Jin Live - 12/4

해피볼수데이 (*happy bowlsooday) - *happy birthday

My commentary in green.
ALSO, given I'm translating this well after the RM live, I am just extra delighted by Jin's cuteness here because we've all been feeling a lot! Jin actually doesn't normally trigger my cuteness aggression as readily as some of the other members but on this day, i am triggered loll so i apologize in advance for the cuteness-induced crashouts

Part 1

Starting out hot - the name of the live "*happybowlsooday" is just a really cutesy/wonky way of phonetically spelling "happy birthday" (in English) in hangul deeply incorrectly because he's Jin and is just hilarious and adorable through and through

Hi!
Will the light be okay?
Hello
Happy birthday
::talking about his own appearance::
what the ..I look like Kobongi or something

this is a big-nosed character from an og Korean newspaper comic

hi good to see you all again
i was actually a few minutes late
i was..
weverse has this 'live rehearsal' feature where you can practice

..turns out i'd had it on rehearsal mode and was talking on that..
like no one was entering the live and i was like "what's going on??"
andthen realized i was in rehearsal mode
nae.. so that is why i'm a bit late

first of all - it's my birthday so let's do all that first before we start..
and there's a cake too

i was initially going to do this live from home but my house is kinda chaotic rn so i wound up doing it here
jaa... 5, 6, 7, 8
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday dear seokjinnieee
happy birthday to you
..i have no candles

in case you've wanted to know how to write the happy birthday song in Korean, here it is - just be sure to swap out [SEOKJINNIEE] with whatever name you mean to use
생일 축하합니다
생일 축하합니다
사랑하는 [석진이]
생일 축하합니다

thank you everyone

hm.. the lighting looks a little weird right now
okay.. no?
let me just push back the light a little more everyone

not cultural, but they use this word SOO MUCH on lives it's probably good just to recognize it
*조명 (jo myung) = light
they're ALWAYS fiddling with their lighting so once you learn this word, you'll catch it ALL THE TIME haha

our bb princess hamster is the best looking vampire babypookie mat hyung to ever exist but because he's talked about it SO MUCH i also can't help but notice how the light hits his nose and it is cracking me up... but i just think he looks super cute.. 33 in the WHERE?? WHERE ON THIS MAN does anything look 33 years of age?? loll if you told me he debuted like 3 months ago, i'd believe you if i didn't know any better

i should've gotten my makeup done or something before coming but
lemme push it [the light] back just a little bit further
......
my hair is the problem timestamp (he does a little hamster princess bow and i wuv him)
okay this is what i'll do

*jaa... so everyone.. it is once again ...my birthday
last year i wanted to do something but prepping for this and that .. i couldn't do it last year so this year i wanted to do a live
i wanted to do like something special but..

when i'm abroad ..i did things like gaming lives..
but in the office, i don't have anything like that set up
and like a gaming live for my birthday doesn't feel quite right either..

Jung Kook's been doing a great job .. Jung Kook and his gaming live - like he's doing it SO well (that JK prepared such a legit setup)
lowkey jealous (of JK's setup)

like 'i should really set it up in my own home to do it too' ........is what i HAD been feeling.. i had those thoughts..
i did.. i had those thoughts but then.. you know.. i don't know what game(s) to play..
and i don't have the same depth of game knowledge as Jung Kook so i just play the same games i always play
so today i'm just doing a simple live with some cake and some office coffee

halp. SO CUTE jakdfl;gjlafjg;lkaj LOOK AT HIS TWINKLY GIANT EYES jakdfl;jg;loadfjg;lajdflg;jadf;lgj;ladfjg

first of all, yesterday i wanted to post something at midnight
but i didn't know.. what to say really so i just wrote something to express.. my gratitude.. with a thankful heart
i wrote something with gratitude BUT
it feels a bit like that..
idk.. seems i always just try to convey how thankful I am.. and
like ...i want to express things in a lighter/lighthearted way..
but i can't seem to do that?

i feel ..some type of way about that
it feels like i come across so 'serious'
i want to come across to you all in a light and friendly way
not in this heavy/formal sorta way
i want to come across in a light and friendly way

[but] lately, even when i try to do something light..
there are various things going on..
and since we're doing things as a group...
there are those kinds of things too...and just
so i feel like i feel a bit distant ...
so i'll try to make an effort to come across to you all in a friendlier way

to be clear, he's not saying that ARMY/he has done anything wrong necessarily
and he's not saying he no longer wants to express gratitude or is tired of that or anything either
but it's more like.. he doesn't want every post/communication to feel/sound/'weigh' the same with no variety in its essence..

i think i understand because always posting things like 'i love you thank you we miss you' on and on, even if TRULY sincere, must feel like "damnn i gotta mix it up somehow cuz i wonder if these words are HITTING the way I mean.." - i think this is true in ALL relationships/friendships right? relationships take a lot of effort to keep dynamic in a way that's still sincere - and he's wrestling with how to do that and a bit frustrated with himself that he hasn't quite figured out how to convey what he wants.. but if nothing else, we know that (1) Jin does not quit important things easily and (2) Jin is deeply hilarious so I'm sure we'll have the privilege of seeing his JIN-specific shenanigans in the coming year

so about a month ago, i wrapped my solo concert..
i was thinking about what i could do for you all
and as i was actually preparing the encore concert
since the setlist was pretty similar [to the 'regular' tour concert setlist]
i was a bit worried
even though i was preparing the encore, since it wasn't all that different..
i was worried 'what if our ARMYs don't like it.. what would i do?'
i was worried about that too
but luckily, so many people liked it

i'd prepared some new things
'Truth Untold' and 'The Astronaut'
they're both quite meaningful for me
it was my first solo song, .. my first non-BTS album song..
so the stage felt a bit like a celebration..
a warm and cozy atmosphere
so i put up those two songs on youtube so more people could see them
i did some editing too
so what'd you think everyone? was it okay?

T_T crying for three business days. I'll never get over how each of our bingbongs is SO thoughtful and how it looks so different per person because they're all so distinct... but it always hits because the sincerity is always there

also this little head scratching gesture - i don't actually know if this is ubiquitous across all cultures or if it's more Korean? or more east asian? maybe just Korean/Japanese?? I have no idea but definitely for Koreans, this head scratching posture is like the epitome of these emoji's vibes:😅/😅👉🏻👈🏻 like a sheepish, cautious 'do you approve?' 'was that okay?' type of posture- popular in anime/manhwa esp when a character doesn't know what to do, feels awkward, or maybe just made a mistake or something like that

so.. i did that..

i think it's been a while since i've done a live broadcast
so i don't really even know what i'm saying right now
just rambling at this point -.-

FREDDDDD you picked excellent hands. okay moving on...(iwillnevermoveonfromjinshands)

anyway, that's how i wrapped my solo concert

i'd been poring over what i could do for you all for my birthday and i figured 'what if i shared those stage performance videos'
so i shared those two

The Truth Untold & The Astronaut
영상 (yungsang) = "video" - i just figure this is also a word you've heard 3894573948 times

my concert ..now there's a music vide..
wait not music video..
it's been made into a movie that's coming out

*뮤비 (mYoobee) = myoo from MUsic and BEE from video/beedeo(korean accent lol) = MYOOBEE, another abbreviation
**무비 (moobee) = the ENG word "movie" said in Korean lol
they sound similar so he confused the two just for a sec.. tongue tied

so from the end of the year to January, you'll be able to see it in movie theaters worldwide
if there was anyone that was missing the concert times, i invite you all to the theater~

anyway~ happy birthday..
what did i do on my birthday in the past? i don't remember what i've done on my birthdays
what have i done on my birthdays up to now?
were the members there?
i feel like there was always something going on on my birthdays so i did something
..but this broadcast is also happening after a long time
i don't really know what to say.. timestamp

another scratchy awk move haha i think he's camera shy because it's been a while and none of his bb bingbongs are there to incite happy chaos

shall we read some comments?
happy birthday [in Korean] is the most common one
there's also "happy birthday" [in English]
there's te amo
there's you're my love
there's it's party time
cake!? yes there's cake here

shall we try some cake?
in the morning my hyung came by
i did already have a burger this morning...
but this place is supposed to be really good

when i watch Jung Kook's broadcasts, he cooks at home and stuff
this kid.. just.. there's NOTHING he can't do
so *jealous

I CRYYYYYY HE LOVES HIS BB KOOKOOBALL SO MUCHHHHH jsaz;ldfjg;lajdf;gljadfg
*부러워 (booruhwuh)= this can technically mean like 'i'm jealous/i envy that..' but in context, it's usually used more in situations where you might be jealous but it's undergirded with like a deep love/appreciation/acknowledgment of how deserving the 'recipient of jealousy' is - if it was a more vicious jealousy or you were really trying to express something that someone else has that you envy that was UNDESERVED on their part or more malicious intent/insecurity on your part - it would be expressed differently all together - all to say this is more of a humble brag of his little kookooball than a confession of envy over anything JK has/does (same goes for earlier when he said this)

he does everything so well

oh yummy! ::eating cake::

just because. adorbs.

i'm practicing choreography these days
and like.. all these little things i'm doing
all these little things ..like there's a lot so they add up

our kids too

CRYING FOR +3 BUSINESS DAYS over how much he loves his 6 children T_T #emotional #notokay is the moon in asparagus or whatever because i am IN MY FEELS today..

each of them like..
there are friends off to pursue their personal ambassador responsibilities
friends shooting commercials
friends doing this and that
but all together BTS..
what is there like.. ::hamster cough:: prepping for performances.. the album..

nae.. these things.. i think we're all really busy with these things

for me today, the plan is to do this live.. and then practice choreography with the members
then to have dinner with my family

what are you all doing today?

ayyy if any one of the members popped in right now i could just be like
"ayyyy.. 야~ 임마~ it's my birthdayyy..." and i wanna mess with them a bit.. but these kids didn't even leave for work yet..

(🥺😭🥺) not him going on to perform a whole hamster & kookooball skit for us right now

like AYYYY if Jung Kookie was here.. i could be like AYYY Jung Kookie come heree.. and he'd be like "ah hyung whyyyy" and i'd be all "it's your hyung's birthday, gimme a kiss on the cheek" and he'd be all "hyung what are you talking about - leave me aloneee" and then i could give him a hard time and but... these.. our kids haven't even left for work yet ..

yea so anyway it's my birthday

HAHAHA aw

so yea if you look up here... this is the painting I did.. for the Happy Album - didn't it come out so nice?

by any chance have you all..
cuz once we eventually put out our album
we'll have to do promotions and stuff like that right?

do you all have any programs that you'd really like for us to be on?

when i was doing all my solo stuff- i just kept asking the fans
and then based on the order of popularity [of the suggestions].. basically yea.. based on the order of popularity
the ones you wanted the most - i reached out to those shows to be like 'please let me be on your show'

'our fans really want to see me on your show - please let me be on your show'

so do you all have any suggestions like that?

hm.. as it is my birthday.. all the comments seem to just be 'happy birthday' haha..
doing this through comments.. i guess is not easy..

how old am i? i'm 33 years old now - in Korean age, i'd be 35.. but now that Korean age system has been done away with.. i'm 33
so really - as of my birthday, i'm now 2 years younger than i was... which is ..good...

#btsmath = once Jin hit like 25, he was 30-35 for like a solid decade.. 😑🤣

Run BTS? Run BTS [in Korean]!
oh if we do Run BTS... i think it will be good.. but.. Run BTS.. the scale has gotten so big that..
but i think we really did everything that we could've possibly done during the Run BTS era..idk if there's anything left to take on...

MINBRO enters offscreen
For Baby ARMY, "Min Bro" or MinSeong Kim is BigHit's Music Performance Director, you've definitely seen him dancing with most of the members one time or another whether it was formally on stage in an official performance or during one of their behind the scenes practice clips, he's this guy👇 (on the very right, wearing yellow?khaki jacket)