OT7 Live - 8/16

Short OT7 live at the beach ft. bad connection, Jin being used as a human towel, BTS wants to give us spoilers so badly but can't.. and more!

OT7 Live - 8/16

My commentary in green as usual. This live is even more chaotic than usual given they had very bad connection. They also didn't really speak in coherent whole thoughts - lots of shouting over each other but ...it is what it is... also Jin yelling "hello" a ton. Here we go!
Jin: HELLOOOO
RM: What's upppp?
SUGA: is this working?
JK: Not yet.. it didn't come up yet.
V: It didn't come up yet?
Jin: No.. 2 seconds have passed..
Jin (to V:) please don't wipe that on my clothes....

V - continues to more aggressively dry himself off using Jin*
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Jin: AGHHH SERIOUSLY???SJKLFGKDFJG
Jimin: Jungkook, can you turn it a bit more this way? The sun is more in this direction

I can't.. 🐥 wants to get the sun in the shot for us T__T so cute jadl;fgjl;adkfjg

JK: like this? turns camera
SUGA: is it actually working?
Jin: HELLOOOOO waves in bb hamster

where did this Jin go?
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no one knows. only bb hamster can be seen in this live

Jimin: Looks like the seconds aren't advancing (aka the timer isn't working aka it may not be recording)
JK: no, the timer is working
j-hope: hyung.. (i can't hear...)
...HELLOOOOO
Jin: HELLOOOOO

V: briefly stops harassing Jin .. why aren't the comments popping up?

JK: but ..I think the LTE isn't good
Jin: oOh the comments are up the comments are coming up!
JK: ahahha 1 [comment] popped up
RM: ya.. people are just gonna watch the replay - so let's just head out
Jin: HELLOOOO

Jimin: aw but .. I wanted to show them this viewww on live

RM: lots of people are watching now

JK: anyonghasaeyo

Jin (to V): STOPPP WIPING YOURSELF ON ME
V stuck to Jin wiping himself on Jin 🥰🤭🧸🐹💜
Jin: STOP WIPING YOURSELF ON ME AHHHH YOU'RE SO ANNOYING

what Jin says (아 나 진짜 미치겠다 진짜), literally, is "it really makes me crazy/you're really making me crazy" and lots of translation engines translate this as "you're driving me crazy" or something like "you're making me nuts" but that has a very different vibe than the intended tone here - what Jin is conveying is [lovingly] "you're SO ANNOYING." This is a way Koreans express that sentiment when expressed in this way. It can also literally be used to say "you are driving me crazy" too but that's not how Jin is using it here.

also - the other 5 are entirely unbothered by V harassing Jin and this is why we love them. chaos is their oxygen.

RM: We're doing well~
Jin: HELLOOOO

Jin (to V):STOP WIPING YOURSELF ON ME

RM: we did not turn on the live just to say this..
SUGA (to RM): we're working diligently on our new album right?
JK (answering SUGA): yea we are working diligently on our new album
RM: we are cooking ...and over here (looking at V hugsmushingJin) they are diligently..
Jin: STOP WIPING YOURSELF ON ME

JK: I'll film you guys like this..

V (holding Jin hostage atp): hyung, hurry up and say hi - say 'anyonghasaeyo' quicklyy
Jin: HELLOOOOO

RM: how do I flip the camera?
JK: it's flipped already... want me to flip it back?

Jin: oh shoot it's cold.. it was warmer with you stuck to me

JK (to RM): you wanna record us??
Jin: HELLOOOOO
JK (to RM): filming is my job
V (to Jin): hyung, how many times are you going to say 'HELLO'?
RM (to JK): this is fine - I'll take it for a lil bit so keep going and we can keep switching as we go

Jimin: the way I see it... we've never done a live outside so everyone seems awkward..
RM: k.. hey is everyone doing well?
I'll do like an interview for you all - is everyone doing well?

V: ...I do a great job as a cameraman so..
RM: no.. aishhh
JK (to V): no I do the best job... get out
V: ai ai nooo
JK: it's my phone!!

SUGA: ...so everyone is vying to be the cameraman huh...

Jin: ya ..a bomb is exploding atp who knows what he's talking about...

JK: okay!
Jin: Hi! I'm Jin of..
JK: RUN!
Jin: SEOKJIN!
Jimin: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

Jin: I've arrived safely in America...and have been reunited safely w/ the kids [his members]
Jin (to RM): Namjoonshi - how have you been?
RM: we've been working ...and yea
SUGA: today is rest day
RM: yea we're starting back up again tomorrow
RM (to everyone): are you ready?? (in Korean then in English)
SUGA: gotta get to the studio~
Jin: of course - leggoooo

JK: wait lemme just.. adjusts camera and flips it back
j-hope: we are always ready

RM(to camera): are you ready?

JK: not gonna lie... it is a lil tedious rn laughs

::everyone laughs::
everyone: this is true this is true this is true

Jimin: going hard everyday with only one day of rest each week is roughhh
RM: but we have tomorrow

JK: wait.. the signal is
Jin: no no it's fine - I see the comments continuously coming up we're good
JK: okay okay

Jin: sheesh it's cold

JK: right now..

RM: anyway~ we're working really diligently...
Jin: we're working really diligently bro

V: ...i'm sure the connection still works
JK: if it doesn't... but ..the comments are still coming up

RM (to JK): what do the comments say? Read the comments for us..

JK: says.. 'Miss you, ...miss you, my husband'
RM: 'Miss you, my husband'
Jin:'Miss you, my husband'
Jimin:'Miss you, my husband'
RM:'Miss you, wife'
Jimin:'Oh, God'
RM:'Oh, God'
Jin:'Oh, God'
Jimin:'Oh, God, dayum'
RM:'Oh, God, dayum'

JK: goodness my hair has grown a lot

SUGA: ...now it's cold in LA at night
JK: the difference [in temp] day/night is really crazy

Jimin: ...ok so there's saltwater in my frontal lobe rn..

V taps JK to slow him down: slow down..
JK: ok ok ok~ okay we'll walk slow
we're finally moving past the sand

Jin: ya.. but walking on the sand is hard
V: we're going to be in the sand again anyway

RM: ..ya.. you think this is going to be the first and last time we do a live at the beach.. lol
SUGA: these days... well.. like..
JK: who knows..
SUGA: who knows... filming outside..
RM: but the beach.. I think it'll [livestreaming] be challenging, right?

JK (to camera): can you see?
Jin: we can see we can see

Jimin: a bike is passing by - be careful be careful

JK: ...it's probably fine right? [re: the livestream connection]

the connection was not, in fact, fine

Jin: the ground is so nice. why is it so niceee
SUGA: let's go this wayyy
JK: yupyupyupyyup

RM: ...i am completely wiped out after playing soccer..
SUGA: I'm hungry..
진을 다 뺐어 (jineul da baetssuh)- i utterly depleted my spirit/energy aka "i'm completely wiped out/exhausted" but it is also a pun because 진 (jin) which in this context means spirit/energy is obviously also Jin's name... cue the following shenanigans...

JK (to RM): 진을 뺐다고요? triggering the dad joke here 'you depleted your Jin you say?'
Jin (faithfully responding to his baby bobaball as well as fulfilling his role as resident purveyor of dad jokes): oh.. you depleted your JIN? jumps out of frame
JK: babybunnygiggles

RM (re: Jin): ...still the same
Jin dying of laughter in the background
j-hope: .....would you believe he's 34?
RM: WOULD YOU BELIEVE THIS MAN IS 34 YEARS OLD?
Jin literally leaping for joy in the background

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V: isn't Jin hyung 35?
RM: you don't even know his age?

JK: okay... who wants to hold the phone now?
JK (to V:) do you wanna hold it? okay.. come to the center - ow my shoulder hurts

j-hope & some other members doing Korean age math in the background figuring that Jin and SUGA are the same age according to international age... SUGA(32, March 8, 1993) & Jin(32, December 4, 1992)

JK: let's go over there

j-hope: he [SUGA] is a friend..
Jin: HEY MY FRIEND
SUGA: 3 months... 3 months.. he's only hyung for 3 months..

RM: sing it once..
JK: IT'S NOT EVEN CONFIRMED YET WE CAN'T SING IT YET...

V: imma hold it like this (the camera) so let's walk looking forward

RM: we don't even know what is going to be in the album yet
j-hope: slow slow slow slow music 🎶slowlyyy

Jin: We came just to show our faces real quick
SUGA: studio studio ...studio

j-hope: i mean but truly.. we've only been working so...
RM: we are working really hard...
j-hope: like we've ONLY been working...

so the camera keeps cutting out so i'm not 100% sure who's speaking at times but I think I have it right...

SUGA: tbh it's our day off so we just came out to get some fresh air a bit...
JK: tbh.. coming here I thought we'd work a little bit differently..
RM: i mean we did work differently...

색다르게 (saekdareugeh) = in/of a different color, Koreans often use this metaphor to describe things in different styles/a new kind of experience like - in a different color~

JK: we did work differently... a bit... but as usual.. we are churning like a factory

Jin (to camera): know how I went on a tour by myself... so like I was really anticipating something new when I got here but forreall.. it's like we wake up in the morning, work out, eat, go to the studio, then come back, eat, then sleep... like honestly this is all we do

it's at this point that SUGA makes the supreme choice to get right in front of the camera and pose as a snowmanbbcat and delighted the nations.
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and then j-hope followed suit

Screenshot 2025-08-17 at 1.13.04 AM.pngJK: ...was that [the SUPER ZOOMED IN SELFIE MOMENTS] truly necessary?
j-hope: no..trust. this was the right move

yes. yes it was.

Jin: that shot was so pretty

JK: ...you see.. this is my phone.
(peering into the soul of the camera...frozen every other second): IT ISS WORKING THOUGH RIGHT??

Jin: no we must shut our mouths..
Jimin: oooh I wanna drop a spoiler thoughhhh makes mini seizurecombustionexplosion noises
JK: let's.. when things are confirmed.. let's drop a spoiler
V looks at JK like ...O_O
JK: like.. when things are for sure - let's drop a subtle spoiler
V: ...
JK: like a spoiler that no one will notice til after the fact

V (I think*): we have like 5 minutes til the sunsets now..
JK: but you get what I'm saying right? (re: spoiler)
V: ...
JK: DO YOU?
V: i do
Jin (to the bbs): don't fight don't fight don't fight
RM: DON'T FIGHT!
JK (to V, to placate his hyungs, feigning to play nice): you're so pretty
RM: NO WAR! PEACE!
JK to V to JK: you're so pretty you're so pretty
Jimin: MOLLA?

몰라 (molla) = "don't know" - said with certainty = i don't know; said with an upward inflection is "don't you know?" or "you don't know?" - this is the latter

this "you're so pretty/thank you/molla?!" thing seems to be an inside joke referencing some old meme/pop cultural ref. You can hear Jin explaining to one of the other members "it's from that old popular.." and then you can't hear anymore because the maknaes are shouting 'you're so pretty' over Jin loll i don't know the reference but if you know the reference - please feel free to share in comments!

V: thank you
JK: you're so pretty
V: oh thank you so much
Jimin: MOLLA??

JK: okay we've arrived now
V: let's end it here
Jin: hey guys - like.. aren't you so happy rn..?
RM: aren't you so happy rn?
Jimin: eh??

JK: so everyone
Jin: let's insah
j-hope: let's insah

인사 (insah) = greeting, in Korean culture (and many others I'm sure) - it's really important to greet each other appropriately~ you'll always see people greeting upon entering/leaving groups/places and when new people arrive/leave you

JK: til now, we've been BANGTANSONYEONDAN...or like ..wait how should we wrap this?
Jimin: let's just wrap and then go
JK: ok ok ok - we've been BANGTANSONYEONDAN. 2! 3!
Jin: thank you so much!
JK: byebyeee
RM: peace!