How Did BTS Get Discovered?

How did BTS get discovered? Here’s what we know about how each BTS member became a trainee for Big Hit Entertainment.

BTS wasn’t always one of the biggest boy bands in the world

It’s hard to imagine a time when BTS wasn’t together. In their over eight years as a group, these K-pop idols became one of the biggest boy bands in the world. Still, some are wondering how the Bangtan Boys came to be. Fans can learn the basic ideas of how this band came together by playing their video game, BTS World. Long story short, the boys got discovered in the most unconventional ways — and it all started with RM.

With the release of their EP, Map of the Soul: Persona, this month, BTS has been on the minds (and in the ears ears) of fans across the world. But how were BTS’s members discovered and how was BTS formed ? Well like the great bands before them, their story is a mix of the conventional and unconventional. Map of the Soul: Persona is the third album of BTS’s in less than a year to reach number one on the Billboard 200—an accomplishment only achieved by one other band: The Beatles.

The seven-member boy band has become one of the biggest and most well-known acts and K-pop history, with several number-one hits and millions of fans across the world. But BTS wasn’t always BTS. About a decade ago, the members were just seven, normal South Korean guys with dreams of pop-stardom. Then came Big Hit Entertainment, and their lives changed forever. Find out how RM, Jungkook, Jimin, V, Suga, Jin and J-Hope were discovered and formed what we now know as BTS. The “Boy with Luv” singers are household names today (with celebrity fans like Shawn Mendes, Tyra Banks and Charlie Puth), but that wasn’t always the case. Learn more about their discovery stories.

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BTS, also known as Bangtan Boys, is an acronym for the Korean expression Bangtan Sonyeondan, meaning Bulletproof Boy Scouts. In July 2017, they announced they'd also be known as Beyond the Scene as part of their new identity. 

The seven-member band was formed through auditions by Bit Hit Entertainment in 2010 and 2011, and finalized in 2012. BTS made their musical debut in 2013 with the first of their school trilogy series, their single album, 2 Cool 4 Skool. The group quickly became one of the hottest acts in South Korea, winning several New Artist of the Year awards. 

RAP MONSTER

Full Name: Kim Nam-joon

Kim Nam-joon a.k.a. RM a.k.a. Rap Monster was the first member of BTS and is known as the band’s leader. RM, who is one of the band’s rappers, started rapping in the sixth grade after he listened to Epik High’s “Fly” for the first time. In 2007, when he was in middle school, RM started rapping under the name Runch Randa, which led him to the rap crew Daenamhyup. (The crew also consisted of now-known stars like Top Dogg’s KIDOH, Big Hit Entertainment producer Supreme Boi and Show Me the Money 3 finalist Iron.) After that, RM started releasing more songs as a solo rapper until he was invited to audition for a hip-hop agency, where he met Untouchable’s Sleepy, who was a judge at the audition. Impressed by RM’s rapping, Sleepy connected RM to producer Bang Shi Hyuk, who invited him to audition for Big Hit Entertainment. Then, in 2010, RM became the first member of BTS, and the rest is history.

The BTS "leader" was working on his skills as an underground rapper before BTS was founded, and was the first member to be selected for the group. He's known for putting his creative spin on songs, and has worked with several hip-hop and indie artists, like Primary, Don Mills, Gaeko, MFBTY and Wale. Rap Monster usually does most of the talking in BTS' English-language interviews, after teaching himself English while watching Friends.

FACTS ABOUT RM:

When he first debuted with the boy band, RM's stage name was “Rap Monster,” inspired by his love and talent for rapping. Since then, the idol's changed his name to RM, which stands for “Real Me.”

Kim Nam-joon (Korean: 김남준; born September 12, 1994), better known as RM (formerly Rap Monster), is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is the leader and a rapper in the South Korean boy group BTS. In 2015, he released his first solo mixtape, RM.

RM (rapper)

Born: 12 September 1994

 Sangdo-dong, Seoul, South Korea

Height: 1.81 m

Full name: Kim Nam-joon

Movies and TV shows: Problematic Men, Bring the Soul: The Movie, Burn the Stage: The Movie, more

Siblings: Kim Geong Min

Namjoon (RM) really likes meat (especially Samgyeopsal) and Korean knife noodles (Kalguksu) Jungkook loves anything with flour (pastries , pizza, bread, etc.) Jimin loves meat ,stew (kimchi jjigae) and fruits. Seokjin (Jin) loves seafood (especially lobster) and meaty and greasy foods.

Favorite color:Black,Pink,Purple

Sad Fact:

Rap Monster had a heart surgery at the age of 15,doctors said he only have 30% chance to survive.

Namjoon said that the most hurtful thing he heard from a person was to"leave bangtang".

Namjoon's parents took everything from him cuz he wanted to become a rapper.

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JUNGKOOK

Full Name: Jeon Jeong-guk

Jungkook was just 15 years old when BTS debuted, and started high school a year late to focus on the band. Though he's the youngest member of the group, Jungkook was one of the most in-demand singers after auditioning for South Korean talent show Superstar K, and eventually chose to sign with Big Hit Entertainment. He's known for both his singing and dancing, and loves gaming in his free time.

Jungkook, whose known as golden maknae, is BTS’s main vocal and is youngest member of the band. Jungkook was discovered when he auditioned for the third season of Superstar K in his hometown of Busan. He was eliminated in the audition round, but the show gave him enough exposure to be scouted by at least seven agencies, including JYP Entertainment, FNC Entertainment and Starship Entertainment. In the end, though, Jungkook chose Big Hit Entertainment to become a trainee at. Jungkook has said that the reason he chose Big Hit Entertainment over the other agencies was because of RM, who impressed him with his rapping, which made Jungkook want to train and work with him.

Jeon Jung-kook, better known mononymously as Jungkook, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a member and vocalist of the South Korean boy band BTS.

Born: 1 September 1997

 Mandeok-dong, Busan, South Korea

Height: 1.78 cm

Full name: Jeon Jeong-guk

Siblings: Jeon Jung-hyun

Albums: Map of the Soul: 7, Wings, Love Yourself: Tear, Dark & Wild, Face Yourself, Youth, more

Blood type: A

FACTS ABOUT JUNGKOOK:

Jungkook Favorite number is 1.

Jungkook favorite weather is a sunny weather with a cool breeze.

Jungkook hometown is Busan

In 7th grade, Jungkook learned B-boying in a club with his some friends and Hyungs.

 In 10 years Jungkook want to be an Owner of a duck meat restaurant or a Tattooist.

Jungkook went to the Mnet for Superstar K2 auditions and got casted by a current company’s staff. When he danced, Bang Sihyuk PD told him,“No emotion. No emotion while dancing.” So, he went to the U.S.A for dance training.

In USA, Jungkook learned Urban Style, Female Dancing Style, Powerful Dances, and many more from famous choreographers.

 JK Favorite color is Red, Black, and White. He think express color of Hip Hop is Black and Red.

Jungkook Ideal Type is Someone who’s at least 168 cm but smaller than him, a good wife, good at cooking, smart, has pretty legs & she nice.

Favourite food is bread, pizza, and anything with flour, pork soup rice, sashimi, sea eel. Favourite item is Shoes and make up.

Jungkook habbits is sniffling, wriggling his fingers, stomp around

Jungkook role model is G-Dragon.

Jungkook wants Japanesse fans called him Golden Maknae or Kkukie.

Artist or song that has influenced is Supreme Team, G-Dragon, and Macklemore.

Jungkook dream when he was younger is to be Badminton Player. In the 1st year of High School he listened to G-Dragon’s song and changed his dream to be singer.

“Living without passion is like being dead"

SAD FACT:

He was really lonely when he moved to Seoul

He feels like he wears a mask

On the same broadcast, Jungkook explained that because he was always alone, now when he meets people he feels like he isn’t sincere around them.

“When I meet people for the first time, it feels to me like I don’t treat them honestly. It feels like there’s a wall between us. It’s supposed to be that you connect with people’s hearts, but all I do is ask myself, ‘What should I do to befriend this person?’ or ‘What should I do to make this person like me?’. I can’t help but feel that I wear a mask around people.” — Jungkook