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there is nothing... (CHUCKLES)
...that I'd like to talk about.
(PEN SCRIBBLING)
SUGA: And that makes me so sad.
There were so many stories I wanted to tell.
- (CROWD CHEERS) - Did I lose them
because I've achieved so much?
Sort of like dreams, you know?
Did I forget about them because so many of them already came true?
I mean, why...
(HIGH-PITCHED WINDING)
("SO FAR AWAY" BY AGUST D PLAYS)
SUGA: It's my first time walking down this street.
I'm still so excited.
After concerts, I'd always be like, "I'm so tired!"
It's my first time doing this!
(LAUGHING) Even in Korea, I've never done this before.
SUGA: I knew for sure that the mixtape was going to have three parts.
- (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS) - Because in D-1,
I had to express a lot of my insecurities.
Because if I didn't,
I felt like I had no reason to be a member of BTS.
After sorting out my problems, I made D-2
and tried to talk about the past and the present.
Now, on this album,
I really wanted to deliver a message about all those things in general.
What's more, this is my album. And it's not by SUGA...
it's by Agust D.
No one knows who Agust D is.
(LAUGHING) Only my fans do.
"Who's this Agust D person?" When "Daechwita" came out,
they were like, "He looks a lot like SUGA."
Are they going to understand what I'm trying to say?
Even I'm confused.
So I feel a lot of pressure.
Honestly, when I was working on this album,
I wondered if it may be the last piece of work
under the name "Agust D."
(GUNSHOT)
(RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC STOPS)
Oh, the title song?
I finished it.
(CHUCKLES)
But I don't like it. (LAUGHS)
I thought Las Vegas was a hot place...
all year round.
(RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(SENTIMENTAL GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(HUMS)
I'm thinking of...
- sampling "Around Thirty"... - (TYPING)
...to make a new song.
(SOFT GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING)
(SOFT ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS)
(DRUMS BEATING)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYS)
PRODUCER: Why did you choose that song in particular?
Because I'm 30. (LAUGHS)
I thought it would give me a lot of things to write about.
The things you can do...
when you're 30.
There must be tons.
- (RAIN FALLING) - (RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYING)
SUGA: They were talking about BTS breaking up.
- (RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYING) - That was when I had just turned 30.
I started talking about making my own album.
(RAPPING)
I mean, going solo and doing our own things,
there's nothing wrong with it if you think about it.
- We should've done it ages ago. - (MUSIC PLAYS)
But we didn't, and it just got delayed.
If my memory is correct, the articles about us breaking up
were on the front page of portal websites for two weeks.
Seeing all those negative reactions...
IS YOUR JUSTICE JUST?
...to ideas we were only considering
made it hard for me to accept what people were thinking about us.
I ended up with a song that I didn't originally have in mind,
but it's gonna help me write something fresher for "Thirty."
It's always been like this.
None of my songs come out according to plan.
(LAUGHS)
They always turn out to be something unexpected,
and I just go along with it.
I used to be like,
"This is my only passion." But now that I'm here...
- (DRUMS BEATING) - ...I'm doing all these other things.
(SUGA CHUCKLING)
You don't have to be so single-minded.
("Polar Night" PLAYS)
♪ Between so many truths and so many lies ♪
♪ Are we taking a proper look at the world? ♪
♪ The difference between fact and fiction between incitement and substance ♪
♪ What do I stand to gain? ♪
♪ The world's bullshit but you don't have to be ♪
♪ So open your eyes and see the real world ♪
♪ The other side of justice is just another kind ♪
♪ There's no such thing in the world as good intentions, you know ♪
♪ They're not interested in facts ♪
♪ If you're not on their side they'll kill you, that's justice now ♪
♪ Left and right black and white ♪
♪ At the end of a staged play ♪
♪ The audience tear into each other seeing blood ♪
♪ It's a war without gunshots ♪
♪ Material malady ♪
♪ If you're not on the same side we're enemies ♪
♪ An extreme choice ♪
♪ Political correctness whenever it suits me ♪
♪ But keep my mouth shut when it's too bothersome for me ♪
♪ Selectively hypocritical an uncomfortable attitude ♪
♪ Interpretation just to fit my mood ♪
♪ Fact and fiction whenever it suits me ♪
♪ And don't let my eyes wander from my clique ♪
♪ Selectively hypocritical an uncomfortable attitude ♪
♪ Interpretation just to fit my mood ♪
♪ Between so many truths and so many lies ♪
♪ Are we taking a proper look at the world? ♪
♪ It is all dirty ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ Am I even clean? ♪
♪ It is all dirty ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ Are you even clean? ♪
♪ Between dark questions and blind accusations ♪
♪ What are we fighting for? ♪
♪ It is all dirty ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ Am I even clean? ♪
♪ It is all dirty ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ Are you even clean? ♪
(MUSIC ENDS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
- (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) - (LAUGHTER)
I didn't work yesterday. I'll do it today.
I was too tired to work, I think I slept the whole day.
- I slept so much. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER FROM TV)
And I just woke up.
(SIGHS)
Vegas is great. The food's great too.
Last time I was here,
there wasn't time for me to do the things I wanted to do.
But this time, I plan to see my friends while I'm here.
I'm gonna see Halsey, Chris,
and Steve Aoki.
What should I talk about when I see him?
He's a really nice guy,
and he tried to help us in any way he could.
I think it's because he's Asian.
Why does he have pictures of us?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
SUGA: What's going on? How does he have this?
Did he put this up just for me?
It's new.
(IN ENGLISH) Dude, it's so good to see you.
- SUGA: (IN ENGLISH) Long time no see. - Yeah, I know. How are you?
- Oh, yeah. I'm gonna give you a tour. - Mm-hmm.
(IN KOREAN) First, I wanna know why he has our pictures on the wall.
(IN ENGLISH) I got you everywhere I look. I have you everywhere.
Here, there.
- (IN KOREAN) But it looks new. - (TRANSLATOR INTERPRETS)
- (IN ENGLISH) Hurry up, guys! Hurry up! - (SUGA LAUGHS)
SUGA: (IN KOREAN) Talk about a fun life!
(SUGA EXCLAIMS)
(IN ENGLISH) Hold on, hold on one second. I got a present for you.
This is a One-Of-One jacket.
(SUGA EXCLAIMS)
STEVE: That's cool.
Like, this whole neighborhood is... is gonna boom.
Yeah, this is a brand-new home. SUGA's home.
- TRANSLATOR: Yeah! - (ALL LAUGHING)
STEVE: No, I got everything. I got, like, my MIDI drums.
And then you can plug in guitar and bass.
(IN KOREAN) The brightest studio I've ever seen.
Most studios are pitch black, this is the brightest one I've ever seen.
STEVE: (IN ENGLISH) Yeah, everything's custom.
So, originally, I had my Focals here. I switched them out.
- Ocean Way. - Focal?
- No, that's an Ocean Way. - Okay.
Same company, custom.
(FAST ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
Whoo!
- Thank you, yeah. - Nice.
- It's more like... Like, this album... - SUGA: Mm-hmm.
It's still mixing like... pop and, you know, hip-hop and stuff.
But I'm... But I'm like doing a lot more of, like, rock.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
STEVE: What are you working on musically? Like, what kind of music...
Can you play some?
(IN KOREAN) Some of them are almost finished...
STEVE: (IN ENGLISH) Oh, okay. Alright. Cool.
(INTENSE HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS)
(SPEAKING INAUDIBLY)
(MELLOW HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS)
STEVE: Let's do this one.
Beautiful song. Oh my god. Beautiful song.
(IN KOREAN) Next time...
Um, next time I visit Las Vegas,
I'm gonna have to use this studio.
(TRANSLATOR INTERPRETS)
(IN ENGLISH) Yes!
Oh, good, good. Yeah.
It's a good vibe in here, man.
It's a good vibe. I don't have any clocks.
We work whenever we want.
Feels like anytime, you know.
I'm happy just to give it, give you guys all my resources,
to just help with your... make it as easy as possible.
Every floor!
SUGA: (IN KOREAN) He's tried hard to please his guest.
(LAUGHTER)
SUGA: Oh, these aren't photos. They're paintings.
STEVE: (IN ENGLISH) I'm a true supporter, you know.
Alright, brother. I'll see you tonight, okay?
- See you soon. - Alright, man.
- MAN: Thank you, guys. Thank you. - See you, guys.
(IN KOREAN) I haven't had this kind of fun in a while.
I mean, I often collaborate with musicians
and we listen to each other's music in Korea as well, but...
Um, I love how Steve set his studio up.
I also loved the songs.
I really liked the one with Lil Uzi.
- STEVE: (IN ENGLISH) It's next year. - PRODUCER: Next year?
STEVE: But we can play you some stuff.
Well, SUGA's a musical genius.
You know, he's definitely one of my favorite artists to work with.
And, uh...
I think he's... He's also very forward-thinking.
You know, like, whenever I hear, like, his own, 'cause...
You know, obviously, you have SUGA as BTS, and SUGA on his own.
- ("DAECHWITA" PLAYS) - STEVE: And when I listen to his music
on his own, he's always doing something I would never expect.
And, uh... So I always expect the highest bar from SUGA.
SUGA: ♪ Daechwita, Daechwita ♪
♪ Play it loud, Daechwita ♪
♪ Daechwita, Daechwita play it loud, Daechwita ♪
♪ Glitter, glitter look at my crown glitter ♪
♪ Remember, remember days gone by, remember ♪
♪ We so fly, we so fly, private jet, we so fly ♪
♪ Born a slave but now a king ♪
♪ Berserk tiger Gwanghae flow ♪
♪ Born in a ditch but rise up a dragon ♪
♪ That's the way I live ♪
♪ Sorry but don't worry ♪
♪ I got lots to lose ♪
♪ Shove the past into a rice chest ♪
♪ I'm about to dine on what I know is mine ♪
♪ Shut up, yeah you calling me a pup, yeah ♪
♪ I was born a tiger I ain't no weak pill-popper like you ♪
♪ Pathetic fucks putting on a talent show ♪
♪ Not gonna lie what a shitshow ♪
♪ I got no pretensions just kill 'em all ♪
♪ Ain't no exceptions I watch you fall ♪
♪ Flexing, I got none ♪
♪ I don't need one ♪
♪ Who's the king? Who's the boss? ♪
♪ You all know my name ♪
♪ All shit-talk they got no game ♪
♪ Off with their heads ♪
Ow!
- (CAR HONKS) - (BUZZING NOISE)
SUGA: I think I've been goofing around since coming to Vegas.
I haven't done much work.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
How long does it take to see the Red Rock Canyon?
PRODUCER: Not long.
SUGA: Oh, then we should get there for when the sun goes down.
I bet it's beautiful during sunset.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
MAN: Mm!
I need to lose weight when I get back.
I had...
(LAUGHS) ...three meals today.
And I think that's a first in 18 months.
I've grown up quicker than others. But I didn't want to grow up.
What I wanted was to keep dreaming. I used to tell the BTS members,
"You become an adult the moment you stop dreaming."
I used to say that.
And I don't have any dreams now.
Now I ask myself, "What do I need to dream of?"
We did what we wanted and what we had to do to get here,
and in 2018, I was told
that I'd been chosen to represent this generation.
I never thought of it that way.
(CAMERA SHUTTERS)
SUGA: I never thought, "Hey, I'm Asian."
"So I'm going to head over to America
and top the Billboard chart for my fellow Asians."
- MAN: Can I give you a hug? - SUGA: Sure. (LAUGHS)
Thanks. You've made things a lot better.
- SUGA: Oh, really? - MAN: Yeah.
- SUGA: That's nice. - MAN: You've made your country proud.
- SUGA: Thank you. - MAN: I'm honored.
- SUGA: Thanks, that's good to hear. - MAN: Yeah.
SUGA: I didn't mean to make Korea proud.
(PRODUCER LAUGHING)
SUGA: But when I travel overseas,
I hear that so often from the Korean immigrants living there.
A lot of them are business owners too.
I told you when we were having dinner.
Danny's family. They are all Asians.
The restaurant owner is Asian.
- It feels good when I see them happy. - (PRODUCER HUMS IN RESPONSE)
(SIGHS)
What should I do?
I've run out of stories to tell, but I have to tell one.
SUGA: Yesterday was so tiring.
I had so many things to do.
But I'm sure I'll wake up when we arrive, right?
That's what sightseeing is about,
getting dragged around like a zombie. (LAUGHS)
I know we travelled to nice places while shooting BTS BON VOYAGE...
but I've never seen anything more awe-inspiring than this.
- (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) - (SUGA EXCLAIMS)
SUGA: How do they make such a straight line?
SERVER: Order.
I've been on just one...
(CLEARS THROAT) ...one overseas trip with my family.
I was in fifth grade? Sixth grade?
A place called Zhangjiajie in China.
That was my last trip.
I haven't been on a trip since.
This is my first trip since my debut
other than the ones I've gone on for shoots.
I thought I didn't enjoy traveling around. That's why I never went anywhere.
- No one was stopping me, you know? - PRODUCER: (LAUGHING) I get it.
(SNIFFLES) Even when I got a long-term vacation last time,
I just worked on my album, my mixtape.
So why am I shackling myself when no one's telling me to?
(SNIFFLES)
I think it's really nice to travel.
("MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE" BY RYUICHI SAKAMOTO PLAYS)
(SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
(PLAYING "MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE" )
SUGA: After a certain point,
I think I started to lose
my preferences and my favorite things.
When I turned 20, I thought,
"What are my twenties gonna be like? It's gonna be so fun."
When I think about my thirties, I see nothing.
If you want to write lyrics or a song,
you have to be hooked on something.
You need to think about it constantly, and then write those thoughts into words.
What do you do when you're over 30? (CHUCKLES)
Do I have to keep working?
I don't think I can keep this up anymore.
PRODUCER: You can't.
This is my first proper trip away,
and I just realized that trips are fun.
(LAUGHS)
Now I need to think about how to keep having this fun in my life.
We're heading to my friend Halsey's place.
WOMAN: (IN ENGLISH) Hey, happy birthday!
- HALSEY: Hi! - SUGA: Hey, how do you do?
How are you?
- WOMAN: How are you? - Hey, how are you?
What can I get you... I'll go get you guys some drinks.
What do you want to drink?
You know this fish?
No!
- That's a real fish? - Yeah.
- ...blue, it looks like a... - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Gya... Gyapardos?
- Was that the fish? - HALSEY: Gyarados!
Gyarados! That's it.
- SUGA: Gyarados. - WOMAN: Kind of like Avatar.
Oh my god, I'm so nervous! (LAUGHS)
- (IN KOREAN) You should shoot this. - (LAUGHS)
- Okay, okay. - MAN: I was about to be like...
I'm gonna do my best.
- (MUSIC PLAYING IN BACKGROUND) - Pretty good. There you go.
- (BURSTING INTO LAUGHTER) - (LAUGHTER)
- MAN: But it's not bad! - Selfie!
HALSEY: (LAUGHING) It's terrible!
SUGA: (IN KOREAN) They are pop stars.
The pop stars that we all saw when we were growing up,
they're people just like us.
I'm aware that some people don't like us.
I mean, we're a boy band.
Some of the things that we've done might not mean as much to them.
Despite the fact that we're putting out a lot of work.
But the pop stars were among the ones
who understood us
and saw us for who we are,
and paid no attention to all the hate.
They treated us as human beings.
We may not speak the same language, but we get each other.
My followers will be confused when they see this.
(TURNTABLE SCRATCHING)
He just invited me. (LAUGHS)
So I'm just gonna go and see.
I was curious about his studio.
- SUGA: (IN ENGLISH) Hi. - ANDERSON: Hi!
Good to see you, what's up!
Good to see you, bro!
It's good! Yo, what up, man?
(RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(IN KOREAN) When we first met, he kissed me on my forehead.
TRANSLATOR: (IN ENGLISH) You kissed him when you first saw him.
I kissed you? I was so drunk.
- (ALL LAUGHING) - (IN KOREAN) Sorry.
(IN ENGLISH) Sorry.
(SMOOCHES)
My baby! (IN KOREAN) Baby!
(KNOCKS)
(IN ENGLISH) Sit in it. Watch your head.
Oh, shit!
(LAUGHTER)
- (IN KOREAN) So random! - (CHEERFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
ANDERSON: (IN ENGLISH) ...play some stuff. Yeah, yeah.
I got the beat, uh, that you sent me too. Right?
(ENERGETIC MUSIC PLAYING)
- (FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING) - (EXCLAIMS) Crazy!
- (TRANSLATOR INTERPRETS) - Did you bring some stuff?
(IN KOREAN) Do I need to play mine?
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYS)
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
(IN ENGLISH) Sick.
(IN KOREAN) I came to America to do some work,
but all I do is drink.
(IN ENGLISH) Man, but that's part of it. See... (LAUGHS)
- SUGA: Soju! - ANDERSON: Want some soju?
- SUGA: (IN KOREAN) This is soju! - ANDERSON: Yeah.
SUGA: (IN ENGLISH) Made in New York? Why?
(IN KOREAN) It's soju.
- ANDERSON: (IN ENGLISH) Yeah. - SUGA: Cheers.
- (LAUGHTER) - ANDERSON: Yeah!
- SUGA: Yeah. - ANDERSON: To the life.
Ah, that's better.
Are you 21? How old are you?
- TRANSLATOR: He's 29. - ANDERSON: Really?
ANDERSON: (IN KOREAN) Really?
- ANDERSON: (IN ENGLISH) Twenty-nine? - Yeah, 29.
ANDERSON: Oh, you're old. Okay, cool!
- (LAUGHTER) - ANDERSON: Grown man!
Hell, yeah!
I thought you were a kid! (CHUCKLES)
MAN: (IN KOREAN) He asked if you were 21.
ANDERSON: (IN ENGLISH) Thought you were a little baby.
Twenty-one?
(IN KOREAN) This is gonna be fun. I can feature in his song.
ANDERSON: (IN ENGLISH) Gold!
- SUGA: (IN ENGLISH) I'm factory. - ANDERSON: You're a factory machine?
- Machine. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
("MOONLIGHT" BY AGUST D PLAYS)
(SPEAKING INAUDIBLY)
MAN: (IN KOREAN) He backed out at first. Now, look at him go.
- SUGA: Whoo! Yeah! - (IN ENGLISH) Man, have a good one.
ANDERSON: My man.
- Hell, yeah. Yes, I will. Yes, I will. - Yeah, yeah.
SUGA: (IN KOREAN) He's an angel, just like Halsey.
(CHUCKLES)
Wait, you've hardly caught any footage of me working.
I suck at working when the camera's on.
(CHUCKLES)
But...
Maybe I could even try working like this back in Korea.
I think it would work.
I bet I could find some fun people to work with, but...
You might have noticed back there that I'm a bit...
I'm a bit shy. (LAUGHS)
He's a really good guy.
- (TURNTABLE SCRATCHING) - ("GIVE IT TO ME" BY AGUST D PLAYS)
(MUSIC ENDS)
(SIGHS) Right now...
I have to work on...
Anderson .Paak's song.
I feel like I've taken on more jobs than I can handle.
I've been stressed in the past too,
- but there was a time limit. - (RAPPING)
I just get bored when I don't work.
I tried taking a month or two off,
but then I got bored and went back to work anyway.
You see, a musician's career doesn't last that long.
They say that an idol singer's career lasts seven years,
but it's hard to find a musician who is at their prime
for more than seven years.
(SIGHS) Until I finish?
It's only been 11 hours.
Music is consumed so quickly these days, it moves on so fast...
that's why I'm working so much... (LAUGHS)
...they forget about you quickly.
(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS)
SUGA: After working with lots of different artists,
you get the hang of finding out
what style they want and how to cater to their needs.
I also want the listeners to listen to my songs...
Whoo!
...and think...
SUGA: Aw...
...that SUGA? He's not a bad producer.
So this idea of proving myself
is one of the things that's on my mind right now.
But then, when I think about how much more I should do,
I run out of things to say.
I'm struggling, in my own way...
to push through this.
This is my life. I can't back out.
(IN ENGLISH) It's good. It's worth it. It's gon' be worth it.
- ANDERSON: (IN KOREAN) I love you. - (LAUGHTER)
(IN ENGLISH) My fave.
(IN KOREAN) I love you!
(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES)
I don't quite know how to say how I feel,
but I am sure of one thing...
I want to get recognized for doing what I do.
To get recognized for my work.
If you were to ask me how much work I've done
whilst I've been in America...
Well, I wrote the "Around Thirty" song.
Other than that, I just hummed some tunes, that's all.
(LAUGHS)
But I think by going to different places, I've managed to work on my feelings.
To be honest,
I didn't have to go to Chris's studio or Anderson's studio.
If I really wanted to get some work done,
I'd have felt more comfortable just going back to Korea right away.
But America makes the best music in the world,
and it's at the top when it comes to pop music,
so I've always wanted to know
what kind of environment these artists are working in.
Peace of mind?
- (MUSIC STOPS) - (BELLS RINGING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(TINKLING SOUND EFFECT)
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
(EXHALES)
(GRUNTS)
(SPEAKER SCREECHES)
(DRUMS BEATING SLOWLY)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(SUGA MUTTERS)
MAN: You've slimmed down again.
SUGA: What?
- MAN: You've slimmed down again. - Again?
(EXHALES LOUDLY)
Yes.
- Shall we start this meeting? - MAN: Okay.
The title of the album is D-Day.
This one's called D-Day.
You might have expected D-3 to be released after D-2,
but it's D-Day.
So, there will be two music videos.
One of them will be for a song called "Haegeum."
There's another song that we need to make a video for,
and it's called "AMYGDALA."
And what it means is...
It's a part of the brain.
When you're in certain situations, ones that can be traumatic,
it really...
JIMIN: Yo.
Yeah, I'm almost done. I finished writing the lyrics.
- (SONG PLAYS AND STOPS) - JIMIN: Heard you're recording furiously.
- Huh? - JIMIN: You're recording furiously.
I'm not furious.
JIMIN: Oh, I didn't mean it like that.
("AMYGDALA" PLAYS)
(MUSIC STOPS)
- SUGA: Wanna hear it? - JIMIN: Yeah.
It's really good.
It's my favorite song out of the recent ones I wrote.
("AMYGDALA" PLAYS)
- (MUSIC STOPS) - JIMIN: It's nice.
It's called "AMYGDALA."
JIMIN: "AMYGDALA"?
There's a thing called an amygdala.
Your brain stores all of your unpleasant memories
in the amygdala.
So you can prepare yourself for those types of situations in the future.
I have massive mood swings whenever I'm working on this song.
To work on it, I have to bring up some of my unpleasant memories.
But this is actually a very important process.
It's part of the treatment
to bring back bad memories from your past
and learn to control those memories.
You get an instant reaction.
For example, if you got bitten by a snake once,
you become scared of snakes, so you learn to avoid them.
That's how this part of the brain
works to give us a better chance of survival.
This is the story of my life, you know.
Before I reached the age of 20,
I'd already had a lot of things going on in my life.
I really want to talk about
how I got the scar over my eye in this song.
In a way, we're responsible for all our own wounds and scars.
No one can dodge the first arrow of trouble, of course,
but when that second arrow flies at you, you've chosen to just stand there
and get hit, rather than learn from the first time.
That's what I wanted to talk about when I was writing "AMYGDALA."
So...
That's the message I'm trying to get across.
(FOOTSTEPS)
("AMYGDALA" PLAYS)
♪ Whoa, yeah ♪
♪ I don't know your name ♪
♪ How you feelin' lately? ♪
♪ I don't know your name your name, your name ♪
♪ Traveling through memories ♪
♪ Things I wanna erase ♪
♪ How you feelin' lately lately, lately ♪
♪ On the month I was born in 1993 ♪
♪ Mom's heart surgery surgery, surgery ♪
♪ A whole lot was happening ♪
♪ Don't know why things are so hectic ♪
♪ I'mma pull up even the memories I can't remember ♪
♪ Unwrap them, one by one ♪
♪ The best choice ♪
♪ Then the second-best choice ♪
♪ Third-best choice choice, choice, eh ♪
♪ Those things I never asked for ♪
♪ Those things that are out of my hands ♪
♪ I'mma put it back in, one two ♪
♪ Yeah, one two, yeah, one two ♪
♪ I don't know your name, your name ♪
♪ Traveling through memories, memories ♪
♪ I don't know your name ♪
♪ C'mon, let's erase them one by one, yeah, one by one ♪
♪ My amygdala ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ My amygdala ♪
♪ Please rescue me, please rescue me ♪
♪ My amygdala ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ My amygdala ♪
♪ Please pull me up, please pull me up ♪
♪ My amygdala ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ My amygdala ♪
♪ My amygdala ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ My amygdala ♪
♪ Rescue me from here ♪
♪ Hurry, pull me out of here yeah, eh ♪
♪ Yeah, a whole lot was happening ♪
♪ The sound of Mom's heart's clock tickin' in my ears ♪
♪ My accident that I couldn't talk about ♪
♪ The call I got during work about Dad's liver cancer ♪
♪ Hope I made the best decisions ♪
♪ Because it's all in the past now ♪
♪ Then is all this suffering for my own good? ♪
♪ What didn't kill me only made me stronger ♪
♪ I'm blooming like a lotus flower once again ♪
♪ The best choice ♪
♪ Then the second-best choice ♪
♪ Third-best choice ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ Choice, choice, eh ♪
♪ Those things I never asked for ♪
♪ Those things that are out of my hands ♪
♪ I'mma put it back in, one two ♪
♪ Yeah, one two, yeah, one two ♪
♪ I don't know your name, your name ♪
♪ Traveling through memories ♪
♪ Memories, memories ♪
♪ I don't know your name your name, your name ♪
♪ C'mon, let's erase them one by one, yeah, one by one ♪
♪ My amygdala ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ My amygdala ♪
♪ Please rescue me, please rescue me ♪
♪ My amygdala ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ My amygdala ♪
♪ Please pull me up, please pull me up ♪
♪ My amygdala ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ My amygdala ♪
♪ My amygdala ♪
BACKING VOCALS: ♪ My amygdala ♪
♪ Rescue me from here ♪
♪ Hurry, pull me out of here yeah, eh ♪
(MUSIC ENDS)
(INHALES)
- (CAMERA SHUTTERS) - (SIGHS)
Aw, damn it!
Why did I sign up for this?
Mr. Bang said to me a while ago,
"If you're that successful and unhappy,
"then what in the world are you working for?"
I don't know.
I don't know why I'm working,
and I don't know why I'm so obsessed!
Acceptance.
It takes lots of guts to let things go.
You need to be brave, they say.
I guess I'm not brave enough.
I worked my ass off to get here.
- (SUGA EXHALES) - (MAN LAUGHS)
SUGA: I worked my ass off!
("Haegeum" PLAYS)
- (CLICKING SOUND) - (MUSIC STOPS)
- (CLICKING SOUND) - ("Haegeum" PLAYS)
- (CLICKING SOUND) - (MUSIC STOPS)
- (CLICKING SOUND) - ("Haegeum" PLAYS)
- (CLICKING SOUND) - (MUSIC STOPS)
(CLICKING SOUND)
- (CLICKING SOUND) - ("Haegeum" PLAYS)
- (MUSIC STOPS) - (PLAYS PIANO)
(PLAYS SCALES ON PIANO)
Aw, damn it. I quit.
(MUSIC PLAYS AND STOPS)
I quit. Damn it.
I quit!
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
My album hit a dead end.
So I came here to clear my head
and write some songs.
It just got too boring and too painful.
Hello, everyone.
Let's start by introducing ourselves.
- MAN 1: Let's do this. - MAN 2: Yes!
The reason I brought us here
is because I can't seem to write any songs.
I'm kind of in a slump.
After collaborating with PSY, my brain just stopped.
I thought I could use some rest.
MAN 3: What if we end up not working? (LAUGHS)
I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
- MAN 3: Oh, okay. - We can just have fun.
You can go upstairs.
Whenever an idea pops into your head, just come down and record it.
- MAN 3: If I get an idea... - SUGA: Yes. Let it out.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(MAN LAUGHING)
I should take a picture of Jang Ijeong's back.
You look kinda cool.
(LAUGHS)
- ("PEOPLE" PLAYS) - That's a bit too... you know?
- (RAIN FALLING) - (MUSIC CONTINUES)
(PLAYS KEYBOARD)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I haven't written songs this way in a long time.
(MAN SINGING)
(SINGS)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
- (MAN LAUGHING) - Did you write it?
(MUSIC FADES OUT)
I think I should treat writing songs like a nine-to-five job.
Some people are so creative
that they drop a song in one go,
but they're just born with that ability.
I have to get some work done now
or it's gonna drag me down at some point.
If I don't do it now, it will make my life harder later.
I might even miss the deadline.
But if I have a song,
I can simply incorporate something trendy and release it anytime.
And you never know who you're gonna work with.
I have no idea when my album will be out, so...
I'm like, "Work now, think later."
- (DRUMS BEATING) - SUGA: Try a different bass line.
- (BASS PLAYS) - SUGA: No.
I'm telling you to change the line, not the source.
MAN: It's like a kid on a recorder. (LAUGHS)
(LAIDBACK MUSIC PLAYING)
(MAN SINGING)
Be more aggressive.
(MAN SINGING)
(LAUGHS) Man, you sound just like Jung Kook!
This has been the most fun session on this trip.
(LAUGHS)
It's the best! This, um...
(MAN SINGING)
Darn...
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(MAN SINGING)
Hm.
SUGA: I haven't been on the Internet lately.
It's so easy for people to access all sorts of information.
That's what D-Day actually means:
the day we free ourselves from information.
"I need to be better than him. I need to be better than her."
That's just so exhausting.
And excruciating.
That's what's been driving me since I first started making music.
But it's so tiring now.
The day that we liberate ourselves from these negative thoughts,
that's the starting point for this album.
Because over the past two years, my life has been full of noise.
Full of good things, and full of noise.
And I didn't want the noise controlling me.
In the hook...
(HUMS)
- There's this part. - MAN: Hm?
It sounds like a guitar.
- (MAN VOCALIZES) - SUGA: Mm-hmm.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
It'd be less stressful to just be a producer.
What would I be doing if I hadn't become an idol?
(INHALES) I miss my mom now.
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHS) I'm like, "I need to see her right now,"
and I drive off.
Just drive off.
(SUGA HUMS)
PRODUCER: What about work?
I'm not sure what I'll be doing with the songs I'm writing here.
Well, I'll try to focus on writing songs while I'm here.
I'm serious. Not joking.
I'm gonna try and finish this album.
But if it's not done by the middle of next month,
I'll wrap everything up here,
take two cameras from you, and go into the mountains to finish it.
- (PRODUCER LAUGHING) - I'm serious. Just by myself.
- Let's keep going now. - (DRUMS BEATING)
- MAN: This is the one from before. - Yeah. And?
- Keep it coming. - (MUSIC PLAYING)
It'd be even better to add that one to this track.
This one's less noisy.
Where is "ta-da-da"? Is it this one?
It's the one underneath.
When I'm making music... (CLEARS THROAT)
...I always think that this is just like the excretion process.
- PRODUCER: Excretion? - It's excretion.
To take the excrement
and turn it into something beautiful is the next step.
You have to let it all out first.
After that, my job is to convince the world
that it's something beautiful.
But you have to push them out first.
Then you clean them up when you're thinking straight.
I've been saying this forever.
It might sound good today, but it'll sound like crap tomorrow.
To be honest, this is a very fun way to make music.
But when I can't push anything out like today,
it'd be great if someone came along and saved the day.
Most of the time, that never happens.
A good cleanup.
That's what we need here.
We have a cool beat, though.
MAN 1: Cleanup is important.
Cleanup...
MAN 2: I feel like our work is piling up.
(LAUGHS)
We do cleanups all the time.
We'll do well this time too.
We'll do well.
MAN 1: It's all good. I'm happy.
("PEOPLE" PLAYS)
SUGA: We think about making it big, making money,
buying watches and nice cars and everything,
but none of those things are what makes your life fun.
You might say, "Hey, you made it big, that's why you can say that."
Yes, that's why I can tell you that they're not the fun part.
But when I meet up with people and make music,
that's fun.
It makes me completely focused for 12, 13 hours, and only stop to eat.
How many things can make you do that?
That's happiness.
I'm so fed up with music
that I think about quitting hundreds of times a day.
But then, when we meet up, I can work 12, 13 hours a day.
That's how fun this can be.
Making music can be so much fun.
- But why does it have to be work? - (PLAYING KEYBOARD)
SUGA: It's been so painful for me to make music lately.
Collaborations are painful too.
You might ask why I'm doing this.
I'm doing this because...
I don't want the BTS fans or my fans to feel bored.
(CONTINUES PLAYING KEYBOARD)
- (FOOTSTEPS) - ("PEOPLE" PLAYS)
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, soft breeze ♪
♪ Someone in passing ♪
♪ Someone permeating ♪
♪ What kind of person am I? ♪
♪ Am I a good person? ♪
♪ Or am I a bad person? ♪
♪ There's lots of different views yeah, yeah ♪
♪ I'm just another person ♪
♪ We all gotta live, yeah ♪
♪ We all gotta love, yeah ♪
♪ We're all gonna fade, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah all be forgotten, yeah ♪
♪ Everybody changes ♪
♪ Just like I changed ♪
♪ Nothing in this world lasts forever ♪
♪ It all goes by a small happening ♪
♪ Why so serious? ♪
♪ I'm so serious? ♪
♪ I'm so... ♪
♪ Who cares? ♪
♪ Who cares if it all passes by? Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Who cares? ♪
♪ Who cares if it hurts? Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah sometimes it does hurt ♪
♪ Sometimes I'm so upset I could cry ♪
♪ Who cares? ♪
♪ If you live like that, who cares? Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
(MUSIC ENDS)
(BOAT ENGINE WHIRRING)
MAN: (IN ENGLISH) That's a three-way leader
because it goes three ways.
It goes down to the weight, up to the rod, over here to the bait.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - MAN: We're not gonna catch it.
SUGA: (IN KOREAN) Please get warm already.
(GRUNTS)
In half an hour, I'm gonna start fishing.
I'm gonna set my tools here
and work at the same time.
- (BIRD SQUAWKING) - MAN: Another big bird.
(RUSTLING SOUND)
(CLEARS THROAT)
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC STOPS)
SUGA: I don't listen to an album once it's released.
I listen to a song a few thousand times while I'm working on it.
- Ten thousand times for some. - (MELLOW MUSIC PLAYS)
I don't really count the number of times.
Once I get sick of them, I just can't listen to them anymore.
(MUSIC STOPS)
After two or three years,
that's when I start listening to them again.
I love the song called "People" from my D-2 album.
Sometimes, when life gets too hard,
I listen to the song...
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYS)
...then I cry my eyes out.
- ("People Pt. 2" PLAYS) - That's the moment
I start hearing the song as a listener would.
"How did I write this?"
I feel like "People" has given me a great deal of comfort.
That's what it means to me. Comfort.
So, for "People Pt. 2,"
I figured I'd make a song that has the same vibe as "People."
And I wanted to put it on D-Day.
I had "Saram Pt. 2" meaning "People Pt. 2" and "Sarang" meaning "Love" in mind.
I also thought about naming it "Sara"
and leaving it to the listeners to decide whether it means "people" or "love."
Then I settled on "People Pt. 2."
I have to shoot the live clip.
And for "People Pt. 2" or "SDL," we might be having
a female singer as the featured artist.
SUGA: We're friends.
There were many candidates,
but when we worked together before,
I would simply ask her things, and she would make the changes right away.
That made the process a lot easier.
- That's why I chose IU. - (DRUMS BEATING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - (KEYBOARD PLAYING)
("People Pt. 2 (feat IU)" PLAYS)
♪ So time is yet ♪
♪ Now, right here to go ♪
♪ I know you know ♪
♪ Anything does know ♪
♪ So time is yet ♪
♪ Now, right here to go ♪
♪ Nobody doesn't know anymore ♪
♪ This thing called love ♪
♪ Maybe it's just a momentary list of emotions ♪
♪ It's conditional What is it I love? ♪
♪ Wasn't loved enough as a kid ♪
♪ That's why I'm the cautious type ♪
♪ I want it something deep with people ♪
♪ Forever's something like a sand castle you know ♪
♪ It comes crumbling down at the smallest of waves ♪
♪ What is it about loss that makes us so sad? ♪
♪ Really, it's dread that makes us so sad ♪
♪ So far away, you're gone ♪
♪ Getting far away ♪
♪ Too far away, you're gone ♪
♪ I know I have to know ♪
♪ So time is yet ♪
♪ Now, right here to go ♪
♪ I know you know ♪
♪ Anything does know ♪
♪ So time is yet ♪
♪ Now, right here to go ♪
♪ Nobody doesn't know anymore ♪
SUGA: ♪ What is it that makes you so sad? ♪
♪ Really, it's the dread that's so daunting ♪
♪ That time we thought we had a future together is gone ♪
♪ We're the ones who tore down the sand castle ♪
♪ They say there are no winners or losers but I'm always the loser ♪
♪ We said we'd give our all but we broke it all down ♪
♪ And then we leave ♪
♪ Because both love and people are selfish ♪
BOTH: ♪ So far away, you're gone ♪
♪ Getting far away ♪
♪ Too far away, you're gone ♪
♪ I know I have to know ♪
♪ So time is yet ♪
♪ Now, right here to go ♪
♪ I know you know ♪
♪ Anything does know ♪
♪ Know ♪
♪ So time is yet ♪
♪ Now, right here to go ♪
♪ Here to go ♪
♪ Nobody doesn't know ♪
- ♪ Anymore ♪ - ♪ Anymore ♪
♪ So goes the person, so goes the love ♪
♪ What comes at the end of love? ♪
♪ Endless people a love that has passed by ♪
♪ Is love wholly perfect on its own? ♪
♪ Selflessness can actually be selfish too, you know ♪
♪ I'm practically being greedy when I say it's all for you ♪
♪ Will I be happy if I give up my greed? ♪
♪ A half-illusion that can never be fulfilled ♪
♪ They say life's a struggle between resistance and submission ♪
♪ I say it's a struggle against loneliness ♪
♪ If you can't hold it back it's okay to cry ♪
♪ You're already enough to be loved ♪
BOTH: ♪ So time is yet ♪
♪ Now, right here to go ♪
♪ I know you know ♪
♪ Anything does know ♪
♪ So time is yet ♪
♪ Now, right here to go ♪
♪ Nobody doesn't know anymore ♪
(MUSIC ENDS)
Whoo!
(PLAYS "MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE")
I've been staying here because I have plans in Tokyo today.
And weirdly enough...
(LAUGHING) ...there was this piano in the hotel.
Since I'm already in Japan...
I wanted to meet him last time, but I couldn't because I was too busy.
I've been reaching out to him for a month or two,
and he told me he'd like to meet me too.
So, I'm very excited right now.
(LAUGHS) So nervous.
SUGA: (IN JAPANESE) Excuse me.
(CALMING PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
THIS MEETING TOOK PLACE IN A PRIVATE ROOM DUE TO RYUICHI SAKAMOTO'S HEALTH
- SUGA: Excuse me. Hello. - TRANSLATOR 1: Hello.
- RYUICHI: SUGA? Oh... - SUGA: Yes, I'm SUGA.
- RYUICHI: (IN KOREAN) Hello. - (SUGA CHUCKLES)
RYUICHI: It's nice to meet you.
- SUGA: Thank you. - RYUICHI: Wow.
(TRANSLATOR 1 INTERPRETS)
- RYUICHI: Yes, thank you. - (SUGA CHUCKLES)
RYUICHI: (IN ENGLISH) Please.
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) I've prepared a gift for you,
but it's quite heavy...
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) It's an analog...
LP?
- TRANSLATOR 2: It's an LP record. - Thank you so much.
(TRANSLATOR 1 INTERPRETS)
TRANSLATOR 2: He's also brought some sheet music.
- (IN JAPANESE) Gifts. They're heavy. - SUGA: Thank you.
(IN KOREAN) I think it was a small theater in Daegu.
They were playing The Last Emperor
as their only movie.
It was an unusual case, you know?
There were maybe 50 seats?
So...
I went there when I was little.
And the movie is filled with Mr. Sakamoto's music,
so I was just blown away by it in the theater. (GASPS)
I started making beats as a child.
I used to sample songs and play around with them a lot.
You know, to practice.
That's when I sampled several of Mr. Sakamoto's songs,
because they are mostly instrumentals without vocals.
Anyone who's seen me working would know
that I sample open-source audio files for a lot of my work.
I cut and paste them, stick them together,
reverse them,
and change them, so they become more interesting.
Going back to the days when I first started to train myself
to make music, his music inspired me so much
and it motivated me as well.
I was so nervous on my way here.
And the hotel got a piano for me, which was weird.
(TRANSLATOR 1 LAUGHS)
It was unexpected, but I still used it to practice a bit.
He's been a musician for a long time and...
I read in one of his interviews
that even now, he's willing to make more music.
What's driving you?
I've been making music for 17 years now,
and I sometimes get so tired to the point
that I occasionally think about not making music anymore.
So I wanted to ask him how he has done it for such a long time.
(IN JAPANESE) I get it. Well, the thing is...
No matter how many songs you make, you are never fully satisfied.
- If you feel satisfied, that's the end. - (TRANSLATOR 2 ACKNOWLEDGES)
RYUICHI: When you reach the top floor, you always find a floor above.
There is no end.
You try to climb up the stairs step by step,
but the stairs go up infinitely.
Still, I wish to do what I can to get as close to the top as possible.
(IN KOREAN) I was like, "Mr. Sakamoto's music will cheer me up."
And I was listening to all of his albums.
Then it hit me. "I'd really like to write a song
"that sounds like one of his early songs."
So I wrote a song in the hospital.
("Snooze" PLAYS)
(MUSIC ENDS)
(RYUICHI SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) He enjoyed it very much.
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) What are the lyrics about?
Oh, the title of the song is "Snooze,"
which means "a light sleep."
I wrote down the things that I'd like to say to aspiring artists.
And...
I wanted this song
to give them some strength.
"I know it's hard, but it's all gonna be okay."
And ever since I was young,
I've enjoyed writing songs about dreams.
That's what I did here.
"It's all gonna be okay."
"Even though you might lose a bit of sleep."
"I'll accept you."
"I'll accept you if you're afraid to fall."
Well...
To be honest, it's not easy being a musician.
It's not easy at all.
There are so many kids out there who are losing sleep, skipping meals,
and devoting themselves to music.
And sometimes, some of those kids,
who finally become musicians, they say to us,
"I dreamed of being a musician because of you guys."
Some say, "Your music inspired me to become a musician."
So, this song is dedicated to those people.
(RYUICHI SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) That is admirable.
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) At the same time,
the song might be giving you a message, that it's going to be okay.
Oh, you should hear the instrumental version.
I don't have it right now, but if you hear it...
I was like, "I'm gonna make this song a true Sakamoto-style piece.
"The strings will be his style, the piano will be his style."
I was getting an IV drip in the hospital. I couldn't eat well.
But I felt better when I started writing this song,
so I finished it, took the IV out and left.
- (TRANSLATOR 1 INTERPRETS) - (RYUICHI GRUNTS)
- (SPEAKING JAPANESE) - TRANSLATOR 2: (LAUGHING)
(IN KOREAN) He says he's sorry.
I saw him making music in his documentary,
and it was so cool.
Sitting in front of a piano, going like this...
- I thought about bringing my laptop... - (TRANSLATOR 1 LAUGHING)
SUGA: ...but I just left it in my hotel room.
One of my dreams is to travel around the world
and schedule sessions with local musicians
who specialize in their traditional instruments.
It's my dream to record them and make my own music based on that.
The most memorable line from Mr. Sakamoto's documentary was,
"The world is full of sounds."
To be honest,
I've never gotten a formal education when it comes to music.
I've always been the type to teach myself,
so that line really spoke to me.
"You can make music with any sound."
I always say that to musicians that are less experienced than me.
So, I'd like to do my best to use the sounds that are filling up this world
and make good music. (LAUGHS)
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) You're outstanding.
(IN JAPANESE) Since my teenage years,
I've been into different ethnic music.
So when I entered university,
I thought about becoming a scholar, not a composer,
- to study ethnic music. - (TRANSLATOR 2 LAUGHING)
As a scholar,
I would've been able to spend my life in Africa and other places.
How fun would that be?
That's how much I was into it.
I've always had a thing for new experiences.
(TRANSLATOR 2 INTERPRETS)
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) He loved being first.
He was first at everything.
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) He liked doing things before others did.
RYUICHI: (IN JAPANESE) If you would...
(CLEARS THROAT)
Here's an example.
Um... (CLEARS THROAT)
This...
(PLAYS PIANO)
- (SPEAKING JAPANESE) - TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) Hear that?
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
(PLAYS PIANO) One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
- SUGA: (IN KOREAN) Yes. - TRANSLATOR 2: There are seven octaves.
- RYUICHI: (IN ENGLISH) Seven notes. - TRANSLATOR 2: Yes.
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) Play them together.
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) It doesn't sound great.
(PLAYS PIANO)
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) Leave out the middle one.
Use the remaining ones.
- (PLAYS PIANO) - SUGA: Hm...
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) It sounds better.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - (SPEAKING JAPANESE)
(PLAYS PIANO)
TRANSLATOR 2: (IN KOREAN) This is dissonance.
Leave out the middle one, and it sounds better.
RYUICHI: (IN JAPANESE) Beautiful sound. Interesting.
(LAUGHTER)
(IN KOREAN) I'd like to play you a song.
- (TRANSLATOR 1 INTERPRETS) - RYUICHI: Oh!
(LAUGHTER)
- (IN ENGLISH) Please, please. - (SUGA INHALES)
(IN KOREAN) I'm shaking.
(PLAYS "MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE")
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
- (DISSONANT SOUND) - (SUGA CHUCKLES)
(DISSONANT SOUND)
(PLAYS "MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE")
- (MUSIC CONTINUES) - SUGA: It was great. The talk was great.
I really wish the best for his health.
I want to keep listening to him play.
Now I feel clueless about what to do. (CHUCKLES)
I'm feeling the pressure again. (LAUGHS)
I'll still be making music even when I get old.
I'd love to make music in my fifties and sixties.
So I'm excited to see what kind of musician I'll become.
If I could still be making music at his age...
I'm always thinking about what kind of musician I should be...
so it was great meeting him.
It's always a pleasure to meet and talk with musicians.
Even those who are much older than...
He's actually older than my dad.
And I'm just impressed that we could have such a conversation.
(EXHALES) It was amazing.
This is what I came to Japan for. (LAUGHS)
(CONTINUES PLAYING PIANO)
(IN ENGLISH) For you.
("Snooze (feat. Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kim Woosung of The Rose)" PLAYS)
♪ While you're dreaming while looking at me ♪
♪ I've always got your back so don't worry too much ♪
♪ I'll readily accept you if you're afraid to fall ♪
♪ So don't you suffer like me ♪
♪ You who sleeps for the sake of your dream, it's okay to rest ♪
♪ Don't even dream tonight ♪
♪ When you smile softly at me without saying a word ♪
♪ That's when I finally feel a little relieved ♪
♪ What a tough time it could be the road I walked down ♪
♪ It might look like it was all flowers but everywhere, foes ♪
♪ Just know it was a thorny road before you start down your own ♪
♪ I hope you never forget who showers you with flowers ♪
♪ Never forget who sheds tears when you smile ♪
♪ They live each day for your smile ♪
♪ When I disappear into repetitive work ♪
♪ It's okay to take a break if you feel overwhelmed ♪
♪ Cry out loud when you hate the world ♪
♪ When the hand that welcomed you points a finger at you ♪
♪ Take a deep breath you can yell out "fuck this shit" ♪
♪ Because you're no different from anyone else ♪
♪ Why did you choose this painful and lonely road? ♪
♪ Never, ever forget the reason behind it ♪
♪ I hope you don't let your dreams simply remain as dreams ♪
♪ I'll be rooting for you anytime, anywhere ♪
WOOSUNG: ♪ I'll embrace you when the petals wilt and fall ♪
♪ Good night ♪
♪ I'll leave you ♪
♪ When the fog clears and lifts ♪
♪ Bye, blooming dream ♪
♪ While you're dreaming while looking at me ♪
♪ I've always got your back so don't worry too much ♪
♪ I'll readily accept you if you're afraid to fall ♪
♪ So don't you suffer like me ♪
♪ You who sleeps for the sake of your dream, it's okay to rest ♪
♪ Don't even dream tonight ♪
♪ When you smile softly at me without saying a word ♪
♪ That's when I finally feel a little relieved ♪
♪ This is a battle with no gunfire ♪
♪ Your peers are your enemies ♪
♪ The numbers show good and evil it's cruel but beautiful ♪
♪ It's kill or be killed ♪
♪ The field isn't a ring so why must I kill someone? ♪
♪ When you hate the things you used to like ♪
♪ When all your wishes are windswept and blown away ♪
♪ It's okay, as time passes everything turns ♪
♪ Into a memory and a lesson don't forget ♪
♪ The world isn't a very patient place ♪
♪ Never laugh at someone else's controversies ♪
♪ You never know when it could happen to you ♪
♪ Your success becomes a ball and chain ♪
♪ That tightrope walk feeling will tighten around you ♪
♪ Just laugh out loud laugh your head off ♪
♪ Just hold on wherever you are ♪
♪ I hope you don't let your dreams simply remain as dreams ♪
♪ I'll be rooting for you anytime, anywhere ♪
- ♪ I'll embrace you ♪ - ♪ Dream ♪
♪ When the petals wilt and fall ♪
♪ Good night ♪
♪ I'll leave you ♪
♪ When the fog clears and lifts ♪
♪ Bye, blooming dream ♪
♪ It's all gonna be okay ♪
♪ It's all gonna be okay it's all gonna be okay ♪
♪ It's all gonna be okay ♪
♪ It's all gonna be okay it's all gonna be okay ♪
♪ Dream ♪
♪ I hope it's there after all your creations and life ♪
BOTH: ♪ Dream ♪
♪ I hope you're generous wherever you end up ♪
BOTH: ♪ Dream ♪
♪ I hope you're in full bloom at the end of the struggle ♪
BOTH: ♪ Dream ♪
♪ Your beginnings are humble, but prosperous your future be, dream! ♪
♪ I'll hold you when the last petals fall ♪
♪ Hold tight ♪
♪ I'll leave you ♪
♪ When you reach the rainbow's end ♪
♪ Bye, blooming dream ♪
♪ While you're dreaming while looking at me ♪
♪ I've always got your back so don't worry too much ♪
♪ I'll readily accept you if you're afraid to fall ♪
♪ So don't you suffer like me ♪
♪ You who sleeps for the sake of your dream, it's okay to rest ♪
♪ Don't even dream tonight ♪
♪ When you smile softly at me without saying a word ♪
♪ That's when I finally feel a little relieved ♪
♪ A little relieved ♪
♪ Dream ♪
SUGA: I felt anxious when I achieved something I didn't want.
I felt anxious when the tour I really wanted got canceled.
Even when "Dynamite" became a hit.
Anxiety
is our friend.
Everyone is anxious.
Yeah, so I'm still feeling anxious
about whether Agust D or D-Day will be a success or not.
If you can't see the future, you're bound to be anxious.
(LAUGHS)
But I think I enjoy trying new things out.
We've always been like that.
And it's been fun to see us becoming the industry standard.
I'm extremely proud of myself for being a part of BTS.
I love my job. I love K-pop.
(PLAYS SYNTHESIZER)
("Haegeum" PLAYS)
I struggled so much while I was working on "Haegeum."
So, I made the beat and then the hook.
I even wrote the lyrics up to "Could be somebody's cause of death."
That was three years ago. When we were shooting BTS IN THE SOOP.
("Haegeum" PLAYS)
The songs you never finished are the hardest ones to go back and work on.
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
("Haegeum" PLAYS)
SUGA: Haegeum... I quit.
When you make a piece of work,
it's not often that you can say, "It's better than the old version."
You always compare them.
"It's not quite there. I don't like this."
And amidst such a struggle,
"Haegeum" was born.
"Haegeum" can mean an instrument but also freeing what's forbidden...
There were "locked" tracks in rhythm games I played as a kid.
When you get past a certain stage, you can unlock those songs.
The thing about idols...
is that we don't have to commit a crime
or do something that's controversial
for people to blow little things out of proportion and judge us.
I could never understand the mentality of those people.
I mean, I've never caused trouble, but...
So... (INHALES)
You know, well...
Like when an idol smokes a cigarette in a music video,
these kinds of things...
Say I get criticized for these things at the age of 31.
I strongly believe it's a social phenomenon
that we need to think about.
I wanted to unlock what is forbidden to us.
And since a world of information is just a click away from us now,
even I stopped bringing my imagination
and my thoughts into action.
So this is my message: "Let's free ourselves from these things."
Thanks to all the brilliant technology we have,
we can now easily find out what's happening around the world.
But I strongly feel that this is the reason why
some things in our lives are actually forbidden to us.
It's okay to care less about what others think.
You should be able to do what you want.
("Haegeum" PLAYS)
SUGA: ♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, oh, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
♪ This lively rhythm this could be a new kind of haegeum ♪
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
♪ This lively rhythm this could be a new kind of haegeum ♪
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
♪ This lively rhythm this could be a new kind of haegeum ♪
♪ Free for interpretation ♪
♪ No more bullshit ♪
♪ Freedom of expression could be somebody's cause of death ♪
♪ Could you still consider that freedom? ♪
♪ If you use principles when you adjudicate and speculate ♪
♪ And put your freedom and others' on the same level ♪
♪ Then don't hesitate just get on board ♪
♪ Liberation from the forbidden ♪
♪ For everybody in this unlucky generation ♪
♪ Who can't even understand their own tastes ♪
♪ This song's all about freeing what's forbidden ♪
♪ But don't forget the difference between liberty and license ♪
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
♪ This lively rhythm's a new kind of haegeum ♪
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
♪ This lively rhythm this could be a new kind of haegeum ♪
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
♪ This lively rhythm this could be a new kind of haegeum ♪
♪ Endless information limits freedom of imagination ♪
♪ Seeks conformity of thought ♪
♪ All of this headache of a noise that blinds you ♪
♪ Now it even ravages freedom of thought ♪
♪ All the controversy produced incessantly sows chaos ♪
♪ Makes it hard to judge, uh ♪
♪ Really, what's been restricting us? ♪
♪ Maybe we do it to ourselves ♪
♪ Slaves to capital slave to money ♪
♪ Slaves to hatred and prejudice ♪
♪ Slaves to YouTube slaves to flexing ♪
♪ Selfishness and greed have gone crazy ♪
♪ I close my eyes and it's easy it's all so plain ♪
♪ Opinions split perfectly depending on the benefit ♪
♪ Everyone's been blinded, man by envy and jealousy ♪
♪ Shackling each other without even knowing ♪
♪ Don't get sucked into the tsunami of info ♪
♪ 'Cause we all know the difference between liberty and license ♪
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
♪ This lively rhythm's a new kind of haegeum ♪
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
♪ This lively rhythm this could be a new kind of haegeum ♪
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
♪ This lively rhythm this could be a new kind of haegeum ♪
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
♪ This lively rhythm this could be a new kind of haegeum ♪
♪ This song's a haegeum ♪
♪ Get on board ♪
♪ This lively rhythm this could be a new kind of haegeum ♪
(MUSIC ENDS)
SUGA: What do you think are the chances
of a totally controllable future arriving?
There's a high chance that the future you dreaded never happens.
This is the story I wanted to share with you.
People always worry about the uncertainty of the future.
They fear it.
And they're distressed over the past that they can't change.
But the only thing you can control is the present.
I want to share stories that focus on the present.
The past is the past, the present is the present,
the future is the future.
Put too much meaning into them and they will torment you.
I condense the millions of thoughts inside my head and turn them into lyrics.
I don't have any complaints with what I've done so far.
It's up to the listeners to judge my work,
and only time will tell.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
I should get ready for the tour.
What's my definition of a singer?
Someone who performs at concerts. And I'm going to...
show that to the world again.
I'll be performing in five cities in the US.
Come back to Korea, go to Southeast Asia, Japan,
and end the tour in Korea.
On my tenth anniversary of my debut,
I'll be on tour. June 13th.
I'll do my best to make it happen.
Subtitle translation by Daham Yoon