Hi, Taehyung-ah 😊🤗 How are you today? I hope that you’re always safe and healthy. Take good care of yourself. I hope that you and the building you reside in are taking extra security measures so that the same incident would not be repeated. You should be safe and comfortable at your own home, Taehyung-ah. I think we can only develop good output or that creativity and focus can only come to us if we are safe and at peace (this has been the theme of this year for me). So, wherever you are, may these important things come to you.
Congratulations, Taehyung-ah, on having your debut album, Layover, become the first album by any K-pop and Korean act in history to chart 7 total weeks, and counting, on the UK Official Album Downloads chart, surpassing your group, BTS’ Map of the Soul: Persona. 🥳🎉👏🙌 It’s amazing how your album has also spend each week in the Top 20 since debuting at #1. Congratulations, as well, on re-entering the Top 10 of UK iTunes album with your Layover currently at #10, and the Top 50 of UK iTunes song with your Slow Dancing currently at #46. 🥳🎉👏🙌
Congratulations, too, on having the longest running solo song by a K-pop and Korean act to spend 7 weeks on UK Official Singles Sales and Downloads charts with your Slow Dancing. 🥳🎉👏🙌 Congratulations, too, on being the first Korean soloist to simultaneously debut at #1 on all 3 of these charts. 🥳🎉👏🙌
Congratulations to your Layover too on spending 51 consecutive days, and counting, on Worldwide iTunes. 🥳🎉👏🙌 Congratulations, too, on charting at #7 on Japan iTunes Album chart and #11 on UK iTunes Top Album. 🥳🎉👏🙌
Your Love Me Again has also surpassed 190M streams on Spotify, now ranking among the Top 30 most streamed songs of all-time by K-pop soloists on the platform. Your Slow Dancing has also surpassed 150M streams on Spotify, becoming your 5th song as a soloist and 7th solo song (including BTS tracks) to reach this milestone. Congratulations, Taehyung-ah 🥳🎉👏🙌
Your Love Me Again MV has also surpassed 70M views on YouTube while your Rainy Days has 41M views, Slow Dancing has 34M views, Blue has 10M views, and For Us has 9.5M views. Your Vicnic Highlights has also surpassed 1M views on the platform. We are truly excited to see you perform all these songs in another fanmeeting, or better yet, a concert, Taehyung-ah. I want to see how you’ll sing each song, give them new meaning or new presentation, and more. Of course, you have to make sure the time and resources you’re spending with your fans and armys are worth it, okay? I feel like there were a lot of limitations from your last fanmeeting.
Congratulations, once again, on winning MMA 2023 Melon Plaque for Idol of the Year Award. 🥳🎉👏🙌 Your Love Me Again has also recently surpassed 30M streams on the platform, becoming your 4th song as a soloist to reach this milestone. Congratulations, Taehyung-ah 🥳🎉👏🙌 Keep the positive momentum.
One of the fantastic reward for you this year is your strong streak as 7-time winner of SMA’s Fan Choice of the Year, from April to October and counting. Congratulations, Taehyung-ah 🥳🎉👏🙌 You’re indeed occupying major events and impact in many month of this year. Keep it up, Taehyung-ah.
Congratulations once again on being the tourism ambassador of Seoul. 🥳🎉👏🙌 I’m really excited to see your selfies, like the cool, sweet, amusing, or relatable ones, with the popular tourist attractions in the city. I’m sure that so many of your fans and armys are taking note of them. Surely, we’ll be able to visit South Korea one day and we’ll be very enthusiastic to see the places that you like or wish to visit.
I heard there was a hanbok experience event in one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country and that they’re giving out your posters for the people who participated in the event. I wonder if you like wearing a hanbok. Lately, I’ve been trying to see traditional dresses in my country too. I’m really awed when I see them. I think they weigh more because you have to wear them with honor and dignity. I’m really excited to wear one someday.
I hope you can stay focused, motivated or driven, and purposeful, Taehyung-ah, so that all your efforts, time, and dedication do not go to waste, but are rather rewarded. I wish it even more for you because you are a very hardworking and dedicated person. May you be able to see appropriate rewards, Taehyung-ah, and that may they not be blocked, manipulated, or mocked by others who wished to discredit the great things you’ve achieved and deserve. In all of this, may you always look at the brighter side and continue maximizing the potential of the situation, of your time, of what you have, and may you always be able to reach your full potential. Don’t worry, we’re here for you. We’ll do all these together.
I love you so much, Taehyung-ah. I, and so many of your armys, love you so much. Always remember that. May we always be your friends to make you comfortable. May we be among your many sources of strength and vitality so that you can go beyond and be successful in any endeavor you’ll take this year. We’ll support you through thick and thin. Please take good care of yourself. Eat and sleep properly and keep a healthy lifestyle and optimistic mindset. May your days always be filled with happiness, graces, and blessings. May all your dreams come true and may you be happy, successful, and peaceful in 2023. 👼😘 Borahae, Saranghae, Taehyung-ah. 💜💜💜💚💚💚❤️❤️❤️