With more than ten years of debut; find out which moment in BTS’s career became the most complicated for the members
The journey for BTS to become one of the biggest musical artists today was long and full of difficulties. This is because the challenges that RM, V, Jimin, Jin, J-Hope, Jungkook It is Suga They had to face more than just the trainee phase, where they spent hours and hours perfecting their singing and dancing skills, and were subject to a lot of pressure so that they could achieve their dream of finally debuting.
In fact, through the documentary series “BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star”, released by Disney+ in celebration of the group’s ten-year career, the members of BTS revealed the moment that they consider to have been the most complicated in their careers: the period right after the premiere!
In the first episode, the members comment on how they felt after their debut, revealing that when they received the “Artist of the Year” award at the 2013 Melon Music Award, they had great expectations about life changes and the group’s growth, which were not achieved so quickly.
That way, RM It is Jungkook revealed that the comparison between them and artists from large agencies began to make them feel that they were not up to the standards of other groups at that time. “After the award, they always compare us with the big agencies. I think we always feel inferior,” he said. RM.
Worth mentioning: HYBE was not part of the big 3, that is, the group made up of reference entertainment companies in the world of k-pop (SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment), making BTS debut under challenging conditions.
Right away, J-Hope stated that specifically during the promotions of the album “Dark & Wild”, released in 2014, it was when BTS went through the “most difficult” phase of the group. At the time, they chose the track “Danger” to lead the album’s promotional activities.
Danger? I think we would all choose this phase as the most difficult of our lives. That’s when we questioned our mentality of continuing to move forward,” said J-Hope. “The marks of our insistence began to appear.”
As proof, behind-the-scenes videos from this era show the members dealing with physical and mental exhaustion while perfecting the choreography and lyrics of the track, which despite the effort, did not take the group to the top of the charts and awards.
As a result of unmet expectations, the members began to question the future of the training, since at the time, the company was also facing financial problems and, in addition, they all had to deal with the arrival of adulthood and disagreements between the members, who, according to Jiminintensified during this period.
“The situation was so bad that we compared other groups with ours,” he said. J-Hope. “’How long will I live like this?’. There were graphs that showed how long it took other groups to reach first place. And we got impatient,” he added. Suga.
In short, we were exhausted. There was no way to explain the situation. We were very frustrated,” said V.
Even though everything seemed unresolved, with the release of ‘The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, pt 1’, BTS began to overcome the difficult phase by receiving trophies at the most important K-pop awards such as KBS’s Music Bank and the M Countdown, from Mnet, starting the success that, years later, would go beyond the borders of South Korea and have a worldwide reach.
Source: Recreio
