Jimin of BTS Releases Personal Documentary About Making of First Solo Album

BTS’s Jimin is a great performer on stage, but in the new documentary, the star shines in a completely different way.

Jimin’s production diary (available to stream Monday on Weverse) documents the making of the singer-dancer’s first solo album, FACEand offers fans an intimate look at his journey — sometimes difficult, often sweet, and occasionally very silly,

Jimin, 28, is the third member of BTS to release a documentary about the creation of their solo projects, which they are undertaking while preparing for military service in South Korea. But unlike J-Hope’s In the boxwhich presented the artist’s historic headlining set at Lollapalooza in Chicago 2022, or Sugin Road to D-Day, which followed the rapper on a creative sojourn around the world studded with famous faces from Halsey to Steve Aoki, Jimin’s diary is extremely intimate in its scale.

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In fact, most of it takes place in just a few rooms: a cozy recording studio at the headquarters of his record label, Hyba, and the Supreme-strewn Seoul apartment of one of BTS’s longtime collaborators, producer Pdogg.

This is partly due to this diminished perspective Jimin’s production diary it’s sure to make an impact on fans. It reveals a lesser-known side of the superstar. One wearing a beanie and sweats instead of sparkly stage wear, of course, but more poignantly, one struggling to authentically tell his own story and find his voice as a songwriter.

Jimin paces endlessly around Pdogg’s home studio, kitchen and coffee table as the two, along with a handful of collaborators, break down lyrics and hook bits. In his climbs, Jimin, a lifelong dancer, instinctively indulges in freestyles along the track. In his low-key tunes, he gracefully faces plants on the sofa or curls up amid recording equipment, hat pulled low.

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He also shows off his ability to pull off catchy tunes not just with his voice, but with acoustic guitar and, in a particularly light-hearted moment, keyboards: Jimin messes with a snippet of a song he played with his friends as a kid, a haunting circus-like tune that ends up opening the album’s first track, “Face-off”.

The documentary will be especially emotional for longtime BTS fans who have watched Jimin struggle with the creation of his previous one-off solo songs. Self-doubt is still always present Diary, but so is his wind, as the songs come together and a happy dance bursts forth from him.

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When the album was released in March 2023, he’d have even more reason to celebrate: the single “Like Crazy” was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Jimin the first South Korean solo artist to hold that spot. (Jung Kook’s “Seven” feat. Latto later became No. 1 in July.)

Two other BTS members — RM, 29, and Jung Kook, 26 — also star in the film. (In addition to J-Hope, 29, and Suga, 30, the seven-member group also includes V, 27, and Jin, 30.) RM, the group’s leader and an accomplished lyricist himself, weighs Jimin’s emotions song by song in one scene, and Jung Kook, lead vocalist , lends his voice to the album’s hidden track, “Dear.ARMY,” which is dedicated to their fans,

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All seven members have now released individual projects since announcing in June 2022 that they would focus on solo work and pursue some group activities while serving in the military. Jin, J-Hope and Suga are currently enlisted, and the remaining members have expressed their intention to join by the end of this year. Jung Kook will round off the releases by dropping his album, golden, November 3.

Jimin’s production diary is now available to stream on Weverse.

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