BTS LOVE YOURSELF - THE NOTES (ENGLISH TRANSLATION)

'her' Hoseok's Notes °25 February Year 21°

YEAR 21
25 February

I look at myself as I dance in the mirror, free from people's critical eyes and cruel standards of education and beauty, in the studio. There's nothing more important than being in my own space, able to focus on the music and the beat, and nothing more...

I started dancing at the age of twelve, at...what I can vaguely remember, could've been a talent show. The most memorable parts of that day was when I stood on the stage, enjoying the cheers and the claps as my friends watched from within the audience.

It was also the day I felt that I had finally found my strength...that I had finally found something I could be confident in.

Moving my whole being to the music was something that I didn't do for the praise of the fame of the money...as that small child and still now...moving my body to the music and dancing was honestly and truthfully something sincere that came deep from within me.

Outside the studio where there is no mirror to see myself in, I'm weighed down by many things. I can't dance and forget my problems and sometimes, even if I don't like it, I smile anyways. Even when I'm sad I will still smile.

When taking medication I don't need, everything, including my smile, will fall...

And that is why the moment I dance with the belief of being
happy,
confident and calm and
Free of the heavy problems of the world...
is my most protected, precious moment...

The moment I can dance, is the moment I am truly happy...

And so ARMY's hearts shall officially
break because of these seven boys...