j-hope Live - 6/15

Translations by BTS.TKFKDGO
Commentary by me in green

I translate for nuanced meaning rather than word-for-word literal/direct translations
Esp here, there may be some words (for those studying Korean) that I’ve left out or tweaked in meaning to convey intent~

LAST THING* I translate/type in a sort of stream-of-consciousness mode~ which is faster/easier for me - so just know that going forward~

🐿️🔴🌟
[silence for a while waiting for ppl to join live]
-yea people I rested today… also my voice is [now] hoarse

chuckles in satisfaction at his unplanned but …what i imagine he thinks is a hilariously punny moment he caught himself saying, LOL forever @ this thirst trap + wholesome bingbong + squirrel sunshine paradox

#nobodyisokay 🤪

Okay so we’re starting off strong with a pun here folks
쉬었어 (shui-ussuh, papago says it’s pronounced “swiosso” - and I …confidentely… do not agree but I did wanna look up what it’d suggest) means:
[I] RESTED
[my] VOICE BECAME HOARSE (and consequently a little RASPY or changed in sound a bit)
IT WAS EASY [not used in this context but .. it’s spelled the same way]

enter 🐥in chat
oO Jimin, waow wdym you’re being so supportive right now
I spoke with Jimin today
Jimin asked me to call him after the concert so I did and he gave me so many compliments on the show
getting complimented by one of my members is the best feeling - you know it’s …an instant serotonin boost

🐥💬
J-hope the concert was SO awesome
J-hope~ I’m watching The Manager [show]
You worked so hard. Have a fun time with ARMY~ “hearteu” (as in ♥️)

i had a LOT of funnnn everyone, 6/13 too
reads Jimin’s comments
Whatcha doing [Jimin?] asks and immediately turns something else on LMAO
turns it off to reply oOkay Jjamani (Jimin) thank you- see you soon~ Now we can each other often, right?

💬You know you killed us right? You’re killin it boy
Thank you ARMY

💬I’m jealous
What are you jealous of? cheeky af laugh

Yea everyone the concert is over now
I can’t believe the Seoul concert is over now.. It doesn’t feel real

I’m not sick at all promptly sniffles
Actually I do have a runny nose today [as in he didn’t yesterday]
..colds evolve my friends

Oh shoot I just opened youtube and Killin it is ??? i listened to this part over 5 times and I can’t tell what he’s saying cuz he’s mumbling..

watching youtube

smiles at the camera coyly thereby destroying all signs of life that has barely made it out of his concert in tact

“How was the concert?” he asks like he didn’t just topple a nation 😑

smiles more into the camera - yup, we are all deceased atp #ghostARMY whats up

How was the show?
I really prepared a LOT for the show.. .hm since where did I leave off last time?
Prob right after the Asia concert was finished - we starting planning out the encore concerts further and during that time - the kids, legit like RIGHT after they were discharged… said they’d be happy to join me on stage… like Jung Kook… ughh I was/am so grateful
We got to do it together
Jin hyung also said he could too - so we got to perform together too
So 6/13 was a time we could be together

As for 6/14… Crush hyung (a hyung I really like) joined me too and sang his version of Sweet Dreams for me and I was so thankful~ and we even did Rush Hour

I can’t even believe it’s all done and over now
It went by TOO quickly - seriously

I’ll be on M Countdown starting next week..

Yup Seven lyrics were changed!
raps Latto’s part in Seven
Notably he changed:
Lemme swallow your pride -> come on baby sweet dreams tonight
Him -> her

For this encore concert - a lot was changed/added
Firstly - I wonder w/ JK; Seven; Spring Day w/ Jin hyung; Jamais Vu; Killin it Girl (new release) - so a change of 5 songs for 6/13..
Then for 6/14 Crush Hour/Sweet Dreams/Rush Hour/Safety Zone - 8* songs were changed.. And yea.. This is how the final concert was born

legends are still trying to figure out how he got the number 8

How was the first time seeing KIG on stage?
*tries to keep cool - fails miserably - beams with smug AF energy (rightly so)
It was the first stage performance but there’s a lotttt more coming your way on different music programs.. trails off

Hoba your bare chest though…
chuckles as if he DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE’S JUST DONE MERE HOURS AGO ihateyourstupidgorgeousfacesomuch you ajdfklgja;lkdfjgal;kdfjglakdfjga;lkfjg

You were so cool - I screamed so loud that my throat is dead now
You ATE
😀 Thank you

So I’ll be showing you a lot more stage performances on various music programs…
To be quite honest - I think this is the kinda song that is more fun/charming when paired with the live performance respectfully, how dare you be this coy 😊🙂‍↔️😫
So as much as I’m able, I’ll show you *various performances.

다얗한 (dayanghan) = various/different kinds = they say this ALL THE TIME See another example here

So [I think this is partially in response to a comment but not sure] yea actually - if you wanna say I’m actually just starting up again - you could see it that way I guess.
Now that my concert’s over.. Yea
And “The Manager*” has one more episode to go..
literally the Korean title IS “Omniscient Interfering View” = so as f’d as Weverse Translations go - if you type up these words, that IS actually how the show is titled in some ENG spaces- basically there are tons of Korean reality type shows that follow celebs around doing various things/just going about their life. This show is different in that it focuses on the dynamic/relationship/POV of the main celebrity’s manager aka the omniscient interferer’s pov type of thing~

I also did 냉터뷰 (Dex’s Fridge Interview YT Show) w/ Sana - it was a lot of fun filming

Re:other music programs - did the announcement go out yet?

KIG w/ members when?
I will check

watches clips

How was the MV? Did you enjoy it?
turns on MV

How was it? The MV?
SMUG AF STARE INTO MY SOUL JDFKLGJDL:KJGLF
This.. time… really [the time he filmed the mv] was in the middle of my work schedule in Thailand so it was REALLY intense/packed
I really think the MV turned out well
This specific director & I really meshed well I think - “we were same pagezies”

watches MV

GloRilla really matched the vibe/worked so well with me too so I think we had great synergy
The MV came out so fun I think

The only thing is like.. I feel like the challenge might be a bit difficult
BUT! I’ve been on tik tok a bit recently and everyone is digesting the choreography so well

Your abs..
A-B-S is abs right? fidgety
*he asked this back on other lives too and I’m kinda starting to think he’s using it as a multi-purpose “importanteu businesseu” typa answer when he doesn’t know what to say about his sexytime vibes~

After watching your MV, I’d like to become your backup dancer
Laughs

watches MV

..something about it.. I really like it..
IS IT THAT YOU’VE DEVASTATED MILLIONS OF PPL WITH YOUR A-B-S?!

So hot flaps?

When you listen to this [KIG] shouldn’t you undo a button at least?
…more smug af smiles
I ..am at home ._.
What’s the point of undoing a button at home?

I keep seeing YT shorts of my concert yesterday and today ~

watches clips

Anyway - since i’m starting my activities again - please look forward to them
Love you

Yesterday after the concert, we went out for *hweshik last night - I am so tired..

and stayed out til like 3am - then I came home and just wanted to catch up on a few impressions of my concert and ..somehow I wound up watching clips and vids til like 6

Taehyungie came out w/ us last night - it was so good to have him

회식 (hweshik) - you’ll hear this ALLLLLL the time in Kdramas, 95% of the plot couldn’t move forward without these- it’s what you call like ‘company/team dinner’ and a HUGE part of Korean corporate culture for bonding

I’d say a grade above the common practice that maybe any coworkers anywhere may enjoy grabbing meals or drinks together every once in a while~ In Korean culture, this is a huge part of and space for stress-relief, connection, venting, etc~

I was SO happy/grateful to have all my members turn up to the concert

watches clips

I know it doesn’t really seem like I’m the type that works out~ but I have been consistently working out.. This is the first time I’ve focused so specifically on working out like this and I think I don’t have the kind of body that bulks up with exercise… but I mean to be fair I don’t really aim to get bulkier~ I just want a body that’s toned~ but I do have slight ambitions now to tighten things up a little bit more than the way I am now

my feelings on this below the divider line - feel absolutely free to skip entirely
But if anyone reads it, I think it’s important that if/while I have your attention, I say these things

Abs

watches clips & reads comments

You’re perfect
Rest up hobi
Are you sick?
No waves no

You’re killing it

Should we do a vote for fun? Which one do you like between sweet dreams, mona lisa, KIG?

Killing it girrrrrrrrrrl
All of them
Thank you
Mr. Sexy Jay
Mona Lisa
Oh?? There’s someone who likes mona lisa more?
I think re: listening, Mona Lisa is more easily listening vibes~

But forreal I think sweet dreams, mona lisa, and KIG were …. Like fit so well together

Today, I just planning to take it easy/rest deeply~

Omg what did I even do today that it’s already 7:20pm
Time moves so fast - right?
sigh

I think maybe next week’s ep of The Manager has a bit of behind-the-scenes for my time in mv..? I think so

In Thailand - our work schedule was SO tight
I think it’ll be fun for you to watch how diligently/fiercely/intensely j-hope lives/works
This MV… April… actually basically at the end of March, conversations around this MV were started like who’s gonna be the director, etc.

And eventually we found the right director, talking about what would be right, how would this fit~

That’s how it was born

And like OK tbh it rained SO MUCH in thailand that we just had to delete whole chunks of filming that we did
But fortunately, at the end - that last scene w/ the market/street
On that street/in that area- it rained A LOT - BUT - this made everything kinda like.. sticky and set that vibe [humid/hot/sticky]

the way he says this implies he found it helpful for the sticky/humid environment to lend itself to the vibes of that moment/choreography/acting he had to do for the MV

<span style="color: #5db5a3;">*ive been ded a long time now* 👻</span>

Tik Tok challenge?
I should slowly get on it huh

watches clips

The choreography came out SO good
All the teams worked so hard - the performers/directors (weverse: Purdy’s team LMAO)

퍼디팀 (puddy team) =
I’m 99% sure it stands for 퍼포먼스 (performance) + 디렉팅 (directing) team
*even as someone that speaks Korean, I FULLY admit I do not know all the slang/industry-specific jargon that ..I mean this remains true for me in English as well (LOL, skibidiwhat now?) so I’ll look it up and try to pieces things together

Translation time for me = time to study what is colloquially used in Korean pop culture as much as specific industry jargon that I’ll never need but am interested to learn :)

We asked for proposals for choreography from quite a few people and Siena drafted a great choreography and Todd
Of Todd’s proposed choreography, this part @26:46ish - THISSS move spoke to me; this is something that j-hope hasn’t done before, it looks fresh, and I so I picked bits and pieces [choreography] from here and there - and the PUDDY TEAM ^ helped refine it a bit as well and I think the choreography came out SO well

Like from the get - when I saw all the choreography footage - even before finalizing it - just by looking at the vast array of proposed choreographies, I was confident that okay like no matter what - choreography is gonna be all set

For the KIG project, I knew it had to be set correctly from its starting point
In a nutshell what I mean by this is that - the MV has to be done well, the choreography has to be done well~

Everyone - I wasn’t really trying to do a long live today
I just wanted to let you all know that the concert wrapped well - thanks to you all, I had SUCH a good time and was so happy and had so much fun

I have a lot to show you re: KIG so please continue to look forward to the upcoming performances and.. Oh yea we have lolla coming up too

I’ll be adjusting my performance and preparing for that really diligently as well

Thank you so much for showing lots of love for j-hope’s HOTS concert
Thank you guys
Please watch out for music program eps and Lollapalooza

Did your mom go to your show?
Yes my mom came

It’s been 30 mins and I wanted to come on for 30 mins
Love you all~

Please show lots of love for KIG
Finally, thank you so much again for being with me for the final concert of HOTS
Love you!
kissy face

Tbh I haven’t washed my face yet
This is my unwashed face

Love you ARMY
Rest well
I’ll go live again when it’s time~

I want to preface this by saying I’m not judging anyone or recommending anything. This isn’t meant to sound holier than thou- but it was just a good point of reflection for me first and foremost and I just wanted to share~

Kumail Nanjiani is one of my MANY favorite comedians. He has always been so witty.
You may know him from Silicon Valley. He’s sweet, hilarious, emotionally intelligent, adores his brilliant/incredible wife, etc. 10/10 all around when he looked like this:

Then he had to train for his role in Marvel’s THE ETERNALS - and then transformed his body like this:

Remains 10/10 in all the same ways - but he was very honest to admit, that once he started getting so much CONCENTRATED attention for his appearance, even in this healthy, fit new form that he was relishing in - he also was plagued with an undergirding fear of losing his physique, finding it a very slippery slope into a degree of vanity he had never really dealt with before this particular physical transformation. Highly recommend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJGFuT-cBgc

All this just to take a moment to say - working on your fitness (and I mean fitness - not just weight loss, not just dieting, but whole body health) is 100000/10 awesome and CRITICALLY necessary.

But celebrities - and now even influencers (w/ potentially fewer roadmaps on how to navigate fame/scrutiny) - must have such a hard time. EVEN when fans intend ONLY to encourage and appreciate… the impending withdrawal or fear of withdrawal from a concentrated outpouring of praise over your appearance… it must be super jarring.

I’ll only speak for myself - but even just within my circle of friends/social networks - I had always been treated a certain way. Took it for granted, pretty much NEVER thought about my appearance in any significant way. Then- I gained a LOT of weight around 2020-2022 at the height of uncertainty felt on a global scale, personal grief of losing family members and the rippling emotional chaos, and being literally confined indoors/mostly indoors for such a long time. My character/integrity? The same. If anything I grew wiser and stronger and more resilient and probably became a better version of myself in many ways. But my body changed shape quite a bit. And in quiet ways, people (friends and the general public) started to treat me differently. I’m very fortunate to have considerate circles around me - people mostly unconcerned with encouraging vanity. But still, compliments? They’d give those… because of course! I think esp we women love complementing a nice 🍑as much as we celebrate a dress with pockets But they’d readily shower me/each other w/ compliments about how pretty~~~~ until they stopped. NOT their problem/fault.

BUT I hadn’t realized I was REGARDED/NOTICED for my appearance in so many contexts - until that attention and consideration disappeared [when I’d gained weight].

It stung… and I haven’t fully unlearned/discarded the fear that was born (during that time of realization) that being considered attractive opens doors - and if you’re not, it’s just that much harder. No more, no less. But it definitely isn’t entirely negligible.

All this to say - I’ve had the privilege of interacting (digitally/in-person) with a TON of beautiful ARMY. PERIOD. FULL STOP. 10/10 character

If you’re someone struggling with your appearance, I feel ya~
I can’t/won’t dismiss the impact of this insecurity - “shake it off and get back to what’s important” - because I couldn’t do that as easily as I would’ve wanted to - embarrassing as it is to admit

I say with confidence that we (ARMY) are in ubiquitous agreement, our 7 bingbongs, hot as they are (👻) are more than their appearance. AS MUCH as this rings true for how you feel about them - GIVE YOURSELF that grace. You ARE more than your appearance.

As very cool individuals, and especially as ARMY, let’s demonstrate wisdom.
Calibrate our insecurities with what is true about our character.
Be honest with ways we can stand to improve our overall fitness and personal growth and pursue them diligently (not perfectly) but honestly and faithfully.
&& Show each other, and celebrities, and even influencers - more kindness, empathy, and encouragement for the ways we love them beyond their physical appearance.

Happy Sunday 💜😘