Jimin 4/9 Live

My commentary in green.

oh wait one second one second
oh my gosh.. i'm not even ready..
ah one sec..
ah one sec..
ughh terrible ::he is talking about his face and hair being a mess from the rain::
hello
hello
i just got back from the rain and my face is a mess and my hair is a mess
i should at least throw on a hat or something..
okay i have this..
my 꼴 is so...

*꼴 (kkol) = super informal/crass way of saying like.. the appearance/state of someone or something

I got home from work late today.. around 11pm
We were listening to you all leaving and then left
For those of us that needed it, some of got massages and loosened up a bit before heading home
should i at least remove some of my eye makeup?
my makeup [leftover from the concert] is so..

my hair is so..
cuz my hair got so wet from today...
i'm so.. this is so..

this bb looks like a whole angel freshly plucked from the heavens and is whining about how disheveled he looks..

i can't right now..
i mean i know i'm nothing special normally but this is.. (SIR. SIRRRRRR. i need to have a word.)
i'm upset... (he's talking about his appearance)

but lowkey i do get it - everyone reading this can probably empathize to a point~
when I feel ugly, no matter what anyone else says, it doesn't hit the same and I just want to crawl in a hole ... weird how that can happen right? But on the flip side- when I feel pretty, no matter what anyone else says, I am an unstoppable potato queen out to unleash sparkles upon the world.

[off screen]
where'd i JUST put my hat??
you idiot (talking to himself) where'd you leave your hat just now??

i mean okay I was just going to say hi real quick but this is a bit..
oh! i can just put my hood on duh~ i'm so dumb..
::puts on hood::
oh this is not better.. oh this is kinda serious.. my face is..

i'm so ugly right now...hahahhaha
not that i've ever been goodlooking but..

SIR. A WORD WITH MANAGEMENT, PLEASE.

would it be better if i turn on the lights?

::very sheepishly moving back into frame from having turned on the lights::

(literally looks perfect wdym)

okay it's a little better with the lights on.. but this is still not it, this is really not it..

everyone.. ::bursts into laughter on his own::
is there anything in my teeth?

got back and like was so hungry cuz i only had lunch today and i had the spicy octopus bibimbap and my mouth is a little red from it..
it was a little spicy but it hit the spot

so we performed our first concert today..
thank you to everyone that came out today..
and also to everyone that watched the live stream, thank you so much..
i just wanted to say that..
it rained so much today and i was worried that some of you might have caught a cold
or might have been cold so i just wanted to say thank you and sorry for that..

yeah, i just wanted to say that.. i know it was probably really tiring and difficult

oh me? you don't have to worry about my health - i'm..
we're.. well..

💬it was crazy funnn
oh thank you so much
it was fun
we reallyyy wanted to see/greet you all today
i mean howww many years have we waiteddd

actually I could've to wait until all the concerts in Korea were over to do a live but
today was so.. especially rainy and I couldn't stop thinking about all of you who suffered/endured through the rain
so I wanted to come visit real quick tonight via live

now that we were finally able to perform on stage, we were SO happy .. like truly..

::saying more stuff about his face::

his LITERALLY ANGELIC PERFECT LITTLE FACE OF PERFECTION JKFDLLGJDLFKJGLDFG.

i mean okay my face is normally rough but oof..
i think my age is becoming more and more apparent in my face

anyway~~
to all the ARMY that came out..

actually there were so many parts today that I felt *아쉬웠어/아쉬운 about today..
like it rained SO much
cuz originally like
i mean we had to even take out some choreography to try out this new production to keep things fresh

*아쉬웠어/아쉬운 (ashiwuhsuh/ashiwun) - can best be explained as 'didn't meet the expectation by a little bit'

but the smoke from the fog machine didn't clear out quickly enough..

because of the weather and because there was no breeze [to clear the fog]
because it did cleared quickly [when we'd rehearsed with it before]
i mean so there were bits like that that were a bit 아쉬웠어 (see above)

so i was thinking - the whole time - like i hope they like it..
and at the same time I was VERY worried on stage ..yea

yea .. i mean I said it on stage too but it was stressful today
like it was difficult [for us] - and at the same time - we wanted to see you all SO badly too
we know we have to do well .. you all waited .. we need to 'repay you' exponentially so much more than the amount you endured [waiting to get here]
and so like.. i know we should perform with like.. lighthearted energy and a lot of joy but
but i don't think i was able to take the stage with that mindset

but if those of you who came were able to enjoy it, even a little bit, then I think I'll be okay
then i can kinda feel enough relief to go to sleep

like new..

i really hope you all liked it..

i mean we don't even have any place to really ask for feedback right now..
i mean some of our acquaintances/friends that came did say they had a lot of fun but..
those folks..
while we're so grateful and thankful that they were able to see us

i mean anyway because ARMY...
i mean while you were waiting for us all this time I'm sure there are things you would've wanted to see us perform on stage too..
we were actually really worried about that for a while..

but!
we really really wanted to take on the challenge of trying new things this time
all of us wanted to show you all really cool performances with some new production elements

As for the concert overall, i mean though there were parts that felt like they fell short a little bit [cuz of the weather]
I came into it thinking it could still be a really impressive experience
I'm so curious about how ARMY in the audience felt about everything..
and I'm also stressed about it too
and I just hope you all had fun
i think that's what i'm feeling right now..

(truly. he's so pretty. jadklfjg;aldfjg;l'a)

I just wiped my eyes like this once really quick and just came out looking like this
so my eyes are kind of a mess

anyway~
i mean i'm just so.. endlessly grateful/thankful

we're ..we'll have to do better, right?
so many of you came out to see us

i mean cuz regarding the album and this concert..
what I mainly want to say is that
we're just going to keepp trying to take on new challenges and we're not going to stop

even if there are various kinds of hurdles we face, we're going to tackle the challenge..
we'll keep going and keep iterating and if it doesn't work out, we'll come back and try again and try out new things and we won't stop
we'll keep going forward - that's what I wanted to say for sure

when we did our album comeback live, I really wanted to also convey that last bit but ..and like how we pushed back against certain things..
how the members all discussed these things back and forth..
and how in the end, this is how/why we ended up with the final product that we were satisfied with
we're going to keep at it and we'll keep trying to return the favor/rise to the occasion with a more and more impressive performance/concert

*a small note because I'm so certain 99.999% of you reading this are already share this opinion but the BTS ARIRANG WORLD TOUR and ARIRANG Album is a product of HUNDREDS of peoples' labor, creative input, strategic planning, honest inventory of what is possible/marketable/authentic/exciting/relevant/etc. and so many more things. SO MANY THINGS have to be considered for everything they put together to LAUNCH their comeback...

If you encounter people that are seriously complaining about the concert set list not including their favorite older songs, that ARIRANG is too Korean or not Korean enough for their taste, and that it doesn't meet their expectations just so...

I don't judge. You are allowed to grieve the songs you wished would be performed on stage. You are allowed to have allllll of the opinions. But don't lose sight of the fact that you're probably here as an ARMY - not simply or only or even mainly because you found ## of songs from their catalog especially impressive. You're ARMY because of everything Jimin is talking about - their relentless pursuit of growth as individuals, artists, and musicians. Taking feedback, input, inspiration from ALL kinds of experts and places and lived experiences and distilling LITERALLY ~100+ songs and paring it down to 14, FOURTEEN, choices with the responsibility and honor of 'greeting' millions of ARMY, worldwide, with their newest endeavors.

So drink deeply of their inspiration/example they set and go be magic in your corners of the world.

that's what i wanted to say

that day.. i think ..cuz it'd been a while since all of us were in front of a camera together speaking so..
I think we struggled to organize our thoughts..

anyway.. well anyway..
we'll keep getting feedback
if there are issues, we'll fix them
if there are things we did poorly, we'll address them and work hard to get better
if there are things we're doing well, we'll consider those points and reflect on them so that we can keep doing better moving forward

what's important is that it was SO nice to see you all today
i'm so thankful that you all came out
we'll conduct our remaining performances without incident
you all endured so much in the rain - i'm so thankful
i hope you don't get sick/hurt

me? i'm okay.. i'm okay..

i got rained on so my makeup is gone.. it's gone..
but random parts are still on my face so .. i might be unsightly ..really..
my makeup is left all wonky and looks weird..

yea.. aaannyway~

💬are the other members doing okay?
i mean as you might be able to tell, we're doing really well!
we talk.. we probably talk too much.. i think

we always talk..
together, we're always working out what we should do... what we should show you all . .
and the members, as we're all doing what we're doing, each share what they've individually felt/noticed
we really wanna meld our combined experience/knowhow together as Bangan so we keeeeep having those conversations

[like]
"I think this looked better.. i don't think that was quite it.."
"oh really? i liked this thing.."
like we sorta talk like this a LOTTT

and then we'll be like
"then should we try this this time?"
"then how about we try this instead next time?"
i think we have lots of conversations like these..

the..

i mean it's not always smooth sailing but ..i mean considering the number of members we have - we it's not always smooth sailing BUT we're just moving forward slowly
i mean there is a bit of a sense of urgency/impatience but..

oh it's 1am already
i'm so sorry i turned the live on so late
i should probably wash up quickly, take some cold meds, and pass out

it's been a while since we've eaten at this time so i'm not sure how my stomach will feel but..

thank you!!
this time..
(i love Jimin's gentle voice and sweet heart - what an absolute charmer; if everyone of the members have a superpower, for sure one of Jimin's many would be his ability to disarm anyone with his presence, emotional intelligence, and thoughtful kindness)

the most important thing i want to convey is that i'm sooo thankful that you all waited
we'll keep moving forward
like there's so much I want to say but also like.. i don't feel like I have to say everything
I don't think that you ..don't know our hearts
I don't think I need to explain/make excuses

(*변명 (byunmyung) = an excuse, but in this context, he's not exactly saying "I don't want to make excuses" - he's more trying to communicate that though there's so much he wants to say by way of explaining every detail that felt off today, what he may have wanted to fix or do differently, etc. - so basically - although he could over-explain, he believes ARMY, though we might not know all the details (which point in the performance/etc.) we understand his/their heart, we get there's so much they wanted to show us, that the weather stifled/surprised/disappointed them in many ways as they were ALSO calibrating in real time how to not be shaken and continue giving the best performance they could manage under the circumstances of D1 RAINY AF weather)

(it was stunning.)

(looks like he's responding to a comment potentially asking if he's okay or something, he doesn't read the comment out loud verbatim, just replies)
i'm happy
i'm very happy
so what I don't mean is that I have a BUNCH of negative thoughts/complaints/issues of how things went today.. that's not it at all
it's that itw as a challenge and we faced the challenge and ..took a step back and tried to objectively evaluate/judge how it went
the members, together, all tried to do this
considering this and that..

and i'm good.. like all the songs this time around are all songs we love and hold preciously
and the directors that worked so tirelessly to help us plan our performance too..
and our dancers .. the dancers have done so much.. truly..

(lowkey, if you don't already follow their performance director & team, they'd post stories at like the crack of dawn LEAVING HYBE to go home when the sun was coming up all the time)

staying up all night practicing and rehearsing with us for hours and working on the choreography and the production and everything..
our physical trainers did so much
our staff did so much

our members really threw out so many fun ideas and prepared SO diligently
it's a performance/show we all really really love

so everyone who came out today, thank you so much again
we'll work even harder with our remaining performances

and with the tour too
once we're out on tour..
we'll be able to greet ARMY in other countries too
if we get hurt.. we won't be able to perform well for you all so..
we'll be careful not to get hurt, to stay healthy, to give our best energy, we'll try our best

anyway, imma go wash up now..
i think i'll be able to pass out so fast

yea.. even though i look crazy and you might not like it, but i'd be so grateful if please let it go just this once

(SIR YOU LOOK LIKE A GLOWING MAGICAL FAIRY PRINCE. WTF DO YOU MEAN.)

yup imma wash up and tomorrow well..
i guess i can't say i'll see you tomorrow but..
the day after tomorrow i'll greet you all

thank you
i think it'll become such a precious day (4/9 concert memories)
byee, i'll head out now