If you're in the military, questions like how the BTS members were discovered and how BTS was formed will probably come to mind. Well, like the big band before them, their story is a mix of traditional and non-traditional. BTS released their debut single “No More Dream” in 2013. Since then, BTS members (RM, Jung Kook, Jimin, V, Suga, Jin, J-Hope) have become famous in the community. K-pop fans around the world. .
With famous fans like Shawn Mendes, Tyra Banks, and Charlie Puth, BTS has become one of the biggest and most popular groups in K-POP history. But BTS is not always BTS. About 10 years ago, the members of BTS
were seven Koreans who dreamed of becoming pop stars. Then
Big Hit Entertainment changed his life. As ARMYs know, 2020 is the
th milestone for the group.
After releasing their first 4,444 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Dynamite" in August 2020, BTS followed up with two more number-one hits: Jawsh 685 and Jason's "Savage Love (Laxed-SirenBeat)" Derulo. "Life Goes On" from BE album November 2020. The boy group was also nominated for the first Grammy Award in history at the 2021 awards in the category of Best Pop Duo / Dynamite Performance. How did BTS become the group we know today? Find out in advance about the discovery stories of all the BTS members.
RM ,Full name RM Kim Nam Jun is the first members of BTS and leader. RM, stage name formerly Rap Monster, is one of the group's rappers. He started rapping in sixth grade after hearing Epik High's "Fly" for the first time. In 2007, while still a high school student, RM started rapping under the stage name Runch Randa, which led him to join the rap team Daenamhyup. (The group also included famous stars like Top Dogg's KIDOH, Big Hit Entertainment producer Supreme Boi, and Show Me the Money 3rd runner-up Iron.) Later, RM performed more songs with as a solo rapper. I started releasing it. During an audition for a hip-hop company, , he met Sleepy, an untouchable who served as an audition judge. Impressed with RM's rapping, Sleepy linked RM with producer Bang Shi Hyuk and invited him to audition for Big Hit Entertainment. Then, in 2010, RM became one of the members of the group BTS, and the rest is history.
Jungkook
Jung Kook (Jung Kook) is one of the main vocalists of BTS. He is also the youngest member of the group and became the Golden McNe of BTS. His nickname, Jung Kook, is auditioning for the third season of Superstar K in his hometown of Busan. Although he was eliminated in the audition, shows gave him enough exposure to be discovered by at least seven companies, including JYP Entertainment, FNC Entertainment, and Starship Entertainment. But in the end, Jungkook chose the popular entertainment industry to become an apprentice. Jung Kook said that he chose Bighit Entertainment over 4,444 other agencies because RM was so impressed with his rap parts that Jungkook started training and working with him. In short, RM is one of the reasons why Jungkook is one of the members of BTS.
v
Full name V, Kim Tae-hyun, is the son of a farmer from Daegu. He dreamed of becoming a musician, and V started playing the saxophone in high school on the recommendation of his father. Soon after, he went with a friend to the audition for the hit entertainment show in Daegu. V didn't want to audition by himself and go there just to support his friends, but a member of the amazing animation team saw him and suggested an audition. V immediately joined the audition after asking permission from his father, , and that day became the only th person to advance to the next round from Daegu. He eventually became one of the members of BTS and one of the group's main vocalists.
Suga
Suga, whose real name is Min Yungi, started out as a rapper in high school under the name Gross. It didn't take long before Suga was active as both a rapper and a producer. (He later became known as the number for producing and composing beats for local artists like the group D-Town in his hometown of Daegu.) Soon after, Suga collaborated with Suga. in his song to reenact. Started producing tracks for more famous artists like. Werbinich". Suga auditioned for hit entertainment after seeing the company's rap contest flyer "Hit It." Suga didn't win but came in second. The famous entertainment has enough signed as a producer and trainees. He was supposed to be a producer, but he was convinced that he would join BTS in 2010 and become one of the group's rappers. (He joked that founder Bang Shi Hyuk "tricked" him into becoming a member of BTS.)
Jin
Jin, whose full name is Kim Suk Jin, is the fourth member of BTS. Jin was originally discovered by SM Entertainment on the streets of his hometown Anyang. But he didn't follow the company, thinking the offer was a scam. As a student, he was rediscovered - this time by Big Hit Entertainment. A famous entertainment scout saw Jin get off the bus and convinced him to audition for the company. Jin, an acting student with no singing or dancing experience, auditioned to be an actor. However, Big Hit Entertainment had other plans and convinced him to become a BTS trainee. Today, he is one of the singers of the group. Jin isn't going to be a K-POP idol, but I can't imagine him being one of the BTS members.
Jimin
Jimin, whose full name is Park Jimin, is the last member of BTS. When enrolling in the dance department of Busan High School of the Arts, , a dance teacher impressed with Jimin's talent suggested an audition for the hit entertainer. After auditioning in her hometown of Busan, Jimin was sent to Seoul, where she became a trainee. As the newest member, Jimin's lineup is the shortest in the group. He debuted with the BTS members in 2013.
J Hope
Before BTS, J-Hope, whose full name is Jung Ho-suk, was best known as a dancer. He started with the dance group Neuron in his hometown of Gwangju before auditioning for JYP Entertainment. After a few rounds, J-Hope was finally kicked out of JYP and asked to audition for Big Hit Entertainment instead. Thanks to his ability to dance and sense of rhythm , Big Hit Entertainment saw his potential as rapper J-Hope and hired him as a trainee. However, J-Hope's debut as a BTS member rarely happens. When they were trainees, J-Hope and Big Hit Entertainment almost broke up until RM convinced them that BTS needed members like J-Hope. After that, J-Hope remained in the group and became one of the three rappers of BTS along with RM and Suga. And that's how the members of BTS were discovered.