By TK in Weverse Live — 01 Oct 2025

j-hope Live - 10/1

j-hope catches up with ARMY on his car ride home ft. cute new hair style just to show it off to us 💜

j-hope Live, 10/1 https://weverse.io/bts/live/3-210881703

허어이! - Hiiiii!

My commentary in green. I'll be using 💬 to refer to weverse comments because he answers a LOT of them
For anyone that's new here, I provide nuanced translations of BTS members' longer form lives, posts, and features with focus on speaker intent over literal translation.
So there may be an instance, if you're studying Korean, where you recognize a word but I leave it out of my translation because it doesn't quite communicate the speaker's intent when translated literally.

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Haven't done a live in a whilee
Hi Everyone, it's been a while
got my hair doneeee
💬are you going out?
no i'm on my way homee

my hair's kinda like '22 Lolla hair
💬there's a new feature
for translation?
oh there is..
it translates everything
it's amazing
it translates everything in real time
it translates everything to Korean for me
💬did you get a perm? yes i did
💬new hairstyle? yea like.. im tryna be cute *끼부리기
끼부리기 (kki-bu-ri-gi) is a playful way of saying "showing off" with like flirty intent - showing off charm, a new look, tryna be cute, etc.
here, j-hope is saying that he's tryna feel cuteee~ but sometimes they also say it to tease each other when it looks like one of the members is trying too hard with a pose or especially feeling themselves or something like that. it's been said to jin a few times as one might imagine...lol

now imma go home and rest
friends... like these days it's been crazy just working on BTS music
We're w orking hard

It'll be Chuseok soon
Korea has Chuseok holidays
Have a great holiday, eat lots of good food
💬did you go anywhere?
no i didn't go anywhere, i've just been getting treatments lately
💬dance challenge? does hobi do dance challenges?
should we do one...it's been a while? what should I do?

can you see me?
💬i like this update
💬i like being able to use the translation feature
I'm not sure what you're talking about but I'm glad you like it

💬"You should make Jung Kook do the KIG dance" Jungkook probably knows all the KIG choreography
he's good, I've seen him do it a lot..he always does it around me

💬Chris Brown dance?
💬Do you know Jin군

I think this is a wonky translation LOLL
Soldier Jin is here. Soldier Jinnn

I was trying to figure out what they might have been trying to type instead... like what might've Weverse auto-translate changed to "진군" like.. Mr. Jin? but that wouldn't quite work out that way.. so idk.. but I can't think of anything that makes sense. If anyone has any ideas, lmk! loll

💬Are you filming something?
Filming? nahh I'm not filming anything. I just did my hair
you know how sometimes you just wanna get your hair done

Jung Kook did the Cortis challenge
at first..I saw it pop up on tiktok but there were people around me so I had the volume low...
cuz you know how like.. when Jung Kook dances - he's usually really precise.. so I was watching it thinking like oOh he's kinda choosing a loose style I guess..?
then I heard the music later and learned what he was doing loll
cuz it's like a silly version of the song right?

wait.. is what I'm saying right now being auto-translated in real time? no right?

bombastic side eye. the answer, mister hope, is yes and no. lmao

but tbh I just felt like I haven't been able to say as much as I would've liked so I came to say hi

me? I've been working on BTS music, recording, getting treatments, working out...
you know how these days the members have been running a lot
running is good, I like running too sometimes
I run on the treadmill and sometimes run along the Han River

I'm on my way home from work - going homee going homee

💬whatcha drinking?
Americano, I like it I like it I like it

I always get along well with the members
yea..I've lost a little weight.. yea a little bit
I guess cuz I've been working out and stuff, I've lost weight

💬are you having a hard time these days?
loll do I look like I'm having a hard time? do i? no ..i'm not hahaha

I'll try to turn on lives more often when I have some down time
guys it's Octoberrrrr
it's already been a year since I was discharged
it's almost been a year
it doesn't make sense

yea I got a perm
I don't know...
it's not a set perm, just a regular perm

I have no idea what the difference is.

time goes by tooo fastttt
it feels like time is flying by.. already October
it's been.. there's only 2 more months left in 2025

and next year we'll be able to show a lot of things as a team
I'm really looking forward to it
it's been a year already, right? a year

💬Spoiler?
if I give too many spoilers, it ruins the fun
when it comes out, there's a certain kind of excitement

💬Are you coming to Italy?
I really want to go to Italy
I really wanna go..I've never been to Italy
all the kids have been there a lot.. Jin hyung too.. Milan a lot.. Namjoonie too this time..

💬TMI?
hmm what is there..?
I wanna go everywhere.. everywhere

💬J-Hope's abs will be revealed in a movie soon
Oh that's right that's right.. the movie's coming out.. I'm looking forward to it too.. i think it came out really nice. I haven't seen it yet but you know~ I get first dibs hehehe

no maybe i'll do it differently..

it'd be more fun to watch WITH you all

what should I eat for dinner
what should I eat everyone
💬do you have any snacks you like these days?
snacks I like these days...
what do I like?
what do I like again?
there's something like that these days? chewy cookies? those are really good

💬are you driving? no i'm not driving

my dad came up so I was thinking of eating with him while we caught up

ah these days I really can't eat spicy food
i have a hard time w/ these kinds of foods..

wait did jin hyung just ask me 'j-hope are you overseas?' and then peace? *쿨하다

쿨하다 (cool hada)= he/she/it's "cool" (literally the english word cool spelled phonetically), but here it doesn't mean like 'awesome' cool. it means like stoic, cool-tempered, unbothered, chill-cool"

koreans use a lot of temperature language to describe people (cold/cool=aloof, chill; warm; hot=passionate, etc.) you'll probably hear it on a lot of entertainment tv and in dramas

j-hope basically saying like oh you just dropped a comment and then walked away? lolll okay bruh

oOf but okay I changed up my skincare routine so my face kinda looks oily rn..
don't get it twisted everyone. it's product, product

a song I listen to a lot these days?
a song I listen to a lot these days?
there's a lot..
i think.. these days.. i listen to.. justin bieber swag 2, the second album
i listen to that a LOT

i think it's easy listening, it's easy

and then ummm.. i also listen to a lot of other artists
maybe a lot of "today's top hits" type stuff?
kinda gauging what's popular these days...

💬yes I listen to the new BTS songs a lot
ahh

you guys ..BTS albums, don't ask me to spoil them for you
if it's my solo album I can do whatever I want
but when it's a team album, there are things I have to guard

come to think of it- next year there's the World Cup wow
💬do you listen to members' songs?
members?? i mean ..yea.. all the time..

💬what's good [to eat] these days?
oh yesterday.. what..
well you know how i went to the Tyler concert..
Taehyungie too

They said *Mom's Touch was good so..
So apparently they have Chef Edward Lee chicken there
so I tried it too and it was really good..

the name of a popular burger chain in Korea

💬Jam and egg toast
oh what ..yea Jung Kook made something like that recently right? Jam and egg toast?

jam, egg, toast?
that's just good food
I've eaten it a lot too

ohh it's gonna be Jimin's birthday ..wowww already October. .. October 13th..
wow that's so crazy..doesn't make sense [how quickly time is passing]

💬what am i watching these days?
hm.. what is there to watch..
I do want to watch "No Other Choice" but I haven't seen it yet

"No Other Choice, thriller/comedy, 2025 ft. Son Ye-jin and Lee Byung-hun (Front Man in Squid Game)

💬I recommend Hobi toast to everyone
I'm TELLING you all it's good! try it - it's good!

later on.. i'll try doing a live where I listen to music

💬can you spoil Jimin's present? Jimin's present spoiler? loll
yea Jin hyung gifted something to Namjoon right?

I gifted the members a lot back in the day..
but like more than any material thing - it's about heart

Mickey is really healthy these days..
we were really worried because Mickey was coughing a lot but now he's healthy again~

💬something
aishhh I can't read the comments aloud if you say things like that all of a sudden...

💬wanna see my hand?? o.O?
::holds up hand::
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behold. jakdfl;gjla;sdfjg;lakdfjglakfdjg.
Korea's weather has gotten nicer..
The translation feature is really convenient

💬Do a Tiktok challenge with Jung Kook~
I'll try it later

So these days.. everyone is keeping healthy and preparing for our upcoming activities..
each working to improve their overall health/condition
that's what we've been up to

we're doing well so don't worry
we'll try to show you a good side of us
I'm almost home now. I think it's about time to call it a day...

I'll make time again to do a live..

Take a screenshot
Cheeseeee
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