"Looking back, that's when I began to worry about what other people thought of me and started seeing myself through their eyes. I stopped looking up at the stars at night. I stopped daydreaming. I tried to jam myself into moulds that other people made. Soon, I began to shut out my own voice and started to listen to the voices of others.  No one called out my name, and neither did I. My heart stopped and my eyes closed shut. So, like this, I, we, all lost our names. We became like ghosts.

"I had one sanctuary, and that was music. There was a small voice in me that said, 'Wake up, man, and listen to yourself!" But it took me a long time to hear music calling my name.

"Even after making the decision to join BTS, there were hurdles. Most people thought we were hopeless. Sometimes, I just wanted to quit

"I think I was very lucky that I didn't give it all up.

(NAMJOON, 2018)