Seoul_Rose
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Samara Ji-yu Kang never planned on becoming an idol.
At thirteen, she accompanied her childhood best friend, Jeon Jungkook, to an audition for a small entertainment company called Big Hit. She was supposed to stand on the sidelines, cheer him on, and go home.
Instead, someone asked if she could sing too.
One unexpected duet and a callback later, Samara found herself training alongside Jungkook for Big Hit's newest group.
At fifteen, she debuted as MUSE-the eighth and youngest member of BTS, the first Black K-pop idol, and the only girl in a group of seven boys.
Suddenly, the music Samara had always treated as something she loved became her entire life.
And being talented wouldn't be the only thing expected of her.
Growing up beneath the spotlight means navigating an industry that doesn't always know what to do with her skin, her hair, her body, or her place within BTS. But between exhausting rehearsals, cramped dorms, ridiculous variety shows, first wins, scandals, heartbreaks, and dreams far bigger than any of them realize, eight strangers become something closer to family.
They don't know about the records yet.
Or the stadiums.
Or the awards.
Or the millions of people who will someday know their names.
Right now, they're just eight kids from a small company wondering if they'll make it.
The world has no idea what's coming.