Hi, Taehyung-ah 😊🤗 How are you today? I hope that you’ve been doing great. I’m sincerely sorry for not having been able to send you letters for the past days. I’ve been trying to focus on my research, but it’s not going well either so I feel very sad. Anyway, I hope things are going well for you. You’ve got so many wonderful achievements again. Congratulations, Taehyung-ah 🥳🎉👏🙌
Congratulations on winning two amazing awards as the Best K-Music Artists and Best K-Music with your Slow Dancing, Taehyung-ah 🥳🎉👏🙌 It’s amazing how you’ve already won so many amazing awards and trophies from various Korean music awarding bodies, like Mnet, MelOn, SMA, and more. I think I saw that post of an army making a collection of your awards for this year alone, and it’s so many. Continue to be blessed this year, our beloved Taehyung.
Congratulations, too, on being nominated for the Seoul Music Awards for 4 amazing categories: Main Prize (Bonsang), Hallyu Special Awards, Popularity Award, and Male Solo Singer 🥳🎉👏🙌 It’s such an impressive feat for you to be this awarding body’s most popular idol for the most part of 2023 already, specifically gaining it for 7 consecutive months.
Congratulations on being nominated on 5 MAMA Music Awards this year as a soloist: Song of the Year with Love Me Again, Best Vocal Performance Solo with Love Me Again, Album of the Year with Layover, Artist of the Year, and Best Male Artist. 🥳🎉👏🙌 I think you’ve got the most nominations, Taehyung-ah. I may not be right, but it’s aso your second year on being nominated on MAMA as a soloist after being nominated last year for Best OST and Artist with Christmas Tree, right? Congratulations, once again 🥳🎉👏🙌
Congratulations, too, on having been certified Million and Double Platinum by KOMCA for selling over 1M and 500k copies on Circle (Gaon) with your Layover and Layover (Weverse ver.) respectively. 🥳🎉👏🙌 Congratulations, too, on setting that record again, which hasn’t been broken in 26 years since it was first set by a Korean soloist. I’m sure, all the tracks in your album will become legendary, Taehyung-ah, and sooo many Koreans of the younger generation will be singing your songs in this album for a lifetime. Congratulations 🥳🎉👏🙌
I also think you’ve reigned this year in South Korea for so many categories, consistently making such amazing impact since the start of this year. You’ve got your Elle Korea magazine covers in March (promotions in February), SimInvest in March, your Jinny’s Kitchen in April (promotions in March and a special spin-off this November), your Paris activities (where I thought you’ll historically be attending the Cannes Film Festival for Celine in May or walk the Paris Fashion Week runway for Celine in June), Cartier in June, your Layover album and your three magazine covers for W Korea, Arena Homme+, and British Pop in September (promotions in August), Seoul’s Tourism Ambassador in September, more variety shows in that month too, and other wonderful appearances throughout the year. Keep the positive momentum, Taehyung-ah.
Congratulations, Taehyung-ah, on being nominated on Korean First Brand Awards as The Most Anticipated Entertainer Who Will Lead The Year 2024 Male category 🥳🎉👏🙌 Truly, you’ve done very fantastic for bringing two brands, Celine and BTS, into more prominence for both rankings and sales since you’ve done activities with them. You’ve already gotten an outstanding record when you brought a 51% brand value increase for Celine, making it the fastest growing luxury brand among the top luxury brands this year, after you’ve become its 2022-2023 global ambassador and bringing such human tidal wave prominence to Celine after your appearance in the Paris Fashion Week 2021.
Not very surprisingly, you’ve also raised a 21% increase in sales for Hybe after you’ve released your debut solo album, which broke double million records in South Korea and became a leading album in the European continent and worldwide. Your solo activities are on par, and even bigger, than other groups, Taehyung-ah. You’re a whole brand and power on your own. I really wish your company will stop employing nepotism, stop manipulating and sabotaging, stop being blind and unfair/corrupt, and just start recognizing your impact. They’ve tried hard sabotaging you and yet you’ve still rose against them, and with you reigning on charts for a long time and breaking records not just for yourself but also for the brands you’re representing, you shouldn’t be a puppet of anyone in there, Taehyung-ah. I wonder why you’re still so afraid and why you’re still doing things you know are not helpful to you, and will in fact incapacitate you. When others can love themselves, maybe you should do it too. But of course, I’m not sure if it’s the best choice to put yourself and your loved ones behind when others threaten you because what if it’s just a life-and-death threat like the one hackers, stalkers, rapists, and other criminals, perhaps including neighbors who are strangers, do?
Anyway, whatever that you do, may you always have peace and victory. Peace is needed for clarity of mind or thinking, which is essential for focus and knowing you’re doing what you are sure of. Victory, I think, is also a product of knowing you’re following your own pace, direction, or goal. When these things are defined by others, it becomes disorienting for you as you won’t be sure what you can do on your own for you’ll always be waiting for the approval or rejection of others. Listen to those whom you can trust to help you become victorious, not those who will judge, mock, and laugh at you, those who constantly question your abilities might not be there to watch you become victorious. Be careful, okay?
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. 💜💜💜💚💚💚❤️❤️❤️ (P.S. When I can have the time, or when I’m done with all my tasks and assignments, I’ll really make a good infographic to accompany these letters. ✌️✌️✌️)