BTS, group members: biography, history and interesting facts

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

BTS is a Korean group whose members constantly changed during the pre-debut period. The original name of the group looks like this - Bangtan Boys or Bulletproof Boy Scouts. In 2018, BTS changed their name internationally. As a result, they became known as Beyond The Scene.

The group consists of seven members. Who is in BTS? Member Names: Kim Nam Joon (aka RM), Kim Seok Jin (Jin), Min Jung (Suga), Jung Ho Suk (J-Hope), Park Ji Min (Jimin), Kim Tae Hyun (V) and Jung Jong Guk (Jungkook). Their aliases are in brackets.

Group fan club - A. R. M. Y. The name stands for Adorable Representative M. C for Youth.

Information about the team

The group BTS, whose members changed, although it was formed back in 2010, but due to changes in the composition, the debut was constantly postponed. The line-up works with label BigHit Entertainment. Initially, the debut was planned in 2011, but in the end it took place only in 2013. It was then that the team showed what BTS was capable of.

The biography of the members will be presented below, but the interesting thing is that Rap Monster is the only guy who has been in the group since its inception. That is why he was chosen as the leader.

Before making their debut, the guys released two music videos. This was done to introduce viewers to the members of the BTS group. The participants already then showed their talents, which were widely appreciated by the public. What is worth is only that they themselves are able to write songs, music for them and always participate in staging dances.

On June 12, the album and video for its title track were released. Thus, the debut took place the next day, when the guys performed for the first time on the stage of one of the muses. South Korean show.

Jin/Jin

Kim Seokjin was born in Anyang City on December 4, 1992. He is the oldest member of the team. He is also the vocalist and face of BTS. Members often say that he is really good. According to the official profile, some facts can be stated: weighs 60 kg, is 179 cm tall. Has an older brother.

Jin at an earlier age did not think about the career of a musician, he wanted to be a detective. I already got my driver's license. It was quite hard for him to debut and the subsequent comeback. Jin constantly said that he needed to work on himself more and lose some weight. V is his closest friend in BTS. The band members talk about it all the time.

Jin knows some Chinese and English. He names Top from Big Bang as his role model. Likes to eat a lot, but cook although he can, he does not succeed. Therefore, his ideal type of girl is the one who makes delicious meals.

Suga

Junga was born in Daegu on March 9, 1993. The guy weighs 54 kg, and his height is 176 cm. He takes the position of a rapper in the group. The family consists of parents and an older brother.

His favorite color is white. Suga likes to rhyme everything, often thinks about what to write on Twitter, constantly composes songs in his free time. He also enjoys taking photographs in his spare time. Shugi has a peculiarity - when he starts to get nervous, he switches to the dialect of his city. The guy is quite lazy, if it's not about music and performances. In training, he is able to give himself completely. His complexion is rather pale compared to other BTS members.

Suga started rapping thanks to Epik High. He interacts quite closely with Jimin. He constantly teases and teases him. According to a friend, Shuga is the kind of person who can answer any question.

J-Hope/J-Hope

Jung Ho Suk was born on February 18, 1994 in Gwangju. He weighs, according to the official profile, 65 kg, and his height is 177 cm. He is not the only child in the family, there is also an older sister. In the group, he occupies the position of a dancer, sub-vocalist and rapper. Loves the color green very much.

Hope often talks about how he doesn't like various kinds of physical activity, but that didn't stop him from becomingsports guy. He is quite familiar with the two members of B. A. P. This is due to the fact that he auditioned for one of the "big three" record companies with Enjae, and studied at the same academy with Jelo.

Ho Seok loves to collect Lego. He also loves Apple products. Of the habits, one can note the love of order, so he always cleans up after himself, and for dancing. It immediately becomes noticeable as soon as the music is turned on. Hope chose GD from Big Bang as a role model. Likes girls with long hair who can think and brainstorm a lot.

Rap Monster/Rap Monster

Group leader Kim Nam-joon was born in the capital of South Korea on September 12, 1994. He also holds the position of the main rapper. His weight is 67 kg, and his height is 181 cm. In addition to his parents, his family has a younger sister. Rap Monster's favorite color is black. One of his close friends is Ilhoon (BtoB member). Nam Joon is a fairly intelligent person, he constantly needs to replenish his vocabulary. Once, giving an interview, he said that if he had a non-idol girlfriend, he would definitely dedicate a song to her. In it, Namjoon apologizes for his profession and for his constant employment.

Some time the guy lived in New Zealand and the United States. He knows the state language of both states quite well, as he has been learning it since childhood. His main hobby besides music is basketball.

When Rap Monster just passed the casting in the agency, it was very difficult for him to dance andlearning choreography. But over time, the feeling of hostility towards them was replaced by warm emotions.

Jimin

Park Ji Min is one of the few in the group who didn't take on a pseudonym. He was born in Busan on October 13, 1995. He is not the only one in the family, his parents also bring up his younger brother. Unlike the other members of BTS, he is not a rapper, his position in the group is the vocalist. He also dances great. Jimin was the last member to join BTS.

His favorite colors are blue and black. His dancing is so good that he wouldn't mind dancing with EXO's Kai. Being the same age as V, he considers him his best friend. Jimin is still close to Suga. Before his debut, he took care of him, constantly bringing him food and drink. Jimin has no talent for songwriting. He once tried, but after reading Shuga's creation, he laughed it off and called the poem a lullaby.

V/V

Kim Tae Hyun was born in Daegu on December 30, 1995. In the group, he is the vocalist. In the family, besides him, there is a younger sister and brother. His weight is 58 kg, and his height is 176 cm. He has several bad habits. For example, V may bite his nails or stick out his tongue. He likes to touch all the cute things.

V ranked 1 in the Top 100 Most Handsome Men of 2017. This guy was in the group from the very beginning, but the fans did not know anything about him for a long time. They only saw V with the release of BTS's debut music video.

Friends called him Monkey. Relatedthis is with a case from childhood: once in a zoo a chimpanzee spat at him. Unlike the other members, his father is a role model for him. He wants to be the same caring and interesting person.

Due to the fact that V has a lot of strange thoughts in his head, many do not understand him. For example, after they met, Suga had a dislike for him for the first time. Tae Hyun is close to everyone in the group, he talked about it several times in interviews.

Jungkook/Jungkook

The group's maknae was born in Busan on September 1, 1997. His weight is 66 kg, and his height is 178 cm. His family includes parents and an older brother. In the group, he occupies almost all possible positions. Apart from being a maknae, he is also a rapper, dancer and vocalist.

Jungkook joined the group thanks to RM. The maknae (the youngest in the group) always has a mess in the room. His favorite pastime is to draw. At first, the label wanted to give the guy a pseudonym, but in the end he debuted without him. As an example, Jungkook chose GD from a group that performs under the wing of the big three (YG) record company, Big Bang. His favorite color is black.

Because of his good ability in everything, Jungkook earned the nickname Golden Maknae.

Interesting facts about the band

The BTS group, the biography of which is presented above, was originally supposed to be a duet and consist of Rap Monster and Iron (now performing solo). But a little later the concept of the team was changed and a group was formed. By the way, Jimin joinedto her last. Moreover, he trained a little - one year, while all the rest - three. There are unconfirmed rumors that during the entire time the guys were trainees, they themselves wrote about 100 songs.

When another South Korean group, actually 2AM, came out with one of their albums, it had an ad for BTS. The members even joked about it more than once.

As a rule, the songs in this team are written by Rap Monster, Hope and Suga. The first comes up with music for them. Arranged by Shuga.

The record company created a fancafe long before the boys debuted. At the time of the first official performance, there were only 2 thousand people in it. 3k more joined four days after debut

The first time the boys were given their name, they thought it was a joke and laughed at it for a long time. During the three years of internship, everyone managed to get used to it. By the way, from English the name is translated as "bulletproof".

Jeonseok (former BTS member), Rap Monster and Suga rewrote the song No More Dream about 22 times (it is the debut). The original version appeared in 2012.