I'm korean and I would have to say yes, putting your family and community first before yourself is something you're taught growing up. I would say it is cultural. Growing up it was instilled in us that it's selfish to put your interests ahead of everything else or everyone around you.
Exactly! I’m American and it used to be that way 50 years ago you were raised to be compassionate and thoughtful of others but now we have a society that thinks they are due everything without working for it ...they don’t realize how easier life is here....not perfect by any means but it could be worse too and they don’t give thought to that
I rarely ever post anything. I am what some might call a grandma Army (over 60), I do believe your are correct, it is something that is in each of these young men as well as their culture. What ever the reason, I'll take it. The impact they have made on soooo many young people has been refreshing to see. As someone who is on her way out of this world, it gives me hope for the future generations. BTS practices what they preach.
Thank you for saying all of this. It made me smile :) I've recently seen people speaking badly about BTS and saying all kinds of nasty things about them, especially the youngest members of BTS. I stood up to them. And I tried to get them to stop, but you know how people are online. There are channels on UA-cam that are manipulating younger people into thinking BTS are terrible/bad people. I'm just tired of seeing this behavior, I guess some people really enjoy creating drama where there is none.
10:55 it was later known that suga actually had a panic attack and locked himself in the bathroom while tae was sent to the hospital. Suga posted a letter to army on twitter sharing his thoughts and felt extremely bad about the entire situation. He mentions this during his song "the last" as well.
@@angie7777-7 At that time, their schedule was extremely hard. They had to promote their new album(hyyh pt2), and prepare their concert and year-end award show performances at the same time. You know, bts usually prepare different performances for each award shows and in 2015, they attended 7 year-end shows so they had to practice much more than usual. As you can see in the video, bts says they are awake for 48 hours without sleeping even an hour. Even now, It is common for them to stay up a few nights. Suga and V felt dizzy and faint during the concert because of harsh schedule so they chose not to continue the concert.
Yoongi couldn't perform in Kobe bcz he had panic attack. A few days later he wrote a long and heart-wrenching letter to ARMY. The translation: "Hello, this is Suga. Many people were curious as to what I was doing on my break, and to simply put it, I walked a lot, slept a lot and thought a lot. I wanted to go on a trip to organize my thoughts before working on my mixtape. I also had a place I must go to. I wanted to do things I was able to do not as a 24-year old BTS’ Suga, but as a 24-year old Min Yoongi. It was a time where I looked back at myself. The things I will say now are things I wanted to share not as a singer to a fan or as BTS to ARMY, but to talk to you as human to human. I've always wanted to be a cool person to a lot of people. Having rationale thoughts and making rationale decisions in any situations. I wanted to live like my father. My father said to take a look around you when there's something to be happy about. Be calm and make rationale decisions when happy. The first day when "I need u" got 1st place, I took a look at my surroundings. Every minute I'm happy, I acted as if I'm not. When I'm sad I acted as if I'm not. Even if I like it, I acted as if I don't like it. I pretended to be cold-hearted and pretended to be strong. If a joy is shared, it will be doubled but if a sadness is shared, it won't get smaller. That's what I thought. I know I'm a person who's bad at expressing my emotions but I've been living that way and I thought it's right. One day, I can't exactly remember when, I was in a car with my father and he said "Yoongi, don't live like me". The first day of vacation. The first day ever since I was born, I drank with my family. It has been 6 years since I left home. We were all just chatting, listening to stories that we haven't heard of. The strong and cool father that I know, knows how to feel hurt and sad, how to feel happy and love.. 1.5-pyeong in the practice room, my studio is my wide meadows and narrow prison. I can do anything and at the same time, I can't really do anything. I can work on music thoughtlessly for 20 hours, but I can also sit there and not do anything but just thinking for 20 hours. I was 13 years old when I first started writing my own lyrics. When I listen to good music, I will feel really excited and I feel really happy more than anything. To me, music is my hope and my happiness, I also want to be someone's hope and happiness. Actually I'm someone who would just walk away rather to crash and feel pain. Anyone hates being hurt and I don't want to get hurt. In "Nevermind", "If you feel like you a going to crash then accelerate more". Perharps, that's actually what I wanted to say to myself. The most upsetting time for me when I face a large number of people, is when I face myself who isn’t able to be fair to everyone. I didn’t want to hurt anyone, but there are times I couldn’t do that. I think I’m still a person that lacks in many things. The second day of the concert in Kobe... I don’t think I’ve ever slept deeply after that day. Could it be because of the fact that I gave a wound to many people? Whenever I fell asleep, I would wake up with cold sweat. Because I already once have not been able to go on stage before and have hurt many people, I said that I’ll go up (to perform) no matter what situation arises. Everyone tried to stop me. I really cried a ton at the situation of not being able to go up on stage. And I know crying is losing. It’s really easy for me to cope with my own sorrow, but witnessing those who love me in sadness is very hard. I made them sad, once again. If I could go back to that day, I would go on stage no matter what. So there was just one place to go. I went to Kobe during my break. Many people tried to stop me from going, but I didn’t want to be ashamed of myself any longer. So I just went to Kobe without planning. It was my second time visiting the concert venue after a concert. The first was Ax Hall at late night after finishing the first Red Bullet concert. The second time was the Kobe World Memorial Hall, at where I failed to perform. I hate becoming a numb person. I didn’t want to take the love and these glorious days for granted. I didn’t want to be a numb person. That’s why I visited the venues again on my own. (T/N: He’s saying he doesn’t want to take all the love he’s receiving as granted, he really wants to appreciate every single love he gets. He’s meaning numb in the way by how he wouldn’t be able to feel what the fans feel about him. He’s basically saying he wants to appreciate every love he gets from his fans) I liked being on stage, and I still do. When I was 17 and performed in front of 2 people I stood proudly and made eye contact with them during my performance. However after my debut I feel that I have not been righteous towards myself. I think it may be because I knew better than anyone that I wasn’t perfect. And then on the day of the first performance of HYYH on stage I made proud eye contact with the audience that I didn’t do in quite a while. But after the second day of the Kobe concert when I was unable to stand on stage, I didn’t have the courage to confidently confront the large number of people. So that’s why I visited Kobe, the concert hall again. I kept wandering around the area by the concert hall from the time I arrived there until the time our performance was due to begin that day. From the ticketing booth to the entrance and the concert hall - I wanted to feel the same emotions as you all from every nook and corner. I felt many emotions. Happiness, the excited nervousness felt while waiting for the performance, sadness, resentment, anger, regret, etc. I wanted to understand you all, and I do understand. So I’m sorry and apologetic, for I am not a perfect human being. I’m a person who is weak but acts strong. Once again I realized that I was a person who’s lacking. Although I’m not religious, I prayed at that place. After all, at the end, it was a fated day. Even if it’s ended, let’s not let this heart become numb. To me, who wanted to spend every moment alone, you all were taking up quite a large part (of my mind). Age and gender, nationality and religion, what language you use - all of that isn’t important to me. "Whether you're young or old, whether you have a hidden child, I don't care", haven't I said this already. That day, we unexpectedly had a Music Bank broadcast and I boarded a plane and returned a day before planned. I returned after organizing my many thoughts. Once again, while feeling that I’m a blessed person, I felt that I need to be a person who lives every moment feeling thankful. This is the moment I realizied the fact that 24-year old Min Yoongi, who hates being an adult, is standing in front of the threshold to being an adult. Thank you for making me a blessed person, ARMY. Although I’m never able to say this because I’m bad at expressing myself. Here I am conveying my feelings and thoughts once more through a piece of less-than-satisfactory writing. I will live while being thankful of every moment as I am such a lacking human being. I love you, ARMY."
Regarding empathy and community, it's both innate and learned. If you look at cultural ethos around the world, it is about community. The community survives, we will survive. BTS and Army have perfected the team/community spirit and I am so glad to be witnessing this in my lifetime 🥰💜
the guy in the beginning his name is Tao. He was a former member of the very famous group named Exo. He was one of the Chinese members. He’s very talented
@@afbf613 Tao went on an official hiatus during Exodus promotions due to an injury, and filed a lawsuit against SM on August 15, 2015, formally leaving Exo on March 15, 2018. Following Tao's lawsuit, Exo promoted their albums as a full group rather than in M and K units.
It's definitely more of a culture thing. In many Asian countries, you are brought up to nurture those around you and put others before yourself. Respecting the elderly and higher ups are drilled inside your head. That's where you can see the VAST difference with western groups and artists. Everyone is after fame and money for themselves and don't even care about their fans or the people who helped get them there. Of course, you can be taught these principles. It all depends on the type of person and how they decide to put that into action and full heartedly WANT to.
I agree that is instilled in us at a young age. It's a great thing to have. But there are also negatives to having this kind of ageism behavior. The older people who don't really care for the younger or less fortunate; you know the ones who think they are better than others. The example I would use were those older guys that treated Jungkook badly. Sometimes the older generation doesn't treat the younger people well. I feel it's more of a behavioral thing than one of culture because some cultures are very terrible to the people involved in said culture. Having care and empathy for others is good, but them using you as a doormat or you taking on their burdens even if they are family is not a good/balanced way to live. I've experienced it too many times and it never ended well for anyone. BTS speaks about it too, in the lyrics of their song "Am I Wrong." It's that hierarchy thing of higher class and lower class; it's horrible to think about that the societies aren't actually fair or balanced. There are still decent people, but it's not always the case. That's why it starts within; genuinely loving yourself so that you can share that genuine love with others. A good example is BTS. The older members being less bothered by being older. They treat the others really well and don't act like they are better than the others. It could also be that Jin, Yoongi, and Jungkook are empaths, it's why they care a lot. These guys are good leaders and healers, the world needs more people like this.
As to your question DT, i think its the culture and how you were brought up. Asian culture is very different from American culture. Asians are very filial, we are brought up to respect elders, doesn't matter if they are right or wrong, Age hierarchy is everywhere, good example is we do not address older people by their first names. We take care of our parents until they pass away and they often live with us. This also means that parents & elders often have a lot of influence in decision making regardless of whether you are single or married. Gratitude & brotherhood is ingrained from a very young age, to be grateful for what you have and friends that you often grow up with are treated as part of the family. We don't leave our homes at 18. Independence comes when you are ready. Also most parents will try their very best to pay for their children's education including university, their wedding, etc...
I agree that part of it is culture. From my understanding of Korean culture--the community and family is emphasized more than the individual. But it's definitely more than that--otherwise all idol groups would have teamwork like BTS. I also think their closeness is due to the organizational structure that Bang PD created (he was trying to create a model different from the other agencies) and also the BTS members themselves. I remember watching youtube videos by a former BigHit trainee a few years back - Bitoon. He was there participating when they were forming BTS and he basically said that RM was an extraordinary leader who encouraged the trainees to support each other (rather than compete to debut). So he described BitHit as having a different atmosphere than other companies and basically referred to RMs leadership as helping to foster that.
I agree this episode in particular left a huge impression! Tao had very wise words for those girls and he did a great job mentoring them. Tough love is what you need sometimes in order to get your point across. Hope to see the next episode from you soon!! 💜😊 Would you be reacting to the deleted scenes and bonus content as well later?????
I think with the attitude, culture plays a big part. For example, JK is very very talented even pre-debut days and Jin literally started from scratch (learning singing and dancing) because of the culture in Korea about paying respect to older people, even though pre-debut JK is more experience in dancing and singing to Jin, he did not use that to disrespect Jin in any way. But it also comes with how they were raised, Jin is the youngest in their family and the oldest in BTS but he doesn’t use his authority to rule over the members, instead he cares and respects them. Same thing with Namjoon, he is the leader but he still respects the members who are older than him. Asian culture is very family oriented compared to Westen culture, in Asia, most children still live with their parents when they are single, sometimes, even when they are married. In the states, children leaves the house at 18.
The guy who hangs out with V on the variety show Bromance is Kim Min Jae. He is an actor and is about the same age as V. He has starred in many Korean dramas, one of which is Goblin.
This is my favourite video series to watch from you. I love hearing your commentary and thoughts about each episode. I'm looking forward to watching this one and more in the future! Next episode is full of emotions and thankfully, you've watched the epilogue concert already. 💜
There's a strong sense of family stressed in Asian culture. And family is not merely nuclear biological link. There is a strong sense of extended family system. Even in this times, with some members of family in migration, the 1st new moon of the new year are the times to reconnect with family roots. Some really go home to the province or town or city of origin. The new technologies have facilitated the reconnection. Many Asians are developing individual identity, but personal is so grounded in the familial system. BTS come from different parts of South Korea, none of them is from Seoul, yet their familial hierarchy is strong. Jin is the oldest and is able to command that respect, despite his lack of training in song, dance and rap. That's why his discipline and will to learn is admirable. RM is the acknowledged leader because of his experience in underground rap. He also had to learn dance. Look at the struggle of JK, a gifted boy, the Golden Maknae, learns the fastest, was trained in dance, a good singer and learning rap and developing into a fantastic visual for BTS. Yet he has to struggle in establishing himself versus the Hyungs, even with Jmin and V who are only 2 years his senior. Now with 2nd batch of HYBE talents, the Txt, JK wants to learn how to be Hyung to them at 25 years of age. Hope these opinions help.
You asked an interesting question about team values, DT. South Korea is part of Eastern collectivist culture whereby family and the community are the focus. Individual pursuits are discouraged. Making sacrificies for the greater good of society is revered, yet also expected.
The guy that was lecturing the girls about team work and giving them hell is Huang Zitao (aka Tao) of EXO. He is a chinese rapper and songwriter, and was a former member of EXO (rapper). He left the group and is doing extremely well as a soloist in China.
Yes as you said the USA is more in the culture of the individual, so it's mainly cultural as over there Korea, Japan (I believe China too) the well being of the society (of the group) prevail on the well being of the individual and it's taught to Kids from their young ages. I'm from Europe, the culture there is also based on the well being of the individual first but we have loads of act of solidarities I would say so it's also up to us which values we want to teach to our Kids
Not just at east asia, all asian countries culture is taught be more put community/society first than individual. But for this modern day, people who live at big cities (all asia countries) is more individualistic especially young people who have western mindset (more individual). But for majority, people are still put society well being first than personal matter.
The bond, the brotherhood, the love and respect they have for each other is remarkable. I so adore these guys. I can’t believe that at my age I’ve learned to admire and love them so much. I can’t speak Korean but that doesn’t really matter. Their music, lyrics to their songs, their energy, and their love for each other makes me want to be a better person in everything that I do. Much Love and Respect for you BTS.
If you are planning to travel to Korea someday, there's a fantastic tour some fans did some years ago. They visited BTS iconic places like Spring Day train station location video, the former Big Hit modest but iconic building, the bus stop from You NW Alone album and other locations. 💜
I am Japanese.(sorry for my poor English... My parents taught me to prioritize the feelings of others. This is great and there are many people around me who are kind to others. However, when I was young, I sometimes thought too much about others and couldn't understand my opinion. Therefore, I sometimes envy the spirit of Westerners who prioritize themselves. It would be nice to incorporate both cultures in a well-balanced manner. I thought your question was a very good question.
Thank you. They are an amazing example of supportive selfless friendship, with sincere heartwarming gentleness that each was born with, and were lucky enough to be in the perfect environment with good people around them to encourage them to work hard together to synchronize and become this beautiful inspiring dynamic brotherhood.
In most Asian communities/countries, yes we are taught from young, from baby. Its ingrained in us. 1.Respect your elders,2. repeat #1, 3.Repeat #1, 4. Repeat #1, 5. Mind your manners 6. Be respectful to others, 7. Be kind to others, 8. n then never do to others what you dont want done to you, 9. Be exemplary, 10. Repeat 1-9......all the best DT, borahae
Love that you understand their true feelings and greatness. Yes, they are thoughtful by just beeing raised in Korea. Excellent gentlemen. Love your Take on bts.
I agree with you, it's a little of both. Some naturally have it and it just needs to be cultivated; but others have to be scolded and reminded all along the way until, 🤞🏾, they get it. But it still is like an afterthought for those that don't naturally think in terms of benefit for others; because you still have to balance selflessness and self-care.
Each episode of the Rise of Bangtan gets better and better. Aneesa (the creator) posted Chapter 19 a couple of weeks ago, which is the beginning of the last season of this amazing series. She hasn't shared how many total chapters she will be making but Chapter 19 covers part of 2018. She also posted there will be some delays because she just got called for Federal jury duty which doesn't allow her much personal time.
As a Nigerian selflessness is taught to look beyond yourself. You love life to honor the community and family that raise you. So it has its extremes both ways but pretty well
i think it depends a lot on our surroundings. the people we spend our time with and the people who inspire us. the most important thing to have success is good friends. good friends lead to many wonderful things.
Yes, as Asian, we were taught to be kind and sincere to other people, respect older people, including older brother/sister, even tho only 1-2 year apart. It's culture things. We were taught not to be a selfish person, have the sense of empathy to other people.
22:50 you are right, they haven't imagine how big they will become, and this was one of the reasons they thought of disbanding in 2018 cause it was too much.
I am from Denmark and many Danes do not understand the me first concept in the USA. In Denmark we grow up and learn to help each other and stand together in difficult times. But there are also selfish people in Denmark, but it is very Danish to stick together and help each other.
I agree with you that is something that is taught and now I can see why they start so young taken away from the influence of the parents. But it’s murder for the kids at that age, the discipline, the hard work, the respect of each other to each other, they were tough equality = team and off course the team leader had a big and difficult role which he fulfilled and still fulfilling it with professionalism and also friendship. They worked together to achieve same goal and dream without that they wouldn’t have ever succeeded. RESPECT ✊ and congratulations that is what they deserve the 7 of them
BTS guys is amazing group, 7 normal guys from Korea and they teaching lot of people around the world how be the team and support each other always!😍🥰💜💜💜💜💜
I'm a Kiwi so we're pretty socially minded. It's an ingrained part of our culture. We're raised to respect family, friends and community. I'm Maori and belong to the Ngati Porou tribe. There is a Maori proverb explaining what the most important thing in life is .... "He tangata he tangata, he tangata!' translated it means :"It is the people, it is the people, it is the people!' We also have a word called Whanau. It means family and extended family and those you bring into the fold of your family. Not necessarily blood relations but people you view as family. Living on the arse end ot fhe world we are geographically isolated. Australia being our neighbour and sister country plus Polynesian countries. It makes us self reliant, reliant on each other. Our Prime Minister has referred to us as a Team Of 5 million, banded together to combat covid. A Team Of 5 million... says it all really. Whether you are born empathetic or not, how to be grateful, respectful and unselfish and how to be a team, it's taught. Here, it's kind of expected. It's not that we don't celebrate the individual because of course we do. It's just that we know how to work well together and enjoy doing it. For the greater good.
Yes! in other words, it's one in a million the chances... but all BTS is genius and nor in five hundred years it will not be another BTS Soo special like them... end in other words; wach, listen end enjoy!
There's a scene in this where the members are practising in a corridoor - I can't be certain but there is talk about how badly they were treated by an award show because they weren't given a dressing room but were told to get ready in the corridoor (outside the toilets I think) - I'm wondering if that scene is from this time.
Maybe it helped that BTS and then BigHit chose not to engage in the mainstream TV guestings and shows. That meant they can be more real and just somehow be themselves. They grew up NOT learning the “pretense” side of the industry. An army like me who does not relate to the flashy side, understands and gets fond of how “like me” they are. I so l'ove that about them.
He estado viendo tus reacciones a bts aunque no hablo ingles me gusta verte sera posible subtitulos al español? Latino amwrica te apoya 🤗🤗🤗🤗👋👋👋🤶🤶🤶💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I totally agree with you, DT. As Americans we are a selfish people. We should take notes on South Korea about unity and family and many, many other things.
I think first of all it's coming from being a good person.if you think about others just a little bit and your are good person you can be taught to work in a team be selfless , because I see a lot of kpop groups that don't have that teamwork ,they were taught about that too and had good examples in front of them but still they lack it.
It's a Asian thing. We are like that, family friends comes first. We never ourselves first. It's not Korea or Japan, I say whole Asian countries are same. N I'm proud of it.
Yes there's a lot of community spirit and love your neighbor stuff here (in Asia), but it's not like it's the norm. That Chinese coach had to berate dozens of trainees after all, and BTS still does seem one of the uncommonly tight group who love each other (contrasted with 9 muses, etc).
Is empathy taught or something that comes naturally. I'm a seond generation American Japanese and I think it's something that taught and also something you see your parents do but not vocalized. I remember growing up my father used to tell me if you didn't get to where you are alone so don't just think of yourself. Think of others and how they feel.
I both like ISAC (the Olympics Games-esque event in the video) and dislike them. They're a great way for new idols with high athletic abilities to promote themselves, but the organizers have a history of treating nugu grps with little respect and _only_ the better athletes are given much spotlight. They also pose as liability concerns bc participants have a bigger chance of getting an unnecessary physical injury (smt a person in a physical performance-type job, like an idol, wouldn't want). But it is also a fun way, ig, for idols and fans to interact and compete (maybe I'd like it more if it was more a casual thing?). There are a lot of great BTS moments in them but the guys are also too busy to participate anymore.
In America, there used be “respect for your elders” up until the 60s. The college age individuals who were benefiting from parents that went through WWII struggles and who, for the most part, hadn’t been able to attend college, turned their backs on that culture. I see the same thing happening now. The “baby boomers” of the 60s generation finally realized that the values their parents had were not all that pointless and worthless. But now, this generation who has an ease of life beyond any before them have also turned their back on the culture that made it possible. In fact, they say all those before were immoral people. It’s sad for someone my age to see. I may not live long enough to see them realize how ungrateful, disrespectful, and foolish they were but I’m confident that it will happen.
I think as you said this values are both taught and sth you born with and honestly if more people had this values this world had left this pandemia shit long ago
Jin wrote Abyss thanks to Bang's advice that it would help him to relieve his concern. Bang pd is still one of main director of bighit music so he can participate their music producing.
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Yes it’s something you have but as babies it needs to be guided by adults ...morals are not taught anymore ...look out for #1...I’m an older Army born in the 60s but I was raised to be grateful , thankful and to appreciate what I had and to work for what I wanted....I raised my kids that way although it’s not popular anymore....right and wrong are not taught and the idea of thinking of someone else’s needs....you don’t find anymore....it’s why we have such a hateful screwed up society
I'm korean and I would have to say yes, putting your family and community first before yourself is something you're taught growing up. I would say it is cultural. Growing up it was instilled in us that it's selfish to put your interests ahead of everything else or everyone around you.
Exactly! I’m American and it used to be that way 50 years ago you were raised to be compassionate and thoughtful of others but now we have a society that thinks they are due everything without working for it ...they don’t realize how easier life is here....not perfect by any means but it could be worse too and they don’t give thought to that
as Korean-American, I agree completely. IMO, this pandemic is prime example of “community” first, wear your mask so you don’t infect others.
I rarely ever post anything. I am what some might call a grandma Army (over 60), I do believe your are correct, it is something that is in each of these young men as well as their culture. What ever the reason, I'll take it. The impact they have made on soooo many young people has been refreshing to see. As someone who is on her way out of this world, it gives me hope for the future generations. BTS practices what they preach.
Thank you for saying all of this. It made me smile :)
I've recently seen people speaking badly about BTS and saying all kinds of nasty things about them, especially the youngest members of BTS. I stood up to them. And I tried to get them to stop, but you know how people are online. There are channels on UA-cam that are manipulating younger people into thinking BTS are terrible/bad people. I'm just tired of seeing this behavior, I guess some people really enjoy creating drama where there is none.
10:55 it was later known that suga actually had a panic attack and locked himself in the bathroom while tae was sent to the hospital. Suga posted a letter to army on twitter sharing his thoughts and felt extremely bad about the entire situation. He mentions this during his song "the last" as well.
So what was wrong that they had to go to hospital?
@@angie7777-7 At that time, their schedule was extremely hard. They had to promote their new album(hyyh pt2), and prepare their concert and year-end award show performances at the same time. You know, bts usually prepare different performances for each award shows and in 2015, they attended 7 year-end shows so they had to practice much more than usual. As you can see in the video, bts says they are awake for 48 hours without sleeping even an hour. Even now, It is common for them to stay up a few nights. Suga and V felt dizzy and faint during the concert because of harsh schedule so they chose not to continue the concert.
@@khakibase38 Thankyou for your reply....wow that’s on the verge of collapse...I hope they are able to get more rest now days💜
Yoongi couldn't perform in Kobe bcz he had panic attack. A few days later he wrote a long and heart-wrenching letter to ARMY. The translation:
"Hello, this is Suga.
Many people were curious as to what I was doing on my break, and to simply put it, I walked a lot, slept a lot and thought a lot. I wanted to go on a trip to organize my thoughts before working on my mixtape. I also had a place I must go to.
I wanted to do things I was able to do not as a 24-year old BTS’ Suga, but as a 24-year old Min Yoongi. It was a time where I looked back at myself.
The things I will say now are things I wanted to share not as a singer to a fan or as BTS to ARMY, but to talk to you as human to human.
I've always wanted to be a cool person to a lot of people.
Having rationale thoughts and making rationale decisions in any situations.
I wanted to live like my father.
My father said to take a look around you when there's something to be happy about. Be calm and make rationale decisions when happy. The first day when "I need u" got 1st place, I took a look at my surroundings.
Every minute I'm happy, I acted as if I'm not. When I'm sad I acted as if I'm not. Even if I like it, I acted as if I don't like it. I pretended to be cold-hearted and pretended to be strong.
If a joy is shared, it will be doubled but if a sadness is shared, it won't get smaller. That's what I thought. I know I'm a person who's bad at expressing my emotions but I've been living that way and I thought it's right.
One day, I can't exactly remember when, I was in a car with my father and he said "Yoongi, don't live like me".
The first day of vacation. The first day ever since I was born, I drank with my family. It has been 6 years since I left home. We were all just chatting, listening to stories that we haven't heard of.
The strong and cool father that I know, knows how to feel hurt and sad, how to feel happy and love..
1.5-pyeong in the practice room, my studio is my wide meadows and narrow prison. I can do anything and at the same time, I can't really do anything. I can work on music thoughtlessly for 20 hours, but I can also sit there and not do anything but just thinking for 20 hours.
I was 13 years old when I first started writing my own lyrics.
When I listen to good music, I will feel really excited and I feel really happy more than anything. To me, music is my hope and my happiness, I also want to be someone's hope and happiness.
Actually I'm someone who would just walk away rather to crash and feel pain. Anyone hates being hurt and I don't want to get hurt. In "Nevermind", "If you feel like you a going to crash then accelerate more". Perharps, that's actually what I wanted to say to myself.
The most upsetting time for me when I face a large number of people, is when I face myself who isn’t able to be fair to everyone. I didn’t want to hurt anyone, but there are times I couldn’t do that. I think I’m still a person that lacks in many things.
The second day of the concert in Kobe... I don’t think I’ve ever slept deeply after that day. Could it be because of the fact that I gave a wound to many people? Whenever I fell asleep, I would wake up with cold sweat.
Because I already once have not been able to go on stage before and have hurt many people, I said that I’ll go up (to perform) no matter what situation arises. Everyone tried to stop me. I really cried a ton at the situation of not being able to go up on stage. And I know crying is losing.
It’s really easy for me to cope with my own sorrow, but witnessing those who love me in sadness is very hard. I made them sad, once again. If I could go back to that day, I would go on stage no matter what.
So there was just one place to go.
I went to Kobe during my break.
Many people tried to stop me from going, but I didn’t want to be ashamed of myself any longer.
So I just went to Kobe without planning.
It was my second time visiting the concert venue after a concert.
The first was Ax Hall at late night after finishing the first Red Bullet concert.
The second time was the Kobe World Memorial Hall, at where I failed to perform.
I hate becoming a numb person.
I didn’t want to take the love and these glorious days for granted. I didn’t want to be a numb person.
That’s why I visited the venues again on my own.
(T/N: He’s saying he doesn’t want to take all the love he’s receiving as granted, he really wants to appreciate every single love he gets. He’s meaning numb in the way by how he wouldn’t be able to feel what the fans feel about him. He’s basically saying he wants to appreciate every love he gets from his fans)
I liked being on stage, and I still do. When I was 17 and performed in front of 2 people I stood proudly and made eye contact with them during my performance. However after my debut I feel that I have not been righteous towards myself. I think it may be because I knew better than anyone that I wasn’t perfect.
And then on the day of the first performance of HYYH on stage I made proud eye contact with the audience that I didn’t do in quite a while.
But after the second day of the Kobe concert when I was unable to stand on stage, I didn’t have the courage to confidently confront the large number of people. So that’s why I visited Kobe, the concert hall again. I kept wandering around the area by the concert hall from the time I arrived there until the time our performance was due to begin that day.
From the ticketing booth to the entrance and the concert hall - I wanted to feel the same emotions as you all from every nook and corner. I felt many emotions. Happiness, the excited nervousness felt while waiting for the performance, sadness, resentment, anger, regret, etc. I wanted to understand you all, and I do understand. So I’m sorry and apologetic, for I am not a perfect human being. I’m a person who is weak but acts strong. Once again I realized that I was a person who’s lacking.
Although I’m not religious, I prayed at that place. After all, at the end, it was a fated day. Even if it’s ended, let’s not let this heart become numb.
To me, who wanted to spend every moment alone, you all were taking up quite a large part (of my mind). Age and gender, nationality and religion, what language you use - all of that isn’t important to me. "Whether you're young or old, whether you have a hidden child, I don't care", haven't I said this already.
That day, we unexpectedly had a Music Bank broadcast and I boarded a plane and returned a day before planned. I returned after organizing my many thoughts.
Once again, while feeling that I’m a blessed person, I felt that I need to be a person who lives every moment feeling thankful. This is the moment I realizied the fact that 24-year old Min Yoongi, who hates being an adult, is standing in front of the threshold to being an adult.
Thank you for making me a blessed person, ARMY. Although I’m never able to say this because I’m bad at expressing myself. Here I am conveying my feelings and thoughts once more through a piece of less-than-satisfactory writing. I will live while being thankful of every moment as I am such a lacking human being.
I love you, ARMY."
Thank you for including this…💜
I'm crying read this letter 😭😭😭
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Regarding empathy and community, it's both innate and learned. If you look at cultural ethos around the world, it is about community. The community survives, we will survive. BTS and Army have perfected the team/community spirit and I am so glad to be witnessing this in my lifetime 🥰💜
the guy in the beginning his name is Tao. He was a former member of the very famous group named Exo. He was one of the Chinese members. He’s very talented
I was really touched and motivated by his speech, Tao speaking Chinese hits hard. His expressions just said everything😭😭
He’s not in exo anymore? Like officially quit?
@@afbf613 Tao went on an official hiatus during Exodus promotions due to an injury, and filed a lawsuit against SM on August 15, 2015, formally leaving Exo on March 15, 2018. Following Tao's lawsuit, Exo promoted their albums as a full group rather than in M and K units.
@@mineunji0139 oh ok.. thank you for explaining.. hope he’s doing great in whatever he’s doing rn.. he seems a nice guy with positive mindset..
@@afbf613 you're most welcome and he's doing well in China but no matter what he's forever a part of EXO
It's definitely more of a culture thing. In many Asian countries, you are brought up to nurture those around you and put others before yourself. Respecting the elderly and higher ups are drilled inside your head. That's where you can see the VAST difference with western groups and artists. Everyone is after fame and money for themselves and don't even care about their fans or the people who helped get them there. Of course, you can be taught these principles. It all depends on the type of person and how they decide to put that into action and full heartedly WANT to.
I agree that is instilled in us at a young age. It's a great thing to have. But there are also negatives to having this kind of ageism behavior. The older people who don't really care for the younger or less fortunate; you know the ones who think they are better than others. The example I would use were those older guys that treated Jungkook badly. Sometimes the older generation doesn't treat the younger people well. I feel it's more of a behavioral thing than one of culture because some cultures are very terrible to the people involved in said culture. Having care and empathy for others is good, but them using you as a doormat or you taking on their burdens even if they are family is not a good/balanced way to live. I've experienced it too many times and it never ended well for anyone. BTS speaks about it too, in the lyrics of their song "Am I Wrong." It's that hierarchy thing of higher class and lower class; it's horrible to think about that the societies aren't actually fair or balanced. There are still decent people, but it's not always the case. That's why it starts within; genuinely loving yourself so that you can share that genuine love with others.
A good example is BTS. The older members being less bothered by being older. They treat the others really well and don't act like they are better than the others. It could also be that Jin, Yoongi, and Jungkook are empaths, it's why they care a lot. These guys are good leaders and healers, the world needs more people like this.
Big applause to their fam for raising them so well and also to BangPD 💜🤟🏻🥀
That really Was a great episode. Thanks for sharing it here on UA-cam. I agree with you that the attitude is learned.
As to your question DT, i think its the culture and how you were brought up. Asian culture is very different from American culture. Asians are very filial, we are brought up to respect elders, doesn't matter if they are right or wrong, Age hierarchy is everywhere, good example is we do not address older people by their first names. We take care of our parents until they pass away and they often live with us. This also means that parents & elders often have a lot of influence in decision making regardless of whether you are single or married.
Gratitude & brotherhood is ingrained from a very young age, to be grateful for what you have and friends that you often grow up with are treated as part of the family. We don't leave our homes at 18. Independence comes when you are ready. Also most parents will try their very best to pay for their children's education including university, their wedding, etc...
I agree that part of it is culture. From my understanding of Korean culture--the community and family is emphasized more than the individual. But it's definitely more than that--otherwise all idol groups would have teamwork like BTS. I also think their closeness is due to the organizational structure that Bang PD created (he was trying to create a model different from the other agencies) and also the BTS members themselves. I remember watching youtube videos by a former BigHit trainee a few years back - Bitoon. He was there participating when they were forming BTS and he basically said that RM was an extraordinary leader who encouraged the trainees to support each other (rather than compete to debut). So he described BitHit as having a different atmosphere than other companies and basically referred to RMs leadership as helping to foster that.
I agree this episode in particular left a huge impression! Tao had very wise words for those girls and he did a great job mentoring them. Tough love is what you need sometimes in order to get your point across. Hope to see the next episode from you soon!! 💜😊 Would you be reacting to the deleted scenes and bonus content as well later?????
I think with the attitude, culture plays a big part. For example, JK is very very talented even pre-debut days and Jin literally started from scratch (learning singing and dancing) because of the culture in Korea about paying respect to older people, even though pre-debut JK is more experience in dancing and singing to Jin, he did not use that to disrespect Jin in any way. But it also comes with how they were raised, Jin is the youngest in their family and the oldest in BTS but he doesn’t use his authority to rule over the members, instead he cares and respects them. Same thing with Namjoon, he is the leader but he still respects the members who are older than him.
Asian culture is very family oriented compared to Westen culture, in Asia, most children still live with their parents when they are single, sometimes, even when they are married. In the states, children leaves the house at 18.
The guy who hangs out with V on the variety show Bromance is Kim Min Jae. He is an actor and is about the same age as V. He has starred in many Korean dramas, one of which is Goblin.
This is my favourite video series to watch from you. I love hearing your commentary and thoughts about each episode. I'm looking forward to watching this one and more in the future! Next episode is full of emotions and thankfully, you've watched the epilogue concert already. 💜
There's a strong sense of family stressed in Asian culture. And family is not merely nuclear biological link. There is a strong sense of extended family system. Even in this times, with some members of family in migration, the 1st new moon of the new year are the times to reconnect with family roots. Some really go home to the province or town or city of origin. The new technologies have facilitated the reconnection. Many Asians are developing individual identity, but personal is so grounded in the familial system. BTS come from different parts of South Korea, none of them is from Seoul, yet their familial hierarchy is strong. Jin is the oldest and is able to command that respect, despite his lack of training in song, dance and rap. That's why his discipline and will to learn is admirable. RM is the acknowledged leader because of his experience in underground rap. He also had to learn dance. Look at the struggle of JK, a gifted boy, the Golden Maknae, learns the fastest, was trained in dance, a good singer and learning rap and developing into a fantastic visual for BTS. Yet he has to struggle in establishing himself versus the Hyungs, even with Jmin and V who are only 2 years his senior. Now with 2nd batch of HYBE talents, the Txt, JK wants to learn how to be Hyung to them at 25 years of age. Hope these opinions help.
Great reaction! Looking forward to the next episode.
Love watching them…they definitely make you reflect on your own life…
You asked an interesting question about team values, DT. South Korea is part of Eastern collectivist culture whereby family and the community are the focus. Individual pursuits are discouraged. Making sacrificies for the greater good of society is revered, yet also expected.
20 Korean age (or 19 global age) is adult age in Korea. It’s also the legal drinking age.
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The guy that was lecturing the girls about team work and giving them hell is Huang Zitao (aka Tao) of EXO. He is a chinese rapper and songwriter, and was a former member of EXO (rapper). He left the group and is doing extremely well as a soloist in China.
Yes as you said the USA is more in the culture of the individual, so it's mainly cultural as over there Korea, Japan (I believe China too) the well being of the society (of the group) prevail on the well being of the individual and it's taught to Kids from their young ages. I'm from Europe, the culture there is also based on the well being of the individual first but we have loads of act of solidarities I would say so it's also up to us which values we want to teach to our Kids
Not just at east asia, all asian countries culture is taught be more put community/society first than individual. But for this modern day, people who live at big cities (all asia countries) is more individualistic especially young people who have western mindset (more individual). But for majority, people are still put society well being first than personal matter.
The bond, the brotherhood, the love and respect they have for each other is remarkable. I so adore these guys. I can’t believe that at my age I’ve learned to admire and love them so much. I can’t speak Korean but that doesn’t really matter. Their music, lyrics to their songs, their energy, and their love for each other makes me want to be a better person in everything that I do. Much Love and Respect for you BTS.
If you are planning to travel to Korea someday, there's a fantastic tour some fans did some years ago. They visited BTS iconic places like Spring Day train station location video, the former Big Hit modest but iconic building, the bus stop from You NW Alone album and other locations. 💜
I am Japanese.(sorry for my poor English...
My parents taught me to prioritize the feelings of others.
This is great and there are many people around me who are kind to others.
However, when I was young, I sometimes thought too much about others and couldn't understand my opinion.
Therefore, I sometimes envy the spirit of Westerners who prioritize themselves.
It would be nice to incorporate both cultures in a well-balanced manner.
I thought your question was a very good question.
Thank you. They are an amazing example of supportive selfless friendship, with sincere heartwarming gentleness that each was born with, and were lucky enough to be in the perfect environment with good people around them to encourage them to work hard together to synchronize and become this beautiful inspiring dynamic brotherhood.
Values are both taught and caught. 😉
In most Asian communities/countries, yes we are taught from young, from baby. Its ingrained in us. 1.Respect your elders,2. repeat #1, 3.Repeat #1, 4. Repeat #1, 5. Mind your manners 6. Be respectful to others, 7. Be kind to others, 8. n then never do to others what you dont want done to you, 9. Be exemplary, 10. Repeat 1-9......all the best DT, borahae
Love that you understand their true
feelings and greatness. Yes, they are thoughtful by just beeing raised in Korea. Excellent gentlemen. Love your
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I agree with you, it's a little of both. Some naturally have it and it just needs to be cultivated; but others have to be scolded and reminded all along the way until, 🤞🏾, they get it. But it still is like an afterthought for those that don't naturally think in terms of benefit for others; because you still have to balance selflessness and self-care.
That guys was Z tao former member of Exo he's also an actor check out the brightest star in the sky.
20 (Korean age) is the adult age and drinking age in South Korea.
Yeeeeeeeeeh👏👏👏finally our the RiseofBangtan serias are in your schedule!Love it😘🥰💜
Each episode of the Rise of Bangtan gets better and better. Aneesa (the creator) posted Chapter 19 a couple of weeks ago, which is the beginning of the last season of this amazing series. She hasn't shared how many total chapters she will be making but Chapter 19 covers part of 2018. She also posted there will be some delays because she just got called for Federal jury duty which doesn't allow her much personal time.
As a Nigerian selflessness is taught to look beyond yourself. You love life to honor the community and family that raise you. So it has its extremes both ways but pretty well
i think it depends a lot on our surroundings. the people we spend our time with and the people who inspire us. the most important thing to have success is good friends. good friends lead to many wonderful things.
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VERY INSPIRTIONAL. I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT.🔥💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Yes, as Asian, we were taught to be kind and sincere to other people, respect older people, including older brother/sister, even tho only 1-2 year apart. It's culture things. We were taught not to be a selfish person, have the sense of empathy to other people.
I think its both. You’re born and raise that way
22:50 you are right, they haven't imagine how big they will become, and this was one of the reasons they thought of disbanding in 2018 cause it was too much.
For your question about being selfless, I think it’s part culture, being taught , parental influence & invironmental influence & the company you keep.
Ur right 👍👍👍 realy nice to watch..💜💜💜
They are soulmates to each other. We can meet/have more than one soulmate in our lives. 💜💜
Thank you for continuing with ' Rise of Bangtan'..Aneesha & her trip are fantastic.It's enjoyable to see it with someone else
I am from Denmark and many Danes do not understand the me first concept in the USA. In Denmark we grow up and learn to help each other and stand together in difficult times. But there are also selfish people in Denmark, but it is very Danish to stick together and help each other.
DT... that is Z.Tao a former EXO member, an actor, model and a businessman
most of taehyung's friends are actors
I agree with you that is something that is taught and now I can see why they start so young taken away from the influence of the parents. But it’s murder for the kids at that age, the discipline, the hard work, the respect of each other to each other, they were tough equality = team and off course the team leader had a big and difficult role which he fulfilled and still fulfilling it with professionalism and also friendship. They worked together to achieve same goal and dream without that they wouldn’t have ever succeeded. RESPECT ✊ and congratulations that is what they deserve the 7 of them
I will always admire their bond 💜✨ it’s very inspiring
BTS guys is amazing group, 7 normal guys from Korea and they teaching lot of people around the world how be the team and support each other always!😍🥰💜💜💜💜💜
I'm a Kiwi so we're pretty socially minded. It's an ingrained part of our culture. We're raised to respect family, friends and community. I'm Maori and belong to the Ngati Porou tribe. There is a Maori proverb explaining what the most important thing in life is .... "He tangata he tangata, he tangata!' translated it means :"It is the people, it is the people, it is the people!' We also have a word called Whanau. It means family and extended family and those you bring into the fold of your family. Not necessarily blood relations but people you view as family. Living on the arse end ot fhe world we are geographically isolated. Australia being our neighbour and sister country plus Polynesian countries. It makes us self reliant, reliant on each other. Our Prime Minister has referred to us as a Team Of 5 million, banded together to combat covid. A Team Of 5 million... says it all really. Whether you are born empathetic or not, how to be grateful, respectful and unselfish and how to be a team, it's taught. Here, it's kind of expected. It's not that we don't celebrate the individual because of course we do. It's just that we know how to work well together and enjoy doing it. For the greater good.
I love it! Watch the next episode DT 😍
please don't take so long between episodes 🙏 this series is wonderful. and there is bonus content and deleted scenes, you could watch those too 💜
It is taught and absorbed from like minded community.
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Yes! in other words, it's one in a million the chances... but all BTS is genius and nor in five hundred years it will not be another BTS Soo special like them... end in other words; wach, listen end enjoy!
I love BTS so much💜💜💜
If you notice in most Asian countries your last name goes first it's always family community then self
There's a scene in this where the members are practising in a corridoor - I can't be certain but there is talk about how badly they were treated by an award show because they weren't given a dressing room but were told to get ready in the corridoor (outside the toilets I think) - I'm wondering if that scene is from this time.
I think it's alittle bit of both coz jk says he was selfish b4 but his hyungs taught him to be selfless
React to more episodes soon I'm super excited😍😍
Maybe it helped that BTS and then BigHit chose not to engage in the mainstream TV guestings and shows. That meant they can be more real and just somehow be themselves. They grew up NOT learning the “pretense” side of the industry. An army like me who does not relate to the flashy side, understands and gets fond of how “like me” they are. I so l'ove that about them.
That is why the family name comes before the first and middle names in East Asia unlike in US, where the surname comes last.
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He estado viendo tus reacciones a bts aunque no hablo ingles me gusta verte sera posible subtitulos al español? Latino amwrica te apoya 🤗🤗🤗🤗👋👋👋🤶🤶🤶💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I totally agree with you, DT. As Americans we are a selfish people. We should take notes on South Korea about unity and family and many, many other things.
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Eu amo sua reação a esses meninos lindos do BTS, que eu amo tudo que eles fazem,seus vídeos são de mais
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I think first of all it's coming from being a good person.if you think about others just a little bit and your are good person you can be taught to work in a team be selfless , because I see a lot of kpop groups that don't have that teamwork ,they were taught about that too and had good examples in front of them but still they lack it.
It's a Asian thing. We are like that, family friends comes first. We never ourselves first.
It's not Korea or Japan, I say whole Asian countries are same. N I'm proud of it.
Yes there's a lot of community spirit and love your neighbor stuff here (in Asia), but it's not like it's the norm. That Chinese coach had to berate dozens of trainees after all, and BTS still does seem one of the uncommonly tight group who love each other (contrasted with 9 muses, etc).
Is empathy taught or something that comes naturally. I'm a seond generation American Japanese and I think it's something that taught and also something you see your parents do but not vocalized. I remember growing up my father used to tell me if you didn't get to where you are alone so don't just think of yourself. Think of others and how they feel.
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19 (International age) is the age of adult in korea I believe
Adult in Korea is 20 years old.
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He is a Korean Actor
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I both like ISAC (the Olympics Games-esque event in the video) and dislike them. They're a great way for new idols with high athletic abilities to promote themselves, but the organizers have a history of treating nugu grps with little respect and _only_ the better athletes are given much spotlight. They also pose as liability concerns bc participants have a bigger chance of getting an unnecessary physical injury (smt a person in a physical performance-type job, like an idol, wouldn't want). But it is also a fun way, ig, for idols and fans to interact and compete (maybe I'd like it more if it was more a casual thing?).
There are a lot of great BTS moments in them but the guys are also too busy to participate anymore.
In America, there used be “respect for your elders” up until the 60s. The college age individuals who were benefiting from parents that went through WWII struggles and who, for the most part, hadn’t been able to attend college, turned their backs on that culture. I see the same thing happening now. The “baby boomers” of the 60s generation finally realized that the values their parents had were not all that pointless and worthless. But now, this generation who has an ease of life beyond any before them have also turned their back on the culture that made it possible. In fact, they say all those before were immoral people. It’s sad for someone my age to see. I may not live long enough to see them realize how ungrateful, disrespectful, and foolish they were but I’m confident that it will happen.
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Can you please React to every week to these episod.
Zitao was a member of EXO.
dt, drinking age in korea is 21 !
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Deleted scenes and bonus clips?
I think as you said this values are both taught and sth you born with and honestly if more people had this values this world had left this pandemia shit long ago
the drinking is 19 in south Korea
I thought Bang wasn’t working with them anymore. Isn’t he helping a younger group?
Jin wrote Abyss thanks to Bang's advice that it would help him to relieve his concern. Bang pd is still one of main director of bighit music so he can participate their music producing.
An adult age n allowed to drink in korea is 20 y/o. But it will be 18 or 19 y/o in international age
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That guy is Z.TAO
Yes it’s something you have but as babies it needs to be guided by adults ...morals are not taught anymore ...look out for #1...I’m an older Army born in the 60s but I was raised to be grateful , thankful and to appreciate what I had and to work for what I wanted....I raised my kids that way although it’s not popular anymore....right and wrong are not taught and the idea of thinking of someone else’s needs....you don’t find anymore....it’s why we have such a hateful screwed up society
Jk is like rocket
Maybe hope the beard will become it's own thing.. good luck with that. Thanks for your info
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