ARMYs recently received a surprise gift on j-hope's birthday. It was a meeting with Jimin and Jungkook in the army.
Not only did fans burst into tears of happiness when hearing their voices after a long time, they also revealed some TMI. Most notably, Jimin's share about his weight made fans immediately stop him.
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Jimin has always been famous as one of the idols with attractive looks and top-notch performance style. That is probably also the reason why he always pays strict attention to maintaining his weight and tightly controls his appearance every time he appears in public. Therefore, fans rarely see his weight change.
However, during the live broadcast celebrating j-hope's birthday on February 18, BTS's main vocalist suddenly revealed that he had gained about 8-9 kg, currently weighing about 67.8 kg. This surprised fans but also made them happy because it proved that Jimin was maintaining a healthier body.
While fans were excited about his TMI, Jimin shared that he felt the need to lose weight. j-hope quickly reαѕѕured his younger brother, affirming that the weight gain was muscle, not fat. j-hope even emphasized that: "67.8, that's healthy". ARMYs also nodded vigorously at j-hope's argument and opposed his decision to lose weight.
On social networking forums, the ARMY community left many comments expressing their support for Jimin's weight gain as well as not wanting the male singer to continue losing weight:
- Jimin looks great! Don't lose weight anymore, health is the most important!
- Keep your body healthy instead of putting too much pressure on your appearance, Jimin!
- Jimin has gone through a period of excessive weight loss, hopefully he won't repeat it this time.
- I wish our boys can realise that we love them. Their weight doesn’t bother us ! I for one would love to see them with all their weight and abs. Needing to be thin is unnatural standards!!
- He's probably so healthy right now. I wished he didn't feel like he has to lose weight
- Heeeey. I wanna see this bulky and huge jikook! Don't lose weight for now Jiminiiiieee. We wanna see you on that weight. Haha
- im begging yall not to lose weight
- Bro I cannot with these crazy weight standards in kpop/korea. Me and jimin literally weigh the same
- "that myst be muscle actually" fatphobia & stuff aside this is why i hate when weight is boiled down to numbers bc it's so meaningless it says nothing about someone's actually body composition (one of the reasons i hate the overreliance on bmi so much)
As an artist who always sets high standards for himself, Jimin has gone through harsh stages to maintain his desired figure. The male singer once revealed that during the promotion of the song Blood Sweat & Tears (2016), he ℓσѕт weight in an extreme way by only eating one small meal a day. This led to serious consequences that he was almost exhausted, even almost fainting on stage due to lack of energy.
In his career of more than a decade, Jimin has appeared many times with a gaunt face and prominent collarbone, causing many ARMYs to worry about their weight and health. Every time like that, ARMYs hope Jimin will pay more attention to his health instead of putting too much pressure on his appearance. Now seeing Jimin's positive changes, focusing more on his health, ARMYs feel happy and wish that he can enjoy the comfortable lifestyle he wants.
