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230520 SUGA | Agust D "D-DAY: Movie Night" [Full Translation]

Parts & Segments:

Part 1: TMI Talk, Haegeum MV Screening, People Pt. 2 MV Screening (Outfit: Three-piece suit)

Part 2: Balance Game, 39-Character Letter, Gift time, Photo time (Outfit: Boyfriend look / yellow cardigan)

Part 1

— Haegeum Live Performance —

🐱 Nice to see you, everyone. I'm SUGA of BTS aka Agust D aka Min Yoongi. Welcome to Agust D's D-Day Movie Night.

🐱 It's been a while since I've been to Sangam (the fanmeeting venue). In the past we did a lot of fan signings here, but since 2018~19 I think it's been a while since I've been here.

🐱 Nice to see you, everyone

👥 [cheer]

🐱 I'm seeing you like this in the middle of the tour, it's really nice

🐱 You probably have heard, I caught a cold

👥 :(

🐱 I went to the hospital. Don't worry.

🗣️ Don't get sick!

🐱 Pardon?

🗣️ Don't get sick!

🐱 Yeah, it didn't hurt when I was on tour, but I came back to Korea and it all suddenly started to hurt

👥 Don't get hurt/sick

🐱 It's okay. Well, yesterday my voice didn't come out, but I went to the hospital so it became okay.

🐱 It's nice to see you guys like this today, even just a little bit. How is it, to see me up close like this, how is it?

👥 LOVE IT!!!

🐱 During the tour, my ears have gotten bad so I'll have my in-ear put on [puts in-ear on]. I can't hear the cheers well.

🗣️ Don't get sick:(

🐱 It's not that I'm sick. This happens when you perform.

🐱 As you can see, tonight is Movie Night. It's a movie night. With the movie premiere concept, I came wearing a suit like this. The three-piece that I wore on Haegeum. I heard there's a dress code for you guys as well...

🗣️ Date look!!!!

🐱 What? Movie date?

👥 Yes!

🐱 Uh... date... yea... [unsure] We don't go on dates wearing something like this, though

🐱 Well, date look is nice. For a movie date I should've worn something bright, but I'm wearing a three-piece (suit).

👥 You look cool!!!

🐱 This will be divided in two parts, and on the second part I will wear... what do you call it, a boyfriend look?

👥 [scream]

🐱 So don't worry

🐱 How's the set? Isn't the set pretty?

👥 It's pretty

🐱 It's my first time seeing the set as well [looks around the stage]

🐱 Anyway, shall we talk while sitting down? [goes to sit down]

🐱 It's been a while since we saw each other from this up close. As mentioned earlier, this is a day prepared for you and me so there is no host. Host: SUGA, Starring: SUGA, and you guys are the guests.

🐱 And today we have corners (/segments), and some cute stuff too I heard.

👥 [cheer]

🐱 Uh... [smiles] I'm kinda not used to this space... since I just came from doing an arena tour. But it's nice to be this close. Yeah... It feels like when we did fan signing events in the past too. Anyway, I hope you have a great time.

— Segment: TMI Talk —

🐱 The first segment is the TMI Talk

👥 [cheer]

🐱 It’s been about a month since I started touring. The album came out on 21st and last month is the 20th, so it’s been a month. After that I did some live, some concerts, I’m sure you must be curious about how I’m doing these days, aren’t you?

👥 Yes!!

🐱 You said no? [teasing]

👥 We said you’re right!!

🐱 [laughs] That’s why I prepared some time to reveal the many things that you might be curious about. Honestly I didn’t read the questions beforehand, so I’m curious as well, what could be my TMI?

🐱 [drinks a sip of water]

🗣️ *dramatically* Aaaah~

👥 [laugh]

🐱 Alright, I will start. This is the first question.

🐱 [reads]

What food are you into the most lately?

🐱 Are you really curious about this kind of stuff?

👥 [laugh]

🐱 When I’m on tour, I eat many different types of food but I mostly eat Korean food. So Korean food is always prepared. In the US the Korean food I ate the most was… Oh but I ate quite a different menu every day, so… I ate quite a lot, mainly Korean food. These days Korean foods are made well so I enjoyed them a lot, skewers too…

(in the background, unheard by yoongi: 🗣️Lamb skewer? 👥[laugh])

🐱 I think I ate sushi pretty often too… What else is there… Anyway, I eat everything well. Since there’s no food that I can’t eat.

🐱 So that was my TMI

👥 [quiet]

🐱 Is the reaction usually like this?

👥 [laugh, clap, cheer]

🐱 Ah, I can’t get used to this. It must be the same for you guys too, since it’s been a while since I saw you guys this close. But let us slowly open up our hearts.

🐱 Alright, second one

🐱 [reads]

Bangtan member that you talked to most recently?

🐱 This morning I talked to Jimin on the phone

🗣️ TONY MONTANA

🐱 Tony Montana? That freaked him out though?

🐱 Anyway, during the day– ah not during the day, I mean in the morning (before noon) I talked with Jimin briefly

🐱 Well, there’s a group chat with the members so we’re always talking. But the most recent member I talked to was Jiminie.

👥 …

🗣️ Cute! 👥[cheer]

🐱 You guys don’t know how to react too, right? Neither do I. Usually there’s something like a BGM, there’s no BGM? It’s usually like this? That’s curious…

🗣️ I like it just right

🐱 You like it just right~? Ok~

⟨T/N | spoken so sweetly i’m going crazy⟩

🐱 Alright, third one

🐱 [reads]

Honestly the hardest song to perform on tour?

🐱 Ah, this… Do you guys know the setlist?

👥 Yes

🐱 How do you know?

👥 [various loud answers]

🐱 You went to watch (in the US) you said? Oh my, you worked hard…

⟨T/N | 고생하다 is used to appreciate someone’s hard work, like “good job” but with the root word being 고생 it also highlights the struggle/suffering that the person has gone through⟩

🐱 Anyway. Honestly the hardest song... during practice it was Amygdala. Really, there’s no part to rest, only a few short breaks in between. But the hardest song to perform live would be Life Goes On. For real, it’s so hard. I hit the high note, but I gotta play the keyboard at the same time. I practiced… But on stage that was the time I had to really concentrate. And there could be people who didn’t come (to my concert) so I won’t give too many spoilers, but Life Goes On was what I personally found hard. That along with Amygdala, those two… But anyway, it could be a spoiler, so…

🐱 Anyone got the concert ticket? (D-Day in Seoul concert)

👥 Noooo 👥 Failed!!!!

🐱 You could’ve used up all of your luck to win this (D-Day movie night) raffle

👥 No way!!!!

🐱 I wanted to sell many tickets too

👥 [shout out different bigger stadiums]

🐱 Well, there will be good days, right?

👥 [still protest]

🐱 Alright, let’s move on to the next question, [jokingly struggles to take the paper] oh my~ fourth question~

🐱 [reads]

What’s your recent best purchase?

🐱 During the one month I was in the US… What did I buy again? I can’t remember… I didn’t buy anything when I went out though? Recently? Uh what was there…

🗣️ Coupang? (Korean e-commerce)

🐱 Coupang is not available in the US

🗣️ Cat keyring! 🗣️ Valentino!

🗣️ ARMY’s heart!

🐱 To say I bought your hearts is kind of weird, isn’t it? The expression “to buy one’s heart” is a bit…

🐱 Ah! That’s right, I bought some medicine

👥 Ooh? :(

🐱 It’s not something to oh~ about.. You know the nutritious/health tonic, for fatigue relief. They helped me get through the tour, it’s really good

🗣️ Ooooh :(

🐱 I told you it’s nothing to oh~ about. Everyone take nutritional supplements, it’s nothing to oh~ about. So seeing that I went on tour by myself for the first time, I made a lot of preparations, like nutritional supplements. I didn’t normally eat nutritional supplements, but once I tried it during the tour, it really helped a lot so I made sure to eat them.

🗣️ Please recommend some

🐱 Oh, that’s not really…. I’ll do that if there’s a commercial deal. I don’t have to go out of my way to do it, right? Isn’t it okay to just say that I like it? I’ll pay for them myself and eat them.

🐱 Alright, next question

🐱 [reads]

Any dreams you remember having recently?

🐱 I dreamed a lot when I was on tour

👥 Ooooh

🐱 It’s nothing to oh~ about, why? We all dream..

🐱 But sometimes, it’s really… You can’t always have only good dreams you see, but there are dreams that make you wake up feeling bad and you always forget about them a few minutes after waking up, right? I dream, but i don’t remember them, so… Dreams that I remember having? Well, I can’t recall any, though. Let’s skip this one since i can’t remember [laughs].

🐱 Alright

🐱 [reads]

Korean food that you crave the most when you’re abroad?

🐱 You guys, at first 10 years ago — since it’s been 10 years since our debut — when we went out on tour, there were not many Korean restaurants but, I guess Korean food must be quite popular these days, so you can find it anywhere, especially in LA… Is there anything you guys wanna eat perhaps?

👥 [various answers]

🐱 [responding to all different answers] Tteokbokki? They sell tteokbokki in LA, various places. What? Samgyeopsal (pork belly/Korean BBQ) they sell them. What? They sell bibimbap (mixed rice) of course. Nakji-bokkeum (stir-fried octopus), there’s a delicious place. They sell makchang (beef intestine) too. They sell yang-kkochi (lamb skewer) too of course. Mak-guksu (buckwheat noodles), they sell them all. They sell pyeongyang-naengmyeon (North Korean cold noodles) too.

🐱 So there was no food I craved, I could eat all the food I wanted. And the cities I went to were big cities, so I ate all the Korean food, everything you can think of. And I normally enjoy the local cuisine as well, so I eat pretty much anything.

🐱 Alright, the 7th question~

🐱 Usually there’s a (sound effect) ~Bbabam~ no?

👥 We’ll do it~ Bbabam~! (and continue to do the sound effect the remaining of the segment)

🐱 [reads]

The era that I think as my prime era?

🐱 I’ve said this before a few times in broadcasts but, during HYYH…

🗣️ No!

🐱 No? Then when?

👥 Now!

🐱 Now? I should’ve come a little less swollen today, my body doesn’t feel good

👥 [strong opposition]

🐱 Alright those who film/take pictures edit it well on your own and upload it~

🐱 Well, now is not bad, I maintained myself well but during the tour I gained a little weight about 1~2 kg

👥 It’s okay~ You can gain more~

🐱 Gain more you said? If I gain more my clothes won’t fit though?

👥 Beautiful!

🐱 Pardon?

🗣️ What weight gain!

🐱 Oh my, thank you~

🐱 Anyway, I don’t look too bad either now… Well, then I’ll go with now (as the answer)

👥 [cheer]

🐱 Alright, number eight

👥 Bbabam!

🐱 [reads]

A guest you’d like to invite on Suchwita?

👥 Me!

🐱 No but if you come, are you confident that you’ll secure enough airtime?

👥 Yes!!

🐱 You wouldn’t be able to though? The camera is moving a lot. You guys, when you film something like this I’m sure it’s comfortable but when the camera films you instead people get really nervous

🗣️ I don’t get nervous

🐱 [telling the others] Hurry up and film that person who said she’s not nervous! [points at the person] There are 350 people here, right? So 349 cameras will be filming

🐱 It might not be easy to do it for a few hours but if there’s a chance, someone could be a representative

👥 Me!

🐱 Is it okay to show your face?

👥 Yes it’s okay~

🐱 ?? [making his habitual ‘ssseub’ sound] Well, if there’s a good opportunity...

🐱 Anyway… Number nine~

👥 Bbabam

🐱 [reads]

Something you always do before going to bed?

🐱 Don’t we always brush our teeth? I think I always brush my teeth before bed, always. And turn on YouTube…

👥 What do you watch?

🐱 Well there were times when I watch suchwita.. The kind of videos that are calm and quiet that are nice to listen to in your sleep…

👥 Cat videos!

🐱 Well, I watch them all various videos

🐱 Science videos…

👥 Ooooh

🐱 It’s nothing to oh~ about! Why are you oh~ing? Economy videos, something like that

👥 Ooooooh

🐱 I only turn them on. I’ll turn them on like an e-Book. I can sleep well listening to that kind of thing, as if listening to ASMR…

👥 So cool!

🐱 Why is that cool? I told you I only turn them on, it’s not like I watch them and learn something. Anyway, I watch those kind of videos a lot. It’s not like I remember them. Because I turn them on and sleep. I do it to sleep early, especially during the tour it’s important to stay in shape so I brush my teeth and go straight to bed.

🐱 Number 10

👥 Bbabam

🐱 [reads]

What to eat right away after this ends?

🐱 So you’re asking for a recommendation for dinner

👥 Oooooh

🐱 It’s not something to oh~ about! I know that much, no matter how much it seems that I don’t

🐱 What’s there to eat for dinner? How old are you all?

👥 19! 17!

🐱 You’re saying there are a lot of teens here?

👥 Oppa!!!

🐱 I’ll just tell you what I wanna eat. I wanna eat nakji-bokkeum. Have nakji-bokkeum on your way home tonight~

👥 Let’s eat together!

🐱 Let’s eat together you said?

🗣️ Let’s have a group dinner!

🐱 Let’s have a group dinner you said?

👥 [cheer]

🐱 I’m only asking (if you said let’s have a group dinner). I also have a fancall event to do after this…

👥 We’ll wait!

🐱 No no

👥 We’ll wait

🐱 You’ll wait? No, don’t be like that, just go home~

👥 It’s okay!

🐱 It’s dangerous it’s dangerous~ I have to do my schedules don’t I💦

⟨T/N | he was so flustered he dropped honorifics altogether😭😭😭⟩

🐱 Alright, so we had our TMI talk. How was it, hearing my TMIs?

👥 Love it!

🐱 What does TMI stand for again?

👥 Too much information

🐱 Too much information? I don’t think I did the “too much” part, though

🐱 We’ll move on to the next segment right away

— Segment: Haegeum MV Screening —

🐱 Let’s move on to the next segment. There are many segments!

👥 [cheer]

🐱 The concept of the fanmeeting today is movie night, you see

👥 Yes

🐱 This is my first time hearing about movie night, too

🐱 So together with you guys, let’s take some time to appreciate the music video

🐱 This could also be a TMI, but up until the MV release it was really like… I was (involved in) editting and that, coloring… Once the MV came out I didn’t watch it.

👥 Why?

🐱 Because I had watched it too much. I can’t really watch stuff where my face appear on.

👥 [in disbelief]

🐱 No When I film something I can’t really watch the monitoring.

👥 Why?

🐱 It’s just like that

🐱 Let’s take a look at it, this must be the first time I watch the full post-edited version

— Haegeum MV played on screen —

🐱 The reason why I can’t watch it is because I tend to focus on the unfortunate parts (that I’m not happy with), so…

🐱 Anyway, it’s been exactly a month since Haegeum came out. How is it, you guys?

👥 Gooooood! 👥So cool!

🐱 Oh immediately we gotta watch People Pt.2

👥 [laugh]

🐱 Should I talk a little more about Haegeum then? [sits back down]

👥 Yeeeeees

🐱 Behind story… I wonder if I’ve talked about it many times in lives, but I wrote the scenario, it’s called storyboard right, I wrote it 3 years ago, then I went through the developing process of it. I went to Thailand to film it. It seems that the location would appear in a lot of movies or dramas. I filmed there, and it was so hot. And the rice tea… so there’s also rice tea in Thailand

👥 Ooooo

🐱 Ooooo (copying the audience)

👥 [laugh]

🐱 Anyway, it's called catering, right? I ate and it was served in local style. There was curry, there was also ssalguksu (rice noodle/pho), and they were the most delicious Thai food I’ve ever tried so I ate a lot, it was good.

👥 Well done!

🐱 Of course I did well, there’s nothing I can’t do

⟨T/N | he switched to speaking informally it’s ❤️‍🩹⟩

🐱 What else is there (to talk about)…

🗣️ How many tangerines you bought?

🐱 I can’t remember. The set team gave them to me.

🐱 For four-minute (MV) we had to film for two consecutive days. Originally there were scenes of me buying tangerines, being caught, going on a pursuit, but they were eventually cut from the MV…

🐱 [coughs] [drinks water]

👥 aaahhh :(

🐱 My throat feels clogged

🐱 Anyway there’s that. The system of filming in Thailand is really good, not sure if it’s because they’ve filmed a lot, but I filmed comfortably without any meaningful inconvenience. That time the weather was not very hot like now, around 28 degrees? Filming was very fun.

👥 ... (sudden silence)

👥 Whooooooaa

🐱 ??

🐱 What was that for…? Earlier when we were watching (Haegeum MV) as well, I could hear in which parts it blew up (with people’s reactions), there were parts that blew up as I expected, but there were also parts that made me question, “Why is this blowing up?”

🐱 Anyway, we’re watching People Pt. 2 MV next

— Segment: People Pt. 2 MV Screening —

🐱 Ah I still don’t know what is the story about

🐱 Originally there was a different storyboard, but we couldn’t do it like that storyboard and then it was filmed a resort in Namhae. It came out like a commercial, right? A coffee commercial.

🐱 It came out like different types of commercials, even when I was filming it I thought, “What on earth does this wanna talk about? Some kind of a making film?” But when I saw how it turned out, the visuals, I thought “Oh it’s filmed well I see~”

🐱 I have a different kind of fondness for People Pt.2

🐱 That was all filmed in one day, you know? It was my first time since 2014? 2015? to film a whole music video in one day

👥 Ooooh

🐱 It’s not that it’s ‘ooh’! It means there wasn’t much (to film) to begin with! There wasn’t much~

🐱 Anyway, while on tour, I’m hosting various events like this while doing album promotion and going on tour. How is it?

👥 Love it~!

🐱 Are there lots to watch?

👥 Yes!! I’m happy! For real!!

🐱 Really, I prepared a lot– I’ve even thought that I’ve prepared too many things…

👥 [disagreement noises]

🐱 … that I can’t focus on them? I worked hard to prepare them, while touring–

🐱 Ah I had always liked to do these events following an album release, even when I was younger, like fan signing events… I haven’t seen you this close in a while, so I’m really enjoying it

👥 Thank you!

🐱 On that note, this is the end of Part 1

👥 :(

🐱 There’s a Part 2. Don’t worry, this is only Part 1

👥 How many parts will there be?

🗣️ 7 parts!

🐱 [flustered] No, no~ 7 parts… I will be tired and you guys will also be tired

👥 No!!!!

🐱 Like I mentioned earlier, I’m wearing a very uncomfortable three-piece (suit). It’s really uncomfortable. I’ll be back after changing.

🐱 I’ll be back soon, so organize your data, and I’ll see you later

⟨T/N | “Data”: fancams, pictures, etc that fans take⟩

— end of Part 1 // Outfit change —

Part 2

— SDL Live Performance —

🐱 I changed my outfit [turning 360 degrees]

🐱 How is it? Does it look like a ‘boyfriend look’? Calling it a boyfriend look kinda feels weird.

🐱 Alright, it’s been a while since we talk like this– [distracted]

🐱 Oh, the furs… [fanning the air] it came from my clothes (fur cardigan)

🐱 Anyway, I had a lot of fun with you guys. Are you having fun?

👥 YES!!!

🐱 Are you really having fun?

👥 YES!!

🐱 Part 2 will have segments too

— Segment: Balance Game —

🐱 This segment is 'Balance Game’, is that what it’s called?

👥 [cheer]

🐱 Well you can also call it 'This or That’. To choose between A or B in the given situation. I’m looking forward to what kind of questions will come up. I’d like you to pick a choice as well.

👥 Okay

🐱 Alright, first question

🐱 [reads question and options]

Q. SUGA and ARMY meet for the first time after a long time. As soon as they meet, rain pours down. So SUGA?

A. I hate rains, move to somewhere indoor

B. It’s kinda romantic too, to get caught in the rain, take a walk under the rain

🐱 Uhhh…… uh …

🐱 Let’s move indoor~

👥 Where

🐱 Somewhere like this (the fanmeeting hall) is nice, we wouldn’t get caught in the rain too

🐱 Getting caught in the rain, I don’t like it that much… Is it romantic to get caught in the rain? Wouldn’t it be cold?

👥 [agree]

🐱 That’s right. Somewhere like this… We could meet somewhere like a concert hall.

🐱 Rain… feels like we’d catch a cold. I’m gonna choose to move somewhere indoor.

🗣️ Please do the sound effect!*

🐱 What? Can’t we do something like… [pointing a circle at his answer on the screen] we can’t? It seems well-prepared but also kinda sloppy at the same time…

🐱 I’ll choose to move somewhere indoor

👥 Bbabam

🐱 That’s right~

🐱 What is our company doing? (…)

⟨T/N | I’m not entirely sure what this was about, what was said at first (*). However, it seems that Yoongi proceeded to express dissatisfaction over the fact that there is no mark/sign (on the screen where the question and choices are shown) indicating his final choice A or B, or that fans had to do the sound effect⟩

🐱 Alright, moving on to second question

👥 Bbabam

🐱 [reads question and options]

Q. SUGA and ARMY come to see a movie together. There’s no movie he wants to see, so SUGA?

A. Watching the movie ARMY wants to watch

B. Not giving in. I’m watching the movie that I wanna watch.

🐱 Personally… They’re people who know me well, I’m not someone with a lot of preferences. So I’m more comfortable going along with others. And when I’m watching movies, I’ve never watched a movie that much to see a specific genre, or director, or actor. So I’m going to watch a movie that ARMY wants to watch.

🐱 These days, is there anything interesting to watch?

🗣️ GOTG

🐱 GOTG? … Oh… I haven’t watched a single episode, I’m gonna watch it then. Is it the Guardians of The Galaxy?

👥 Yes

🐱 But I’m the guardian of the Galaxy?

👥 [cheer]

🐱 Galaxy… That’s right… All iPhones change them to Galaxy… That’s right, in concerts or places like this, it’s much clearer. Yes, change it, everyone:]

🐱 Then wouldn’t Samsung home appliances commercial deal come in? Something like Bespoke… Let’s give it a try [laughs].

🐱 Alright, third question

👥 Bbabam

🐱 [reads question]

Q. ARMY and SUGA who have fun and take a four-cut photo. Not really fond of the photos that come out, so SUGA?

A. Life is one-shot! If it doesn’t come out well just accept it as it is

B. It’s a shame, so give it another try

🐱 Four-cut photo is that right? A photo (strip) that comes out in four…

👥 Yes

🐱 I haven’t taken one, you know?

👥 You have!!

🐱 But we took that here. What I’m saying is, I haven’t gone to a store or something like that for it.

👥 Let’s go together then

🐱 Isn’t it taken in like a booth? Wouldn’t it burst out if 350 people went inside?

🐱 Alright

🐱 [reads option A]

🐱 I don’t know about it but how much is it for one session?

🐱 5,000 won?

🐱 Well, we can just take a few more shots

🐱 [choosing] It’s a shame, so give it another try (option B)

🐱 [reads from the prompter] Leopard-print hat that SUGA cherishes– (the question on the screen has not changed)

🐱 This is the next question

👥 Bbabam (screen changes)

🐱 [reads question]

Q. ARMY spills coffee on the leopard-print hat that SUGA cherishes the most, so SUGA?

A. It’s okay, I can just buy it again, comforting ARMY

B. Actually I have another same one in my bag, take it out and put it on immediately

🐱 So people misunderstand this. It’s not that I cherish that hat so much… When I go out a lot… Since you know, we have outfits on the set, so just… I just wear whatever and go out, something comfortable.

🐱 The day I went out wearing it, there must be something filmed. For real. And it stands out so much, so… I don’t usually wear it that often, everyone. When there was a filming or I went somewhere, I always happened to wear it.

🐱 And now that my hair is long, if I wear something like a ball-cap my side hair sticks out. So I have to brush it back, but the length is kinda awkward to brush back. I tend to wear something like a bucket hat, but… leopard-print hat is a misunderstanding. It’s not my most favorite hat.

👥 It suits you well!

🐱 Yeah, the fit is really good

🐱 My stylist came wearing it and I asked, “Can I buy this too?” so they got it for me

👥 Ooooh

🐱 That’s the kind of work stylists do. It’s nothing to ooh~ about. They are people who buy clothes for you.

🐱 Anyway, for me… [reads option A]

🐱 [reads option B] For some reason if it were me, I would have it (another leopard-print hat), right? But it’s not the case. Well, I can just buy another one~

🗣️ So touching~!

🐱 What?

👥 “Touching”

🐱 Touching? I can just buy another one, is it even that touching?

🐱 Okay, fifth question

👥 Bbabam

🐱 [reads question]

Q. ARMY tells the workaholic SUGA to not work just for today and let’s hang out! So SUGA?

A. I can do work later, I’ll hang out with ARMY first

B. Working on a song is a priority, so I respectfully reject

🐱 Honestly I do work a lot, right?

👥 Yes

🐱 Yes? [laughs]

🐱 No but really, to have a tight and various schedules, I do it because I want to, so…

🐱 Yesterday as soon as I arrived, I had a little fever last night. So in the morning I went to the hospital

👥 Oh no:(

🗣️ I’ll get sick in your stead

🐱 No no, we all can��t get sick

🐱 But I came back from tour and the same staffs came here, you see. So I somehow felt like I had to do a concert today.

👥 Good for us!

🐱 No no, not saying that I’m going to. Just the feeling… I felt like I have to go up on stage (performing). But well, (answering the question) I can just work later, I’m gonna hang out with ARMY first.

🗣️ So cool!

🐱 [tilts head] No but, working on a song doesn’t take that much long

👥 Ooooohhhh

🐱 I’ve been making music for about 18 years, you know. It’s not something that takes so much time. When it doesn’t come out, it’s not like it will come out if I keep working on it.

🐱 Well, I can just hang out

🐱 Anyway, I gotta hang out too…

🐱 There are a lot of interesting questions in the prompter. It’s very… novel. Questions you won’t see anywhere else. It was really… fun.

🐱 Actually I’m not good at making choices. When working I’m the type that makes choices fast, but especially (choosing) menu…

👥 Hmm…

🐱 Why 'Hmm’?

🐱 I’m bad at choosing menus. And at cinemas, I don’t go to cinemas to begin with but when I do, I really can’t choose what to watch. So I’m more comfortable when someone chooses for me.

👥 I’ll do it for you

🐱 [flustered] What?

👥 I’ll do it

🐱 … [nods] Yes… Well… You can do as you like…. [smiles]

🐱 Since I came back from a tour… During concerts, when I said one thing usually people would go “Whoaa~”, one word and “Whoaa”, since there were thousands of people…

👥 [cheer]

🐱 No no, I’m not telling you to

🐱 You are people who came to see me, right. So I realized that, like singer like fans… So calm~ I really like it.

🐱 Alright, what shall we do now? What else is there?

🗣️ ISIC! (I’m Sorry I’m Cute Challenge) 👥ISIC!!!!!

(request ignored🥲)

— Segment: 39-Character Letter —

🐱 Next up is 39-Character Letter segment.

🐱 I heard that you wrote what you wanted to say to me. Here are 350 pieces of letter inside (drawing box).

🐱 [draws letter from the box] Let’s see… I believe in your wits.

👥 Sorry!! We have no sense

⟨lol😭⟩

🐱 Alright, I’m gonna read 10-15 letters. Here is the first..

🐱 You wrote only in 39 characters, right?

👥 Yes

🐱 Alright.

🐱 [reads] Name: Babo Nuna… (바보=silly)

🐱 Ah, it’s Bbo Nuna! (뽀 누나)

👥 [laugh]

🐱 Ah for real! It really looked like Babo Nuna [shows the letter]

🐱 Sorry. Bbo Nuna.. Bbo Nuna.

🐱 [reads] Min… Wait, is this allowed?

🐱 [reads]

Min syubal genius jjangjjang bboongbboong man (민슈발천재짱짱뿡뿡맨). Your songs are so good it makes me want to curse and they give me a hard time. But I love you, really.

🐱 Oh, Min Syubal is not bad… Min SUGA’s Discovery

⟨T/N | SyuBal = S(y)UGA's Balgyeon 슈가의 발견 = SUGA's Discovery; First mentioned in Suchwita, ‘syubal’ also sounds like a swear word)

🐱 Something like this… Usually when you’re an idol, (people say) “Omo, you’re an idol… If you curse… You’ll be in a controversy… For a whole day…” There’s nothing like that for me (not getting in a controversy for cursing). When I thought about the reason, in my lyrics all these years there has been various of that and it feels like my vibe being like that was already established.

🐱 Actually I don’t normally curse like that. I’m very calm. I’m intelligent. I also like reading books.

🗣️ Curse at us!

🐱 Why should I do that?

🗣️ It’s sexy

🐱 No, I won’t do that

🐱 Anyway, thank you Bbo Nuna

🐱 Alright, next one

🐱 [about to read the letter but stops] I don’t really like swear words. For real.

👥 Okay, we get it

🐱 Alright.

🐱 [reads] Name: Venka. Here…

🐱 I guess they’re a foreigner

🐱 [reads]

This is Venka who��s been sleeping in only a tent for a month to see Oppa. From today…

👥 [surprise]

🐱 From where have you been sleeping in a tent for a month?

🗣️ During the America leg

🐱 [mishears] You put up a tent nearby for a month?

👥 The US leg!

🐱 Ah, the America leg! I saw a lot of tents during the America leg. Did they do that to enter earlier for the standing side?

👥 That’s right

🐱 Oh… Just rest comfortably at the hotel…

👥 How could we???

🐱 You know, at the Arena you can see well even from the back. Rather, people in the back dance a lot and have fun. Well, to each their own but… you’ve suffered a lot, in the tent…

🗣️ Buy me a meal

🐱 I surely can buy it. I can buy it, but I can’t eat together. Since I have schedules anyway. And I’m not an idle person, you guys. I came back to Korea for a moment just to do this (fan meeting), just to do this for a moment.

👥 Thank you!!!

🐱 Alright, next one

🐱 [reads]

Kwon Gunan. Yoongi-yah, the person that you are and your music have been the light on my path. So you should also be happy.

🐱 Kwon Gunan-ssi. Can you raise your hand?

🐱 [nods] Thank you

🐱 So far there have been a little less than 200 songs that I have participated in and released. Whenever people say that while listening to my music they gain comfort, they gain strength, they’re encouraged to live on, actually I don’t know what to do with myself when I hear that. I’ve been making music since I was young, I have released them, and I’ve performed. As much as you’ve gained strength by watching me, saying that to someone who has made and released music, I gain a lot of comfort by hearing them. It feels like all of my voice are heard. So because there are you guys who love my music, I’m still able to do music, I’m still able to perform on stage, every time I enter the big arena concert hall I wanna express my gratitude to you guys. So… Anyway, I’m glad (my music) gave you strength. Oh, thank you.

👥 [clap and cheer]

🐱 I came from holding concerts, so… Have I always been this typical? Did you react like that because you were flustered? Anyway I love how orderly you are.

🐱 Alright, next

🐱 [reads] Lee Jihye-nim.

🐱 I think there could be three to four Lee Jihye-nim here. Since it’s not a really unique name. Please raise your hand, Lee Jihye-nim

🐱 Oh, there you are. There’s only one. If your real name is Lee Jihye (raise your hand)… No one else? There’s really only one person? Oh………. Congratulations.

🐱 [reads]

This is a 39-character letter that the 39 year-old me wrote to you.. 3x9 is 27. If only I were 27 years old… Still, heart (you)

🐱 What’s the intention behind “If only I were 27 years old dot dot”? You used up 10 characters. Why were you imagining to be 27 years old?

🗣️ Let’s get married

🐱 Well, be it 39yo or 29yo… I don’t really like to define people based on numbers, on age…

🐱 I’m not saying that because I’m 31 years old. I’m always in my 20s at heart.

🐱 Anyway, thank you. Unintentionally, we’re talking about age… Sorry.

🐱 Alright, next

🐱 [reads]

Nunji. It’s been very happy and fun to single-mindedly be a fan of Min Yoongi for 8 years. Let’s go together 'til the end. Syub.

🐱 8 years… Starting from 2015 then?

🐱 Who are you, Nunji-nim? Nunji?

🗣️ Here!

🐱 Oh~ 8 years… Since 2015, right? Then you’ve liked me at a thankful time, if it was in 2013 or 2014, “Ahh, he’s so……” [laughs] You might have thought like that. It was the right timing. Congratulations. Even I can’t really look at myself from 2013~14. It’s been 10 years…

🐱 (to the fan) What (grade) were you?

🗣️ Elementary school student!

🐱 In what grade?

🗣️ 4~5th grade

🐱 I don’t think so? I think you’re lying. In 4~5th grade there are terms, like first semester, half semester…

⟨T/N | not really sure if I’m hearing him or the education system right⟩

🐱 Anyways… In the past, in the last fan signing event in 2018 or 2019… There was a memorable fan, though I don’t know if she’s still a fan… There was a girl student. She said, “Oppa, I’ve liked you (BTS) oppas when I was in elementary school, I’m now a college student.” But that was 3~4 years ago… 4 years ago. Now she would’ve graduated college, no? Right? She must have graduated and have jumped into the job market, no? It made me think, “So that’s what it means to have been doing this for 10 years,” especially these days…

🐱 In how many months, two? In about one month and a half, it will be 613 (June 13th), right? So “Whoa, I’ve been a singer for 10 years!” lately I’ve been feeling this fascination.

🗣️ Please keep doing it~

🐱 Of course. Don’t worry, you guys. I will stand on stage until I’m in my 60s…

🗣️ UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE OUR DYING BREATH!

🐱 Right before our dying breath, let’s just rest. I don’t think I would have the strength to even hold a mic…

🐱 But especially while doing this solo tour, I thought about wanting to perform for a long long time. Well, there are people who have been to my concert… That time, I performed in the US, in LA, Bang PD-nim was there and the company associates was there and we talked. There was a staff, executive, that has been with me since my trainee days, “Yoongi yah, you’re really going to do this for a long time,” they said. Not only me, but the seven of us gotta do this for a long long time. Nowadays, there have been lots of moments like that when I feel grateful.

👥 Thank you

🐱 Alright, next

🐱 [reads] Choi Soojung-nim.

🐱 Choi Soojung-nim, please raise your hand.

🐱 [reads]

Great job on the US tour. Until the day we meet again in Bangkok, first one is health, second one is…

🐱 [flips letter back and front] What’s the second?

👥 [laugh]

🐱 What’s the second?

🐱 Huh?

🗣️ Second one is Min Yoongi’s love!

🐱 Aw, thank you~

🐱 Especially during this tour, a lot of people worried about my health. But really I’m healthier than ever. But when I said I had to go on tour alone, members were worried too, and especially my parents, “Ah usually there are 7 people but now you’re doing it alone so we’re worried.” But the number of songs (in the setlist) is similar, you know? I went to the US after making various preparations, so I performed without personally worrying about my health, but….after the last concert, now it became like this [laugh].

👥 :( Don’t be sick

🐱 I’m not sick, I took medicine before coming, don’t worry. I went to an ENT specialist too. And I also went to a dermatologist. Because I’m having a fan meeting… [smiles]

🐱 Anyway, you guys… Shall we read one more?

🐱 [reads]

I want Yoongi the most in the world. IWYTMITW-nim. (세상에서 윤기를 제일 원해 - 세윤제��님).

🐱 Please raise your hand. I think they’re not here? [sees the fan] Oh, oh.

🐱 Is what you drew next to it a 'ge’ (게)? I think you drew a crab (꽃게)? Anyway…

🐱 [reads]

Yoongi-yah, congratulations on this tour. Whenever your concert is held I wanna go and I’m always listening to your music.

🐱 Everyone, please make sure to come to (my) concert [smiles]

👥 [fans sad cuz it’s hard to get tickets]

🐱 I didn’t say it because it’s my concert. In the US I went on tour with a team called the Live Nation. Representatives of the performance industry came to see the concert… I’m not saying this because it’s my concert. But really the performance itself, the reviews, the directing, and everything were really well received (gets positive reviews). So if you have a chance, I hope you make sure to come and make sure to watch it. I hope you make sure to watch it…

👥 No seat left! 👥It’s difficult to get a seat!

🐱 Anyway, let’s see each other at the concert hall

🐱 Alright, you guys. That has been the 39-Character Letter (segment). Those were letters that contained contents from a touching story to a refreshing swear words. After this ends I’ll read them one by one. There are 350 of them, so it will take until about 5 o'clock in the morning I think… [laughs]

— end of 39-Character Letter Segment —

🐱 Alright, I’ll set time for the letters you gave me

🐱 What time is it now?

👥 6 pm!!!

⟨T/N | 6pm is the fan meeting starting time⟩

🐱 If it’s 6pm then it’s been two hours, right?

👥 No!!!

🐱 It’s almost time to wrap up

👥 No:((((

🐱 Is it a bummer?

👥 Yes!!

🐱 What part is a bummer (to end)?

👥 All!!!

🐱 So lastly, it’s time for me to give you all a gift, something that you would really like. While preparing for these… It’s kind of a bummer that it’s a lucky draw. But it’s like a raffle.

🐱 Number 1 please raise your hand. Ah it’s not that I’m picking number 1. Number 1 please raise your hand. So number 1 to number 350. They are seat numbers, right? I’ll draw lots from that and give gifts to 13 people. This is the time when everything is decided solely by luck. This is what society is like. This is real life.

🗣️ Let’s go with 350 people (to gift)!

🐱 Let’s go with 350 people, you said?

👥 Yes!!

🐱 It’s already prepared, what can I do

🐱 You have me as a gift, everyone. Are you going to only approach things materially? When I’m here?

🐱 We’ll divide it into first prize and second prize. First prize will be for 3 people, and I’ll pick 10 people for the second prize. They’re gifts that exceed your imagination. I got recommendations of things that you’d like and prepared them.

🐱 Shall we pick one, then? [looks around] Is there nothing like this? [mimics picking from an imaginary drawing box]

🐱 I can just say the number?

🐱 Alright, number 39. Congratulations for winning the first prize.

🐱 Number 93. Congratulations for winning the first prize.

🐱 Number 332. Congratulations for getting the first prize.

👥 [shouting out numbers]

🐱 There are still 10 people more left

🐱 Number 112….is not it, but I’ll give it to number 113. Congratulations, number 113.

🐱 Number 220

🐱 It wasn’t on a first-come, first-served basis, right? It was a raffle, right? (the seat numbers)

🐱 Number 33. Number 55. Number 156. Number 81.

🗣️ [screams]

🐱 [smiles] How many are left?

🐱 Number 3. Yeah number 3 and… Number 186. Number 156. I already said that? Number one hundred and eighty…..

🗣️ Three! Three! Please!

🐱 Three, yeah~ okay [laughs]. No but I was going to call 183, and it came out quite timely.

🐱 Alright, how many are left? Are there 2 left? So there are 3 left. Oh only 1 is left.

🐱 Number 64.

🐱 Alright that’s the end of the raffle. This is very difficult. If only there was something to pull out (from a drawing box), I would feel less guilty.

🐱 Congratulations for those who are chosen. I prepared something that everyone would like, make sure to get it when you leave. And because some receive it, let’s not be envious, jealous, or resentful, get it? We’re not such bad people

👥 I’M BAD!!!!

🐱 No. No. We’re not… Gotta congratulate them. You get it, right?

⟨T/N | First place gifts were signed polaroids (with different poses), two of the winners are linked above. I haven't seen the last winner for first prize and I don't know what the second prize was.⟩

🐱 Now it’s really time to wrap up

🐱 Lastly, let’s have a photo time.

🐱 If there’s an in-ear I can hear well, so… [takes in-ear off]. Wait a minute [adjusts in-ears and cardigan].

🗣️ ISIC (I’m Sorry I’m Cute (challenge)) please!

👥 ISIC!!!

🐱 It’s been pushed as a meme, right? But I haven’t seen it fully, sorry. I honestly don’t know what do they do there, still. Is it famous on Tiktok? I don’t have the Tiktok app.

🗣️ But you did it with Jimin

🐱 That was just… how do I say it… did it as a meme? I was just… I was really surprised. Thinking, “So people do that kind of thing.” [talks while adjusting in-ear and clothes] Wait, my in-ear…

🗣️ But you said you’re good at that

🐱 …

🐱 [does the ISIC challenge his own way]

👥 [scream]

🐱 Well, I do that much. I really… I don’t know.

👥 One more time! One more time!

🐱 No but for real, you see me doing that and like it, right?

👥 Yes

🐱 How do I do that again? [does the ISIC challenge again]

👥 [cheer]

🐱 [reads prompter] Cool pose, cute pose, and… uh, I gotta do a sexy pose? [scoffs]

🐱 I’ll do the cool pose first

🐱 Take it [poses cool]

🗣️So cool! 🗣️Freakin’ cute! 🗣️BUT YOU’RE JUST BEING CUTE!!

🐱 How can I be cute when I strike a cool pose?

🐱 Is it my fault?

👥💦 Oh, no!

🐱 Cute pose, I don’t know… There might be people here who like only me, but there could also be people who like other teams as well.

👥 There’s none!!

🐱 Other idol friends…

👥 None!!!!

🐱 …how do they do cute pose?

👥 Dunno!! There’s no one else!

🐱 I don’t know what kind of things is trendy, so

🗣️ BANGTAN IS THE BEST

🐱 Right, Bangtan is indeed the best but, you could’ve been shaken up and went away for a while before coming back

👥 NO!!!

🐱 Nothing like that?

🐱 You could’ve gone to Tubatu (TXT) for a while

👥 Didn’t do that!!

🐱 So please tell me, what’s famous for cute pose?

👥 Cat pose!

🐱 This one? [puts a cat ear with one hand on top of his head]

🐱 Are this one ^ and this one ʕ different?

👥 Yes

🐱 How are they different?

👥 [strings of answers]

🐱 This one ʕ⁠ is a bear, you said?

🐱 [confused face]

🗣️ Just do whichever!

🐱 [laughs] Do you have something bad going on in your life?

🐱 Cute pose… Well, they do something like this a lot [does cheek heart pose]

👥 [cheer]

🐱 Okay, quickly take a picture

👥 Look this way!

🐱 Alright, take it

🗣️ Please do a wink

🐱 Alright, for sexy pose I’ll do a wink. Do you want me to do the left one or the right one?

👥 Both!

🐱 If I do both then I’m closing my eyes like this [closes both eyes]

🐱 [closes left eye] Take it. Now the right one [closes right eye].

🐱 I used to do well on things like this at fansigns

🐱 Alright, now group photo together

🐱 [asks staff] Is it taken like this? Okay

🐱 Those who wants to wear their masks please do so. It won’t blurred before release.

🐱 Alright, we’ll take it on 123~

🗣️ Please wait~ 👥[laugh]

🐱 [waits]

🐱 Can I do it now? 1…2…

[photographer takes over]

🐱 How was it, did you have fun?

👥 YES 🗣️Don’t go

🐱 Didn’t we do this for an hour and a half already? I do concert for two hours, you know!

🐱 In my heart I wanna do (more) ofc. Won’t we do this again next time?

🗣️ I will sue you for a crime of violence against my heart!

🐱 [smiles]

🐱 Anyway, today is D-Day Movie Night. Thank you so so much for people who have come.

🐱 For real, I came back in the middle of the tour to do this, just to do this. At first when we planned this too, (people were like) “Oh SUGA-ssi will you be okay? Yoongi-ssi will you be okay? Will it be okay to set a schedule so tight?” But I said, “I do this because I want to.”

🐱 It’s so good to be able to see you all like this in the middle of the tour. I think we’ve talked about many things today. It also has been a while since we talked this closely. Sincerely, thank you so much for enjoying it well. I hope you all take only good memories when you leave, okay? Go home safely. It’s been BTS SUGA. See you at the concert hall!

— End of Fan Meeting ��

Sources: Bangtan TV, 장방울 [ZZOZZI FANCAM], DBOY_SG, MYgo_BTBTBBT님, min_suga_miaow님, 오뉴

Disclaimer: I am not Korean, I try my best to be as accurate as possible. I will keep updating/editing the post as I find necessary. Any mistakes are purely mine with no intended ill intention, please take this kindly^^

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SUGA at ENDRECHERI MIX AND YOU with Tsuyoshi Domoto

👤 Before meeting SUGA-kun I looked up a lot of interviews of him, I got the impression that he is a very honest and strong person. I hope to spend the time leisurely today, but I have the thought that amidst busy schedule he makes time to be here so I gotta let him rest quickly. With that in mind, I hope to be able to talk with him comfortably.

-Introduction clips-

Listening to the latest album

👤 Before meeting SUGA-kun I listened to a lot of SUGA-kun's music

🐱 Oh my, thank you

👤 Listening to the most recently released album, firstly I thought that this work is such a pure album as a whole. Really pure. Because as people live, naturally we feel various emotions and in this day and world you can express it to your heart's content, but it's not necessarily a good thing to express it like that. It's important to exchange this emotion inside our heart, and the tenacity, agony, sadness, and more than anything happiness and love to realize that feeling, that they are important, it sits in the sound and lyrics and flows into my entire body, that's what I felt about the work.

🐱 Thank you

Tsuyoshi-san's impression of SUGA

👤 I wanted to know a little deeper about SUGA-kun so I looked up many interviews. I got the impression that he's a really honest and strong person. What do you think of yourself?

🐱 I'm someone that can say I like it if I like it, if I hate it then I hate it. Rather than being honest, I think it's just my personality since I was young. I think it's also reflected in my music. The music that I liked since I was young, I fell in love when the artists were telling their own stories then I started music, so I think I was influenced a lot by that.

👤 I think to be honest to yourself and to live as you are is not something that just anyone can do

🐱 That's right

👤 But I think, because someone who lives honestly like SUGA-kun delivered such a message, there are more people in the world who have been able to get out of their own sorrow and hardship that they go through and have that strength. So I think it's really impressive to live while always keeping that childhood's pure heart until now.

🐱 I think these days the world is especially very harsh to young people. Whenever I hear (someone say) that after listening to my music they gained strength or that it became their reason to live, it also gives me a lot of comfort. It's not that my messages are exclusively for young people, but if it becomes a comfort for those who are struggling and hurting in this world, I honestly think it's enough reason to make music.

👤 I feel the same kind of reason

What they have in common: 'Grandpa'!?

👤 We have something in common, I'm also called 'ojiichan'

🐱 *laughs* Me too

👤 For example, even when people around me are in panic I'll be like ...🧍‍♂️... My hometown is not Tokyo, I really like the hometown I was born in and I enjoyed the culture there so I was called grandpa and such. Knowing that SUGA-kun is also called 'grandpa' I felt some kind of familiarity.

🐱 I've been making music since I was very young, I've made music since i was 12. I started doing music work when I was 17, so I always worked with older hyungs and nunas and naturally I grew up a bit faster I think.

👤 Amazing. I watched your interviews and works while keeping on saying 'amazing'

Thoughts put into Agust D

👤 Can we listen to the meaning behind SUGA-kun's artist name, Agust D?

🐱 It's actually DT SUGA put backwards and becomes the name Agust D, DT is Daegu my hometown... Daegu... SUGA.. When i was young there was this thing, I first made Agust D 7~8 years ago, we debuted as dance singers, and even though I did rap and producing actually I didn't belong in the idol team nor did I belong in the underground rappers. It felt like being halfway when I was young, there was some kind of a victimhood where I wasn't recognized in both sides. So wanting to show the best things I could do, I changed my name, but because it's a character made for that, early Agust D music has a lot of anger and is destructive. At first when i made it 7~8 years ago I already had the thought of making it a trilogy. Now that it's finished, from such a very destructive and rebellious music to some extent a mature music, I think I've showed them all well. I think I've showed another persona really well.

About the moment when you want to write a song

👤 Talking about when the song becomes 1 (one) from 0 (zero), for me there were a lot of instances where the thought came to me when I was in the shower, so I came out, took notes, and went back in, this happened often.

🐱 I tend to record on my phone

👤 When is the moment SUGA-kun thinks you should write a song?

🐱 I think the most important thing for a person who does pop music (popular music; for general public) is sincerity. I don't really like the scenes that are shown a lot in media where a singer-songwriter or composer suddenly get an inspiration at a certain moment and starts writing. Because I just always carry around my equipment and work on music, and I work a lot, so that I simply have a lot amount songs with me.

🐱 When i made this album i certainly was stressed out, I had to write the lyrics, I had to write the melody, and I had to do the arrangement too, but normally when I work on songs I don't get stressed at all. There's a songwriter friend who I work with, the two of us made most of this album. With that friend, even when we're drinking we end up working. And since I'm going around with the band (on tour), while drinking together with the band I would suddenly play guitar, or play keyboard, and make songs that way. So normally when doing a song camp or working on songs it feels like I'm just playing around, so I don't think there's an exact moment when I suddenly get inspired. I just always carry equipment to able to record it whenever that happens, or seeing that these days handphone, smartphone recorders work so well, I appreciate them as much as possible and record (on phone) a lot.

🐱 And since you also work on songs you must know, but when you first make a song and listen to it you don't know if it's any good, but after a few months there are moments when you think, "Oh, this is really good?". For this album too, Haegeum the title song was already written 3 years ago and I just needed to re-arrange it to fit the trend. That way, I'm the type that just steadily work on music. I need to produce an album so I don't do it like hurriedly, the oldest song in this album is from 4~5 years ago.

👤 That's right, I don't use voice memo but there were many times I used it in private, for phrase or guitar riff, bass riff, rhythm pattern, or * makes music sound* ...I put them all first and when I make a song I give them a listen again and, "Oh this beat sounds nice?... Um this is not so good..." then I save a dormant beat or riff, melody and make use of it, there are cases like that.

About the number of tracks in a song

👤 There are also times when I talk to my friends (imply talking in terms of making music) and I'm getting more and more into it, then the number of tracks increase. I adjust that number of tracks and take out some or use some parts to balance them out. How many tracks you put in a song?

🐱 What does 'How many tracks in a song' mean?

👤 *explains* At the region, and guitar... So the bass, drum...

🐱 Ah you mean how many instruments I use in a track, right?

👤 Yes, yes. So voice...

🐱 For me it's different for every song, but this time in the title song Haegeum's case, apart from the beat there are not many tracks, just a Korean instrument called gayageum, a Korean instrument called haegeum, and a Korean flute called daegeum, and 808, snare, hi-hat, I kinda made it minimal-ly. When I make commercial songs, or various OSTs, this type of light music, instrumental music, I fill it with a lot (of sounds/instruments). So I think it's different depending on the song's vibe. These days minimal music is very trendy too so I think I tend to reflect on the situation, to reflect on the trend.

About traditional instruments, timbre, and musical scale

👤 There was a message that traditional instruments are important in making music for you, what is the sound or instrument that you consider important? For example for me, my hometown is Nara and there's an instrument 0distortion, this time as well in Haegeum I apply distortion oare called Nara. By playing the musical scale f that instrument with a guitand20where I applied electric nuanceC I can feel the atmosphere gf our country there, but I (implying personal colour) don't disappear. There are times when a funky music that are not usually applied on instruments a lot, and the way I often produce is after reversing it I chop it, that's the mix. For SUGA-kun too, is there any traditional instrument oout traditional inst

🐱 I surely did use them a lot, I used Korean traditional instruments a lot. But honestly it's not that I use them to let people know about traditional instruments, I just think of them as one of various instruments and sounds. And when I make a sound I like making one that not many people do, I like to use samples by cut, paste– by chopping them. For traditional instruments I either apply distortion, this time as well in Haegeum I apply distortion on gayageum, even though I don't know gayageum well. There are also instances where I applied electric distortion on voices and guitar. I really like making beats by making unique sounds that way. A lot of effects can be done on traditional instruments, so it rather makes a fresh sound. I use effects that are not usually applied on instruments a lot, and the way I often produce is after reversing it I chop it, that's the sampling method I use a lot. I actually use it in this album too. I think I tend to approach it (traditional instruments) as one sound. Honestly it's not that I wanna tell people about traditional instruments, seeing that I don't have a lot of understanding about traditional instruments too. I just approach it as a sound.

👤 When choosing a timbre, do you decide right away after getting an inspiration or do you contemplate about it a lot before deciding?

🐱 I'm not the type that worries about that when writing a song, especially since I make beat first then add melody and lyrics to it. Actually at first, together with the friend that I work with for 6-7 years, we just go "Shall we try doing something like this?", we tend to start off this way. But after starting with a particular song vibe, that song vibe doesn't come out in the end, a whole different song always comes out, that's how I usually work on many songs. When I was young, there were a lot of songs that I participated in, and when one got stuck it affected me badly mentally. But these days, just...even if I work on several things at the same time I don't get stressed, even though I tend to get stressed around the last minute of an album (production).

SUGA's future prospect

👤 In the future how do you think SUGA will change?

🐱 I only have this thought... While going on this tour, I have this strong conviction that I will perform even when I'm in my 50~60s. Honestly I have the most fun when I'm doing music, I have the most fun when I'm on stage, that hasn't change. It's just that since I was young I have to do various genres, so I'm not sure what kind of music I'll do in the future. I think being able to do all kinds of genres is my forte. But these days while the tour is going, after only rapping in the past, this time there are a lot of songs with vocals in it so I got to sing. There's a charm that only vocal has in its own way, so if there's a chance I wanna work on a lot of songs with the sound of acoustic band, and rap too separately in rap songs, if I can mix these two just right, won't I be able to do music for a longer long time. When I'm in my 50s will I rap? I wonder about that a lot hehe... I think to rap in my 50~60s will be very hard and I find a lot of fun in vocal parts so I wanna improve by doing various genres of music.

👤 What are you looking forward to in live concert in Japan?

🐱 Actually I couldn't do a concert in Japan since 2019 because of COVID-19. At that time a stadium tour was scheduled, but now two of our members are on military service so we're in a situation where we can't tour with all 7 members. I'm doing a solo tour, but honestly I longed for the fans a lot. Japan is one thing, but that time we certainly should've done all of the stadium tour, even though it wasn't for us to take responsibility , it wasn't our fault, the thought of wanting to do a concert soon was so prevalent and since last year while preparing the album— actually in a way it's an album that is made for the purpose of doing a concert. And fortunately since I was young — to call it a solo activity is a bit like that* — but I produced or wrote enough solo songs to be able to hold a concert, so I'm grateful for the younger early 20s me, for making it so that I can go on tour at any time.

🐱 It's a concert in Japan after a long time and Japan experienced COVID-19 just like us so I wish to relief the stress or such things that people have gotten from that time, (for people/fans) to really excitedly sing along and have fun together, dance, actually I think that's the biggest reason to do a concert.

👤 Today is the first time that I meet SUGA-kun and listen to many of his stories. Just like you, I express my performance in various forms, and my main genre is funk but other than that I enjoy and do various genres and I can think of it as fun because it feels alive, I enjoy music with that kind of feeling. As expected you have to enjoy yourself to deliver that happiness to a lot of people so everyone can gain the strength of that positivity... I felt that we share the same thoughts regarding that part. But just like I said it at first, I can really feel that SUGA-kun is definitely more honest and stronger than me.

🐱 Thank you

👤 Hereafter as well, I will watch SUGA-kun's activity and continue to feel that. I sincerely hope that hereafter SUGA-kun continues to live his life to the fullest as SUGA-kun is right now.

🐱 Thank you

👤 Originally I really was going to cut this interview shorter even just a little so that I can give you a break even just a little... Sorry, I talked too much, sorry.

🐱 [shakes head]

👤 I'm really happy to have met you. Thank you.

🐱 Thank you

👤 I had an interview with SUGA-kun and as expected along the interview I had the impression that "Even at this time he's encouraging a lot of people with the words he say that contain each and every thought of his". I think through this interview you guys have heard the words that can help you gain strength as well. For me along with the episode of SUGA-kun making music, I get to know more about SUGA-kun and in the future, any work he makes and how his life turns out I hope to be able to root for him, and I had an honest time with a heart full of love. Thank you.

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The japanese words (Tsuyoshi-san's) were translated from Korean (JP➡️KR➡️ENG) credit to sugajeong님 and B_bud님.

A little guide:

👤 Tsuyoshi Domoto

🐱 SUGA

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