ARMY Magazine -Issue 12 Dec 2020 | Page 28

Kim Namjoon , RM Thank you , Representatives of the member states of [ the ] Group of Friends of Solidarity for Global Health Security , UNICEF Executive Director , Excellencies , and distinguished guests from all around the world . It is a great honor for us to have this valuable opportunity to speak in a session in the 75th UN General Assembly . My name is RM , the leader of the group BTS . Two years ago here , I asked your name . I urged you to let me hear your voice . And I let myself be filled with imagination . As a boy from the small city of Ilsan in Korea , as a young man standing at the UNGA , as a global citizen of this world , I imagined the limitless possibilities before all of us and my heart beating with excitement . But COVID-19 was beyond my imagination . Our world tour was totally cancelled , all our plans went away , and I became alone . I looked up but couldn ’ t see the stars at night .

Park Jimin I felt hopeless . Everything fell apart . I could only look outside my window , I could only go to my room . Yesterday , I was singing and dancing with fans around the world , and now my world had shrunk to a room . And then , my friends took my hand . We comforted each other and talked about what we could do together .

Min Yoongi , SUGA Life became simple , maybe for the first time . It was precious time , unwanted but welcome . I ’ m used to an entire world shrinking in an instant . When I ’ m on tour , I stand in bright lights and loud cheers , but at night in my room my world becomes only a few paces wide . The room itself was small , but my world and our world reached far and wide . In this world we had our instruments , our phones , and our fans .

Kim Taehyung , V But this time it felt different . It felt lonelier and smaller . Why ? I thought for a long time . I thought , maybe because it became harder to imagine . I was frustrated and depressed , but I took notes , wrote songs , and thought about who I was . I thought , “ If I give up here , then I ’ m not the star of my life . This is what an awesome person would do .”

Jung Hoseok , j-hope I don ’ t know who was first . We embraced all these emotions and the seven of us began to make music together . This is where the music came from , and this made us honest . Our lives are unpredictable . We don ’ t know all the answers . I knew where I wanted to go , but not how I could get there . All I did to get here was trust ourselves , do my best , and love what I do .