So first, congrats on your guys's new album, "Love Yourself: Tear", yeah
BTS : Yeah, thank you!
What do you guys most looking forward to about the release?
J-Hope: First,
Billboard Music Awards comeback show
This is a world premiere. It says it all.
And then so tell me about the inspiration behind your guys's new album and the songs that are on it
Where do you get your inspirations?
Inspiration ? Yep.
Han River.
I get inspired by the lyrics RM writes.
He told me the lyrics I wrote
He gets inspiration from the lyrics I wrote man
Thanks, bro. That says so much to me. So, yeah
We get inspirations from you know...
Everything, like every artist too, like on the bus, when we walk, in the bath like when we watch movies, books. Some things like that.
Nice.
And then what message do you hope that people and your fans take away from the lyrics
Love is a complex. So we sometimes just turn away
We don't want to see the dark, sad sides of the love and life has so this time,
we want to focus on the sides that we want to turn away like the dark
the sad side so
We're telling them if you're not true to yourself the love won't last forever
The love could be between people and people but it could be between me and myself
That's it
And then your last album was more happy I guess and captured the kind of like thrill of love, right
And then so why did you decide to like switch gears and talk about sadness?
Like I just said, um, I
Okay, like I just said yeah, it's a it's a part of love and there's love
Must have like you know, it's supposed to have the sides, the dark sides. So
We just feel like we have to talk about this side, too
And then speaking of love. What do you guys love most about yourselves?
I love
my mind
Yeah, my name is my mind. RM: "Which mind?" What... which mind?
Hope-Hope mind
Hopeful mind
Cutie guy ! My name is my life. Yeah, J-Hope
And you ? I like my
handsome face, yeah, you know?
Wow, okay, I like my voice
I like my music
I love my everything.
There's a Narcisse, okay
I like my
voice
Okay, V?
I like my smile.
I like your smile.
Yeah, and then do you guys have a dream collaboration or who would it be ?
Charlie Puth, Troye Sivan, Drake, Shawn Mendes
Yeah
Khaled ; DJ Khaled
Khalid - there's a Khalid. Have you guys ever talked to any of them about maybe doing something together?
Not yet, not yet. I think we've talked with Troye Sivan
And maybe Shawn Mendes too - but
We'll see what happens. And you'll see them all this weekend too I'm sure
Yes. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yo Shawn Mendes ! How've you been ? Hi
How you doin' ?
And do you guys remember the first time you were recognized on the streets in the USA?
You remember oh
Four years ago
Four years ago, there was actually one fan
Outdoors for our performance,
One fan recognized us and I think it was the first time
In American Hustle Life
Yeah, that was a long time ago, we were not famous at that time
So, yeah
We're grateful to that fan who noticed us, yeah.
Then tell me about your guys's ideal day off
Just sleep - just sleep and just game. Game ? Yeah, you know League of Legends ?
Okay so others ? Drink beer, drink beer - beer is good, beer is always good. Video edit
Video edit. Oh, he shoots videos and he edits the videos himself
Sleep and sleep and sleep
Everyone loves sleeping. Yeah
We just sleep forever
Um and then tell me about, what's-what's one of the biggest challenges you guys have had to overcome in your career so far ?
So, I think it was always the time, cause
And the sleep like, you know, like we just we just told you like everyone says the ideal day off is sleep
We're not just joking because that was you know, not such enough time for us
I think when we were practicing something, yeah.
And then you guys last year made your American TV debut
So and you guys are performing this year, so what has this experience been like for you guys
These award shows ?
It made us feel like we should keep growing you should keep ourselves better, so that's what I thought
I'm so honoured to perform.
I know it might sound like a cliché, but it still
Feels like- everything's like a dream. Yeah
And and then you guys are nominated again for social artist of the year
and so how will you guys celebrate if you win I
I think maybe
*celebratory impression* Social Award, wow !
After the awards, we gather together in some kind of like suite-room in the hotel and we pop champagne and drink beer
So you brought so korean food just in case
And then going back to your guys's album love yourself how do you encourage fans to love themselves?
Um, actually, um, it's it's really hard for us to love ourselves because
Personally, my final dream is to love myself for real like before I die. So um you know, it's really hard for
Especially this time cause we always see some, you know, like other people in social media like Instagram and Twitter
So like we always compare ourselves to others. So,
I think this album and this all performance is where we're telling them
Let's find the way to love ourselves together. So we want to find a way like together with our fans
Yeah, that's it. Totally
And then what do you guys love about each other ?
I love your dance. Oh, thank you. Yeah, I love your smile. Finish ?
Wow, I love your
Everything, everything. I love your face when you dance. Oh finish?
Let's finish this relationship
I love your leadership.
Oh, thanks bro. Anything else ?
Yeah - I love you.
This is strange
And then, I know your fans love when you guys kind of rap and sing on camera
So can you like rap about your time in America or sing your favorite song?
Rap, rap ? This is America.
We were just...
And then last question,
Who are you most excited to see?
This weekend. Oh this weekend, Wow for me. Um,
Ed Sheeran, Janet Jackson, Charlie Puth, Ariana
Charlie Puth, I don't know he's, if he's coming or not. Shawn Mendes
Dua Lipa, ARMY
ARMY - our fans.
Great, thank you guys. So nice to meet you.