This is the translation of Intro part of his talk first.
3/2/18
J-hope’s VLive ( Intro - Casual Talk )
Ok hello everyone..Hello everyone! Say Hello to my Hope world!
Guys, welcome to my Hope World! Ah..let me just say hi to you first. I am J-hope from BTS. My mixtape has just been released so in order to celebrate that, I decided to come on VLive. This is my working studio. We open this Vlive with my first track, “Hope World” I am speaking in radio tone now, “So how was it?’” (Laughs) That’s right. My mixtape just came out! Applause applause! (Claps)
That’s right guys. Honestly..what time was that? I think it was around 11:30 pm? I felt the same way when we first debuted as BTS. I think it felt more severe. I was extremely nervous and was really shaking. When it became around 11:45pm, my voice, my real voice came out like ah...is it..is it really coming out? (He’s re-enacting) yeah..and starting at 11:55pm, I started going insane. Ah..ah..I kept saying something and even my tummy started hurting. Since I was so nervous, I was like..wow is it? is it really coming out? And the time finally came, and yes..it felt unique, very unique. My dream came true and my goal has been achieved. This mixtape that I wanted so much to release..that goal, I am so glad that I was able to achieve it. I am so happy. This, I prepared for many years..or was it one year? Yes about one year which I prepared for this. I am honored to release this on 3/2..March 2nd seems like a day of my new beginning. So wishing you a great start as well, I opened my world, this Hope World to bring it to you. Applause~~~ That’s right. I am still nervous, let me just drink some water. I’ve been checking messages our fans have been sending me via social media and this fan sent me one GIF. It was a GIF with someone drinking water, and it looked just like me. Person was drinking like this, like me. (imitating while shaking his hand and drinking)
Let me just check your feedback (looks at screen) “Ah, it’s really good” Hi, thank you. So many fans from overseas have been congratulating me. “Awesome mixtape” Thank you. Guys, how was it? Do you like my song? Which song do you like best? Hahah..wow, it’s so awesome. “When did I shoot the MV?” When did I shoot it? Well, I did it in February so it’s been very busy for me. It’s been extremely chaotic after my birthday. Oh, so do you like Hangsang? Yes, so HangSang, our composer Supreme Boi wonderfully featured and produced this song. I really like Hang-Sang too. I had fun while working on this and it was really joyful. Bassline..yeah the feedback on Bassline has been awesome. Bassline..I will introduce in a bit but Bassline is really a song that we didn’t even expect. We put this song with a vibe of interlude, of course I made the beat and wrote the lyrics but we thought of this as an interlude which connects from songs to songs. Through many processes, when I finally heard the mix and mastering of this song, wow this song felt so different. I loved it. I felt the best song was born. Wow the heart surpassed 10M and about 350,000 ppl are watching this!
I just wanted to share sort of a behind story of Hope World to you guys so I decided to come on live. I mean, it is the start of March, and it’s the morning..did you guys go to school? Aren’t you supposed to get ready for work? (Laughing) So I can’t do this live for too long but I will make it short yet passionate. This is really the music for you guys. I wanted so much to release to you. Oh right now? Yes, I am barefaced. I woke up this morning, the MV, music, many interviews and everything, today has been a crazy day. We had to revise the MV after getting feedbacks multiple times, music too..I double checked the lyrics. I feel that so much effort has been made because it was right before the release. So I woke up early today, and was working in my studio the whole time. My face is not in the best condition..ahhh I look too beat out. Haha. Since it’s been released, let me officiallly introduce this album and let you know how I worked for this.
I’d like to talk about MV first. How was it guys? Our director Lumpens did an awesome job. The director who’s responsible for our BTS video, Lumpens..Yongseok hyung! He’s the best! Did you like the MV? When I looked at it, it contained just about everything that I wanted to show. The colors and art was showcased real nicely and the performance side of me was edited well too. I really love it. Especially the part where the word Hope comes in Hangeul (Korean) that was my favorite part. Hope in Korean. You know, Korean language is really pretty. When that part came out, I was like yes, this is J-hope! This is J-hope’s sentiment. Lumpens Hyung really hit right on spot this time. Boon-shin-sool(Clone technique) Yes guys, wasn’t that unique? (Imitating) Yeah the part that I grabbed the mic? you liked the color? Shiny bed..I personally thought the overall atmosphere of the set complemented the song .(coughs) The airplane in the ending huh? What would it imply huh? Yeah I guess you guys really like it. I love the MV. I will watch it again after this live.
Let me officially introduce the album. I guess the real reason behind wanting to do this mixtape was really, it was just my dream. It was my big dream and wanted to introduce my music which contained my own story. I worked on it for a long time with ambition. I studied hard, composed, and researched. I thought hard on which way I should represent so that even as new fans who meet an artist named J-hope for the first time would like it. First reason was that I wanted it desperately and I had ambition for this. You could say it was passion toward my music. I never ever imagined that I would love music this much. I started as a dancer. I got to know music while being a dancer and mostly expressed it through my body. After coming to Seoul, I met many people and rappers such as RM, Suga hyung and Supreme boi. I learned a lot from them and studied hard. Those people helped me a great deal and that’s how I started loving music. It s a bit embarrassing to say but I feel that now music is a part of my life. So I put in a lot of thoughts and passion toward music and wanted so much to share my own with my own story in it. Actually, it was a long preparation period for this mixtape. Two years ago, we started talking about it. People around me started talking about it, and the people who loved BTS’s music have been inquiring, when will Jhope’s mixtape come out? So I was inspired and motivated. Actually it was just around the time when we started Wings Tour on 2/18/17 and afterwards, we planned about the mixtape until we left for our first world tour. Then I worked on it whenever I can, in hotel rooms overseas and wherever it might be...I worked on it whenever time allowed. I actually targeted to release it last year. However music making is just not done in one round, We went through many trial and error. I also wanted to find my certain style and studied a lot which extended the time too. For some tracks, we had to take out and for some, we needed to add back in, and kept revising rap parts and beat too. Also my priority was our team first so while doing BTS activities, I worked on my own project. So this is my Hope world.
Hixtape..Hixtape. Why is it Hixtape? So I hope you listen to it a lot and like it. Let me officially introduce my music while we listen to it. We’ll talk about many episodes and producing process. Let’s get to it.
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