JK (&V) Live - 8/29

I Should Have Washed Up... (씻어야 되는데)

My commentary in green as usual. I made my commentary a darker color green because some of you said the previous color was difficult to read. If you still have any difficulty reading anything, please feel free to let me know in comments! Green is among the easier colors to read on screen. I personally have tested it on multiple laptops/computers/my mobile phone myself and just with a few close friends without issue - but I am happy to adjust per feedback.

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🧸 = Taehyung 🐹 = Jin

🎶State Lines - Novo Amor
🎶From Gold - Novo Amor

Imma go to the bathroom.. to the bathroom I'll brb

oOof ooof ooof
hellooo
Yall know what this is right? ::pointing to drying rack (he calls "hanger") behind him::
Many of you may know this but in Korea, most people use drying racks indoors or on their apt balcony or on clotheslines in their yard, etc. - sometimes out of necessity but many times out of preference.

Of course newer/fancier places may have dryers - but even so, people who grew up in homes that line-dried their clothes don't often make use of the machine dryers or opt not to install them at all. Machine dryers have obviously evolved over time but many materials (wool, cashmere, silk, linen, activewear, denim, cotton, towels, etc.) fare better when air dried

Ever with me...
Yup that's my laundry drying rack
Ugh.. it's just that* I have to wash up but.. .

"it's just that..." = as in, his reason for turning on the live... but he never actually finishes the thought loll

Yes, I am Jung Kook
I wanna take off my hat but..

Yup.. that's a hanger.. my hanger that is always here
Yup... my laundry drying rack
Yup. I'm at home right now - I'm home

Ooof too loud ::lowers volume of music:

Got home and worked out a bit and then I had a few pieces of clothes I had to try on.. .so ..tried on some stuff and then

Now that I'm home - I cleaned up a bit ..rolled around my house a bit.. and now I have to wash up but ughh I don't feel like washing up so I sat on my sofa... then turned on my TV.. then played music.. and then thought of you... so I turned on the LIVE...

I want to take off my hat - but when I took my hat off before - my hair is parted exactly down the middle so prominently.. I promptly put the beanie right back on.. wait should I have worn a cap instead of a beanie? no... beanie is better

Don't be mistaken... I have like ...9 of the same black beanie.. and even if my beanies all look the same, there are actually two different styles.... but .. . ...i can't tell the difference either.

Anyway~ it is what it is
And then I got thirsty - so I brought up a beer from downstairs
I do like drinking but I don't think I've been drinking that much these days cuz I'm tryna get fit

Vitamin aah...
I have to take my vitamins

While I was working in America, I bought this [shirt] to workout.. and I loveee

Ughh but wait.. omg wait I might have a problem..*
Looking at the drying rack... it's legit all black clothes..
....this is serious

UM tbh the way I thought his drying rack was empty cuz all his clothes are black so I just thought there was nothing on it.. nope - his all black clothes blending in with his all black wall lmao

Also what he says, literally, is "oh this is serious" but I translate for *intended meaning* not literal translation to best deliver what/how they're speaking rather than what you might get if you run it through google translate/papago or something like that. If you're learning Korean, you may see words you recognize omitted or words you don't recognize included to round out the translation as the speaker intended it to be received.

They're all black

The hat..
The hat...
wait ..lemme get my hair figured out and brb ughhh goodness

It's the same it's the same.. loll
Friends.. like I tried to fix my hair but it's exactly as it was.. [split right down the center] aishhh
I wish I was good at hair

Anyway I'm back..
I'm always just wearing a cap or beanie..
Even at this age... idk how to do my hair

Maybe I should perm my hair when it gets longer
My hair's longer right? My bangs...

I think UGHH I think I have like a whorl/cowlick* right here ::points to the center of his head:: this irritates me...

HAHAHAHAHAHA Weverse said "kiln" as he pointed to his face ...lmao I am dedddd - it is a homonym though to be fair

가마 (gama) = kiln (for pottery) or cowlick/whorl (of hair)

So these days...
::reading comments:: TAKE IT OFF?? 🫣😮

::reading more closely:: oh oh..[take off] my hattt.. goodness you guys scared me. i thought yall were imagining me just wandering around with nothing on...

(👀nobody say anything).

UGHH i have to wash up
do you wanna just chill and listen to music while I go wash up? Should I go wash up?

I'm watching what I'm eating and drinking less and losing weight and working out really diligently - even if you can't tell

Hm.. since my house is all black and all my clothes are black I just look like a floating head... ::pouts in floating baby bunn::

That's right my birthday is coming up..
Thank you for the early birthday wishes
I was planning on doing a live for my birthday - but I just turned on live now~

What should I eat for my birthday? I'm starting up intermittent fasting again

I was supposed to eat pork belly after working out w/ Taehyungie hyung but then ..I had to do a fitting. So I only had 2 rolls of kimbap before working out - my precious 1 meal of the day.. of course the kimbap was good but like..

No no.. the kimbap was good

SIGH

These days I've been really into incense
I lit my incense and it smells so good sniffs in baby bunn

The place where we were working in the states had incense in their bathroom- and it smelled so good - so when I came back to Korea I bought some right away. I really like them

Is it good to be back in Korea? Of course it is

Tbh when I was in the states, my body's a bit sensitive - but I couldn't really get seen for those things while I was there. I mean of course there are treatment centers and stuff there but it's a little different (re: skin texture, etc.) and like the equipment and products - using it all for the first time - I'm a bit wary cuz I don't know what to expect

But I guess.. if you don't have sensitive skin/issues it doesn't matter

I like it here. It's set up well here

::reading comments:: I miss you so much I am crying
how about washing up at 11?

LOL diff vibes of comments

that's in 4 mins..?
you're telling me to go in 4 minutes??
are you telling me to leaveeee??

aww but when I was in America w/ the members and it was crowded and lively in the house - that was nice...

now that I'm back home... alone
no one is here...

I mean I like to be alone too but
when we're together - like the laughter NEVER stops

um. the cutest bunny nose crinklies in the land. you're so welcome. because ajdklfgja;lkdfjg;lakdfjg;alkdfjg;lakdjf;glkajdf.

ughhh i have to wash up

everyone doing okay health wise?

my pronunciation isn't great so ..i wonder if the translation is getting messed up - esp w/ the music in the bg - i'll turn it down

oh i guess you haven't seen this space yet
I did a lot of lives in my basement but this is the 2nd floor and the master bedroom is over there and this is the second floor living room with a tv, sofa, and speaker

this is how i set it up

the drying rack is always in my living room loll

lemme turn on the light actually

after I was discharged - I haven't actually spent that much time in this house so it's still kinda new to me too

if you look here - join JK for his live tour

these are my incense
this is how you get to the 3rd floor ...then if you go there - it's the master bedroom
if you go here... the workout room and the master bedroom is over there but I can't show you that cuz it's where I sleep and all my black clothes..

it's a bit cold...

oh but no joke... like it was SO humid in my house.. while I was in the states, I came back home briefly to get seen for skin issues and it was SOOO humid - like crazyyy humid

if you've never been to Korea and if you can help it at all, be sure NOT to come for the first or only time during the summer months. it is TERRIBLE.

in fact, growing up, I'd only been able to visit during the summer months (cuz of summer break being the only time I could miss school for long enough chunks of time - and this is the reason that for like 30+ years of my life, I grew up hating the thought of ever going back loll~ only as of 2023/discovering BTS had I ever considered going back for leisure but now that I'm older, I love it there for so many reasons hehehe

and so like.. bunny giggles
nevermind..nevermind
anyway - that's how it was

let's see---
sighhh why's it feel so empty hereee

적적하다 (juckjuckhada) = vibes are lonely/space feels empty~

lemme take off my socks

mm fun things in America? there were SO many fun things that happened while in America.. hmm lemme think..

uh... hm how do I describe.. well okay everything was fun. more than any one event or anything like that - the whole process of being there was so fun

JUNGKOOK IS OUR PRECIOUS BABY ANGEL AND IF ANYONE COMES FOR HIM, I WILL COME FOR YOU. PROTECC BB BUNN AT ALL COSTS JKLDFGJ:LDKJG:LKDFJGL:DG he loves his time w/ his hyungs and I am deddd

towards the end though - all the members were like super exhausted so it did get a little difficult there [at the end] - like for me too

what was fun let's see ::is slapping his leg::

did you record there? noo~ actually we only 'worked' we didn't really record anything - we gotta start recording now.. i mean we did record some stuff but there's a longgggg way to go

show me your abs? nope.
how was living w/ the members? it was SO nice - it was so fun.. the first time in so many years.. and like cuz we did dorm life when we were so young.. then spent a good amount of time apart.. and now that we're all grown - spending time together like that felt really new/different/special - i liked it

i was happy

please sing? no i wanna chill today.
i do wanna sing for you but like ...

i look tired? i'm not that tired

I have been living a healthy life these days so .. what time is it right now.. 11? like I'll probably get tired in about 3 hours. I think I offset the jetlag quite well...

Yesterday - I got back at dawn and didn't sleep and then slept around 1am ..2? 2:30am? wait.. the time keeps getting later hahah

ooh it's so cool

you're happy? ...if you're happy then i'm happy
don't turn on incense while you have the AC running?? Oh wait why... these are the times where chatgpt comes in handy... the power of 5.0

"i have bought incense - a friendly person told me that i should not burn incense while i have the air conditioner - might there be a reason?" ..no "...what is the reason?"

JK is the cutest boba in the land

reading
"the reason is scientific and hygienic. let me explain. air conditioners basically circulate air. when you burn incense, smoke particles, microorganisms, and volatile compounds are released. when the air conditioner is on, these circulate around the room continuously. the accumulation of incense particles can cause headaches and dizziness. the air conditioner's filter and interior can also get contaminated..."

wait a minute, in summer... no?
in summer you turn it on and in winter you turn it on..
wait so in the summer you can't burn incense huh!

wait cuz i can't live without AC in the summer... that's chaos. well i mean of course one can live ...but i don't wanna live like that... (as in, with incense but without AC)

wouldn't it be okay if you just change the filter?

I guess.. no yea that's true - the air quality overall would get worse if you burn incense, right? right...

SIGHHH but like ..i bought so many incense

lmao

oh nuu what do i dooo
what do i doo

his squidgy little bobasquidgefacejakldfjgl;akjfgcrinklenosebunnbobaballjfdklgjaldfkjgl HALP THE BB BUNNCAKES

sighhh
i like the scent of the incensee...
and then but cuz the AC helps circulate the scent. ..so isn't that a good thing maybe? hehehe maybe not ::is staring at proof that it is not w/ baby bunn smiles:: idk idk idk

Bam? Is Bam doing well? Bam is doing so well
but UGHH actually UGH POOR BAM - he got hurt - it makes me so sad.. they said they don't know if/when Bam's disc may rupture...

but they're taking great care of him and he's gotten a LOT better...

I have to wash up ::starts drumming on his legs::

Gotta sit up straight..

I do have to go see my parents too...

Oof I have to re-learn popping (dance) too

Popping.. dance.. I have to relearn these things and schedule my lessons

If my popping instructor sees this video - I apologize, I wasn't able to practice in America. I will get back on it and practice diligently asap!

Are you excited for your birthday? Not really - my birthday... birthday.. just... it's just the day I was born - that's all it is. Thanks to anyone that wishes me a happy birthday

I should thank my mom and dad for my birthday. I don't text them I love you often enough - so I gotta make sure to communicate that on occasions like this at least

"Brazil loves you" I also love Brazil.

I look like HULK? what are you talking about?? I'm slim. I'm not Hulk! If I get that big - won't everyone leave me??? My body didn't get that much bigger.

I do want to get a little bit bigger though.

Are you ever coming back to America? I don't have plans at the moment but I guess personally I could go

::frustrated at his hair::

Should I grow my hair out?

Do lives more often? Okay will do

oOoh there are lots of ARMY asking more profound/thoughtful questions... that's fun

yes - PLEASE. CHEERS to ARMY that make the effort to *think* before you *act* - all the 💜🫰🏻 for you~

like for YOUR OWN SAKE (ARMY), please ask better questions/say more thoughtful things than demanding them to do something (do aegyo, look over there, show us XYZ, etc.) or asking them asinine questions (can you please tell me you love me? etc.) or pictures of flags - CONSIDER their POV and engage in ways that demonstrate that you care about them versus see them as mere mechanisms for your entertainment/amusement~ like WE get better answers/responses that way and they are treated with dignity, respect, and curiosity

ooh taehyungie hyung is here...

🧸💬 어쩔건데? What are you gonna do about it?
wdym 'what are you gonna do about it'
wdym 'what are you gonna do about it'
what are you gonna do what are you gonna do

🧸💬i can just tell that you didn't do cardio
hyung, you probably didn't do cardio
🧸💬prob didn't even wash up either..
yup you right - i haven't washed up yet
wait how do i turn this off
oh like this?
yea i have to wash up

🐹💬JWAHKAYYY

what is this?
omg please leave all of you [to 🧸/🐹]

🧸💬LOL I walked 5km
you walked 5k? oh right you did cardio right away huh - that's right that's right
I can just run before I wash upp
::bb bunny yawns::

🐹💬JWIKAY, don't yawn
🐹💬wait I always wanted to do something like this...
🐹💬please say my name just once
JWINNNNNNNN JINNNN

mm now that you guys are here while I'm doing live... this is super embarassing loll

🧸💬since you told us to get out - Imma do a live too
LOLL ok

🐹💬I'm satisfied w/ this so imma leave now[satisfied cuz JK said Jin's name earlier lol]
::JK bb bunny giggles::
hyung, if you're satisfied - anything for you

scientists say not one serious bone could be found among these seven normal boys from Korea #science

🧸💬this what is it again?
🧸💬the 1:1 live ...
🧸💬turn that on

oh inviting you to my live? yea.. okay..
wait imma invite you then hyung - oh i can do the live with you

holymolyyyy

taehyungie hyung, you do the live imma do cardio and then wash up and i'll be back

🧸 joins the live laughing

JK: oh welcome~
🧸 oh yes~ hallooo
JK: good to have you
🧸ARGHHH wait - why is my face so dark ::turns light on:: i washed up
JK: you washed up?? your hair doesn't look like you washed up..
🧸 i didd though
JK: imma go wash up - hyung can you do the live in the meantime?
🧸nah im tired
JK: are you gonna sleep?
🧸mm
JK: then sleep.
🧸if you wash ..
JK: ??
🧸if you wash up you're not gonna come backkk
JK: oh i was just gonna leave the live on the whole time
🧸oh really? i just ordered food - would it be okay if i ate my food on the live?
JK: hyung do whatever you want - wait YOU ORDERED FOOD?
🧸yea i was hungry
JK: i only ate the kimbap from earlier today
🧸SERIOUSLY - yea it's been a while since I ate
JK: you didn't have dinner at all huh - I can't eat.. I gotta skip
🧸yea so I only ordered one protein thing
JK: protein? what kind of protein
🧸like a chicken breast/spicy pork rice bowl.. chicken rice bowl?
JK: sounds good...
🧸mm
JK: sounds like it'll be good... UGHH i gotta do cardio
🧸go do it.. let's just do it tmrw ... wait omg.. i cut too much of my hair off
JK: YOU CUT YOUR HAIR? oh you did..why you do this
🧸me? cuz it poked my eyes
JK: mmm a very simple reason hm
🧸mm
JK: imma grow out my hair - ARMY might not like long hair though
🧸ARMY likes short hair - think they'll like the military buzz cut?
JK: noo - you're not going back - you're not gonna go backkkk
🧸whyyy namjooniehyung is going back?? he's not going back
JK: ...namjooniehyung's hair is long though
🧸no but he's done the military buzz cut styling just because though~
JK: i guess that's true - but it suits him well - I can't pull that off
🧸OH my food was picked up
JK: cardioOoooo UGH i have to do it - oh i should've done cardio, washed up, and THEN turned on the live..
🧸like let's just go for like a long run on an empty stomach in the morning
JK: i always do that
🧸 you said you only did 20 minutes today
JK: no but like i went HARD for 20 mins
🧸ohh cuz i did like a lax 50mins
JK: you're saying that burns fat more effectively right?
🧸nods
JK: this is a tip from Park DongSu (Korean Baseball player) that the best way to burn fat is to maintain a heart rate of 120-130bpm while you're exercising
🧸nods "this is true"
JK: today's hot tip*

꿀팁 (kkul tip)= literally honey tip = useful tip

JK: soO imma do it like that too~
🧸verified by someone legit
JK: that's right- that's right that's right

🧸JK and I started running together and ughh.. this kid's stamina is no jokeee
JK: it was difficult for me too though.. it was hard but.. I just kept pushing forward even though it was difficult
🧸didn't your stomach hurt though?
JK: oh no.. my stomach didn't hurt
🧸bruh I was like drooling as I ran like if I kept going even a little bit longer i would've dropped dead
JK: ok ok next time, i'll match your pace hyung -
🧸i was foaming at the mouth...

#dramatic

JK: the way I see it - it's cuz we ran right after eating

(😑)

🧸mm
JK: if we'd run on empty stomachs, we would've had a much lighter run~
cuz ppl.. we normally....
when did we run yesterday?
🧸yesterday? we started working out a bit late.. so we ran around 8 or 9pm
JK: do you think we'll probably continue to run around 8 or 9pm?
🧸..i dnno
JK: so we.. maybe 3x/week
🧸3X
JK: we decided to do cardio around the Han River... but if we tell you the exact time we'd be running, ARMY might... try to catch us like Pokemon Go
🧸oh but there's this - you can't act like you know us
JK: but.. you can run with us
🧸you can run with us but you can't try to talk to us - cuz we have to focus on running
JK: just do this ::holds up BTS hand sign::
🧸just hold up the handsign or just subtly let us know you're ARMY (like this)
🧸actually don't do this don't do this..
JK: maybe around 8?
🧸between 8-9?
JK: isn't that the best around that time?
🧸yea cuz the sun's gone by then and then also.. a few things:
-you have to wear running shoes cuz you can hurt your ankles otherwise
-1 water
-and other stuff
AND..but you can't pass us cuz that'll hurt our feelings
JK (to V): ARMY??
::both laughing::
JK: like if ARMY's SUPER good at running
🧸cuz if they're like.. "this is all you can do??"
JK: "they're so disappointing"
🧸"BTS is only this good..??"
...and also you can't take pics of us drooling on the run; and ANDDD if I start to walk mid-run.. you can't interpret that as me being too tired or because the run was too hard...
JK: but ..it'd be right though - you'd be walking cuz it's too hard
🧸heehehe ik

JK: but you have to keep pace/stick together cuz that helps strengthen your ankles..*

so this doesn't mean that somehow magically keeping pace with someone on a run helps either person strengthen their ankles - but by keeping pace, or running together (thereby pushing each other/cheering each other on), you'll encourage each other to keep going - and that in turn will be beneficial (overall) to strengthening your ankles as opposed to running alone, where you can take as many breaks as you might feel like whenever you start to feel a little like lagging/slacking and thereby never pushing your body to its full potential

🧸ughh but we ran so much in the military but after taking such a long break from running ...is so hard
JK: it is
🧸i have to keep increasing my capacity/stamina for running
JK: UGH i should've done cardio/washed and THEN turned on the live... but UGH i messed up the order today. so today.. ugh PASS
🧸HAHAHAHA
JK: today. cardio. PASS
🧸ok ok pass
JK: pass

here, pass = "skip" not like they're giving themselves a pass

🧸let's diet together with ARMY
JK: sure! let's go
🧸I just have to lose 3kg (~6.6lbs)
JK: I'm about 75kg right now... maybe I can go down to 69?68?
🧸I'm like 67.. if I eat like 68.. so maybe like 65kg for me

JK: I was 65 when I was filming the Seven MV - but back then I feel like.. I was losing nearly 1kg a dayyy... I was like 70kg but in like 5 days went down to 65
🧸when I was filming FRIENDS & Winter Ahead.. I was like 61
JK: really?? actually yea you were super slim - wait lemme turn on Winter Ahead... lemme go into YouTube real quick...
🧸omg it's been a while since I've seen things like that
JK: there are SO many videos of minecraft these days..searching...oh right.. should i see the vid of you throwing the first pitch??
🧸UGHHH if I pitched reallly hard i think i could've gotten 105
JK: 105? pshhh wdym 105
🧸I took it easy~
JK: oof [the screen is] too bright
🧸: hooooooo
JK: why is the screen so bright? makes bb bunn noises at the TV
🧸hold on... when is [the food] getting here?? oh in 5 mins..
JK: brightness ...turning down the brightness... THIS IS IT TURNED DOWN?? screen mode.. wagjaklf
🧸i wish hobi hyung would run with us
JK: hobi hyung?
🧸mm hobi hyung used to always work out with us
JK: i don't think he would ...but i feel like he'd be so good at running - wait do you think he might?
🧸no he wouldn't - he likes running in the morning
JK: nuuuu why is this the lowest i can turn down the brightness setting on my screen - why is this setting like this
🧸 agh agh agh
JK: 🎶humming winter ahead - skipping through the intro of winter ahead on YT - listening to 'winter ahead'
🧸👀
JK: YOU WERE 61KG HERE?? WHAT? HOWW?
🧸shrug
JK: that doesn't make any sense...
🧸but then and now - do I look different?
JK: O_O OF COURSE YOU DO

🧸: but actually.. I'm 61 right now ..but my skeletal muscle mass is about 5kg more than before..
JK: yea there's a noticeable difference
🧸like my face chub...
JK: ..i don't really think i see anything in your face...
🧸oh wait my food just got here
JK: wait no I guess there is a difference kinda like.. so here (in the Winter Ahead vid) - your face has more of a boyish vibe..
🧸oh rly?
JK: and now you have like MAN VIBES like.. you know what i mean
🧸oh of course I know what you mean
JK: like someone who's worked out
🧸mm
JK: that's that! now back to Spotifyyyy
🧸ughhh it's already.. such chaos
JK: why? whats up
🧸I still haven't unpacked...
JK: ....so DO IT
🧸ajdfkgl;af i don't wannaa ::shooting finger guns at the screen::
JK: hyung bap bap... ::sees V shooting finger guns at the screen:: what is this now?
🧸imma eat and i'll be back
JK: you're not gonna show them what you're eating?
🧸nah show them that?? nahhh i'll be back after i eat ::leaves live::

JK ::baby bunny giggless::

I'm also going back to just writing text since JK is alone now! no more "JK:..." until 🧸 comes back

loll cracks me up
cracks.me.upp
aw now it's all quiet again

[reading comments]
"don't move around so much when I'm sitting?" time stamp
oh... did I keep moving?
i can't help it.. i kinda have adult adhd so I keeeep moving like this ::rocking back and forth a bit:: aww I'm jealous... I wanna eat something too.. should I eat something too?

I appreciate that so many of you asked me to confirm whether or not Jung Kook said he has ADHD. In my honest opinion as a translator , the way he communicated this - it sounds like an assumed self-diagnosis based on his own informed observations. If he'd been meaning to share he has diagnosed ADHD, he likely would not have used the word "약간.." which reads "I kinda have.."

I do NOT interpret/assume this to mean he's ashamed of having ADHD or scared of sharing that he has ADHD or thinks ADHD is bad or anything like that. I believe the uncertainty in his tone only comes from the fact that it might not be officially diagnosed so he's hesitant to present it as if it was.

Just today (per your comments/notes/other posts I've been seeing circulating), I learned that in the past - folks that have alluded to the fact that Jung Kook may have ADD/ADHD was seen as controversial- some of you want my opinion on this issue - so here are my thoughts specific to this issue below in red, if you're not interested in this portion, feel free to skip ALL the red!

Here are my thoughts:

In general, I believe it's ALWAYS safer and more respectful to err on the side of caution when it comes to asserting ANY facts about anyone else (celebrity or otherwise). PERIOD. I have seen the full range of internet diagnoses of all sorts ranging from true relevant professionals offering thoughtful and insightful feedback, questions, or notes to shallow AF guesses from randos based on a few cursory observations that align with one article they skimmed - and everything in between. I'm sure you're all familiar with the range of opinions and analyses out there.

Regarding Jung Kook/ADD/ADHD specifically, this is no different.

Some objective facts:

- It IS true. In general, Korea's shame culture is alive and kicking. Younger voices and innovative thinkers are definitely moving conversations in the right direction re: standards of health, social norms, misogyny, etc. etc. but there's still a long way to go

- Generations of Koreans steeped in traditional upbringing (both in Korea and overseas) are working to unlearn, adapt, and challenge these ingrained beliefs and behaviors but still... the collective reputation of the family/the people/the collective tend to take priority over the individual with both good/bad implications - a consequence of this may be reactive/defensive behaviors online when something/someone is asserted as abnormal/normal and it clashes with their own views of what "should be"

- I love BTS - the seven members that comprise this delightful, unhinged, incredibly talented group. Period.

- I wrote what I wrote above as a translator with the goal of trying to excavate the speakers' intended sentiment. I am not imbuing my translations with what I think he should or shouldn't have said or what I wish/don't wish was the case. But considering his tone, his tentativeness, him mentioning it real quick and then jumping to whether or not he, too, should order food- etc., context, this is my honest/best translation of what he communicated and why he did it that way

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ughhh i have to wash up
ughhhhh i don't wanna give up cardio today
if i give up cardio .. i feel like i'm just giving up on myself
i can't do that

let's do cardio
everyone - i can't skip.. i'm like wearing my workout clothes already.. where are my socks.. let me put my socks back on and go to do cardio
if i don't do cardio right now... i'd have to accept that i have weak conviction... nope. can't do that.
i gotta go i gotta go

I turned on the live cuz i thought of you all~ and I did.. oooh already did 57minutes! almost an hour! anyway imma go do cardio.. in that room i showed you earlier

let's do a running live???
running??
what are you even gonna do with that.. watching me run..
wait what is this..

taehyungie hyung has come back..
???

✨Enter V🧸✨
JK: why did you come back...
🧸 mukbang*

먹방 (mukbang or mukk+bahng) = eating broadcast
먹어 (muggeo) = eat
방송 (bahngsong) = broadcast
just cuz I recently learned so many non-Koreans use the word 'mukbang' to do eating vids that SOME people on the internet don't know that it's a Korean word/acronym - so many non-Koreans have also popularized it pronouncing mukk (like duck) and bang (like sang)

JK: looks good
🧸egg, chicken breast, and something else.. and protein.. shrimp. i TOLD THEM i can't eat peppers but they snuck in 1-2
JK: HAHAHAHA it's good though
🧸i can't eat spicy thingsss
JK: wait i have to do cardiooo .. one sec..
🧸did you see?
JK: what?
🧸 nevermind
JK: what?
🧸 no no nevermind

JK: cardioooo what do i dooo.. hold so okay.. then ::brings camera into his gym to bring us on a cardio field trip:: this is so nuts.. this is so chaotic...
🧸the joy of being finished
JK: ..what??
🧸the joy of being finished [w/ cardio]
JK: IS IT GOOD?
🧸they made it so good...
JK: i wonder why they don't have such things here... okay gotta run.. gotta lose weight...

bunny buns.

JK: doesn't it look like i should dance?
🧸...so yea my bottom half is underwear
(literally he says "panty" but this, in this context, means like boxers lmao lmao lmao)

JK: PANTY O_O?? loll good jobb
🧸eating
JK: gotta raise the incline
🧸raise it to 10
JK: I was already gonnaa [raise it to 10]

🧸's audio is not good

JK: what??
🧸10 incline with
(he says something but the audio cuts out)

JK: 5 at first
🧸you can do that too
JK: what are you sayinggg
🧸 says something but audio is not audio-ing

::bb bunn on treadmill::
::bb bear eating::

JK: huh.. wait my voice is weird... isn't it. i'll turn the mic off... and turn it back on.. does my voice sound weird?
🧸 no it doesn't sound weird
JK: i keep hearing something ripping.. no?
🧸 ::is not paying attn::
JK goes back to treadmill
🧸 is watching his shows, eating...

(we just here like.. 👀)

JK: ::running:: ...i had wanted to go to the bathroom
🧸::looks up... does not care.. goes back to eating::

LMAO what is this live

JK: ::running:: ...why am i doing this on a live...
🧸::looks up, smirks, goes back to eating::
JK: this cracks me up...
🧸I came for the live cuz you turned it on
JK: what?
🧸I only came [back] for the live cuz you still had it on
JK: wait one sec.. imma get my beanie

o_o why might one choose to wear a beanie whilst running... is this cuz guys' hair is too short for like a ponytail but too fluffy for the run so they smush it down with a beanie???? this is purely my guess.

JK: ughh i have to start again...

(we are just facetiming with our bingbong besties atp- all doing our own separate things)

JK on treadmill...
Taehyung eating foodzies...
TK watching two grown men quietly doing entirely disparate activities waiting for audio to translate...

🧸's audio keeps cutting out but it looks like he's cleaning up after finishing his food
JK: huh??
🧸::fully watching something else::

🧸no audio - but doesn't know his audio isn't working loll ::random noises::

this is neither here nor there but i'd like the public to know i used this time of silence to do blogilates no-equipment arm workout

🧸hyung's leaving to go wash up for bed ::leaves::

*in Korean, when you're referring to yourself to a child/dongseng (with whom you have the kind of relationship where you'd address each other as unnie/oppa/hyung/noona/etc.), rather than referring to yourself as "I" - you'd refer to yourself as your relation to them (e.g., unnie/oppa/noona/hyung/umma/appa/halmunee/harabuhjee/eemo/samchoon,etc**) For example: (between friends, Jimin & V) Jimin could say "I'm going to wash up. Bye" Between V & JK, V = hyung, V would say to JK "Hyung is going to wash up. Bye" If you remember all the episodes in Run BTS or In the Soop, where Jin does things for his baby brotatotots, he always says "hyung-ee [action] [will do]" - it neverrrr occurred to me that this was strange until one of my American friends heard me speaking to my younger cousin - and she was like... "are you referring to yourself in the third person rn?!" And I was like "no.. wait ... AM I?" loll On the flip, between V & JK, JK = dongseng, JK would say to V "제가" (jaega, more formal way of saying "I") or 내가 (naega, informal way of saying "I") is going to wash up. Bye" **these terms (unnie, noona..etc) can be called 호칭 (ho-ching) = terms of address/names for people based on your relationship to them

JK: ::runs for what seems like 15 days... :: done! ::panting:: i am ded... omg ok i did it i did it i did it.. aghhhh that was so hard... done. omg i am ded.. i drank all my water. i need water ::gets up for water::

omg omg ok i'm doneee aiii okay now we're good. and with that i have like a little bit more margin... i did maybe like.. 20mins? 26? 25mins? and then tmrw i'll do more... do what i have to do. eat lunch. and then what should i eat tomorrow before working out... hmmm

that might've looked easy but running on an incline is so hard.. my butt is going to die...

so ...literally Jung Kook did say "my butt is going to break" and the word he chose for "break" is more like... "smashed/obliterated" - visually, think like the damage done by a wrecking ball through brick building where it crumbles and falls apart lmao.. but what he means is like i'm ded
but i made it throughhh
this is enough then
don't I look a little less puffy than I did before though? no? I think I look less puffy than before.. no? I feel like i should be less puffy

right now the time is.. midnight...
oh my butt

the way i see it.. .at that steep an incline, i think 20 minutes is enough..
if you go more lax.. 50 minutes? but lax by your individual standards - that's probably best

okayyy so now imma go wash up
::panting::
oh my butt hurts

okay this is good this is good...
you gotta run.. you gotta run so.. .

everyone, i'll get more fit.. and do the things.. while looking good.. i'm sure i'm up to something right?

in the past, i re-watched the old vids of our performances while we were in America. i was slimmer back then... i can lose it again though. i'll get back to it.. just wait a bit..

okay today - you worked so hard and there are those still working right now - whether it's work or study or what... maybe some of you are getting ready for sleep~ you did so much today so rest well

i'm going to sleep well and wake up early and do more cardio and will try to maintain a healthy lifestyle well

so now~ i'll get going and my birthday's coming up soon - i'll come to find you on my birthday via live too. i might be a bit thinner by then. i won't eat but i'll sleep well

annyongggg

next time if i have to do cardio, i'll try to turn on the live at the Han River... i think that'd be fun. so see you some time at the Han River...

byeee
love you
did about an hour and a half...
byeeee
okay take care
byebyeeee