RM Live - 9/12

RM is back to yap w/ his besties for his birthday! WARNING: he is extra cute today.

RM Live - 9/12
RM Live, 9/12 https://weverse.io/bts/live/4-209309759

감사함니다 꾸벅 - Gamsahamnida Ggoobuk - Thank You So Much ::bows::

My commentary in green. If it seems like he's saying a lot of saying things twice. It's because he said some version of the same thing in Korean and English but it's faster for me to transcribe as he's speaking because he weaves in and out of both languages so often and unpredictably~ But that's why some of these lines may sound a bit repetitive.

ALREADY I CANNOT. He is vibing to the music and in such a sillypants mood and it is adorable. I cry.

Why do I wanna be sillyyy
Ah.. I like.. really wanna be silly todayyy
It's a beautiful night.... and a beautiful dayyy

HelloooOO

🎶Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
::singing along::

I got the lyrics wrong heh

(he is in unstoppable bobblehead mode..and keeps getting the words wrong but he is entirely unfazed in his pursuit of the vibes)

Hi Everyone
When I first started out...
What is it..
I turned the subtitles to English..
I mean Korean.. I set it to Korean so I have to speak in Korean
I mean.. I'm Korean so it is what it is

Hi Everyoneee
haven't done a live in so long.. it's a little awk no?

I pierced my ear
I just pierced it not long ago so they told me not to change it to a ring
(as in, he has to keep the stud earring for a while)

Thank you for wishing me a happy birthday
I'm excited because it's my birthday
It's my birthday
(he is hyper af and i'm here for it hahaha cuuuute)

I don't have a stand so I have to hold it
(he is holding the phone in one hand)
So I'm just going to do the rest of the live like this (holding the phone)

Yea.. so I dyed my hair
Surprisingly enough - this is what it looks like dyed

Alright guys.. just to say hi and um yea just to say and um

Yes this is my work studio

Yea I worked out earlier
It rained in Korea so I worked out and didn't have any plans in particular today so I had with lunch with my parents and did some of this and that and now I'm here

Yes helloO
I don't have a stand so it's a little awk to hold it like this but is this better?
No matter how I hold it it feels awkward af

The lighting here is a bit yellowish so I can't avoid the yellowish tint

Jin hyung gave me this [ring] and the reason why I'm wearing it on my ring finger is because it only fits on my ring finger
So Jin hyung kepttt asking me if it fits on any other finger but it doesn't fit anywhere else... lemme show you

::fumbles camera to show us::

friends. it's time i come clean. i cannot be expected to keep sane when we're talking about RM's hands. they are masterpieces that know no bounds when it comes to creating worlds with a pen... and yet they know ...well nothing at all when it comes to the kitchen.... i am destroyed, saved, entertained, amused, and utterly hypnotized by RM's hands. okay back to whatever i was doing..

Jin hyung was hoping I'd wear it on my middle finger but this is what happened so..
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yea... it doesn't fit

(i'm not okay)

and if i put it here ::puts it on his pointer finger::
once it goes on - i'll never be able to take it officially
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(am ded)
it gets stuck on my knuckle...
oh look at that my finger is weird.. anywayy
so i had no choice but to wear it on my ring finger

thank you for wishing me a happy birthday
today a lot of my friends reached out so I really had a happy dayyy
had lunch w/ my parents and.. tbh didn't do much else

but greeting you all is the most important - so i turned on the live to say hi

yea - i just wanted to say hi
um how you guys doin? it's been a long time right?

i think i turned on the live once when i was in the states like 2 months ago?
and now i'm like yea it's been almost like 2 months

birthday cake? um
i don't know i didn't buy a birthday cake for myself so

oh my hair color?
Martin ... our CORTIS friends debuted in the recent past and earlier they came to wish me a happy birthday
And yea when I saw them in person.. our hair style is pretty similar
[Martin's] so cool and tall too

They reached out to say happy birthday and TXT's Taehyun also reached out to say happy birthday
I really love that we have more family now
because whenever we go to year-end award shows or music shows
it's always just us [[from the same company]] so it'd get a little lonely sometimes
But now that our family has grown - it's nice to be able to stay in touch with each other
Our ILLIT friends also gave me their signed CDs
I really love that our family has grown
Maybe this is why people get married and start families..cuz we need family

Again - I am 99.999% my readers/followers/mooties are not the problem. But for anyone that might see this - BTS is a group that encourages other groups and wants to see them grow and thrive. All the hardships, loneliness, alienation, cruelty, neglect they experienced as budding artists that they've overcome, they use all their hard-won wisdom and experience to lift up the next generation. So if YOU pit them against each other in the name of supporting BTS - that's a you problem. BTS would never.

In fact, when some folks that claim to be ARMY go so far as to defame, spread gossip, or hate toward other groups in the name of ARMY - I'm sure this is the biggest insult to the unblemished integrity of BTS. If you're a fan, be awesome. We don't want reckless turds in the fandom./span>

So theres..
OH.. yea i'm straight up on a diet
I eat one meal a day and I used to lose weight so quickly but now..
I lost about 30kg, I'm about ~72kg now.. I was 76kg and lost about 4kg
But as I get older, it's harder to lose weight
I work out every day, I worked out earlier too

I run almost every day or I do the stair master for 20 minutes like NO MATTER WHAT
I do that every day but it's still hard to lose weight so it's a little stressful

My chin is like on the short side so sometimes ...I look young which is good
but.. how should I say this
like looking young is good but it's hard to..
when I lose weight it doesn't show as prominently as I'd like

Don't I look skinny? But i think it's not enough .. I have to get rid of these...
::is pinching his neck::
::screeching atp::
LEAVEEEE LEAVEE MY BODYYYYYY
(...is apparently exorcising himself of his neck flub. and tbh i get it. i get it 100% loll so relatable here lmao)

Sorry.

Yea I mean thank you for congratulating guys it's been quite long
i hate to say like "please wait for a bit" - even just one more time - because I've been saying this a million times. i really hate to say "stay tuned" wait not stay tuned.. "wait for our next step" but I feel quite heavy..
you guys feel me

it's been like years that we haven't released any albums
seriously officially our comeback
oh! what's up V!
::goes back to pinching his neck and screeching, but now to V::
GET OUTTTT!! (Taehyungah, you get me right?) GET OUT OF MY BODYYYYYY

I was gonna go running w/ Taehyungssi but it was raining so much today
Taehyungssi, so like.. let's try for it again later
Maybe after the live...
I didn't do cardio yet today

not sure exactly when but some time around here V sends these messages on Weverse

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Taehyungssi, where did you work out today?
V, did you work out today?
I had dinner w/ V last night in Seoul
Visited Mosu and we was able to say hi to Chef Anh Sung-jae*

Chef Anh Sung-Jae's Mosu is a restaurant in Seoul with 3 Michelin stars. He was also one of two judges for the 2024 season of the Netflix Show, Culinary Class Wars. The other judge was Paik/Baek Jong-won (you've seen this man on a handful of episodes of Run BTS and projects with Jin)

I drank a few glasses of whiskey w/ Jimin and um...
Jin hyung - I just met him at the gym and he just gave me this ring and I'm not gonna marry him

CHEST?? ::replying to V::
aghh our workout routines are so off.. I did shoulders today
You doing 2 mins? 3 mins?

If you did chest.. if we go running later your chest might hurt from all the bouncing

(am ded again. wot. chest bouncing images were put in my head by sir kim namjoon. help)

if you tackle chest and then running on the same day. lemme tell you - your chest hurts SO bad..cuz you keep bouncing..

Chest day
Chest is good

Taehyungssi - after i do this
After the live is over I'll call you
You bored huh loll you seem bored

Anyway thank you for telling me happy birthday
Yes I've lost a lot of weight even though I have more to go

V is saying he's gonna be like a bodybuilder
Taehyungie do everything you want to do. Do what you wanna do V - go get it!

yea.. ARMY...
when I work out with him... he looks like.. I mean he literally works out like a bodybuilder
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(no cuz the chaos is too strong loll please go watch this moment for yourself lmao)
::grunting noises::

No joke. It's scary.
Okay Taehyungah~ byee

I'm sure they'll set up a system for us to do a joint live later

I'll be in touch later to do cardio - let's CRUSH our cardio goals together
LET'S GOOOOOO
I'm sorry. I'm very excited today.
I haven't seen you guys in a while so I wanted to show you a brighter side of me

And I mentioned before that I have insomnia after being discharged from the military
but it's gotten a lot better now
It doesn't take forever... and I mean it's still not completely better but the insomnia has gotten a lot better

At this point, idk what the new album will be like but we are preparing for it
Every day I get to work and ..we're like working on the lyrics and stuff for the second half of the work we started in LA에서

FRIENDS. It's SUCH a huge burden

I MEAN YOU CONSIDER THIS.
YOU ARE BANGTAN SONYEONDAN.
YOU ARE BTS.
ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED NOW...
IT TOOK 3 YEARS... 3 YEARS BUT NOW YOU'RE ALL BACK.

AND THEN THEY'RE BACK AND YOU THINK WE'LL JUST BOOM.BAM. PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER JUST LIKE THAT -RIGHT?
NO CUZ.. NO CUZ WE, TOO, I HAVE.. IT'S SUCH A HUGEEE UNDERTAKING

And but after spending two years.. not two years what am I saying.. two months w/ the kids in LA
WE HAVEN'T CHANGED AT ALLL.
THE GOOD. THE BAD. THE NEUTRAL. ALL OF IT.
WE HAVEN'T CHANGED AT ALLLLLLL.

So like now that we're trying to step up and make something new...
it's really difficult
we're still recording...
we're still recording stuff and I'm just arranging the lyrics
we set a whole new process for the new album
so we're having our own challenge for a new concept
this is sorta when the reverse translation works to their disadvantage. this sentence as he spoke it, word-for-word, in Korean makes sense but sounds a little wonky in English. Basically, he's saying we're (the team) is taking on the new challenge of coming up with a whole new concept.

This is the new BTS after all the military service. In 2026 yea lots of burdens - heavy is the crown...
Do you wanna be the king?
Imagine if you're the members of BTS ...I love it I love to be able to blessed and lucky and be in this great team
But getting ready for a comeback and we haven't released albums for years.. and it's heavy.. real talk. big time.

Anyway~ yea...
That's how it is..

It's not a spoiler

Oh yes.. after I got surgery for my deviated septum the swelling went down and this part got all bumpy and lumpy

Yea.. I mean makeup doesn't even over it well so I just live with it
But like whatevs.. I can breathe well and live well so...

Yea... I think I lost 3 or 4kg.. I lost like 4kg

Yesterday I saw Taehyungssi doing like a BTS song world cup
How did he do that? like how did he set up the tournament for it?
Did he use instagram?

Yea I'm in my studio
No I haven't gotten my driver's license still... not yet

Yea I had a good time with V

Why don't I do lives often?
Why can't I do lives more often?
Partly because I was dieting and kinda wanted to return after I'd worked on myself a bit

I also knew I'd have to one for my birthday so ...
I mean everything.. like even writing.. everything is a little bit tricker than it used to be back in the day

I mean I also would like to just throw on the live and be like 'hey everyone' but
That kinda feels like.. maybe it'd come off a bit cheesy or something..

I don't have anything special prepared for my birthday
Next plans..? I don't know.. I'm gonna meet V and take the stepmill (stairmaster) or treadmill or something
It's raining outside so

rrRRrrrrap Monster
It's been a while since I saw that

How do I feel?
I mean ...my heart is all over the place these days
These days I live very much like a regular office worker
I wake up every morning
I go see exhibits..
Then what do I do..
I go see exhibits and hten..
Then I go to work
I go to work at lunch time and work out
I work and .. the lyrics we have so far...
the Korean.. the English.. sort that out.. .
I write my lines

And then..
I mean cuz I go home at night - I hardly have/make any other plans
cuz like.. to go out.. cuz like my friends..
cuz in Korea.. like there are so many friends I haven't seen in a while that I'd like to meet up with..
but if I do we always tend to go out to eat.. "like you wanna get samgyupsal?"
so then it makes it impossible to lose weight
and i still hae a little ways to go...
like I have to shed this weight and i can't.. so
so I tend not to make a lot of plans

so like yesterday, I knew I'd be grabbing dinner w/ Taehyung so I skipped lunch
yea so that's how I've been spending my days...
like a regular office worker

of course office workers go to work a LOT earlier than I do and work overtime and stuff
but I'd say.. like I'm living a very routined~ life for like basically the first time...
waking up at like a reasonable hour and...

yea because before they were enlisted ..since their teens - they've been running nonstop with a brief pause brought about by a global pandemic (rather than a scheduled/planned break) so they've been CHURNING for so long. it's truly the first time he's been able to pursue some version of the -set-daily-office-life.</span

I'm sure you've seen clips where he/they've said things like 'normal/ordinary' things that may be mundane for others are 'precious/rare' for us... while the big glitzy things of their lives likely seem 'precious/rare' for others.

oh it's cuz i'm holding this up with my hand and my hand hurts..
Anyway ~ this is how i've been
Just working out...
Working... seeing exhibits.. there are a lot of exhibits these days *cuz of Frieze

*if you saw my earlier translation, I'd mentioned the difference between 덕분에 and 때문에.

*덕분에 is 'thanks to' or 'because of' in only positive contexts expressing appreciation or gratitude and 때문에 is 'because of' used in neutral or negative contexts. In this case, RM uses "때문에" neutrally to say 'because of Frieze' (the art fair happening in Seoul right now) there are lots of exhibits - just straight facts (neutral).

So yea.. that's how I've been
Not much right?
How you guys doin?

Cuz.. it's been a long time since I've seen you guys up close or in concert...
Even during SUGA hyung's concert I was TREMBLING I was so nervous...
This time around I don't know how nervous I'll be...

That said, I still want to get back to it asap
But from this point, there's still so much to prepare and we want to do it right..
so please hang tight a bit longer...

Sing? Take me to the river. Drop me on the water.
I've been super into Talking Heads these days

Cake.. I blew out the candles on lots of birthday cakes earlier so unfortunately I don't have one for now...
I don't think I can show you guys the whole 'me blowing out candles' moment today..
Sorry about that.

(tbh -like if THEY want to do it, awesome. but they're older now~ let's not ask them to blow out cake...)

ah.. no i'm not tryna *flash you.. this is just like this because I got comfortable ::adjusts his shirt::

*so I actually had to look this up because even among my Korean-American/Korean friends/family in America, we don't employ the word that was used here, kinda like an exhibitionist (someone who gets off on flashing people) but it is part of regular Korean slang used to troll someone wearing something uncharacteristically revealing (per their usual style) - depending on context and tone it can be doled out in good spirits or used as an insult

My personality is kinda lax... so I like to be comfortable and wear comfy things
Why do I look like I have such a giant head*?

대두 (daedoo) = big head, used mainly as an insult and something many selfie experts will strategize against

I keep coming out like a "big head"
Every angle makes me look awk.. so ...atp idk what to do

::holding up his phone::
I like this angle but holding it up with my arm hurtsss UGHH

Spoiler? No it's not a spoiler.
No spoiler .. seriously no

Martin is a lot taller than me
Martin is 190cm so he's a lot taller than me - he's like a hyung - I have to look up when I see him

A solo concert? I did put out a lot of albums
From closely watching Hobi, Jin hyung, and Yoongi hyung work
I got a lot of ideas and they set so many great examples so..
Things like solo tours or concerts though.. they'll have to be pursued later

But if anything, I'd want to be very well-prepared before taking on something like that
I'm considering how I should prepare for the things ahead..
But for now, the team's comeback is much more important than any solo activities
I'm mainly focused on the team's activities

Dance? ::exasperated loll:: Dance? You think I could dance by myself?? I don't know if I have the guts to do that...

Hey - do you all like my hair?
I think I kinda like It
I'm really tryna do the perm.. I wanted to do a baby perm like '*꼬불꼬불한' stuff but sorry I couldn't stand it

*꼬불꼬불한 (ggobulggobulhan) = tightly curled [hair]
loved that he busted into konglish just then loll.. friends this is how i speak to my family loll

Yea, I'm resting well so don't worry about me - take care of yourself and health and everything

I think I look okay right? it's a rare moment but ..
Yea guys.. take care of yourself too I'm taking mine

I think it suits me [his hair]
::reading comment:: 'forgot to dye your roots' concept?
umm... i don't know how to translate "뿌염" (root dye)

Guys are you really ready for the new BTS album?
I think I'm not ready...
I'm still trippin

Korea time it's 7pm
But forreal... I wanna know how Taehyungie did that world cup thing..
I want to try that too - the BTS song tournament world cup .. that thing.. I wanna try turning it on and do it later

It keeps changing for me every day
In the military, a lot of the juniors grew up listening to our songs
They'd be like... "DNA, BST... grew up dancing to those songs"

Give you guys a hug? Come on ::hugs? the camera??::
You can do it! You can do it! oh shit I was choking... timestamp

👀...idk what just happened.
I think this hair is okay
And when I put in like wax and products.. it can be various (he likely means versatile or that there's a lot you can do w/ the hair at this length - like a lot of options/variety for styles/looks) in terms of the textures and all those things, it could be really different and kinda many

gift i want? i want seriously nothing
i want your guys' health - and hope this world could be more peaceful and less hating each other
i know it's hard but

cake? i've eaten some cake w/ my family and friends [already] so there's no cake

his voice is so low and i am ded thrice in one translation. someone come resurrect me. let it be RM. no ..not him.. then i'll just x_X again

seeing you guys commenting random stuff ..it's a bit amusing now... since it's been a while
it's been a while so it's really fun to see all your words and ...hahah

I mean.. ah.. i turned this on just to say hi
I was at the office earlier and then I had something on my schedule so I had to leave for that and then came back
I came back to the office to turn on the live

Perm? I'm sorry - I'll definitely try it later

What else should I talk about now? hmm
Anyway .. yea it just is what it is..
We're ready
Everybody's still getting ready for the new BTS
It's gonna be ..it's gonna be like a whole new chapter for us - I can't wait

Oh I hate math I'm sorry

Make a wish? Alright I'm making a wish - praying?
I mean next year's gonna be really big... you know... in terms of many things
I hope you guys can just stay healthy until then.. until we um ..we kinda visit your areas and countries and

it's been 6 years since we've been on tour .. it's crazy
and lots of things happened between those six years
lots of teams and great artists that came out
yo I feel jetlagged

we call it chapter 2.. we're kinda like calling it BTS 2.0

Yes everyone - stay happy and healthy (in Korean)
Yes wherever you are, stay healthy/take care of yourselves (in Japanese)

The thing that never gets any less awkward is the Weverse Live
Cuz back when we were on the V app, we were more brazen/bold/clueless
Since changing to Weverse .. and we've gotten older. it feels a bit more awkward/a little embarassing

Like even just before turning on thing live...
I was so nervous and my heart was pounding (like 도키도키*) so much

*도키도키 (dokidoki) = the sound of a pounding heart, used to express nervousness or excitement... an onomotopoeia ...in Japanese... that is also sometimes used now by Koreans... so .. this is fun for me. lmao throw in more languages why don't you sir.

Like it got to me.. turning on the live
Cuz these videos persist forever [on the internet] right? so ..it's nerve-wracking and actually quite scary.. and stressful

We will do a concert
We're already holding meetings for the concerts - cuz for us.. next year's project is EVERYTHING to us...
If we don't start preparing now, we won't be able to do it... so we're having meetings and preparing the album
We're having meetings about everything - styling, music, everything
We also have a lot of new staff members that have joined the company
So we're talking to and consulting with the new members

In LA, we had a lot of chances to talk among ourselves as members
So we talked a LOTTTT

I mean even if you tell me not to worry
It's true.. I'm a *sunfish so I'll always worry

*sunfish = 개복치 (gaebokchi) = sunfish, a type of fish known for being like frail af - apparently it can die from stress, slightly bumping into things, etc. it has taken on the meaning in Korean slang to refer to someone who is easily overwhelmed

here, RM uses it in a playful, self-deprecating way to say that he will always be on high alert/high stress. OBVIOUSLY, history has demonstrated that he's stronger than he credits himself and he has not only endured himself, but guided his team through really tough trials without losing his sense of humility and honesty

But if that worry/stress might be channeled into something productive for better content or something.. that'd be worth the trouble

Baby or daddy? That's a funny question. I'll take both. ::indiscernible dinosaur noise:: hehehe
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I'm feeling great I'm feeling great

Guys, I'm literally switching back and forth from Korean to English so please I'm trying ..I'm trying to communicate with as many as possible so

(my guess is that another idiot demanded he speak english again... when i tell you i can't stand this nonsense.)

And um I watched all those kinds of videos and the lives we had throughout the years ..like 12[years]
...and I still believe in this belief that there's really something different from others that you know..
we only.. like we ..the team called BTS only has still.. it's been twelve years
I believe the specialty (uniqueness) and the original[ity] of our team
i can't explain what it is but like
if you guys have that experience and you saw us during the *stage (performances), we're not the best best, we're not technically the best (we may not have the best technique), but there's something - some type of energy these kinds of feelings that you can't see but all you can do is feel it

*무대 (mudae) = in Korean, the word for 'stage' can also be used to mean 'performance' - but you might have noticed that BTS (and other kpop groups) use "stage" in weird contexts but when they say it, they mean "performance" when they're not literally refering to the platform on which they'll perform because those words mean both things in Korean

so um the one thing that still didn't change is that BTS has something that is different - I can't say it's better but there's something different when it comes to the team known as BTS and that's what made us us and what's what made ARMYs ARMYs at the same time

I told, in an interview like a decade ago, in 2015? I think it was like BBC Hong Kong or something, I was like "kpop and this BTS thing is always about charging each other's batteries - that word- I won't take it back. That still works... and that has never changed and I still believe...

...last night I was drinking w/ Jimin at Jimin's house and we were talking about where are we moving on and what do we have to do after all of these

(the way he speaks this, if translated directly back into Korean it would make sense - but in English it sounds a little wonky - smoothed out just a bit, he likely meant to say "...we were talking about where we're headed and what we have left to do..")

and these days I"m working on lyrics ...so just for one syllable - I just can't fucking sleep
Not just because of my *problems - and I don't take **pills anymore but just that one syllable.. is always like it annoys me forever

He has mentioned in the past, maybe his discharge live? that he had severe *insomnia and had been **prescribed medication. These are the pills he's referencing just so no one gets worried.

Is it "you?" No no no.. "we..?" or it could be "is" no maybe like "-'s" ...no maybe there's no "S"
Stuff like that. It's always about the details and the texture that just hits your ears on your first listen
and we're just players and artists like.. we have to be in charge of those things

i can't guarantee..
i don't wanna bluff like "oh the new BTS album.. will be like daymnn the greatest album of us" but we're trying to move on (forward) in a good way and to extend its life ..to to to keep our job and to like it and to love it and to really live it..
so.. hope you guys can believe it

Anyway.. I said a lot just now... but during this time of prep/creating is ...we're the happiest.. it's sorta the most peaceful.. but busy.. like LOTS of thoughts but..it's simple stuff.. yea that's what it's like right now

This time of preparation is hard in its own way...
But as much as we prepare is (proportionately) how much we grow in excitement and anticipation and joy for what's to come...

And when the content comes out and we go on tour, what I still vividly remember is that
that season ALSO comes with its own sense of dread and anxiety ..and it just keeps going like that~
It's just a cycle of content coming out.. and preparing [for new content..] and the cycle repeats

but we've gotten a bit older
there's not a lot like..

like coming together wanting to create something again
after coming back from the military, we still want to do something together, with one vision/heart..
the fact that we have something precious that we each work to guard and keep up...
because we really regard that we can work [together] as something really rare and precious

everyone is steeped in that sentiment right now and as such -everyone is working really hard in their respective roles

There's so much that we felt while we were together in America
I mean granted we don't know what'll come of this..
We realize that obviously like.. person by person - you might dislike it or like it.. [the new album]
I mean.. idk.. I can't control that part BUT
We continue to believe there's something only we can do and we will push forward faithfully knowing/trusting that
...hopefully in a direction where we do our utmost to disappoint as few people as possible
But this time around - beyond just taking into consideration the audience and listeners
We'll really focus on what we want to do, what we feel we have to vs. want to express
So now focusing on our inner... inner voice
We want to demonstrate how we've grown as artists

We're preparing a lot... so ..I mean there's nothing I can say but just to ask you to please wait a bit longer

Anyways, from all over the world, ARMY thank you seriously for congratulating my birthday
Making all the cafes and advertisements and slogans and things. Like everything - I'll take .. I'm seriously taking it to heart. I would never take it for granted seriously so I hope you guys know. Some things have changed but some things never change.

We're still here and um we're going to show you something new.
That's all I can say. Thank you for um sending me all the love and your truth and your hearts.

That's just so precious and beautiful. That's the most.. that's one of the things.. ::gets frustrated with himself for getting tongue tied:: that's one of the most precious and beautiful and marvelous things I've ever witnessed in my whole life seriously

Thank you. Thank you (in Korean)

Anyways, it keeps getting harder
The further we go.. I mean I've said this before but..
Even if the weight/burden gets heavier, we won't be crushed by it
We will keep doing what we do best
And we'll show you our best selves, as we unpack how best to navigate our 30s with all its challenges ..through our album - we will show you

It's my birthday and I've just been talking about the album but it's cuz these days all I think about is the album
Like I really only have the album on my mind

And yea so I did my hair.. it looks busy I know loll
Thank you so much for wishing me a happy birthday
I'm so sorry I can't tend to all your birthdays

Thank you for always sending me words of kindness/encouragement...
In a time overflowing with hate and cruelty, I still believe there are beautiful hearts and beautiful people in this world - [I'm] trying to keep focused on that side of things

I really would like you all to know that
you're the ones that enable me to feel and believe that to be true
you're the ones that remind me of what I want to live for

Yea so .. when we come back next year,
Next year we're gonna visit a lot of countries forreal
I hope I can see you guys there face to face
and um yea ..oh shit my battery is low and I think I gotta go

Stay healthy until next year and I hope you guys can accomplish everything you want and let's believe in love and hope and the positive side of the world

You guys are great people
You guys are beautiful

Thank you for sending me happy birthday
I'm gonna go
Bye guys
I love You
Good night good morning good evening
I love you
how do you turn this off .... hehehe
BYE GUYS