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Jimin and Jungkook were late so they waited to do member introductions. BCS Music Camp doesn’t really do visual radio but they made an exception for all the fans. Yoongi says that he’s a lover of radio and that he’s been listening since he was young esp on his way to cram school
BCS says that they had asked to meet earlier when they recorded in London last year for the show’s 30th anniversary. They recorded in BBC Radio’s Maida Vale studio and even Anne Marie, who was on the show, asked to see them but the group was busy bc of their Wembley shows
BTS: Really!!!????!? Anne Marie wanted to see us?

says Anne Marie’s song was basically reigning the Korean chart and BCS says BH told the show they were very busy and they say they will ask Bang PD separately. And it’s better that they see each other now bc of the BB #1!

did you expect that you would be #1 for 2 straight wks?

Before the 1st week results came out, we didn’t know bc Cardi B’s song was so strong

Wap? Noo it’s famous for its dance challenge song!


NO THATS NOT WHAT WE THINK!

yes that’s my opinion!

no no

for us, we don’t think that Cardi B-ssi

I’m sorry Cardi B! It’s not like I’ll have a chance to really see her! it’s ok she doesn’t speak korean so she won’t know!

So it would be a lie if I say that we didn’t expect it for the 1st +

the second week, we didn’t expect at ALL. For the 1st week, we thought if we’re lucky we could be #1 so we did expect it a little. Right after the announcement of the 2nd week, Bang PD called, while crying

does he usually cry often?

He called us and it was kinda funny

we got the call, he said “are you all there?” And then started screaming and crying YEAHHHHH

he was screaming

“Do you know what this means?”

“It’s really an amazing feat!”

people in the music industry know how amazing this is, but the general public kind of don’t

bc you’ve had such good results in the past, so they think “oh they’re at #1” but let me put it into some perspective, there aren’t many songs that stayed #1 after debuting at #1. Think how long the history of pop music music is and you’re only the 20th song.

Wow that’s very meaningful to be the 20th, we’re in the year 2020

If you look at some of the other songs before Dynamite, there’s Mariah Carey’s Fantasy, One Sweet Day, Aerosmith’s I Don’t Want to Miss A Day, and this is Aerosmith’s only #1 song given their long career

I expect BTS to have many more #1’s

We’ll try hard

If sunbae-nim says so, they say it will come true!

Not to toot my horn but Bong Joonho and Song Kangho were on my show before the Oscars and they went on to win the Oscar!
(They go on a long joke about how BCS and BTS are similar etc and

jokingly says

was the only one who didn’t laugh,

says he’s nervous)

okay let’s go back to music, I hope Dynamite could stay at #1, and I want to tell you how thankful I am, tho you may find that weird

Since I’m old and almost close to retirement, I was so thankful to introduce a Korean artist go #1 on the Hot100 during my time as a DJ. Now I don’t have anything else to wish for
BTS: oh thank you, nooo you’ll stay on longer

Ah actually I do have one more wish

What is it?

Ah the Grammys. I’ve been doing the Grammy broadcast for 20 years and it’s hard to do it since it’s early in the morning. I saw you last year with Lil Nas X and I was planning on it being my last year, but if BTS gets a nomination, it’ll be my last year and

if you don’t, then I don’t plan on doing it

isn’t it the voting period?

yes, and we’re voting members at the Recording Academy, with Bang PD

oh?? uhh are you, is there any benefit to us?

ofc you know how when you run for class president and you vote for yourself?

We always vote for ourself

it’s our first time meeting and our communication is great hahaha oh and one more thing, in 2015, I saw you perform, can you see this?

Oh?! It’s our Summer Sonic as in Japan

I’ve gone for about 20 yrs and have seen many Korean artists

oh that was your first time

yeah that’s when we did Dope

you weren’t world star level at that time

yes we were neighborhood stars, who worked hard

were we even neighborhood stars?

Nonhyeon-dong stars

No you could say you were stars in Asia then too

that’s how you got to perform at Summer Stage but I’m sorry, I didn’t watch your entire performance

oh but it was so hot that day

it’s okay it was so hot

we had a hard time too

And Summer Stage has so many stages and like 6 shows going on at the same time

so I was trying to watch everything. So I said okay since I saw BTS a bit, let me go to another show

that’s the appeal of a festival

No, I should’ve finished and then went backstage to get your autographs if I knew you were going to get so big

I think there were several Korean artists like Epik High right?

On a different stage

Yes they were at a stage near the stage

Weren’t we indoors?

yes

Yes we were inside

Yes it was in the convention center omg we spent so much time on this topic

Ah your album, are you preparing for it?

yes it comes out this year, we don’t really tell others but we’re only telling you bc we’re on your show but it comes out this year, there’s not much time left right?

we’re almost done, and it’ll come out before the end of the yr

Can you tell us about the album?

This is special info but the songs are a little bit better than Dynamite

this is a spoiler, but the songs are about 3-4 min long

that’s daebak

you’re not supposed to tell him that much!

you’re not supposed to say the running time

even I didn’t know that!

still!

you’re going to tell him that?!

there was a lot of member participation

Is it really important info to know songs are 3-4 min?!

no no it was a joke lol

the album is almost done

this album has a lot of member participation

so as time passes, there’s going to be more [member participation]?
BTS: yes that’s what we expect to happen

what about the genre?

there are many different genres so it’s hard to say just one, but there are several messages that say what we needed to say for these times

since we’re constrained for time and so many people know more about you even the little details, let’s just talk about music. You’re world stars now but you were just regular kids at one time, which artist influenced you the most musically?

For me, I started music after listening to Epik High and TI the rapper

I wonder if he’s doing well

yeah he’s doing well

now you can call him up and ask no?

he was actually supposed to do a remix for us but he couldn’t. He was supposed to be on my mixtape

he got it and then it wasn’t a good time for him so he couldn’t

Jin, after you said you were handsome, I don’t think you spoke much

Uh I really don’t want to rude/make an excuse but you didn’t see [me talk]. I did talk a lot
BTS


Oh?! I’m sorry!!

Oh bc you kept looking at the other side, so I don’t think you saw

oh I’m sorry

it’s okay! A person can only look in one direction. So if I had to say who I got the most influence from, it’s my BTS members bc of them, I started music and bc of them I wrote music for the first time. Tbh they sing the most next to me so I got the most influence from them

Ah this is really important bc to get influence from your members, that shows how strong the bond is btwn the members in the team

yes I’ll talk a lot

and you’re really handsome!

Ah thank you, I’m kinda embarrassed lol

okay Jimin!

I’m the same, from Leader-hyung to the other members, I actually changed my entire perspective. My dream was to be on stage but as I became a trainee, as I sang and made songs, I learned how fun it was to convey from them. So I wanted to sing well, have a prettier voice, +

wanted to make good songs, that became my dream.

Ah it’s so heartwarming

it’s the truth!

ofc you have to say what really happened! Jungkook?

I’m the same. Okay but don’t laugh please (at BTS)

we’re not laughing!

But Jungkookie actually entered bc of Namjoonie

At a recent interview, they asked me who’s your star and I answered RM hyung. For me, when I was a student back in Busan, I didn’t really have much of an interest in singing. And I did want to become a singer since there were a lot of awesome singers but as I was looking

I saw a video of Namjoonie hyung rapping. And that’s also when Bang PD was famous bc he was on the “A Star is Born” audition show. So it kinda overlapped, and I decided I wanted to go to BH, became a trainee and then my members really helped me. From then on, +

I really learned a lot from them bc rn I don’t think I really know much about music or practiced that much. As I found music fun and met our fans and as time passed, I think I naturally just started to pick up more. So I think my members made me.

Ah so in your teens

He entered when he was 15

wow! so you’re the maknae

Yes

okay since everyone said the members, that’s the base

okay so members are the default

and if I just had to pick one person it’s the same then and now, Nas. To me he’s my one and only

When we performed at the Grammys with Lil Nas, Nas was there too

oh yes I remember

I think they collaborated bc since he’s Lil Nas and he’s big Nas. But that was my first time seeing him. I had so many complicated feelings bc they said it was Nas’ 1st Grammy (appearance)

Ah that’s right, bc the Grammys are very conservative

yes that’s right

To be frank, it’s where there’s a lot of old people like me are. Tbh, people like us, we’re more rock generation so we listen to hiphop since it’s the new trend but we don’t really get into it

yes I think that could definitely happen

So I’m sure that’s why it was Nas’ first time at the Grammys, and why the Grammys got bashed for not really acknowledging/inviting hip hop musicians

right

so anyway

So it’s Nas

wow what did it feel like to see your idol

he was so nervous

he couldn’t even talk

how many times did you go to the bathroom?

Oh right I was so nervous

it was so fascinating

it was the first time I saw him act like a kid

it was the first time I understood what Namjoonie hyung was saying in English

Bc he was talking so slowly and stammering?

I think I was more nervous than when I met Drake

I’ve only seen him be that way twice, when he met Drake and Nas

my past idol and present idol

that’s true. Okay V!

Well my members...haha they’re the base +
BTS: hahahahaha (bc so many said the members)

bc I was the same, I also started making music bc of the other members. I would see the members making music and gradually I began to do the same

Ah from looking at them

so that’s why I’m working on my mixtape rn. And trying+

those kinds of new things

that’s good that’s good

Since I can’t just talk about my members, the artist that showed me how cool/awesome a singer is was Bi (Rain) sunbaenim. Our names are kinda similar

Wow! More “B” names! BTS, BCS, BST (the writer of the show) Cardi B! Bi!

wow there are so many people with B in their names than I thought

so while watching Rain sunbaenim’s performances, I would think how does he fill the stage by himself and perform so well

what did you feel when you first saw the Kkang MV (it’s a viral hit in Korea)?

OOH you have to talk well

he (rain) might be listening

then and thought as time passed, people will really like it


and it really happened

1 Kkang per day

there’s an addictive quality to it

he was ahead of the time

ok JHope

Bae Chulsoo sunsaengnim

YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SONGGOLMAE (BCS’ old band) while singing

and say [you were inspired while] by seeing him play the drums

When I was playing drums, you weren’t even born! If I ask your father, he could say Songgolmae

for me, I’m a bit different from the others bc I approached music bc of dancing. So for me Kris Kross

So I listened to music bc I danced

did you wear clothes backward too?

yeah I wore hip hop clothes and danced. Then I came to Seoul and learned rap from Yankie hyung and started to like J Cole and got influenced

okay but your father likes Songgolmae

he said he likes the song Rainwater

Oh really he said he likes Rainwater?

yes that he really likes the song

I debuted in 1978 and in the 80s we were famous, not on BTS’ level but we were okay in Korea
BTS: oh nooo please

I was actually on a pilot show +

and was on a call with you on the radio and I don’t think it went out. I was on with Kim Gura sunbaenim

oh you were there?

Yes I was next to him but didn’t say anything

oh you know if you really think about it, we do have some connections

yes and that was 2015 too

During the ads, I was talking to you about Paul McCartney’s photographer who I interviewed in the past MJ Kim. He said many good stories about you and said as young people, you had such great personalities (he had said they were respectful, genuine, humble in past interviews)

“that’s good (x2)” (imitating MJ Kim)

MJ Kim is jjang (the best)

oh I remember when we filmed with him

Oh and I actually prepared so much for this

it’s an honor

there have been many famous artists on the show, and I don’t really prepare much

besides the basic info bc it’s sometimes better to interview them without knowing too much. But for BTS, if I didn’t I could get in trouble
BTS: oh no no you wouldn’t

so I watched all the videos. I really liked the Late Show where the host dressed up like Ed Sullivan


oh right yes

You probably don’t know Ed Sullivan since it was in the 60s. He was a really famous host back then
(

that was Colbert ahjusshi right?)

oh yeah we know

yes we know, the one who made the drum set for us

Yeah he was the one who introduced the Beatles

in the US they remade the stage exactly for BTS
BTS: yes that’s right!

yeah they made everything the same

we recorded in black and white at the time

it was so fun, we all wore suits

Yup and there were drums in the back
+

so I thought “wow even when they do a music performance for a variety show, they really make it fun”

Bc of Covid, you can’t do any live shows rn, but do you have any plans for a concert when the Covid situation gets better?

We actually came from practicing for a concert

bc we have an online concert in October

Your online concert last time Bang?

Yes BangBangCon

People said it was incredible!

Yes many people saw the show

many people saw it

A lot of people saw it live

756,000 people!

a lot of people really saw it

I also saw how your MV surpassed 100M views

right

yes

wow that’s so incredible. Rn BTS, everything about you and your music influences young people all over the world, do you ever feel scared by that?


we think about it a lot

we still think about it a lot

So there’s a song called Shadow, it’s about the fears
(

it’s that hyung’s solo song)


wow you’re promoting your song on Bae-Cam

Okay but that’s really the theme of the song!

do you want them to turn on the song

no they said they’ll turn it on tomorrow

when they said they’ll have a BTS special (it’s a joke lol)

okay yes, we do have fears but we do think there are things that only we could do so

right, so music...we don’t really have time so

it’s okay they can play it all week long

we’ll play Dynamite 1x everyday

yes that’s an honor

What are you interested in, besides music? It could be anything, cooking, working out, environment, world peace, reunification, anything!

it’s funny to say it’s not related to music, but I’m playing guitar all day long

he really plays all day long

besides that, I’m interested in world peace

Okay so we’ll say world peace for Suga

for me, besides music
(

you like games)

My hyung is in the food business, but bc of COVID, it’s really tough for him so together, we’re always talking and trying to figure out +

how to make things better so I could understand what many people are suffering through bc of COVID. Hyung even sold his car to keep his business afloat & my heart hurt. So I’ve been worrying about ways to help

okay so your interest is how Korea will overcome Covid. Jimin?

I don’t think I really have any outside interests.

that could be true!

Yes that’s okay

Bc after COVID, we’ve been practicing & working on the album, I don’t think I was interested in anything other than that. When we’re not all practicing together or working on music

my brain stops and I don’t do anything

Oh so you’re totally all in on music

Uh not really I think I’m just hoping things get better

Okay no more answers about music

for me, I don’t really get deeply interested in one thing, I try out a lot of different things

drawing

what have you tried most recently?

oh so like multitasking

making music is a given. I do some boxing, guitar playing, drawing, reading, tried some cooking too, working out and then do something again if I want. Also do video editing if I want to, I do a lot

you really did a lot

last time you got hooked on pizza so you only ate pizza for a month

right I got hooked on making pizza so I made a lot of pizza. I’m quite simple

okay so we’ll say “focusing on something” since we have to give a good description haha

As older adults have said, “having stamina/strength is national power”
BTS: AHH, his arms, he’s been working out

I used to not think that much about it but now, you know bc of COVID, we’ve been feeling down and we can’t really go out or go overseas so I’ve been working out

pretty hard and then though many are closed rn, I like going to a lot of exhibits and so I like seeing art

Oh I saw an article about your donation to art?

it was today’s article

yes it came out today

BTS members really do a lot of great work

I’m so proud

Thank you

and thank you

we’re just doing as much as we received

right

V!

I’m just so happy these days

Ah that’s the most important! Is here anything more important?

for me, it took a long time for me to get to this place. I had so many +

worries and fears when I heard but I really tried to find even the smallest things that brought me happiness and that was good

so V’s goal is finding happiness
BTS: oh that’s really important

ofc!

it’s the most important after world peace

if people are happy, there is world peace

it’s before world peace

would happy people make war?
Ofc not! Haha

I’m curious about Hobi

For me, it’s something really simple, I thought about what I could express myself besides music and I thought clothes.

so when I find and wear clothes that really fit me, I feel great and happy

clothes are important!

Hope hyungnim..what should I call you?!

it feels so formal

Just say Hoseokie hyung!

Hope hyungnim sounds..

Jung Hoseok-ssi!

his real name is Jung Hoseok

Hoseokie hyung has great style/fits, people tell him his style is great

I like trying on clothes

bc of the time we have to listen to ads

Time flew while we were talking, I had fun, how was it?
BTS: We had so much fun

it’s been 4 years since we’ve been on

I used to do music and it was great to just talk as sunbaes and hoobaes. Time just flew by. Please play Dynamite in the background! 2 straight weeks at #1 on the singles chart!

please listen to it a lot

there are only 20 songs in pop music history!

And you are Sonyeondan, a boy band, you are the first boy band in history!

Oh I didn’t know that!

There were so many boy bands in the US, but BTS is the first! Okay next year in February for the Grammys, if you win, well no you have other goals too

right but that’s our big goal

it’s the goal right in front

Yes we’re dreaming!!

more than anything, the thing that made me the happiest was seeing all of you get along together so well to the point I wonder if there’s any other group that’s this close

you look so close to each other and that’s great


thanks guys

we did well

I love you (all) but that’s really a big part of this

I hope you remain as close friends and sunbaes/hoobaes for a long time. In the midst of Korea going through a hard time bc of COVID+

you’ve really become a beacon of light. There’s only bad stuff on the news and nothing fun these days. I hope you’re #1 again! There’s only 45 seconds, so let’s say good bye together!

Okay everyone! Thank you so much! I think we weren’t able to say thank you very often!

We miss you so much. We love you. And we will do more events so we hope Bae Chulsoo’s Music Camp goes on for a long time!

We really want to go to the Grammys!

TYSM! Please be healthy!

Everyone, thank you!
BTS: Thank you!!

this was MBC’s Bae Chulsoo’s Music Camp
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