Beyond The Story Quotes

“I was so bowled over when he said he would come to Korea himself to direct the vocals. I thought, 'Wow...Think of how much you'd have to love music to do that! Have I ever put that much passion into something myself...?”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“If this can no longer resonate
No longer make my heart vibrate
Then like this may be how I die my first death”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“What am I going to do, except accept it. Our schedule was so packed that it was a matter of, 'Is my body going to break first, or my mind?' And my body was so tired, my mind did not have the strength to be anxious, even.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“Forever we are young
Even if you fall and get hurt
I keep running towards my dream”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“I need to do everything I can for her, no matter what it is. Maybe that was why I was hungry for success.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“This was the unique position BTS took from the beginning of their career, and the perspective they continue to take in telling their stories. Rather than follow the grammar of either hip-hop or idol music, they used the languages of both genres to talk about themselves.”
― Myeongseok Kang, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“It was really hard to respect the fact that we were all different people. I used to be very extreme and trapped in a black-and-white mindset. My immature mind would think, "Why is he thinking that way? Shouldn't a normal human being think this way?" And eventually I went beyond thinking, 'That guy is different from me,' to accepting, 'That person is just being themselves.' It did take a bit of time.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“This was also the period when I was having a lot of
doubts about myself, as well as the path I was taking, and I was
thinking ‘Is this right?”
― Myeongseok Kang, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“In December 2012, approximately six months before their debut, BTS launched their official blog—which they themselves managed—and their Twitter account.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“Someone I know said, if you call a situation of equality “0,” and the world’s injustice is at as much as “+10,” then those experiencing injustice have no choice but to emphasize not “0,” but “–10” in order to achieve equality.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“Time is passing, I'm still standing here, and people are putting all sorts of labels on me... I couldn't avoid any of that as long as I lived, but maybe there was one last part of me that only I could define. And if that part joined another part that even I nor anyone else could ever define, then my yesterday and today can be created from there.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“Until now, the biggest blessing of my life is meeting these hyungs. (Jung Kook)”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“This was the unique position BTS took from the beginning of their career, and the perspective they continue to take in telling their stories. Rather than follow the grammar of either hip-hop or idol music, they used the languages of both genres to talk about themselves.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“The UN presentation was an example of how BTS might use their influence for positive purposes On this, SUGA says:
It's a lot of pressure to speak for the youth of the whole world. How could we possibly do that? We also live very differently from the great majority of youth around the globe. I hadn't thought about climate change or the environment a lot my, my thoughts were just a vague, 'Oh, technology will solve that someday.' But I learned these were very serious problems...Then wouldn't I be able to help people become more familiar with them...So if people can get even a little more interested in these issues through us, didn't our fame make it our responsibility to take take on?”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“BTS no longer needed any adjectives or other qualifiers to be identified the juxtaposition of the three letters of their name being powerful enough now.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“I think I can wait without breaking until then.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“We just tried to overcome it. Because we couldn't stay mired in negative feelings forever. These days I'm like...If I pour these feelings into something, if I take the things I've felt or my mood and make it into a song, then I feel a bit better.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“Jimin says this particular video, the practicing and filming of it, was a great help in assuaging his anxieties connected to the pandemic.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“In the end, parts of us differ from American pop stars. Because our DNA is just different.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“That they would listen to our songs and like them and enjoy them with us...Wouldn't that be it? Success and fame and the money that follows are not the biggest meanings in our lives. I just want to do one more performance, to converse with more people. Even if we can't have a long and deep conversation with each and every individual, at least a conversation where we look at each other and shout together and exchange glances, that kind of conversation. That's what's more meaningful.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“All along, we'd had the opportunity and a tiny bit of possibility.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“...trying out something so new was bound to give anyone pause.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“Everyone has it hard, of course, but I really wanted to capture and share the pain and thoughts we experienced in our growth or our path to success. I guess you can say, I wanted to make it obvious a bit. To make my feelings known. I'm not the type to talk directly about my feelings, but it occurred to me that I could still talk about them through song.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“I worked so hard to be a part of this group, but what if the team disappears...?' It was really hard.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“Time keeps slipping away from them, but nothing seems to be getting better.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“Could somebody turn back that clock
This entire year has been lost
I'm still in my bed”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“Painting kind of makes you forget your worries. It was a device that allowed me to detach myself from whatever negative thoughts popped into my head.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“I wanted to spend each year after that being grateful for my life and feeling blessed but...Wow...I don't know why this year is so horrifying.

There was nothing to be done. Time seemed like it had stopped, but not the suffering, and there was no way of being sure about any plan for the future or what message to send to the world.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“Well...I don't think I have a lot of memories of the pandemic. Like that time was "chopped off" my memory? I just felt like time was passing. It was hard at times, and we overcame it, but looking back at that time, I feel so wistful.”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS

“But "ON" actually goes:
Where my pain lies
Let me take a breath”
― BTS, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS