BTS PRESENTATION

BY: JENNIFER LEE

When was BTS formed and how?

Bts is owned by an entertainment company,

called BigHit Entertainment Co., Ltd. BTS
was formed on June,13, 2013 on a
Thursday. BTS was formed by Bang PD. He
is a South Korean lyricist, composer,
producer and record executive. He is the
founder and CEO of Big Hit Entertainment,
which is home to BTS.
Kim Namjoon aka RM, fell in love with rap
after hearing Epik High‘s “Fly” for the first
time when he was in sixth grade. He began RM (KIM NAMJOON)
rapping on his own, and he started a
career as an underground rapper under
the name “Runch Randa”in 2007, when he
was in middle school.As his skills as a
rapper grew, RM became more active in
the underground scene. He released more
songs, and collaborated with other
underground artists, like BLOCK B‘s Zico.
With his reputation growing, RM was
invited to audition for an underground
hip-hop agency. This was where he
met Untouchable‘s Sleepy, who was a
judge at the audition. Sleepy was so
impressed by RM’s rapping skills, he saved
his phone number and passed it to Bang
PD and became the first BTS member in
2010.
• Originally from Daegu, Korea Suga, was
active in the underground hip-hop scene as a
producer and rapper. Going by the name of
“Gloss,” he began performing in high school,
SUGA (MIN YOONGI)
and made a name for himself. It wasn’t just his
rapping that was getting attention. Suga
had begun to establish himself as a producer,
composing beats for local artists in his
hometown of Daegu, primarily for a group
called “D-TOWN.” Wanting to take his music
to the next level, Suga decided to audition for
Big Hit Entertainment. He had seen a flyer
promoting a rap competition / audition called
“Hit It,” and felt that it was a good fit for him.
Although he didn’t win the competition, Suga
ended up getting 2nd place, and joined Big Hit
Entertainment as a producer /
trainee.Although reports indicate that Suga
wanted to be just a producer, he was
convinced into joining BTS in 2010. To this
day, Suga jokes that Bang PD tricked him into
the group.
 J-HOPE (JUNG HOSEOK)

• Prior to his debut with BTS, Jung Hoseok aka J-

Hope, was a dancer. He had always loved to dance, and he
even joined a dance crew called “Neuron” in his hometown
of Gwangju, Korea.Because of his love for dancing, J-Hope
auditioned for JYP Entertainment. Although he passed the
first few rounds, he eventually got cut from the JYP
auditions. J-Hope decided to audition for Big Hit
Entertainment next. With his dance skills, strong
understanding of rhythm, and potential for rap, J-Hope was
accepted into the company. He moved to Seoul and became
a full-time trainee. Despite years of training, however, J-
Hope was almost left out of BTS’s lineup until Rm
convinced BIgHit, as well as J-Hope himself that BTS needed
J-Hope. He returned to the group, and the rest is history.
 JIN (KIM SEOKJIN)

• The 4th member to join BTS, Kim Seokjin aka Jin, had a different
casting experience than the other members. Originally from Anyang,
Korea, Jin was originally casted on the streets by SM
Entertainment. He never followed up with the company because he
thought it was a scam. He got street-casted again when he was a
college student. A representative from Big Hit Entertainment saw Jin
as he was exiting a bus, and convinced Jin to audition for Big Hit. Jin
had no prior experience singing or dancing. Because he was an acting
major, Jin auditioned to be an actor. Big Hit Entertainment had other
plans, however, and he ended up becoming a trainee for BTS. Rumor
has it that Jin became the singer that he is today through hard work
and practice.
 JEON JUNGKOOK

The youngest of the

group, Jeon Jungkook auditioned for the 3rd
season of Superstar K in his hometown of Busan,
Korea. Although he was eliminated from the
auditions, various agency recruiters saw
something special in him. Jungkook was scouted
by 7 different entertainment agencies. Some of
these agencies included JYP Entertainment, FNC
Entertainment, and Starship Entertainment. Out
of all the agencies, Jungkook ended going with Big
Hit Entertainment.The reason he chose Big Hit
(which was a smaller company at the time) over
the other major companies was because he was
so impressed with RM and his rapping skills. He
wanted to be in the same company with RM, and
train with him.
• Kim Tae Hyung akaV has stated in
multiple interviews that he grew up
with hardly any money. He was raised V (KIM TAEHYUNG)
by a family of farmers in Daegu, and his
childhood dream was to pursue music.
With that dream in mind,V picked up
playing the saxophone in high school.
His father encouraged him to learn an
instrument if he was serious about
pursuing music, so he had learned
saxophone for 3 years. One day, he
followed a friend to a Big Hit
Entertainment audition. He had only
come to the audition to support his
friend, but someone from the rookie
development team saw V and urged him
to audition. So he called his dad, got
permission, then auditioned on the spot.
He was the only person to pass the
audition in Daegu that day.
 ~PARK JIMIN~

• Jimin had a natural talent in dance. As a

promising young contemporary dance student,
one of his dance teachers urged Jimin to audition
for Big Hit Entertainment. Jimin had a natural
talent in dance. As a promising young
contemporary dance student, one of his dance
teachers urged Jimin to audition for Big Hit
Entertainment. After being encouraged by his
teacher, he went and auditioned. He passed the
audition in Busan, moved to Seoul to become a
trainee. Although his training period was the
shortest, Jimin became the final member of BTS
because of his natural skills.
 ~BTS HISTORY~

HOW DID THEY BECOME WHAT SONG MADE THEM

FAMOUS WORDWIDE? FAMOUS?
BTS was the No. 1 most tweeted about musical They weren’t famous right from the start like some other kpop
group in the U.S. in 2017, according to data from idol groups. They debuted in 2013 with No More Dream, which
got some attention, mainly for Jimin’s abs. But then, when they
Twitter. topping Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Nicki had a comeback with N.O, they failed to get any more attention,
Minaj. When the group arrived in the U.S. to and they themselves refer to that comeback as a ‘failure’. Then,
Boy in Luv (2014) was quite a hit and that’s when they first got
perform at the 2017 American Music some spotlight and rose to the level where other idol fans also
Awards, Ellen Degeneres described the scene in know their name (but to an extent). Their next comeback,
Danger (also 2014), turned out to be much worse than they
Los Angeles "like the Beatles were here. Sunday, expected. But then they had a sudden rise in popularity in 2015
the seven-member group re-appeared in the U.S. with I NEED U and Dope, and they got their first win in a music
show in Korea. Their popularity yet again increased with RUN
for the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, mingling (2015) and they became really famous with the comeback Fire
with stars like Taylor Swift and John Legend. (2016) and became one of the most famous idols in Korea.
BS&T was another major hit, got them some Billboard spotlight.In
People love their songs because it's so terms of ‘when they got famous’- they became famous
sentimental and deep. People say BTS songs help in Korea with I NEED U and Dope (in 2015) and they became
famous internationally during the BS&T era.
them through depression and social pressures.
♥ FUN FACTS The youngest member of the Bts even has their own
ABOUT BTS ♥ group of Jungkkok. He's
currently 21 years old. The
reality show on Vlive, called
RUN! BTS. With currently
oldest member is Jin, and he's 68 episodes and over
currently 27 years old. They 22million fans, just counting
debuted on June 13, 2013. their twitter and instagram
fans.

BTS is known as eh most poular south korean boy

band. They have 7 members and the leader RM.
Leading vocal is Jungkook. Leading rapper is Suga.
Leadig Dancer is J-Hope.<3
♥THANK YOU♥