“i want you to smile. not one of those smiles that you put on your face to move on, but a real smile from pure happiness in your heart. i want you to always be able to have that kind of smile. i want the best things to happen to you. you understand, right?” —jimin, 2016.

“army, i’m sure you know how i feel when I look at you. only because you’re walking alongside us, only because you’re by my side, i’m able to move another step forward” —jimin, 2018.

“it makes me happy that i’ve become someone important in your lives, and because you make me so happy, i want to make you the happiest person in the world, too” —jimin, 2018.

“i wanted to say how much your love means to us. each and every one of your voices count so, thank you for your endless love and support. it’d make me so much happier if you all could love yourselves as much as you love us. i really love you all” —jimin, 2019.

“just like that, army have been with us ever since. together, we’ve come all the way here somehow. so now, i don’t think i can live without you all” —jimin, 2019.

“bts members and army are the heroes in my life. i wanted to be everyone’s hero, but there were times i hit rock bottom and it was the members and army who stayed by my side through that darkness. they’re my heroes” —jimin.

“there is a person in south korea, in the city of seoul, who understands you” —jimin.