Thanks to the advancement and proliferation of internet access, BTS’s music, songs and performances are viewed, listened to, and bought in every country. BTS’s universal appeal is no accident as they have worked tenaciously for nearly a decade training and creating their music so it would attract fans, audiences, and listeners everywhere. Like many geniuses, Suga probably needs to take “power naps” to keep his energy up for when he is in the middle of creating and composing his music.īTS, in and of itself, is an amalgamation of seven creative geniuses: RM, J-hope, Suga, Jin, V, Jimin and Jungkook, each bringing a unique skill set (vocally, lyrically and in performance) that - when combined - has resulted in songs and music that have won over 300 awards, topped music charts, and sold albums at an unprecedented rate across the globe.
Thus, it is no surprise that Suga takes advantage of the chance to sleep when and where he can (at 11:35 mark). From an early age, Suga was drawn to music, starting with the piano, which was his “first love” where he naturally began writing rap lyrics, which compelled him to seek out ways to share his songs and music that infused his thoughts and soul. But what they do not always realize is that Suga does not really sleep that much because he is compulsively driven to write and compose music, which keeps him awake writing songs nearly every waking moment of his life. His own band mates tease him because they find him sleeping every chance that he gets.
But do they really? Suga seems to live and breathe to write lyrics, compose music, and produce songs. Upon review of Suga’s discography and writing credits, it is hard to imagine that Suga has had time to sleep, let alone train with his BTS band members for their dance choreography, participate in multiple world tours, and perform in hundreds of concerts across the globe.Įveryone thinks that they know who Suga is. (South Korea refers to singers who dance and perform in concert as “ idols”.) Whether Suga knowingly or unknowingly signed with Big Hit Entertainment to become an idol, the end result is that over the past 8 years Suga has become one of the most sought-after lyricist and music producers, having written/co-written over 150 of BTS’s songs, collaborating on award-winning songs with other global music artists, and releasing 2 of his own solo albums, known as “ mix tapes”. Inspired by music artists like Epik High and Eminem, Suga likes to joke that he was recruited at 17 years old to join Big Hit Entertainment to be a rap performer, only to find himself recruited into an dance idol-trainee program. (Suga’s recent Vlive can be watched HERE.)
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Min Yoon-gi, best known under his professional stage names Suga and Agust D, is one of the seven extraordinarily talented men who make up the South Korean band known as BTS (aka Bangtan Sonyeondan) and the more you get to know Suga, the more you start to realize that there are many layers to the musician/singer/dancer/composer - each more intriguing than the last. Min Yoon-gi aka SUGA (photo credit: Big Hit Music / Article written by: Tiffany Vogt)