Origin Of BTS

Ever thought about how BTS was formed and How the members for BTS was discoverd and selected  Here is the Answer for it.Further more you will also get to know their story to this career. Hope you guys will enjoy reading.

1. RM

• When Kim Namjoon aka RM was in 6 Grade, he heard Epik High‘s rap song “Fly” for the first time and he fell in love with rapping.And then he started rapping on his own and writing lyrics.He started a career as an underground rapper under the name “Runch Randa” in 2007, when he was in middle school.
• Then RM joined a rap crew named “Daenamhyup,” that consisted of some of the top underground rappers like Iron (finalist from Show Me The Money 3), Supreme Boi (producer of BigHit Entertainment), and KIDOH (one of member from Top Dogg).
• As he continued underground rapping and became more active in underground scene ,his skills  became better and better as a rapper. He started releasing more and more songs, and also collaborated with other underground artists, like BLOCK B‘s Zico (who went by “Nakseo” at the time).
• His reputation was growing in this field so, RM was invited to audition for an underground hip-hop agency. There he met Untouchable‘s Sleepy, who was one of a judge at that audition. Sleepy was very impressed by RM’s rapping skills and saved RM's phone number and then passed it  to producer Bang Shi Hyuk.
• Then RM was introduced to Bang Shi Hyuk where he RM ended up auditioning for Big Hit Entertainment, and became the first member to join BTS in 2010.
• Namjoon was the first member to be selected for  BTS. More accurately,Bang PD decided to make BTS he met Namjoon. He had been trainee for more than 3 years. More accurately,Bang PD decided to make BTS,after he met Namjoon. He had been trainee for more than 3 years.
  

2. Suga

• Originally from Daegu, South Korea, Min Yoongi aka Suga the 2nd member to join BTS, was active in the underground hip-hop as a producer and rapper. He began performing in high school, and made a name for himself using name"Gloss".
• He started getting attention not only as rapper but also as a producer composing beats for local artists in his hometown of Daegu, primarily for a group called “D-TOWN.”
• More and more people started noticing his skills.He even produced tracks for bigger underground names.One of his most successful song he produced was “Who am I”for Reflow.
• For next level for his career and music, Suga decided to audition for Big Hit Entertainment. He saw a flyer promoting a rap competition / audition called “Hit It,” organized by BigHit entertainment and felt that it was a good oppurtunity for him. He didn’t win t1st place in that competition, but ended up winning 2nd place. And then he joined Big Hit Entertainment as a producer / trainee.
• According to reports, Suga just wanted to be a producer but later in 2010, he was convinced into joining BTS . To this day, Suga jokes that Bang pd tricked him to join the BTS.
• During trainee period, Suga was one of the 4 BTS members along with  Jungkook, Jimin,J-Hope who were often seen dancing for GLAM’s live performances of “Glamorous,” as well as for the stage performances of hologram artist SeeU.
• He also made a brief cameo in Jo Kwon’s “I’m Da One” music video.
  

3. J-Hope

• Jung Hoseok aka J-Hope the 3rd member to join BTS, was a dancer before he joined BigHit Entertainment. He had always love dancing, and he even joined a dance crew called “Neuron” in his hometown of Gwangju, Korea.
• Because of his love towards Dance, J-Hope auditioned for JYP Entertainment. He passed the first few rounds, but he eventually got cut from the JYP auditions.
• Then, J-Hope decided to audition for Big Hit Entertainment. Jhope was selected to the company because of his good dance skills, strong understanding of rhythm, and potential for rap. He moved to Seoul, and became a full-time trainee.
• During his trainee days, J-Hope was very active. He used to be a backup dancer for GLAM‘s “Glamorous” performance, 2AM Jo Kwon‘s “I’m Da One” promotions. He was even featured as a rapper for Jo Kwon’s track “Animal.”
• Jhope was trained to be a vocalist instead of a rapper in BTS. But V also wanted to be a vocalist , so JHope gave up his position as a vocalist and started to be trained for rapping.As we know he is very hardworking person so he worked hard to learn rap from RM and Suga.
• Despite years of training, J-Hope decided to leave BTS until RM convinced him to stay as BTS needed J-Hope. He returned to the group, and the rest is history.
  

  

4. Jin

• Kim Seokjin aka Jin the 4th member to join BTS, had a very different and interesting casting experience than the other members. Originally from Anyang, South Korea, Jin was originally casted on the streets by SM Entertainment.But he never followed up with the company because he thought it was a scam.
• And then, he again got casted on street  when he was a college student. A representative from Big Hit Entertainment saw Jin as he was exiting a bus, and convinced Jin to audition for Big Hit.(Our World Wide Handsome)
• Jin had no prior experience in singing or dancing as he was an acting major, Jin auditioned to be an actor. But the Big Hit had other plans and he ended up becoming a trainee for BTS. As jin was actiong major he had no idea about singing and dancing, Jin became the great singer and dancer that he is today all through hard work and practice.
• During his trainee days, Jin was spotted in Jo Kwon’s “I’m Da One” music video as a butler / bodyguard. He was utilized as an actor, instead of a dancer because of his good looks.
  

5. Jungkook

• The maknae of the group, Jeon Jungkook auditioned for the 3rd season of Superstar K in his hometown of Busan, Korea. Although he was eliminated from the auditions, various agency recruiters saw something special in him.
• Jungkook was scouted by 7 different entertainment agencies like JYP Entertainment, FNC Entertainment, and Starship Entertainment. Out of all of the agencies, Jungkook choosed Big Hit Entertainment.
• Although BigHit was small company at that time, he choosed Big Hit over the other big companies because he was so impressed with RM and his rapping skills.So, he wanted to be in the same company where RM was.
• During his trainee period, Jungkook was often seen as back dancer for Big Hit Entertainment artists. He was seen during live performances of GLAM’s “Glamorous,” as well as Jo Kwon’s “I’m Da One.”
  

6. V

• Kim Tae Hyung aka V has said in multiple interviews that he grew up with hardly any money. He was raised by a family of farmers in Daegu and never thought he would be famous. His childhood dream was to pursue music.
• With that dream in mind, V started learning and playing saxophone in high school. His father told him to learn an instrument if he was serious about pursuing music.So he had learned saxophone for 3 years.
• One day, his friend went to a Big Hit Entertainment audition and he went with him. He went  to the audition only to support his friend, but someone from the rookie development team saw him and asked him to audition. So he called his dad for permission and he got permission. then auditioned on the spot. He was the only person to pass the audition in Daegu that day.
•  Before official debut, V was kept hidden by Big Hit Entertainment. He was, however, seen in Jo Kwon’s music video for “I’m Da One.” Along with Jin, V made an appearance as a butler / bodyguard.

  

  
  

7. Jimin

• The final member to be selected for BTS, Park Jimin is originally from Busan, Korea. He attended the Busan High School of Arts, where he was a top student in the Department of Dance.
• Jimin had a natural talent in dance. One of his dance teachers urged Jimin to audition for Big Hit Entertainment because he was promising young contemporary dance student,.
• After being encouraged by his teacher, he went for audition. Then he passed the audition in Busan, and moved to Seoul to become a trainee. Although his training period was the shortest among all, Jimin became the final member of BTS because of his natural skills and hardwork.
• During his trainee period, Jimin was often seen as back dancer for GLAM’s “Glamorous” performance. He also did brief cameo in GLAM’s music video for “Party (XXO).”
  

Jeon Jungkook Facts

1. His real name is  Jeon Jeong-guk . He was born in Busan, South Korea on September 1, 1997.
   
2. His zodiac sign is Virgo. His height is 5'10" i.e. 178 cm and weighs around 66kg and Blood type is A.
3. Jungkook's family consists of Mom, dad, older brother
4. Jungkook's older Brother name is Jung Hyung
   
5. Jungkook is very good at drawing. Everyone in Jungkook’s family is good at drawing, so since he was little, he followed them and drew too.(Amazing gene...)
   
6. education history: Seoul School of Performing Arts; Global Cyber University
7. He attended Baek Yang Middle school.
8. Jungkook went to the Mnet for auditions of Superstar K2 and got casted by a Bighit's staff.
9. In middle school, when he went to Superstar K auditions, he sang IU’s ‘Lost Child’ there but he failed in elimination round. On the way back home, he got offers from eight different entertainment agencies.
10. When he was in grade 7, he became interested in a singing after listening to G-Dragon songs. Then in grade 8, he was casted by Big Hit after the Superstar K3 auditions and became a part of  BTS.
    
11. Jungkook learned Urban Style, powerful Dances,Female Dancing Style, Female Dancing Style,and many more form of dances from famous choreographers.
12. His favorite foods include anything with flour like pizza, bread, etc
13. His favorite color is black. (Run BTS Ep. 39)
14. He loves to play games, soccer and draw.
15. Zion T Feat Primary ‘See Through’  is Jungkook's Favourite song .
16. Jungkook hobbies are video editing (Golden Closet Films), photography,exercising, discovering new music and singing covers.
    
17. He has habit of sniffing a lot because of his rhinitis. He also wriggles his fingers a lot
18. His shoe size is 270 mm.
19. He likes the number 1
20. He is said to be a very skilled cook.
21. He likes shoes and makeup.
22. He dislikes tasteless things, bugs, getting hurt, studying. (Profile written by Jungkook)
23. He speaks Korean, Japanese and English (basic).
24. Jungkook learned B-boying in a club with some friends and hyungs in Grade 7.
25. He has black belt in Taekwondo.
    
26. He was a handball player before he joined the group.
27. His likes sunny weather with a cool breeze.
28. In coming 10 years, Jungkook either wants to be the owner of a duck meat restaurant or a tattooist.
    
29. After listening to rap monster's rap ,he decided to join Big Hit Entertainment because he fell in love with rap monster's rap.
    
30. He talks to RM,when he in trouble/worried. It because RM notices him first when something happen to him and will give him advice.
31. Jungkook nicknames are  Kookie, Jeon Jungkookie (Suga calls him a lot), Golden Maknae,and Nochu.
32. Jungkook’s role model is G-Dragon (BigBang).
33. When he was younger, his dream was to become a badminton player. But after listening to G-Dragon’s songs and he changed his dream to becoming a singer.
34. “Living without passion in life is like being dead” is motto of Jungkook's life.
35. He has driving license (BTS Run ep. 18)
36. He loves to read comic books.
37. Jungkook is a big fan of Iron Man.
    
38. Jungkook thinks he’s a pro gamer. (Knowing Brother ep. 94)
39. Jungkook have ability to play games on two computers at once. (Knowing Brother ep. 94)
40. Jimin says that Jungkook smiles when he swears.
41. Jungkook owns a dog whose name is 구름/Gureum (Cloud).
42. In school , Jungkook disliked everything except Physical Education, Art, and Music Class.
43. Members say that Jungkook’s dorm room is the messiest one but Jungkook denies.
44. Jungkook likes to collect bluetooth speakers.
45. Jungkook ranked 13th in the “Top 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2017” and 2nd on TC Candler “The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2018”.
    
46. GOT7‘s Bambam & Yugyeom, BTS‘s Jungkook, Seventeen‘s The8, Mingyu, DK,  NCT‘s Jaehyun and Astro‘s Cha Eunwoo (the ’97 liners i.e. born on 1997) have a group chat.
    
47. Jungkook’s ideal date is to walk along the beach in night.
48. Jungkook choose IU  to duet because he likes IU's great Voice.
49. He want to steal knowledge of RM, diverse knowledge of suga, positive mind of Jhope, persistence and  effort of Jimin, natural talent of V and wide shoulders of Jin.
    

Park Jimin Facts

1. His real name is Park Jimin. He was born in Busan, South Korea on October 13, 1995.
   
2. His zodiac sign is Libra, his heigh ist 61kg and Blood type is A.
3. Jimin’s family conists of: Dad, mom, younger brother.
4. Jimin goes crazy for his younger brother.
   
5. He is educated from Busan High School of Arts Now enrolled.Global Cyber University
6. Pre-debut Jimin entered Busan High School of Arts as the top student in modern dance, but later transferred to Korea Arts High School with V.
7. Jimin was valedictorian in his pre-debut years (hightest ranked student aka no.1 overall) and he was class president for 9 years.
8. Jimin's nickname was Ddochi in the middle school .He was called Ddochi by his friend, as he looked like a puppy then.
   
9. Jimin was the last member to join BTS.
   
10. At first he thought Baby J or Young Kid as a stage name, but then he concluded it was best to use his real name as stage name.
11. His favorite colors are blue and black.
12. His favorite number is number 3.
13. His nickname is Mang-gae rice cake. (Knowing Brother)
14. He takes the longest to do make up.
15. He was very self conscious of his looks and cheeks and used to view himself as Fat.(Not now thank god).He went into depression and starved himself because of it. Jin got him out of it and made him eat regularly.
16. His favorite foods include pork, chicken, duck,fruit, and kimchi jjigae.
    
17. Jimin doesn’t like spinach (Run BTS ep. 65)
18. He likes a sunny and cool weather.
19. He has very impressive abs.(Ohh la la..)
    
20. He jokingly hits other members. It is his way  of showing his affection towards them.
21. He already had planned his future to be singer and told about it to his parents. They supported him from the start.
22. After watching a Rain performance,Jimin became interested in a singing career
23. Jimin, Wanna One’s Woojin and Daniel participated (respectively) in a dance competition in Busan – “2011 Busan City Kids Vol. 2”. In the semifinal ,Jimin’s team beat Woojin’s team , while in the final Jimin and Daniel’s teams confronted.
24. Once Jimin wrote some lyrics and gave them to Suga. Suga said: “You called these lyrics?!” (the lyrics sounded like a children song). Suga asked jimin to rewrite the lyrics, but in the end Jimin’s lyrics was rejected.
    
25. It is very easy to make Jimin smile and brighten him up. Usually he laughs because of J-Hope.
    
26. Rain, Taeyang (Bigbang) and Chris Brown are Jimin’s role models.
27. He is most confident in his eyes.
    
28. During ‘No More Dream’ performance, he has a choreography  where he had to kick members and he feels sorry for kicking his members.
    
29. He enjoys reading comic books. He was influenced a lot by comic books him . [SKOOL LUV AFFAIR KEYWORD TALK]
30. According to Jimin, love, money and stage are his happiness are.
31. Jimin has black belt in taekwondo.
32. SHINee’s Teamin, EXO’s Kai, VIXX’s Ravi, Wanna One’s Sungwon and HOTSHOT’s Timoteo are some of Jimin's close friends.
    
    
    
    
33. Jungkook always teases Jimin about his height.
    
34. He want to steal Rap Monster’s height, V’s talent and gaze, J-Hope’s cleanliness, Suga’s diverse knowledge.
35. During practice time also, he has to use eyeliner, else he can’t seem to show strong expressions and he will get shy.
    
36. His motto in his life is "Let’s keep trying till we can’t do it any more. "(Profile written by Jimin)
37. Jimin was ranked 64th in the “Top 100 Handsome Faces of 2017” and 25th on TC Candler “The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2018”.
    
    
    
    
     
38. His “Fake Love” fancam has already reached 29.3 million on Youtube, which is the most viewed fancam in Kpop.
    
39. Jimin likes to celebrate other members' birthdays. But he when fans asked him about his birthday and its celebration, he didn't answer. 
40. According to every member, Jimin is the kindest and the most caring one.
    
41. His left eyes is a bit swelled because on that eye was laid 8 stitches after he smacked it upon the seat of the toilet.
42. Once,when Jimin was young a dog had bit him. He thought that the dog had sexy legs and wanted to catch him. (perverted from childhood LOL).
    
43. Jimin’s parents own a café in Busan, where there are a lot of his and BTS's pictures hanging on the walls. His parents love to meet his fans.
44. Jimin dances popping from 8th grade.
45. Jimin thinks he is sexy when he is staring directly at camera.
    
46. Jimin's best movie he has watched is “Always”. He said it was a very emotional movie.
47. Jimin hated history classes the most in school.
48. Jimin would like to have 3 sons.
49. Jimin’s ideal girlfriend include good personality, someone nice having a cute appearance. He would prefer it if his girlfriend would be shorter than him. 
50. He had an one sided love before. When he was in 5 meter distance from the girl he loved his face turned red, like a tomato.
51. He had been in a relationship but broke up with her when he moved to Seoul.
52. His favorite scent on women’s body is almost undetectable floral scent.
53. Jimin said that he had always liked women with long hair. From when he was a child.
54. Jimin’s ideal date is to sit on the bench, drink together.He likes to have a countryside date. We would also walk holding hands.
    

Jung Ho-Seok (J-Hope) Facts

1. His real name is Jung Ho-seok. He was born on  Feb. 18, 1994, in Gwangju Metropolitan City,South Korea.
   
2. Jhope’s family consists of: Dad, mom and older sister.
   
3. His sister name is  Jung Da Won (Ji Woo)  who is 4 years older than him and they are very close to each other.
   
4. His sister is known as Mejiwoo but it is the name of her clothing brand. Her actual name is Jung Dawon. And this is her Instagram page: Dawon's Instagram Page Here
5. She is modeling for her cloth brand. Her outfits are so cool.
   
6. His blood type is A.
7. He is 177 centimeters tall and weighs 65 kilograms.
8. Jhope said " he is just Jung Ho Seok  J-hope without other members of BTS. Jhope exist only if there is other BTS members"
   
9. J-Hope studied in Big Bang's Seungri's dancing academy with Zelo from BAP and Hyungwon from Monsta X.
10. J-Hope and BAP's YoungJae auditioned for JYP together.
    
11. Before his debut, he was a member of a street dance team named Neuron.
12. He was quite famous as an underground dancer in his hometown Gwanju.
    
13. Before his debut, he thought “Smile-Hoya” as a stage name.
14. He is BTS’ sub-rapper and main dancer of BTS.
    
15. J-Hope dreamed of becoming a professional tennis player during his elementary school years.
16. He likes melodramatic movies.He says it helps him to write lyrics.
17. His favorite color is green.
18. His favorite song is Radiohead’s “Creep.”
19. J-Hope favorite food are traditional Korean foods such as kimchi.
20. His can do street and freestyle dance and beatboxing.
21. He enjoys window-shopping and listening to music.
22. The first album he bought was g.o.d’s.
23. J-Hope had tough times during his trainee days, prompting him to leave the team for a while.
24. His bandmates persuaded him to come back, and then they made their debut as BTS.
    
25. Jhope is enrolled in Global Cyber University along with other bandmates V and Jungkook.
26. He disliked math most in his school days.
27. He has unique habit of sleeping with open hands.
28. He is easily offended.
29. J-Hope is affectionately called “Manager Jung” because he plays a key role in choreographing dance moves for BTS songs.
    
30. Among BTS Choreography “Save Me” and “DNA.” are his two favorite choreography .
31. He would have probably been an owner of a café if he didn’t become an idol.
32. He name his studio "Hope world" where he works .
33. On BTS’ official blog and Twitter account.J-hope posts his dance-practice videos under the caption “Hope on the Street”
34. He danced as background dancer in Jo Kwon’s video “I’m Da One” in 2012 along with Jungkook.
    
35. He never traveled abroad before his debut. His first international destination was Japan.
36. He is confident of his leg lines.
    
37. He went to a high school where his father taught literature. 15. The high school where Hoseok studied the teacher of literature was his father. So it was extra hard for him. He always felt pressure during exams.
38. He hates exercise.
39. He is scared of needles.
40. Hoseok would rather go on the world’s tallest roller coaster than stay inside a haunted house for 30 mins.
    
41. Hoseok is afraid of a lot of things and easily scared. For example he hates being surprised by things that appear out of nowhere.
    
42. J-Hope is the only member of BTS who doesn’t have any piercings.
43. J-Hope released his first mixtape named “Hope World” On March 2, 2018.  "DayDream" was the title track of this album.
    
44. He ranked 63rd on the Billboard 200 in March last year, a record for a Korean solo artist. His bandmate RM later broke that record with his mixtape song “Mono.”
45. He was inspired by Jules Verne’s novel “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” for “Hope World.”
46. His role models are ASAP Rocky, J. Cole, Beenzino and G-Dragon of Big Bang.
47. Jhope's favorite designer is Brian Donnelly, aka Kaws, who is best known for his Bearbrick art. J-Hope also loves to collect the bears.
48. John Cena, actor and World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler picked J-Hope as his favorite member of BTS.
    
49. He has a dog whose name is Mickey.
50. His favorite smell is smell of his pet dog, Mickey’s paws! For him, the smell on the end of the paws, really has nice smell. Stretching its paws and… (pretends to sniff) it’s so cute, so I can’t help it~!
    
51. As a child.J-Hope was a fan of the anime character “Atashin’chi.”
52. J-Hope’s Myers-Briggs personality type is ESFJ: extroverted, sensing, feeling, judging.
53. Family, health and love are  three most important elements of happiness.
54. Jhope's motto in his life is, “If you don’t work hard, there won’t be good results.”
55. J-Hope ranked 88th on TC Candler’s list of “the 100 most handsome faces of 2018.”
    
56. Hobi likes RM's rap very much, but when he is dancing he can't help himself but to burst out laughing.
57. When he feels down he always goes to Namjoon for advice, as he always finds the right words to encourage J-Hope.
58. Hobi likes to compliment the staff by saying “You look great today” or “Ooo, your perfume smells really good”.
59. If he could change his stage name he would have chosen to be called Jay Yang.
60. He wants to name his child "Huimang", meaning “Hope” in future.
61. His favourite number is 7.
62. His favourite season is spring.
63. Hoseok loves caps but he doesn't wear them as much as he would like to.
64. When asked to Jhope about keeping in touch with family,he replied" Lately it’s the smartphone era so usually we commute through messaging apps.He added" we have a family group chat where they upload pictures there and go like “Wow~ cool!”Usually he takes initiative to call them, Since they don’t get to see each other often. 
    
65. V once said that J-Hope is like Doraemon who always finds a way to solve any problem.
66. He had a girl that he liked very much but she dumped him and went to another man. That day with broken heart he rode a bus. At that time he had a MP3 player with him that he was listening. Suddenly Dynamic Duo's Solo played which became very meaningful and beloved song for him.
67. He remains motivated  by working a lot, when I don’t have to give up on the things I need. I learned to love myself. And to be honest I think that if you want to keep yourself motivated you need to love yourself first.
68. Acccording to Jhope anyone can get his attention in the crowd at a BTS concert by holding up placards with my name on it.(ARMY's here you go...)
    
69. Charger is one of the things that is very precious to J-Hope .
70. Things he wants to steal from other members are Jimin's chocolate abs, Rap Monster's rap skills and his good English.
    
71. He likes girls with long hair .
72. His favorite scent on a woman is Vanilla.
73. He likes girls that wear Nike sneakers. Nike shoes girl ~ ♪
74. J-Hope's weakness is cute girly smiles.
75. He would go to Amusement park on a date.
76. He would like if a girl wears One-piece dress for their date.
77. He would console her girl by saying" Why are you crying? From this moment I will take the responsibility for every drop of your tear. "(*cringing)
78. Hoseok once said that no matter the country there can be a relationship in distance and that the distance shouldn’t affect the love.
79. His ideal type is a girl who likes to read, assists her boyfriend/husband well and is a great cook.
80. The personality of the women he likes is purity/innocence/vividity
81. J-Hope's ideal date: " I love the sea, I would like to walk down to the beach and hold hands (laughs)".His ideal date is holding hands and walking on the beach together.