October 13th, 2016 marked BTS member Jimin‘s 21st birthday. In pure Bangtan fashion, the rest of the members proceeded to spend the day flooding their official twitter feed with silly posts directed at Jimin.
At 12 am KST, BTS Official kept up the tradition of posting a picture of the member along with heart-felt wishes from the rest of the members:
[#지민생일ㅊㅋ]
방탄소년단의 매력덩어리 지민의 생일을 축하합니다!@bts_twt #BTSJMday2016 pic.twitter.com/67zpuYjiGX— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) October 12, 2016
As translated by Soompi, “their drawings and notes include birthday wishes, a ‘Hip Hop Feeling’ necklace with a note that reads ‘birthday gift,’ a drawing of Jimin saying, ‘Jeon Jungkook, don’t hit me,’ drawn-on abs with the note ‘muscle man,’ a sketch of the rice cakes that Jimin is often told he looks like, and lots more.”
Soon following this first post, members began playfully uploading various pictures of Jimin and their birthday wishes. Suga was the first to post:
침침데이 침침데이 귀여운 침침데이 #지민생일ᄎᄏ #슈가형이야 #사녹중 pic.twitter.com/zTMLhFOss4
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 12, 2016
“ChimChim Day ChimChimDay Cute ChimChim Day #HappyBdayJimin #It’sSugahyung #InTheMiddleOfPreRec.”
(The final hashtag was Suga letting fans know that they were in the middle of pre-recording for their M!Countdown performance.)
Next up was oldest member, Jin, who posted a picture of Jimin mid-Wings photoshoot:
https://twitter.com/BTS_twt/status/786244403274715136
“Jimnnie, hyung dotes on you a lot,” Jin wrote, followed by the hashtags #HappyBdayJimin #TheNopeIt’sNotHyung”
Leader Rap Monster followed soon after, with the derpiest picture yet.
시련의 끝에 망개하리
원해 짐니 짐니~~~ 어!#지민생일ㅊㅋ#RM pic.twitter.com/tp8UBeXBsf— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 12, 2016
Rap Monster demonstrated his supreme writing ability by modeling his caption after the lyrics of their new song, “Blood Sweat & Tears”:
“May you bloom at the end of your trials
Want you Jimni Jimni~~~ oh!
#HappyBDayJimin
#RM.”
J-Hope challenged the rest with a skillful shot of his own:
힙합 전사 박지민 양치중#지민생일ᄎᄏ #호비 #형이마니조아해 pic.twitter.com/ifN9f8XtDK
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 12, 2016
“Hip-hop Warrior Park Jimin in the midst of brushing his teeth.”
Then, wanting to out-derp the other members, he posted another picture:
길 가다가 우연히 연예인 만남
기쁨의 컷 축하해 연예인 #지민생일ᄎᄏ #호비 #형이마니조아해 pic.twitter.com/PArxYTFfOL— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 12, 2016
“Ran into a celebrity out on the street
Picture of happiness, congratulations, celebrity.”
He ended both posts with the loving hashtags: “#HappyBdayJimin #Hobi #HyungLikesYouAlot.”
In a nerdy reference to Sailor Moon, Rap Monster retaliated with:
솔직히 정의의 이름으로 봐줬따.. #세일러몬
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 12, 2016
“Honestly, I gave you a break in the name of justice.. #SailorMon.”
Member V was next to post a picture. He uploaded a photo of Jimin looking very young—
이사람은 내친구가 아닌거같다 #지민생일ᄎᄏ pic.twitter.com/1SA3ufQayJ
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 12, 2016
—stating: “This person doesn’t seem to be my friend #HappyBdayJimin.”
(“friend” here was used in terms of “same age as me.”)
Not wanting to be left out, the group’s maknae Jungkook posted a choice picture of Jimin with the caption:
“Is this the kind of stuff everyone wants?
Happy birthday Jimin hyung?????
#Jungkook #HappyBdayJimin”
Soon after his post, Rap Monster followed with the picture Jungkook’s posted, but through a black-and-white filter and with the word “Hip Hop” scribbled onto the top right corner. The caption read, “Jimin’s picture with added feeling.”
여러분이 원하시는 게 이런 겁니까?
지민이형 축하해요😁😂😁😂😁#정국 #지민생일ᄎᄏ pic.twitter.com/RarYjdOzLW— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 12, 2016
지민 사진 느낌있는 보정 #RM pic.twitter.com/Jri2kq1lQF
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 12, 2016
Once all the madness had subsided, Jimin posted a thank you video when his birthday night had come to an end (nearing 5 am KST), with the caption: “Thank you, I love you.”
https://twitter.com/BTS_twt/status/786292681680916480
“JM: Thank you so much for all of you who wished me a happy birthday, and thank you to the fans who stayed late with us.
JK: (You’re) the best!”
BTS are currently promoting their second studio album Wings, and its title track Blood Sweat & Tears, which was released on October 10th and has been constantly topping the charts.
Happy Birthday, Park Jimin, with lots of love from What The K-Pop! We hope to see Jimin and BTS continue to work hard and succeed in the future.
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Media: BTS_Official, BTS_twt
Translation Credits: Soompi, bts-trans (Tweets)
Saleha (StarlightSora) is a WTK writer who hails from Northern Virgina. She’s an avid fan of VIXX, EXO, BTS, SEVENTEEN, B.A.P (and counting). An otaku and a gamer, when she’s not writing fanfiction for one fandom or another, she can be found binge-watching anime or playing through The Last of Us for the twentieth time. She hopes to be a published writer one day—after seeing all her faves live, of course.