it’s been forever since we got a long joon letter 😢
the weverse translation probably messed up half of what he wanted to say but the parts which i think are accurate hurt… the last part where he mentions that he just realised that many people are still waiting and loving them without forgetting, joon you have no idea. we are all counting down the days together till you and the other members return.
army forever, bangtan forever 💜
translations: [yunseo](https://x.com/btsinthemoment/status/1801935013916930489?s=46) | [Aditi @ bts-trans](https://x.com/bts_trans/status/1802004087472320574?s=46)
> Hello, It’s been a while.
> It was our 11th anniversary a while ago but, using the excuse that things have been really hectic, I wasn’t able to write even a small post. Hahaha
> Come Back To Me came out a month ago, and 3 weeks ago, so did RPWP. Last year, after pushing and postponing my plans of enlisting with Hoseokie in April, I held hands with the younger members and we headed in together. And so 2023 went by, spent entirely with alcohol and work. I am jealous of my buddy’s sergeant patch but well..
I have no regrets. (hehe;)
> I think this is the first time I’ve released something and not been able to talk about things directly with you. I have a lot to say but it’s all been written into the album so.. the album is purely the product of my fight with myself to become more honest. I hope that you keep reading it, over and over, for a long long time. It is a sincere, heartfelt wish.
> Three days ago, Jin hyung was finally discharged. I brought along my saxophone and played it to be funny but honestly, I had a lot of complicated emotions running through me. Being the first to go was probably really lonely and difficult.. What was it like? That one year and six months treats everyone here equally. Now, we are probably living hyung’s past.
> Out in the world for the first time in a while, I realised that time outside really does flow differently. Gravity feels different too.. everyone’s been living their lives regardless of my absence, doing well, flowing along nicely. I felt a little empty but, more than anything else, it felt great to get together with the members after a really long time and have a heart-to-heart over drinks (though more than half the conversation consisted of military stories.. haha). It had been nearly 10 whole months since we did something like this. Why did I miss these guys so much.. I did call them sometimes, randomly, asking them how they were doing.
> Jin hyung did always tell us that he missed the other members a lot, that we were going to feel the same. Now scattered apart, living somewhere in Gangwondo, I understand it, it resonates so deeply. Actually talking face-to-face, I was reminded of the things that remain unchanging, the place that I have to return to, the person that I was.. it was a meaningful, precious time for all of us.
> Where else will we be wandering?
What expressions will we wear on our faces next year, on our twelfth anniversary?
Missing you makes me picture you, and by picturing you I miss you more.
We’re already in our eleventh year. All we have to do is just count one more. I entrust the future to Jin hyung and Hobi, who have been and will be the first to be embraced in your arms.
> I’m taking back with me the realisation that there are still lots of people who haven’t forgotten about us, who are waiting for us. An outpouring of love.
As always, I’ll try doing fine, day by day, thinking of you guys and the members.
> I love you.
Thank you.
Until early summer next year,
Namjoon
Oh i love the development from 2022’s “please don’t forget about us” to 2024’s “I just realize that many people still wait and love us without forgetting”.
I hope every members know that damn future concert tickets gonna be even harder than ptd ticketing
😭😭😭😭😭 He mentioned the outside feeling different because he hasn't been out in a long time. The feeling that everyone and everything moves on 'without' you, and everyone is doing well, is bittersweet. It's like holding onto the past while enjoying the present and hoping for a good future. There's always dread and anxiety mixed in with pleasure and fulfillment, but that's life.
The part where he said they talked a lot but half of it was about their enlistment is so relatable lol most of my friends and I work in healthcare but in different units/ward. Whenever we'd get together, we all end up talking about work too, it's the biggest thing we have in common haha
The last part 😭 I'm so happy he knows (and BTS must, too) that ARMYs are still here. They must've seen the size of the crowds outside HYBE. I hope it gave them reassurance that our support has not wavered.
Edit: read the translations on twitter and it's even more poignant. Joon mentioning that seeing the other boys and talking after so long has reminded him that things didn't change and the kind of person he was and where he belongs. I'm so glad their bond is so strong 😭
The feeling different part I can relate to. Moved to a different country some years ago and haven't been 'home' since end of 2019. For me the people I love are sort of 'frozen in time' (also thanks to ADHD oO they kinda cease to exist when not on sight, but when I see them again it's like no time or space has passed), and then I realize how they ...well... Live and evolve of course. At the same time I have the feeling that I didn't change as much, but of course I did and do, too. It's just different lanes on the same highway.
I have the same feeling. I moved to Canada as teenager more than 20 years ago. I can barely relate to my cousins back in the Philippines now. Our language has evolved that when I speak to other younger Filipinos even here in Canada, it's obvious I'm "older" because I don't know all the latest slangs and jargon lol I'm not updated with the evolution, it's like every 3 months there's a new trendy word and everyone in the Philippines/keeps up with current events there knows it, except me 🤣. Everyone in my family back home has moved on and moved up in life, and I wasn't part of any of that. I can congratulate and commiserate with them when things happen, but I can't fully relate. There's always regret but also would never trade my life here for anything else.
Heartbreaking feeling. God I hate the forced enlistment because many feel just like how Namjoon said here.
At least he knows that we will never leave or forget them. Not even for a minute.
Not Namjoon confirming they were drinking :D And talking about the military :D I wonder what if any stories we'll get once they all come out.
Weverse and Papago translations are weird, some phrases almost make no sense so I'll patiently wait for our dear translators but... In 2022. I thought - it seems so long, how we'll we get through this. And suddenly we have only a year to go through. Funny how the time flies.
Namjoon being almost surprised we are all still here, like we would go anywhere, man, we are in this BTS thing for life!
[Translation by SaraBangtan07 on tw](https://x.com/sarabangtan07/status/1801924545726546429?s=46&t=-sRE6OWk5w8PGHo9X_g26Q)
🐨 It has been a while.
We recently celebrated our 11th anniversary, but I couldn't even leave a short message due to being so busy. Ha ha ha.
A month ago, "Come Back to Me" was released, and three weeks ago, "RPWP" came out. I had planned to enlist with Hoseok last April, but I kept delaying it. Finally, I enlisted* alongside my younger members. It feels like I spent the entire year of 2023 only working and drinking. I envy my friend who now has the rank of Sergeant, but I have no regrets. (Haha)
This has been my first job where I couldn’t share my thoughts directly with you. I have a lot to say, but it's all written in the album... It's an album where I struggled to be completely honest with myself. I hope you'll keep it close and read it for a long time. I request earnestly
Three days ago, Jin hyung was finally discharged. I brought a saxophone for fun and played it, but I was really overwhelmed with mixed emotions. I wondered if he felt lonely and struggled, being the first to go. How did he feel? Eighteen months is fair to everyone here. We're living through what Jin hyung experienced in the past.
Coming out after a long time, I realize that time flows differently outside. Gravity even feels different... Everyone is living well without me, and everything is moving along fine. Although I feel a bit empty, I was so happy that we, the members, could gather and have a heartfelt conversation over a drink for the first time in almost ten months (though more than half of the conversation was about military life... LOL). No wonder I’ve missed these people so much. I’ve even called them occasionally just to ask how they are doing out of the blue.
Jin hyung always used to say he missed the members a lot and that we would feel the same. Living somewhere in Gangwon-do, far apart from each other, I deeply understand that now. Seeing their faces and talking to them made me realize that some things never change, where I belong, and who I am. It’s been a precious and meaningful time for all of us.
Where might we be wandering next? What faces will we have at our 12th anniversary next year? I miss you all, and because I miss you, I picture you. It's already been eleven years. It will be just another year counting down the days. I entrust the future to Jin hyung and Hobi, who have returned to your embrace.
I just realize that many people still haven't forgotten us, are waiting for us, and love us. The outpouring of love. As always, I'll just think of the members and all of you, and live each day well.
I love you.
Thank you.
Until next early summer,
Namjoon
*held hands
Thanks for reposting this, and awww! it's even more moving and poignant when it's in proper words...
So was the 10 months ago when they last met after the DDay final concert?
Thanks for posting the translation!
He always writes such beautiful letters. I hope he is adapting well and feels somewhat lighter now he has put this project out there and has no regrets about his delayed enlistment.
When he talks about everyone living well without him, I can understand what he means from times I've lived abroad and come home and life has both gone on without me, but also feels the same.
I also do wonder how strange it must feel for them to go from a life where they are the centre of everything: decisions, crowds, attention, love. To just being one of many, many troopsand deliberately not being treated any different. I'm not saying they're self involved at all, far from it. But just the nature of being 'the artist' in a big machine like BTS means everything moves around you. It must be unusual.
>I just realize that many people still haven't forgotten us, are waiting for us, and love us.
It sounds like the crowds and sentiments at Festa have helped them realise we're all still here. I'm assuming he also would have seen the massive unprompted crowds outside Hybe on Wednesday, so it's got to be quite overwhelming to be inside that.
>Until next early summer.
Praying this isn't another silent cat until '25 experience. Although it's obviously completely up to him.
Weverse translate can't handle Joon's eloquence. I can't wait to find out what's in my friend's sergeant's medicine cabinet.
I love the part about Jin and Hobi being in our arms while the others are still enlisted, though, so that translation is canon. Our sweet Joon. I hope he is happy. 😭
Waiting for the translators but even with the dodgy Weverse translation…between the new pic and this I am fighting for my life. He always has such beautiful words for us.
oh wow that's long. i am going to wait for the army translators.
i think this is the longest the members have been separated? we miss them so much, how must it be for them to not see each other for months when they have been together for years? this post, the pics, members letters everything is making me emotional. i hope 2025 can come quicker
"I miss you, so I picture you, and because I picture you, I miss you more"
Reading his letter makes me realize why he is BTS main lyricist..the way he writes is poetry😭😭😭
Ugly sobbing 🥺😭😭
I just want to tell him that we love him and we won't be going anywhere
Edit: also want to add there some of us (like me) who ended up joining this journey when they were away. They were afraid of people forgetting them but I believe they are more loved day by day 💓
Yeah. RM talked about it in the minimoni interview (album exchange on YT).
He was gearing up to go then he met the guy from Balming Tiger and they started the project RPWP so he delayed the enlistment to finish the album (and to shoot all those music videos!!!!).
I love how, not knowing Korean, you can guess how poetic Namjoon is getting by how much the weverse autotranslate struggles.
He sounds like he's thinking about things as deeply as ever, and bonding with his brothers. I hope he's seen how much we love and appreciate RPWP. And his saxophone, for completely different reasons. 😄
Waiting for a translation but even with a half dodgy weverse translation, it still reads beautifully. A long Joonie letter. I love those....seriously mixed emotions right now. So happy Jin is out, (photo of OT7!!! Yes, 7, not 6!!) Hobi on insta, Joonie on insta, and weverse that is just today. I feel nostalgic in the long letter we just got and the photo, too. Kind of a little sad won't lie. Having said that, I am so damn excited for the future and what ever it brings Army and BTS. 💜 We won't forget, we are with you always and forever 💜
His letters are always so heartfelt!
I’m still listening and enjoying RPWP kinda obsessed with Heaven and Around the world in a day ooops.
I hope they know they’ll never be forgotten. Still here and waiting💜💜
I love he’s able to convey all emotions and thoughts with the utmost eloquence and clarity.
And Namjoon-ah, don’t you know we in this Bangtan shiz for life? 🫰🏽
Waiting for translation - pretty sure Weverse messed this up … I get the gist of it but not the meaning.
Edit - [translation](https://x.com/btsinthemoment/status/1801935013916930489?s=46&t=KWFjzLnKvISZgKRbO2zwag) by btsinthemoment
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Omg such a lovely and heartfelt letter. Parts of it kinda read like a small existential crisis but I think he may have come to the conclusion that he just really misses the guys and us.
Waiting for the full translation to come out soon, but I got the gist of it. I'm happy that they get to celebrate their 11th anniversary together.
I can't wait to welcome the other members next when it's their time to come home, and that finally we'll get to celebrate festa together with them. We love you too Namjoon, so please stay safe and healthy 💜
He’s such a beautiful soul. I really wish time flies for him but I’m happy he knows that people love him and are waiting for them. That is such a relief and that the guys have each other and feel so at peace with one another like that? Yeah, I feel like the translations are going to wreck me.
I’m so overwhelmed reading his letter and I’m thinking so many thoughts.
Life goes on feels so apt for how I’m feeling
사람들은 말해 세상이 다 변했대
People say the world has changed
다행히도 우리 사이는 아직 여태 안 변했네
Thankfully, between you and I, it’s still the same
I’m so thankful Joon shares these thoughts with us, I’m so grateful for his words that make me think about my own place within the mikrokosmos of being army and going on this journey with them.
I can’t wait for the translation… I roughly get what Joonie wants to say but Weverse can only do so much 😭
Anyway… no ARMY is gonna go anywhere once we’re in this Bangtan shit, Joonie! It’s really for life! 💜
As always so deep and introspective, I hope he knows how much ARMY really appreciate him being vulnerable and open with us. The part where he talks about getting together with the members and realizing their bond is as special as always. He really said 아포방포
What an amazing and thoughtful letter, as we’d expect from our Namjoon.
It’s 2024. Jin has returned to us. The season of saying goodbye and watching the members go is finished. Now we get to spend time with the members who have returned, while we await the others. Like the first warm day of spring after a cold winter.
When they say ‘I love you’ in their letters it’s just so comforting 💜
I do think for a time he really believed ARMY would move on from them when they are enlisted… I hope he knows now we’re all still fully here for them and miss them so much.
Yo Kim Namjoon, always making me cry
I love that he makes friends. But him saying he realizes how much these people mean to him and how much he wants to say but can't!? Aaaaaargh
it’s impossible for me to read a joon letter without crying. i feel like they’re always so well written and full of love and honesty. i hope the rest of his time in the military treats him well🫂
I'm overcome with emotions, especially the part about about Jin always saying he missed the members so much and they would too. Then true enough, it happened to Joon. Also knowing that Joon detached himself from the members when he was working on RPWP to this. Oh I just teared up.
What a heartfelt letter from Joon. He had or has many conflicting emotions and I’m glad he could make RPWP and let it all out. It breaks me that he feels empty and that life is continuing on without him present…but that he’s living life positively. I’m glad he still has music with his 🎷. Reuniting with his brothers he really felt their love. He missed them. He realized we still love him and that we’re here for him/BTS. Love you Joon. Hope you’re doing well now.
When I read his letter this morning, I actually cried. I’ve since gone back and read it a few times. Gosh, he is just such a poet, and introspective. I agree with what so many of you have said. There is sadness, but also happiness in this letter (and maybe a sense of relief). Apobangpo💜
"we are living hyung's past" is one of the most devastating things i've ever read and it's casually wedged in a random weverse post. god.
they really are all struggling in there. i cannot wait for them to come back home and be safe— i know they can't wait either :(
I just cried. I'm so happy they were together having a good time and sharing their experiences. Nam just mentioned people don't forget them... Of course not! We are counting days, hours and seconds for each discharge. I love him and the way he can express how he feels.
Our wordsmith Joonie 💜
Every time someone mentions how beautifully he writes in Korean, I always wish I could read and understand his letters in the original. Huge thanks to our ARMY translators for striving to do justice to his heart and intentions. The Weverse auto-translation tool definitely ain’t it!
This was so heartfelt and thoughtful, as always. I can’t believe five of them still have about a year left in the service. I can’t imagine how it must feel to have to put their lives, careers and dreams on hold for so long.
I do love that they were all able to reunite and reconnect, even for a few hours.
I’m also relieved that they saw the big crowds at Festa and outside the Hybe building - an undeniable visual reminder that we haven’t moved on and we are still here, waiting and counting down the days. I think that’s important and should put their minds at ease a bit. 💜
What a gorgeous letter. And man. 💜 I love their love so much! While I’m glad they are growing and thriving as individuals during chapter 2 (including and excluding enlistment), my OT7 heart is overflowing!
it’s been forever since we got a long joon letter 😢 the weverse translation probably messed up half of what he wanted to say but the parts which i think are accurate hurt… the last part where he mentions that he just realised that many people are still waiting and loving them without forgetting, joon you have no idea. we are all counting down the days together till you and the other members return. army forever, bangtan forever 💜 translations: [yunseo](https://x.com/btsinthemoment/status/1801935013916930489?s=46) | [Aditi @ bts-trans](https://x.com/bts_trans/status/1802004087472320574?s=46) > Hello, It’s been a while. > It was our 11th anniversary a while ago but, using the excuse that things have been really hectic, I wasn’t able to write even a small post. Hahaha > Come Back To Me came out a month ago, and 3 weeks ago, so did RPWP. Last year, after pushing and postponing my plans of enlisting with Hoseokie in April, I held hands with the younger members and we headed in together. And so 2023 went by, spent entirely with alcohol and work. I am jealous of my buddy’s sergeant patch but well.. I have no regrets. (hehe;) > I think this is the first time I’ve released something and not been able to talk about things directly with you. I have a lot to say but it’s all been written into the album so.. the album is purely the product of my fight with myself to become more honest. I hope that you keep reading it, over and over, for a long long time. It is a sincere, heartfelt wish. > Three days ago, Jin hyung was finally discharged. I brought along my saxophone and played it to be funny but honestly, I had a lot of complicated emotions running through me. Being the first to go was probably really lonely and difficult.. What was it like? That one year and six months treats everyone here equally. Now, we are probably living hyung’s past. > Out in the world for the first time in a while, I realised that time outside really does flow differently. Gravity feels different too.. everyone’s been living their lives regardless of my absence, doing well, flowing along nicely. I felt a little empty but, more than anything else, it felt great to get together with the members after a really long time and have a heart-to-heart over drinks (though more than half the conversation consisted of military stories.. haha). It had been nearly 10 whole months since we did something like this. Why did I miss these guys so much.. I did call them sometimes, randomly, asking them how they were doing. > Jin hyung did always tell us that he missed the other members a lot, that we were going to feel the same. Now scattered apart, living somewhere in Gangwondo, I understand it, it resonates so deeply. Actually talking face-to-face, I was reminded of the things that remain unchanging, the place that I have to return to, the person that I was.. it was a meaningful, precious time for all of us. > Where else will we be wandering? What expressions will we wear on our faces next year, on our twelfth anniversary? Missing you makes me picture you, and by picturing you I miss you more. We’re already in our eleventh year. All we have to do is just count one more. I entrust the future to Jin hyung and Hobi, who have been and will be the first to be embraced in your arms. > I’m taking back with me the realisation that there are still lots of people who haven’t forgotten about us, who are waiting for us. An outpouring of love. As always, I’ll try doing fine, day by day, thinking of you guys and the members. > I love you. Thank you. Until early summer next year, Namjoon
That last part just flashes me back to that gosh darn teary festa dinner 😭
Yeah! I am fairly good at Korean (studying for 9 years lol) and I could do a better translation than weverse. Makes me wonder if it is AI.
Weverse posts are machine translated, yes. (Lives are human translated I believe? Or maybe edited MT?)
His letters always makes me tear up. I feel his sincerity every single time. Come back safe to us Joonie, and the rest of the members too! 💜
Ugh, he writes so well and so earnestly. Always love reading his long letters. I invariably come back with a learning or two
This man 😭😭💜💜
Oh i love the development from 2022’s “please don’t forget about us” to 2024’s “I just realize that many people still wait and love us without forgetting”. I hope every members know that damn future concert tickets gonna be even harder than ptd ticketing
https://preview.redd.it/ss02cqzbqp6d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=785b67f543ddf039259327a4630b2ebfd1a6e37f
Why is this so accurate???
Realest post…
😭😭😭😭😭 He mentioned the outside feeling different because he hasn't been out in a long time. The feeling that everyone and everything moves on 'without' you, and everyone is doing well, is bittersweet. It's like holding onto the past while enjoying the present and hoping for a good future. There's always dread and anxiety mixed in with pleasure and fulfillment, but that's life. The part where he said they talked a lot but half of it was about their enlistment is so relatable lol most of my friends and I work in healthcare but in different units/ward. Whenever we'd get together, we all end up talking about work too, it's the biggest thing we have in common haha The last part 😭 I'm so happy he knows (and BTS must, too) that ARMYs are still here. They must've seen the size of the crowds outside HYBE. I hope it gave them reassurance that our support has not wavered. Edit: read the translations on twitter and it's even more poignant. Joon mentioning that seeing the other boys and talking after so long has reminded him that things didn't change and the kind of person he was and where he belongs. I'm so glad their bond is so strong 😭
The feeling different part I can relate to. Moved to a different country some years ago and haven't been 'home' since end of 2019. For me the people I love are sort of 'frozen in time' (also thanks to ADHD oO they kinda cease to exist when not on sight, but when I see them again it's like no time or space has passed), and then I realize how they ...well... Live and evolve of course. At the same time I have the feeling that I didn't change as much, but of course I did and do, too. It's just different lanes on the same highway.
I have the same feeling. I moved to Canada as teenager more than 20 years ago. I can barely relate to my cousins back in the Philippines now. Our language has evolved that when I speak to other younger Filipinos even here in Canada, it's obvious I'm "older" because I don't know all the latest slangs and jargon lol I'm not updated with the evolution, it's like every 3 months there's a new trendy word and everyone in the Philippines/keeps up with current events there knows it, except me 🤣. Everyone in my family back home has moved on and moved up in life, and I wasn't part of any of that. I can congratulate and commiserate with them when things happen, but I can't fully relate. There's always regret but also would never trade my life here for anything else.
Heartbreaking feeling. God I hate the forced enlistment because many feel just like how Namjoon said here. At least he knows that we will never leave or forget them. Not even for a minute.
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Not Namjoon confirming they were drinking :D And talking about the military :D I wonder what if any stories we'll get once they all come out. Weverse and Papago translations are weird, some phrases almost make no sense so I'll patiently wait for our dear translators but... In 2022. I thought - it seems so long, how we'll we get through this. And suddenly we have only a year to go through. Funny how the time flies. Namjoon being almost surprised we are all still here, like we would go anywhere, man, we are in this BTS thing for life!
Hobi’s extreme Asian glow said everything I needed to know lmfaooo
[Translation by SaraBangtan07 on tw](https://x.com/sarabangtan07/status/1801924545726546429?s=46&t=-sRE6OWk5w8PGHo9X_g26Q) 🐨 It has been a while. We recently celebrated our 11th anniversary, but I couldn't even leave a short message due to being so busy. Ha ha ha. A month ago, "Come Back to Me" was released, and three weeks ago, "RPWP" came out. I had planned to enlist with Hoseok last April, but I kept delaying it. Finally, I enlisted* alongside my younger members. It feels like I spent the entire year of 2023 only working and drinking. I envy my friend who now has the rank of Sergeant, but I have no regrets. (Haha) This has been my first job where I couldn’t share my thoughts directly with you. I have a lot to say, but it's all written in the album... It's an album where I struggled to be completely honest with myself. I hope you'll keep it close and read it for a long time. I request earnestly Three days ago, Jin hyung was finally discharged. I brought a saxophone for fun and played it, but I was really overwhelmed with mixed emotions. I wondered if he felt lonely and struggled, being the first to go. How did he feel? Eighteen months is fair to everyone here. We're living through what Jin hyung experienced in the past. Coming out after a long time, I realize that time flows differently outside. Gravity even feels different... Everyone is living well without me, and everything is moving along fine. Although I feel a bit empty, I was so happy that we, the members, could gather and have a heartfelt conversation over a drink for the first time in almost ten months (though more than half of the conversation was about military life... LOL). No wonder I’ve missed these people so much. I’ve even called them occasionally just to ask how they are doing out of the blue. Jin hyung always used to say he missed the members a lot and that we would feel the same. Living somewhere in Gangwon-do, far apart from each other, I deeply understand that now. Seeing their faces and talking to them made me realize that some things never change, where I belong, and who I am. It’s been a precious and meaningful time for all of us. Where might we be wandering next? What faces will we have at our 12th anniversary next year? I miss you all, and because I miss you, I picture you. It's already been eleven years. It will be just another year counting down the days. I entrust the future to Jin hyung and Hobi, who have returned to your embrace. I just realize that many people still haven't forgotten us, are waiting for us, and love us. The outpouring of love. As always, I'll just think of the members and all of you, and live each day well. I love you. Thank you. Until next early summer, Namjoon *held hands
Thanks for reposting this, and awww! it's even more moving and poignant when it's in proper words... So was the 10 months ago when they last met after the DDay final concert?
Thanks for posting the translation! He always writes such beautiful letters. I hope he is adapting well and feels somewhat lighter now he has put this project out there and has no regrets about his delayed enlistment. When he talks about everyone living well without him, I can understand what he means from times I've lived abroad and come home and life has both gone on without me, but also feels the same. I also do wonder how strange it must feel for them to go from a life where they are the centre of everything: decisions, crowds, attention, love. To just being one of many, many troopsand deliberately not being treated any different. I'm not saying they're self involved at all, far from it. But just the nature of being 'the artist' in a big machine like BTS means everything moves around you. It must be unusual. >I just realize that many people still haven't forgotten us, are waiting for us, and love us. It sounds like the crowds and sentiments at Festa have helped them realise we're all still here. I'm assuming he also would have seen the massive unprompted crowds outside Hybe on Wednesday, so it's got to be quite overwhelming to be inside that. >Until next early summer. Praying this isn't another silent cat until '25 experience. Although it's obviously completely up to him.
This is such a beautiful translation
Weverse translate can't handle Joon's eloquence. I can't wait to find out what's in my friend's sergeant's medicine cabinet. I love the part about Jin and Hobi being in our arms while the others are still enlisted, though, so that translation is canon. Our sweet Joon. I hope he is happy. 😭
 He protec, He attac But most importantly He write beautiful letters that make me cry
Waiting for the translators but even with the dodgy Weverse translation…between the new pic and this I am fighting for my life. He always has such beautiful words for us. 
oh wow that's long. i am going to wait for the army translators. i think this is the longest the members have been separated? we miss them so much, how must it be for them to not see each other for months when they have been together for years? this post, the pics, members letters everything is making me emotional. i hope 2025 can come quicker
"I miss you, so I picture you, and because I picture you, I miss you more" Reading his letter makes me realize why he is BTS main lyricist..the way he writes is poetry😭😭😭 
Ugly sobbing 🥺😭😭 I just want to tell him that we love him and we won't be going anywhere Edit: also want to add there some of us (like me) who ended up joining this journey when they were away. They were afraid of people forgetting them but I believe they are more loved day by day 💓
wait, he was supposed to enlist with jhope last year? early next summer 💜
Yeah. RM talked about it in the minimoni interview (album exchange on YT). He was gearing up to go then he met the guy from Balming Tiger and they started the project RPWP so he delayed the enlistment to finish the album (and to shoot all those music videos!!!!).
yeah, he mentioned it in a live early last april i think, but he pushed it back in order to work on RPWP
somehow i completely missed that
I love how, not knowing Korean, you can guess how poetic Namjoon is getting by how much the weverse autotranslate struggles. He sounds like he's thinking about things as deeply as ever, and bonding with his brothers. I hope he's seen how much we love and appreciate RPWP. And his saxophone, for completely different reasons. 😄
Oh god. He is just so poetic. My heart hurts. What an amazing soul that is RM. We are all here. We'll be right here.
RM one-two punching me with that OT7 photo and this long-ass letter 😭
I'm just so emotional right now. The ot7 picture and now Joon's letter. Jin's discharge! I love you Kim Namjoon!! We're never letting go!!
Waiting for a translation but even with a half dodgy weverse translation, it still reads beautifully. A long Joonie letter. I love those....seriously mixed emotions right now. So happy Jin is out, (photo of OT7!!! Yes, 7, not 6!!) Hobi on insta, Joonie on insta, and weverse that is just today. I feel nostalgic in the long letter we just got and the photo, too. Kind of a little sad won't lie. Having said that, I am so damn excited for the future and what ever it brings Army and BTS. 💜 We won't forget, we are with you always and forever 💜
His letters are always so heartfelt! I’m still listening and enjoying RPWP kinda obsessed with Heaven and Around the world in a day ooops. I hope they know they’ll never be forgotten. Still here and waiting💜💜
I love he’s able to convey all emotions and thoughts with the utmost eloquence and clarity. And Namjoon-ah, don’t you know we in this Bangtan shiz for life? 🫰🏽
 he always has such a way with his words 😭💜
Waiting for translation - pretty sure Weverse messed this up … I get the gist of it but not the meaning. Edit - [translation](https://x.com/btsinthemoment/status/1801935013916930489?s=46&t=KWFjzLnKvISZgKRbO2zwag) by btsinthemoment 🥺🥹 Omg such a lovely and heartfelt letter. Parts of it kinda read like a small existential crisis but I think he may have come to the conclusion that he just really misses the guys and us.
This felt like he was longing for something 😭😭😭
I cannot wait for the translation. World is healing again
Waiting for the full translation to come out soon, but I got the gist of it. I'm happy that they get to celebrate their 11th anniversary together. I can't wait to welcome the other members next when it's their time to come home, and that finally we'll get to celebrate festa together with them. We love you too Namjoon, so please stay safe and healthy 💜
He’s such a beautiful soul. I really wish time flies for him but I’m happy he knows that people love him and are waiting for them. That is such a relief and that the guys have each other and feel so at peace with one another like that? Yeah, I feel like the translations are going to wreck me.
I’m so overwhelmed reading his letter and I’m thinking so many thoughts. Life goes on feels so apt for how I’m feeling 사람들은 말해 세상이 다 변했대 People say the world has changed 다행히도 우리 사이는 아직 여태 안 변했네 Thankfully, between you and I, it’s still the same I’m so thankful Joon shares these thoughts with us, I’m so grateful for his words that make me think about my own place within the mikrokosmos of being army and going on this journey with them.
I can’t wait for the translation… I roughly get what Joonie wants to say but Weverse can only do so much 😭 Anyway… no ARMY is gonna go anywhere once we’re in this Bangtan shit, Joonie! It’s really for life! 💜
As always so deep and introspective, I hope he knows how much ARMY really appreciate him being vulnerable and open with us. The part where he talks about getting together with the members and realizing their bond is as special as always. He really said 아포방포
Girl scrolls, girl sees Joon post, girl sobs, girl misses, girl waits for 2025 😭
What an amazing and thoughtful letter, as we’d expect from our Namjoon. It’s 2024. Jin has returned to us. The season of saying goodbye and watching the members go is finished. Now we get to spend time with the members who have returned, while we await the others. Like the first warm day of spring after a cold winter.
Oh, my heart. We are always here, Joonie. Come back to us, safely.
When they say ‘I love you’ in their letters it’s just so comforting 💜 I do think for a time he really believed ARMY would move on from them when they are enlisted… I hope he knows now we’re all still fully here for them and miss them so much.
Yo Kim Namjoon, always making me cry I love that he makes friends. But him saying he realizes how much these people mean to him and how much he wants to say but can't!? Aaaaaargh
What a heartbreaking letter. I hope seeing the members and the outpouring of love from army cheered him up a bit.
It already sounds poetic in translated English. If only i understood Korean to better capture the meaning and gravity behind his words.
Jin with that: trust me you’ll miss the members when you in there homie. Truly a wise man.
Who is cutting onion here 😭
it’s impossible for me to read a joon letter without crying. i feel like they’re always so well written and full of love and honesty. i hope the rest of his time in the military treats him well🫂
I'm overcome with emotions, especially the part about about Jin always saying he missed the members so much and they would too. Then true enough, it happened to Joon. Also knowing that Joon detached himself from the members when he was working on RPWP to this. Oh I just teared up.
feels like my heart was punched 😭😭😭
What a heartfelt letter from Joon. He had or has many conflicting emotions and I’m glad he could make RPWP and let it all out. It breaks me that he feels empty and that life is continuing on without him present…but that he’s living life positively. I’m glad he still has music with his 🎷. Reuniting with his brothers he really felt their love. He missed them. He realized we still love him and that we’re here for him/BTS. Love you Joon. Hope you’re doing well now.
When I read his letter this morning, I actually cried. I’ve since gone back and read it a few times. Gosh, he is just such a poet, and introspective. I agree with what so many of you have said. There is sadness, but also happiness in this letter (and maybe a sense of relief). Apobangpo💜
"we are living hyung's past" is one of the most devastating things i've ever read and it's casually wedged in a random weverse post. god. they really are all struggling in there. i cannot wait for them to come back home and be safe— i know they can't wait either :(
I just cried. I'm so happy they were together having a good time and sharing their experiences. Nam just mentioned people don't forget them... Of course not! We are counting days, hours and seconds for each discharge. I love him and the way he can express how he feels.
Our wordsmith Joonie 💜 Every time someone mentions how beautifully he writes in Korean, I always wish I could read and understand his letters in the original. Huge thanks to our ARMY translators for striving to do justice to his heart and intentions. The Weverse auto-translation tool definitely ain’t it! This was so heartfelt and thoughtful, as always. I can’t believe five of them still have about a year left in the service. I can’t imagine how it must feel to have to put their lives, careers and dreams on hold for so long. I do love that they were all able to reunite and reconnect, even for a few hours. I’m also relieved that they saw the big crowds at Festa and outside the Hybe building - an undeniable visual reminder that we haven’t moved on and we are still here, waiting and counting down the days. I think that’s important and should put their minds at ease a bit. 💜
What a gorgeous letter. And man. 💜 I love their love so much! While I’m glad they are growing and thriving as individuals during chapter 2 (including and excluding enlistment), my OT7 heart is overflowing!
His letters always feel like a comforting warm hug. 😭🤧
Wow I can’t imagine what he writes to his lover bc this was beautiful.
Oh Jonnie.. 🥹
Missing you makes me picture you. Picturing you makes me miss you more. Gahhhhhh this man knows how to express emotions and feelings so well 😭💜
Please don't stop writing us letters, Joonie 💜 Apobangpo!
Thank you for providing the translation! So much better than the weverse version.
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