During the latest episode of his YouTube show, Suchwita, BTS member Suga talked about a crisis the group faced as trainees that fans never knew before.
On the July 18 episode of Suchwita, BTS’s J-Hope appeared as a guest. Throughout the episode, he and Suga shared multiple laid-back conversations that touched upon J-Hope’s solo debut, his future plans, the future of BTS, and nostalgic moments from their past that they spent together as trainees.
During one such conversation, they started talking about their first dorm at 9-8 Nonhyeong-dong. Older fans knew that when BTS started out, they used to live in a cramped apartment which was reportedly 56 sq.m altogether in area.
Suga also recreated the old dorm in his “Amygdala” music video to portray his trainee days when he suffered a tragic car accident while working as a delivery guy.
But fans didn’t know that BTS almost got kicked out of that dorm before their debut. Explaining the situation back then, Suga said it was a tough time, and BIGHIT MUSIC (then BigHit Entertainment) had run out of funds entirely. Though they didn’t dissolve the lineup of BTS, the members were asked to go back home since the company couldn’t afford their accommodation anymore.
BIGHIT had come clean to the members about the situation and even told them to find new places to live on their own. But the members didn’t have that kind of money either.
J-Hope recalled how despite the company’s request, the BTS members refused to leave. Suga added that he, RM, and J-Hope stood their ground firmly and said, “We can’t move out.”
The team stuck it out that one last time, and fortunately, BIGHIT received a final investment, which made it possible for BTS to debut.
Thinking back at their passionate youth, Suga wondered what made them persevere through so many struggles. J-Hope credited Bang Si Hyuk, the former CEO of their company, for getting all seven of them together.
It was thanks to the struggles of those days that BTS could grow into the global stars they are today, and BIGHIT MUSIC could also evolve into HYBE Labels, one of the biggest entertainment labels in South Korea.
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