeah, so you could see us everywhere.
Yeah.
Anywhere.
Is that the first time you've done that?
It's confusing, but...
You know, it's remarkable how you're able to be so in sync with each other and perform at such a high level, and yet it feels inclusive of the audience at the same time.
Can someone kind of try to put into words what that balance is between having to think about what you're doing versus knowing that you can just be in the flow state and it's practiced and you've got it?
I think you have to think before you go up.
That's how you make a good performance.
But if you keep thinking at the end, you end up failing.
That's right.
As much as we practiced, depending on how much we paid attention to it.
We need a lot of practice time.
Responsibility.
Jungkook.
Which song are you most looking forward to?
Performing new song are you most looking forward to?
Fire.
Big, it's a big one.
There's a lot of really big songs for this tour.
Yes.
Were you thinking about live when you were making this album?
Were you thinking about what would sound great in a stadium?
We need an anthem just to heat up all these stadiums, so of course we consider sometimes.
In the time away, because one of the things I love about all of you is that you have a lot of different interests.
I've met a lot of musicians who are hyper-focused on music, but I know that you're all curious people.
RM, didn't you learn saxophone during military service?
I did.
From scratch?
From scratch.
That was my job in military, so.
Right.
Yeah, I was in an army band and yeah, it was fun because you know, not to keep, you know, be so far away from where I was.
You know, which is music.
Yeah, yeah.
And the army band.
They were all from like you know, some of them from like Berklee's and like New School.
Yeah. and like Berlin.
So I learned a lot because I didn't know a thing about like an orchestra or a real, real band.
Why saxophone though?
That was the easiest one.
Trumpet?
You can't imagine.
You need at least three or four months just to make it really sound.
Just to get your breathing right.
Did you meet Jungkook at the end of his service with it?
Did you play it when he came out?
I played it when Jin came out.
Tell us their story.
I just wanted to do it for entertainment because it's a great day.
I had like one year to get out, one more year to get out.
So yeah, it was like a...
It was like a struggle to just you know, to admit it, and like congratulating his discharge at the same time.
What did you play?
I think I played Dynamite.
On saxophone?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, good.
You don't need a saxophone.
I'm a human saxophone.
Yeah, hussophone.
When they came out, we played like... I played it for him.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What did you think when you came out and he's playing saxophone?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is he doing that on my day off?
I was like, why is?
Did anyone sort of learn any new skills or try a hand at something new?
Or was it just RM with the sax?
I'm trying to learn bass.
I'm doing chromatics all the time.
It's fun, but my finger hurts.
Oh my.
Are you hoping to start in drums?
Wow.
He's always collecting just teachers.
You know, he's like a picker.
Like he started this, he started that, he started this, and started that.
You know, a quick dropper.
Oh, really?
Up and down, up and down?
Yeah, right.
But he's into drums right now.
Thank God you're reading books.
Such an exciting time for ARMY.
We're here to have this conversation, and I'm having the best day.
But it's really for the fans, right, to hear from you again.
Your fan base is incredible.
They are amazing.
They are amazing.
ARMY go above and beyond.
They actually...
What's really fun is that I think TAEYOUNG was so touched that he cried when he saw JINYOUNG's concert.
I think he was so touched that he cried when he saw JINYOUNG's concert.
I think he was so touched that he cried when he saw JINYOUNG's concert.
I think he was so touched that he cried when he saw JINYOUNG's concert.
I'm going to see a lot of fans.
It's something that happened five years ago, so if I feel those experiences around the world after a long time, I feel different.
Arirang.
Oh, yeah.
Hotel rooms, selling out.
Tickets are going to go crazy.
Hotel rooms.
Do you remember those days when you were walking around just handing out flyers, just trying to convince people to come to your first show?
It's incredible to think that it started with just with that.
I mean all of this now.
This building this business, this anticipation about this tour started with you guys just on the street just asking people to come to see a show.
I know, like when I first got into the label, it was big hit, like before Hybe.
There was nine people in one floor.
It was 2010, like April.
And I remember, you know, the office was awful.
And the nine people, they all had to be in charge of like three jobs.
Like somebody had to do like mails and like shippings and like design at the same time.
And now it's like, I think it's like more than like 2,500 people right now.
So we still sometimes can't believe that, you know, we are here actually.
And we also just got out of the army and the military and like things change like so fast back and forth.
But we just naturally always think about like you know, they just brought us here and we're for them and they're for us, like at the same time.
So, you know, it's really amazing to, to see a growth.
So they're getting older right now, you know, as well because we're getting older too.
When we had our debut they were like an elementary school student and now they are like 25 and someone got married and, like it's amazing to you know, getting old with the fans.
Well, this is an interesting time because this is, in my opinion, a legacy play.
That first phase was the building and the amassing of success and fans and achievements.
You could have ended there and it would have been a perfect journey up to that point.
To come back.
You have an opportunity now probably the first of your generation to mature this experience and start to build legacy.
It's still a big challenge and I'm also really afraid of a new chapter, because we have to show different things to convince the fans and the people out there.
We want to reach maybe different type of people as well.
Since we love each other so much, we're just here still.
And the fans are there.
So what is the reason that we have to stop this precious brand and a thing and a family?
Because, you know, for my rest of my life, i can't ever meet uh, a peop.
You know people like this because i'm i'm like 33, i was, i was like i was 15 when i when i first met them, but now i'm like 32 maybe, but you know, like it was, it was my teenage and they are really uh, symbolizing my youth as well.
Yeah, yeah.
So i, i don't want to miss this chance and i don't want to regret, like you know, years later man, we had to do it again.
We just shouldn't have stopped this journey.
We didn't want to.
You know, do that, do that thing like interstellar, you know, Yeah.
Was that a conversation?
Like, that was beautifully put in reflection.
But was that actually a conversation amongst the seven of you?
I think there was a future that we could draw even if we didn't talk to each other.
The reason why we were able to naturally leave the army and gather together.
I think it's a part of us gathering our thoughts and showing them.
Even if we don't say it, we know what we have to do.
I think we were able to do that because the seven of us who are moving forward felt the same way.
I think that's a great synergy for each other.
Can this be forever?
There's nothing forever in the world, but as long as we work hard, we'll have to work hard for each other as long as possible.
It can't be fixed.
It can't be like, this is going to last forever.
It can't be like, this is not going to last forever.
We do it when we feel like it.
What's good is good.
I think we can do it anytime we want.
I think we have to keep trying to keep each other as long as possible.
Score?
Damn.
Damn.
I feel really grateful that I'm able to come to this beautiful city and sit with you at this time in your life.
It's a really special time.
Thank you for coming.
When it was happening the first time the 10.
It was fast and we were all trying to hold on tight and see how big you could get.
And you became the biggest.
There's no guarantees in life.
No.
Like you said, there's no guarantees that you were going to come back and do this.
And, you know, music is better with you here.
Have the best time putting out this record, you know?
Enjoy every second of it.
Don!
Bye, guys.
Thank you.
That was really fun.
Thank you, V. Thank you.
Thank you, brother.
Thank you, Aaron.
Jimin, thank you.
Thank you.
Jin.
Thank you, bro.
Thank you, bro.
Appreciate you.
See you next time.
My guy.
My guy.
Later.
