BigHit's first female trainee finally sees the light of day by joining Bangtan Sonyeondan, a decision seen by many as a joke until it starts to pay off. Join her journey from nothing to Korea's Noona.
*Disclaimer - boys are real people and I'm just...
The day after the release of the last album of the LOVE YOURSELF series, the first date of their long expected world tour began in Seoul. The album had already been recorded and when they weren't filming comeback shows, RUN BTS or other things, they were prepping for the tour so it didn't leave Grace time to really settle into the thought that this was the end of one era at least.
It did bring her favourite song to perform, IDOL. And the remix with Nicki Minaj allowed Grace to show off her sub-rapping skills whenever they had to perform the remix version, with full support from Nicki Minaj herself. Once again, Grace left the boys to The Truth Untold with Steve Aoiki and participated in writing the lyrics for I'm Fine. She also had the worry of producing another solo track for the album, one that matched the others perfectly.
It was during dance rehearsals for MIC DROP that the idea came to her - it was during this period she was going through a lot of self-doubt and she revealed in a V-LIVE with ARMY that she always experienced doubts and that Jungkook had told her to keep breathing, even though it was more in relation to her dancing, it stayed with her that she needed to keep breathing, keep going and to stay grounded in the now and not worry about the next day.
BREATHIN' in English/Korean became Grace's solo for LOVE YOURSELF: ANSWER. A full English version was released for Grace's second mixtape and the full Korean version was released for the music video that had been filmed.
During this time as well, Grace had begun to get offers of collaborations from various other artists in Korean and America. She did a few with the time she had and it began a trend for her that whatever collab she was doing, she would wearing a hint of purple for ARMY/BTS so they were always with her.
The clothing and makeup for this era were bright yet neutral, with hints of pink and warm colours. Her suit for IDOL had been specially made in England, with hints of the UK's flag in the colours of her suit. It was also during this time that Hobi and Taehyung were involved in her tour costumes, adapting her versions of the boys outfits to be more suitable yet womanly. The opening suit for IDOL was to reflect 'princely' so they made Grace's uniform slightly different - hers was more of a military-styled jacket of black and gold, black sparkly pants with gold patterns and high heels to match.
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During the tour in the UK, especially during SO WHAT, she came out in denim shorts with a t-shirt with the UK flag. It did cause some controversy back in Korea about her heritage and whether she was a dual-citizen, whether she should have the right, even though she lived in South Korea since she was young and her birth had been legally registered in South Korea by her grandparents.
FACTS:
In London, she did the opening introduction to herself and the boys
Various videos of her trying not to cry during the ARMY surprise at Wembley, many fans catching her hiding behind Namjoon to control her emotions
Did rip her pants on the IDOL set, which was only caught in the background
Had a traditional outfit made as well for IDOL which was then adapted for dancing
