♪ Yeah, what's your fate, oh? Light your way, oh ♪
♪ We go, light up, show up, wager, we game ♪
♪ This moment… ♪
♪ A good running, I was away ♪
♪ Another door with me ♪
♪ Are you ready to go down with me? ♪
Jeez, this song doesn't suit my voice.
[clicks tongue] I'm working on the anthology album
that we're releasing next year.
In a way,
the concept of this album
is to organize our music, numerous narratives,
and many other parts of our story.
[in English] Best moment is yet to come.
[in Korean] The best moment?
My best moment?
My best moment is yet to come.
[♪ upbeat music playing, BTS "Yet To Come"]
♪ Yeah the past was honestly the best ♪
♪ But my best is what comes next ♪
♪ I'm not playin', nah for sure ♪
♪ Heading towards the day Till I get winded ♪
♪ You and I, best moment is yet to come ♪
[Jimin] The emotions I felt when I looked at my seniors
who were active for 10 years at the time
and the emotions I feel from being active for 10 years myself are very different.
My emotions and what I feel now aren't much different from back then.
So it's a bit awkward when people ask how the past 10 years have been.
It was pretty chaotic. [chuckles]
[RM] There are many times I look at old photos and think,
"I guess we did stuff like that."
They were obviously splendid moments for us.
[Jin] I wanted to live a spectacular life from when I was in my twenties.
I believe I achieved the life that I truly wanted.
I think the moments that pop up in my memories
will probably be from this time.
♪ (Do you have a dream?) ♪
♪ (What's at the end of that path?) ♪
♪ Moment is yet to come, yeah ♪
♪ (In the hush of night, we won't stop moving) ♪
♪ Yet to come ♪
♪ (We gonna touch the sky, ) ♪
♪ ('Fore the day we die) ♪
♪ Moment is yet to come, yeah ♪
♪ (This is only the beginning, ) ♪
♪ (The best yet to come) ♪
- [producer] Okay, that's enough. - It's good.
[laughter]
- What? - [V] It's good.
It's good, Jimin.
Oh, okay. Thank you.
- [V] What's wrong? - Well…
♪ If nothing much has changed, probably You'll say it's all a lie, yeah ♪
♪ There were a lot of changes but I'm still the same ♪
- [RM] How was it? - It's like seeing your past self.
- Yes, you're right. - [producer] Right?
It's like you're back
- to your high school years. - Yes, it seems like that.
[RM] I threw away a lot of things to survive,
but I also gained a lot of things.
I think I lived a life where I was gradually floating around
without knowing where I was going.
The vigor of youth.
Our time as young boys,
the time when we didn't receive any acknowledgment,
and the time we pressed on with that spite alone.
[V] I think that time was
the most passionate moment in my life.
[SUGA] It might have been because of our situation at the time,
or perhaps our dreams were too ambitious.
I don't think we were satisfied with achieving those dreams,
but we always looked forward to achieving the next ones.
I think that desire itself
was our strength and weakness.
Our weapon and the chink in our armor.
I often think about what kind of person I would be
had I not joined BTS.
[Jung Kook] I received a lot of positive influence from the people around me.
I think I'm extremely lucky to have met the other members.
I believe BTS and everything related to BTS
are what helped create the path
for me to mature as a singer and a person.
♪ You and I, best moment is yet to come ♪
Okay.
[Jung Kook] I'm done.
♪ Yeah! ♪
No, again.
♪ Die young! ♪
♪ Die young… ♪
Today is the last day of recording, so there are only high parts left.
♪ Run beautiful, run Yeah, you gotta run ♪
- Hold on. Let me go again. - [laughter]
- [producer] All right. - You're the ace today.
♪ Run beautiful, run Yeah, you gotta run ♪
- [producer] Wait. - ♪ Run beautiful, run ♪
♪ Yeah, you gotta run ♪
- [producer] Guys! - ♪ Run beautiful, run ♪
- Guys, it's off from the second part. - [j-hope] The second part?
- That's not good. - Yes.
Seven men are running over and over again.
[laughs]
- We are the guardians of Earth. - [laughter]
- The guardians of Earth! - Protect Earth!
Do it in the SBS Inkigayo style.
- SBS Inkigayo? - [laughter]
BTS!
Introducing BTS!
[SUGA] It's time to close this book
and open a new one.
I think we all believe that time has come.
[background chatter]
[Jung Kook] We've never had a concert
where the audience wasn't allowed to cheer.
So I'm worried.
I think it was about two weeks after the concert date was set.
Anyway, it was way before the actual concert date.
But I suddenly thought about how our closing speech would go
as I lay down to go to sleep.
I would simulate the situation
and laugh and talk a lot in my sleep.
[fan 1] To be honest, I'm so nervous.
My heart is beating so fast.
[fan 2] It still feels unreal to me. I'll have to go in to see how it goes.
[fan 3] I questioned if this was really happening
on my way here.
[fan 4] We were all unable to communicate well with each other due to COVID-19.
So I think this would be a nice opportunity for everyone
to enjoy this time freely as a whole group.
[Jimin humming]
[Jung Kook] ♪ Well, let me show ya ♪
[Jung Kook and Jimin] ♪ That we can keep the fire alive ♪
[Jin] We're finally on our way to see ARMY.
Wow, it's really quiet.
I heard people made things to applaud with.
- [RM] It's like a taste test. - [j-hope] Yeah.
[RM] Do you think they'll accidentally cheer when we go up?
- [Jin] I don't think they will. - [j-hope] This is what we'll hear.
[mimics fans rattling]
[Jin] I think they'll stick to the rules.
If it were me,
I would cheer a bit.
Me too.
[staff] You may go on stage now.
You may go up now.
- Let's go. - [Jung Kook] We can finally see them.
Let's go.
Finally!
- [j-hope whoops] - [crowd cheering]
- [laughter] - [staff] Quickly.
- [rattling] - [V] Ehh! Whoo!
[RM] Hello.
This feels like we're participating in National Singing Contest.
- National! - Singing Contest!
It's nice to see you all.
[j-hope in English] Okay, sound check.
- Let's get into it. - [members in English] Let's go.
- Let's go. - Let's go!
[♪ upbeat music playing, BTS "Life Goes On"]
[in Korean] Gosh, it's cold! It was hot earlier.
Thank you for being with us today.
[SUGA] This is a first for us and all of you.
- [RM] We can do it! - [SUGA] Let's all do our best.
[RM] We can do it!
[j-hope] Hey, hey.
[V] Everyone, there's a lot of fine dust today.
Please wear your masks.
- [j-hope] One, two, three. - [SUGA] Please wear your masks.
♪ One day the world stopped ♪
[Jung Kook] ♪ Without any warning ♪
♪ Spring didn't know to wait ♪
♪ Showed up not even a minute late ♪
[Jimin] ♪ Streets erased of footprints ♪
♪ I lie here, fallen to the ground ♪
♪ Time goes by on its own ♪
♪ Without a single apology ♪
[fans rattling]
Are they selling those stuff around here?
[RM] I'm sure you're quite frustrated.
[SUGA] I'm sure all of you
want to cheer your hearts out.
[V] We're sorry that we're the only ones talking.
- Yes. - [Jung Kook] Yes, we're sorry.
[Jin] We should encourage their clapping.
[V] Yes, a round of applause, everyone.
- [Jin] Let's hear you clap, everyone! - [rattling]
[j-hope] Let's go with this. This works.
[SUGA] It's been two and a half years, so I hope you all enjoy this.
[j-hope] Let's have some fun, everyone.
- See you in a little bit. - See you soon.
- We'll be back soon, ARMY. - See you soon.
[Jin] Last but not least, let's hear you clap!
[loud rattling]
[Jimin] It felt a little weird.
It's definitely not the same.
They're all sitting down.
They can't move around
and can only turn their heads to see us.
They all cheered when we went up anyway.
[laughs]
It was so funny.
It felt like meeting a friend you haven't seen in a while.
[j-hope in English] Happy birthday, SUGA.
- I didn't get to blow out any candles. - [j-hope in Korean] Today…
Oh, you're right.
My birthday passed already. Don't say, "Happy birthday."
[j-hope] We didn't prepare a birthday cake.
- [RM] Happy birthday, SUGA. - It's okay.
You guys must have planned something on stage later.
[laughs]
- I'm sure you guys did something. - [j-hope] We can't fool you.
We're old pros at this.
- [RM] We haven't heard anything though. - [j-hope laughs]
We haven't heard anything.
[j-hope] Can someone prepare something?
[RM] Maybe we also don't know about it.
- [j-hope] I'm sure they will. - Before we go up
and I'm quietly getting my hair and makeup done,
they'll say, "We have something prepared."
I'll say, "You didn't have to." But then what if there's really nothing?
[RM] I think it would be funnier if there wasn't anything prepared.
[SUGA] All right!
[j-hope] All right, everyone. Please look behind you.
- [applause] - [Jung Kook] All right!
- "SUGA, genius, the best of the best!" - [j-hope] One, two, three, four.
- [members] ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ - [Jung Kook] "Happy SUGA Day!"
- ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ - ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
[RM] Wow, his picture is really…
- ♪ Happy birthday, dear Min Yoongi ♪ - ♪ Happy birthday, dear Min Yoongi ♪
- ♪ Happy birthday ♪ - ♪ Happy birthday ♪
- ♪ To you ♪ - ♪ To you ♪
- [SUGA] Thank you. - [Jimin] But, SUGA,
that picture makes me cringe.
- [RM] It really does. - [laughter]
- It's a picture of me in my twenties. - [Jung Kook] Are you cringing?
Anyway! Let's wrap things up. This was so hectic.
- [RM] Take it away, SUGA. - [SUGA] Okay.
♪ But thankfully between you and me Nothing's changed ♪
- [Jung Kook] Yeah! - [Jin] That's a nice line.
[j-hope] It's a nice saying.
- The same as before. - We would like to emphasize
that nothing's changed between us even now.
[♪ upbeat music playing, BTS "Spring Day"]
[j-hope] ♪ Miss you ♪
♪ Saying this makes me miss you even more ♪
♪ Miss you even though I'm looking at your photo ♪
♪ Time's so cruel, I hate us ♪
♪ Seeing each other for once is now so hard between us ♪
[RM] ♪ It's all winter here even in August ♪
♪ My heart is running on the time ♪
♪ Alone on the Snowpiercer ♪
♪ Wanna get to the other side of the earth holding your hand ♪
♪ Wanna put an end to this winter ♪
♪ How much longing should we see snowing down ♪
♪ To have the days of spring Friend ♪
♪ Like the tiny dust tiny dust floating in the air ♪
Just being with our fans
made it a very precious time for us.
[j-hope] I think I've really lived the best life ever.
It's not like every moment of it
was enjoyable or happy.
But I believe that the shadows of our past
began and shaped the 10 years of BTS' story.
And it's a great memory to cherish for the rest of my life.
They're my life's most precious moments.
[Jin] There may be more moments like that in the future.
Of course, it'll naturally fade from our memories.
But I think it would be nice
to recall those moments from time to time
and be reminded that I really did experience those things
during my best times.
♪ Until the days of the flower blossoms ♪
♪ Please stay ♪
♪ Please stay there a little longer ♪
- [faint cheering] - [fans rattling]
- I think I can say that we're grateful. - Yeah.
- We're grateful for the concert. - It was the best.
- We've got no other options left. - That's right.
- We've done it all. - No other option.
- Everything. - Let's keep going.
We can't go any lower!
- We can prepare for the next event. - All right, everyone.
What does, "Passing by the edge of the cold winter," mean?
It means that we won't have a concert like this anymore.
- Yes, that's right. - Now…
But winter returns after four seasons.
- Exactly. - Well…
- [laughter] - A different winter will come.
- So a different winter is coming. - This is "cold winter."
- A hot winter will come. - A warm winter.
- A Hawaiian winter. - That's right.
We're going to "meet again on a spring day."
It means we'll meet again at a concert full of cheers.
- [in English] Okay! - I like that.
- [in Korean] I like that. - Yeah?
All right, we have to prepare for our Las Vegas performance.
Las Vegas! Let's have some fun.
- Let's go to Vegas. - Let's go.
Passing by the edge of the cold winter until we meet again on a spring day.
Bangtan Bangtan.
- Bang Bangtan! - Bang Bangtan!
-[RM] Goodness. - [suitcase thuds]
[RM] It's very hot in Las Vegas.
A couple of long-sleeved shirts…
I hardly have any short-sleeved shirts. This is troubling.
You know when you feel like you have nothing to wear?
I have things to wear, but I also don't.
I always remember something I left behind when I get there.
It's so annoying.
I think to myself, "I should have brought that."
How legendary.
I'm sure this is going to become a meme.
One moment, I'm saying, "I have nothing to wear,"
and the next moment, I bring out so many clothes.
[♪ uplifting music playing, RM, Park Jiyoon "No.2"]
[RM] Well…
I still wholeheartedly believe I'm living such a good life in my twenties
that I truly don't deserve it.
When we go abroad, our fans sell out our concerts.
Everyone recognizes us and asks for autographs.
Our lives must be overflowing with happiness.
[fans cheering]
[RM] I received a lot of warm welcome from the world
and am still in the middle of it.
So I believe there's a story
I can humbly tell as a creator
that's different from others who have had their ups and downs.
But just because I live this life doesn't mean I don't have any struggles.
I'm also in turmoil every now and then.
There are definitely words that I can find within myself.
To be honest, I'm really afraid of being in this position right now.
It feels empty, scary, and dark.
I don't know how much higher we should go.
[V] I've felt how scary it is to live carrying people's expectations.
My biggest desire is to see and be with ARMY forever.
I want to be an artist who can continue to give love for a long time.
[Jin] The other members are so good at what they do.
I worked really hard to catch up to them.
I just want to praise myself
for my efforts and for doing a good job.
There's not much that can be done for what I lack,
but I worked very hard to remedy that as much as possible.
I want to praise myself for doing well in that regard.
I used to scold myself and tell myself I needed to do better,
but I just want to praise myself this time.
You know how there are pilots who can land a plane really well?
They just land so smoothly.
But as for me, I could plummet if I don't do well.
[chuckles]
[Jung Kook] I'm just going to go as far as I can.
If I happen to fall,
I can just make my way back up.
I just have to keep doing what I can
for as long as I want.
That's what I think.
[♪ uplifting music playing, RM, Park Jiyoon "No.2"]
[♪ song ends]
[Jin] I really want to catch at least one fish
that's smaller than me but a decent size.
[in English] Morning.
[guide in English] Everybody, this is CB. CB is our deckhand.
- He'll be helping us out today. - [Jin] Hello.
[engine revving]
[Jin in Korean] I want to take a break, take care of myself,
and do what I want.
I want to occasionally go on trips
or do things with the other members.
When I talk to my friends
and ask them to hang out,
they say, "We can't. It's a weekday."
I'd ask, "Why aren't you guys in bed?" And they'd say, "It's the weekend."
I realized there was a difference.
I want to try living a life like my other friends at least once.
- [whirring] - [staff] Oh, I see it.
- [Jin] It's pretty light. - [staff] Really?
- Yay. - [Jin] Wow.
What is it? Isn't it a mackerel?
[guide in English] What fish is this? Is it mackerel?
[sailor] It's a smaller species of tuna.
- A tuna. I actually caught a tuna. - [sailor] It's different.
[guide in Korean] It's good enough.
[Jin] I'm not sure. If we had never placed first,
then we would've kept pushing and struggling to reach first place.
But since we've experienced it already,
we don't have any big regrets.
So I think we should enjoy this time
doing what we want to do and what our fans want.
Every day, I…
I used to regret going fishing overseas or in Korea.
But fishing has never felt as pleasant as it does today.
[Jin] I'm sure some of us have regrets,
but for me, I think it's enough that we've been to the top once.
I think it would be a good idea if each of us lives
doing what we'd like to do as we move forward.
I'm on my way to feature in Juice WRLD's
posthumous album today.
I received a call as I was boarding my flight to the US.
So I wrote my part on the plane.
Now we're going to Santa Monica to record it.
[background chatter]
[SUGA] It's pretty nice.
[indistinct chatter]
[staffs in English] Hi.
- [SUGA in English] Hi. - [staff] Hi.
[SUGA] Hi.
[studio staff] Merch for you two.
[SUGA] Thank you.
- [staff] Let's take a look later. - [SUGA] Thank you.
[staff in Korean] You should open it.
[SUGA in Korean] Do I need to open it now?
[staff in English] Is it okay for him to open it?
[studio staff] Yeah.
[SUGA] Is it usually this awkward?
[laughter]
It's my first time feeling this awkward.
[in English] Thank you.
[in Korean] Do I need to wear it while we work?
[laughter]
I'll wear this during our recording session.
[staff in English] He's going to wear it now
- if it's… - [SUGA] I should change.
[SUGA] What's our next goal?
We don't know either.
We don't know what to do.
We don't know what's next.
We feel like nothing goes to plan.
No one expected anything like this
after the 2016 Olympic Gymnastics Arena concert.
We don't know what's next in 2022 or 2023.
We won't know what to expect in 2030 either.
We would really like the time to figure that out.
What did I want to do?
We've only moved as a team.
[background chatter]
[groans]
It's not an environment I'm used to,
so I don't know if I'm doing well.
[laughs]
Everything was fine yesterday.
It felt possible to finish smoothly when I recorded,
but that's not the case today. [chuckles]
[staff] Really?
[SUGA] I'm comfortable doing things by myself.
I'd be more comfortable if I just had a setup here for myself.
I should have just brought my laptop.
I feel a bit weird today.
[laughs]
It feels like I'm being tested.
[laughs]
I need to get used to this kind of vibe, right?
♪ …at the top And up goes my born haters ♪
♪ Horns that ring every time ♪
♪ But even this I like 'Cause with my fans ♪
♪ With my label, with my fellaz ♪
♪ We burn bright together, all day ♪
♪ Rational accomplices Arsonist ♪
I went too hard on the lyrics when I wrote them.
♪ Done, done, done ♪
♪ Burn, burn, burn, burn ♪
[♪ upbeat music playing, j-hope "Arson"]
[j-hope] Well, I'm about to be in my 30s now.
I've already poured the youth of my twenties into this.
But I'm still very ambitious.
[laughs]
I'm a very greedy person, everyone.
I still personally crave and long for certain things.
I have so much I want to do
and so much I want to show.
And I still have dreams to fulfill.
I don't think I'll waste this time
until BTS becomes whole again.
I'm going to continue to study and experiment
in order to produce good results.
[♪ music fades]
[j-hope exhales deeply]
Hello?
I'm in the studio.
Why?
When will I be done? I'll probably be done after 12 a.m.
[RM rapping]
[RM] Can I hear one on the left and one on the right?
You know the two mono tracks for the verse, right?
I'll do each of them once more.
I believe I need to let go of what I have right now
to learn about its meaning.
I let the other members know my thoughts,
and they told me their thoughts.
We talked about how we want to live our thirties
and our thoughts on what BTS should do.
We're finally trying to grow up.
Okay, we'll do it like that. Play it again, please.
[RM] When you hear the song, you may think, "Why is it so boring?"
But this is what The Neptunes are about.
I really wanted to work on it as soon as I heard it.
Even if it's a little bland,
I think it'd be a good listen despite being a little different.
People might wonder, "When is the rap part coming?"
We wrote this song to warrant that kind of reaction and anticipation.
I had a lot of fun working on it.
Pharrell is a very organic person.
He's like…
a Taoist?
A wonderful person. [chuckles]
- [in English] Put it under. - [SUGA in Korean] If you put it under…
So you don't have to be too loud,
but for both of you to do it would be cool.
[staff] Yeah, we just don't want to ruin the song.
- So if it sounds terrible, just delete it. - You can't ruin it.
My boy, you're good.
[staff in Korean] I told him to delete it if it's bad.
- For now… - [producer] You can only make it better.
[♪ upbeat music playing, BTS "Fly To My Room"]
[j-hope] Of course, we're receiving so much love right now.
There are a lot of people who are looking forward
to seeing our next steps.
It's a very sensitive subject to address,
and this might be something I shouldn't say, but…
"What are the messages we can convey as BTS?"
I don't think the members know the answer to that in our current state.
I've forgotten what kind of music I wanted to do
because the message we wanted to get across as a group was way bigger.
[SUGA] I've forgotten what I personally wanted to do
as Min Yoongi.
All of us feel the same way.
We've never thought about our individual lives.
We have to start now.
[V] We have to think about what we want to do
and what will bring us happiness and joy as individuals.
And I think that's really hard.
No, I've never been able to
take the lead when I work with others,
including with the members.
[Jung Kook] I'm also curious about
what would happen if I were in charge.
[Jimin] I don't know what's next for BTS.
I think we'll know after we've spent some time separately.
We'll have to actually spend that time
to figure out how to make use of it
and what to make of it.
[j-hope] We poured out our everything as a team during these past 10 years.
I think the process of taking the time
to learn and understand ourselves
and to ask, "How were we in our personal lives?"
will greatly help bring BTS together.
"Let's give it a shot."
"Let's all give it a shot since we haven't experienced it before."
I'm on the path to finding my own color.
I believe it'll be a time for all of us
to get to know ourselves.
[♪ upbeat music playing, BTS "Fly To My Room"]
- [in English] It's been a pleasure. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Thanks, man. - [SUGA] Thank you.
There are a total of five intense tracks.
Of course, I'll have to record these tracks,
but I'm done working for now.
[in English] It's done. It's done.
[photographer] Three, two, one.
[Jin in English] Thank you.
Ah…
[sailor in English] Mighty fisherman.
[Jin] Yeah, fisherman.
[Jin chuckles]
[Jin in Korean] It was nice fishing.
If I had just stayed inside the hotel,
I would have been on the computer or sleeping.
I think I would've fallen asleep around this time
since there's a time difference, but…
I'm really proud of myself.
I think I caught about 40 or 50 servings of fish.
I'm already excited about the thought of getting back
to feed the staff and the other members.
[♪ music stops]
[♪ upbeat music playing, BTS "Run BTS"]
[RM] These noises are what makes a concert exciting.
[j-hope] Every performance is so precious to us.
Being able to give a full performance is so precious.
[Jung Kook] I'm not sure. Looking back,
I was crazy for performances.
[Jimin] I really hope these emotions don't fade.
[V] I think we madly kept moving forward
so that we wouldn't grow distant from ARMY.
[fans cheering]
I'm really going to miss these cheers too.
[RM] Is it possible to achieve the ideal image of an idol group
even in our thirties?
I'm thinking about living the life of a trainee again.
I think having faith is crucial at this point in time.
But we've lived together for quite a long time.
[Jimin] We've lived together for about seven or eight years.
[Jin] It'll be at least a year and a half to two years.
You don't have to…
always be together to be family.
[j-hope] I think BTS itself will always continue to exist.
[Jung Kook] If there comes a time to gather together as a team again,
I'll return immediately.
[V] I hope we can make plans to continue to paint precious memories
together with ARMY.
[Jimin] BTS exists, and I exist within BTS.
So I desperately want to continue our lives together for a long time.
[♪ music fades]
Translated by Rebekah Kim