BTS Wings Concept Book [ENG]

❝ Interview : Jin ❞

< Jin >

『 It's not that I don't have the greed to receive awards or to go higher. There's no end to greed right? I just think if I'm satisfied with the present and keep working hard, something new will come again. If I keep thinking about things like what award I want to receive or where I want to perform, it would be the opposite of my personality and make me anxious, so I plan not to carry those thoughts. I only think, let's work hard on what I'm doing, let's raise my stats. 』

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Your solo song "Awake", which you participated in composing for the first time, was in the album.

"Actually my share doesn't take up that much, I just brought the main chorus to Slow Rabbit-hyung. I said 'Hyung, this is so good, I want to do this one' and after talking for a while with a little debate, it was finally accepted. I wrote the A verse, B part and A part of the second verse."

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What was the reason you liked that main chorus?

"I wrote 5, 6 versions and this current one is the one I liked in particular. I was so happy just thinking of singing this song at the concert so I wanted to do this one at any cost. I persuaded the staff for a very long time."

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How did you persuade them?

"I just kept on insisting. (laughs)"

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Was the working process difficult?

"I always try writing melodies and lyrics for every album, not just <WINGS>. The result wasn't well, but mine was finally selected this time. Luckily Slow Rabbit-hyung who worked on this together with me is from our company so we match well, he also knows our schedule well so I was able to work on my solo song the soonest among members. I started writing around 2 months before the album came out. Even if it didn't turn out well, I kept doing while going to eat and continuing my schedule."

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Seems like you're the type to not be worried even if you got stuck halfway.

"I'm not. I actually was very stressed. Especially this time it's my solo song so I wanted it to have what I wrote. I also wanted to sing the song I wrote so it was even more stressful. Even though I tend to forget it the next day. (laughs)"

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What was the most memorable review about the song you received?

"After it's finished, Pdogg PD-nim told me 'Wow, Seokjin has debuted as a composer now' and it made me very happy."

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What did the other members say?

"Suga told me he didn't think there would be such ballad-like song in our album. He said this song sounded really good and calming. Some other members also said they liked this song the most and I was very happy. I have been wanting to make such song since the beginning. It's my solo song so I have to sing all by myself. Recording it was hard. Normally my parts in BTS' songs don't have a big difference between low and high pitches. But for 'Awake', I have to sing in low pitch at the beginning and high pitch towards the latter part, so vocal control was hard. I relax my throat when singing from a high pitch, and I figured it would sound nice to sing low pitch in that way so I tried that too. I tried various ways."

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Do you have the desire to have a bigger importance in the next album, or the next promotion?

"Of course I do have that thought, but each member have their own color. If the song suits it, there'll be more parts and if not, there'll unavoidably be lesser."

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Aren't you anxious?

"Being anxious doesn't solve anything. If I do my best at where I am, some day there'll be a song that suits me. The composer hyungs told me that my voice is optimized for Korean ballads, but BTS doesn't sing those kind of songs. Singing the songs that suit the team's color is important."

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A lot of memorable things happened to BTS last year, how do you feel looking back?

"Lots of things happened. I especially remember the 'Save Me' performance at the Seoul Gymnastics Stadium concert. It's a calm song so we only need to lightly move our bodies at the beginning, then the beat suddenly changes and the dance break comes. Our fans liked it a lot. I will forever remember that cheer. And I can't forget when we received 'Album Of The Year' award at MAMA too. I cried looking a little heartbreaking at Melon Music Award, so at MAMA I held back because I was afraid I would look like that again. I ended up shedding a drop of tear and looked very handsome. (laughs) I was really happy."

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Every stage sure makes you once again amazed by the fact that you have this many fans all over the world.

"No matter how much I like a foreign artist, it's hard to sing along to the whole song. But every time we hold concerts, our international fans sing along to all of our songs and it always makes me happy. We have earnest songs as ending, so when I sing it, I look back at the venue. It's big and full of people. When can I stand on such stage? I have this thought in every concert. That moment brings an unique emotion... But it can't be described with words."

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Do you cry?

"I do get emotional, but if I cry I wouldn't be able to sing, so I hold back."

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With good achievements not only in Korea but also in the Billboard chart, you must have some sort of worry about what BTS should do next.

"I don't tend to do that. I was like that from debut. It's not that I don't have the greed to receive awards or to go higher. There's no end to greed right? I just think if I'm satisfied with the present and keep working hard, something new will come again. If I keep thinking about things like what award I want to receive or where I want to perform, it would be the opposite of my personality and make me anxious, so I plan not to carry those thoughts. I only think, let's work hard on what I'm doing, let's raise my stats."

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You must have a special feeling towards fans there.

"Our first fan song was included in <WINGS>. It's called 'Two! Three! (Hoping For More Good Days)'. When we received the award at an award show, this song charted very high. It made me think that we made the song really well, that it's an important song for both us and the fans. I want to tell them that here will be hardships to come, but we'll be energized as long as they stay by our side. Our strength grows from the existence of our fans. I hope they will always support us."

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* bold - Interviewer
* "..." - Jin's answer

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