In 2022, Jin was the first BTS member to enlist, leaving not only fans but also members feeling empty. At present, Jin has been discharged and returned to ARMYs, but 5/7 members are still serving in the military.
Are Jin's feelings now and the feelings of BTS members back then the same? What does Jin think about seeing his teammates enlist?
In the interview video with Tiktok Tracklist, Jin shared his honest feelings, especially mentioning maknae Jungkook:
Surely fans cannot forget the feeling of seeing Jin enlist for the first time in 2022. Because he was the first member to do this and ARMYs or BTS had never been in that situation before, everything was confusing.
While ARMYs felt sad and worried about Jin's enlistment, BTS members had even more indescribable emotions. At that time, the videos of Jin's enlistment showed how much affection they had for their eldest brother.
Leader RM even expressed: "I'm worried about Jin hyung who doesn't like the cold but his younger brothers will follow him soon. It doesn't feel great to send hyung off but hyung does well wherever he goes, I believe he'll do well! It doesn't feel good but it's soмєтнing everyone has to do, so fιgнтing hyung. Don't get hurt, be healthy, and I'll prepare well too. Fighting!".
But everything turned out okay when Jin spent 1 year and 6 months in the army and returned healthy. The BTS members also released and promoted their solo albums and then enlisted one by one. RM, SUGA, Jimin, V, Jungkook are still serving the rest of their military service until June next year.
Now, Jin is going through a period of working independently like what the members did before without him. For him, although working as an artist is soмєтнing worth trying and enjoying, he probably enjoys working with the members much more.
In "Tiktok Tracklist with Jin", he expressed what he misses the most these days: "I miss my members these days, going solo gets kind of boring sometimes.if there's jungkook, I can play fιgнт with him, just bother him fornthe sake of it. That's what I'm used to but now I don't have members, theres staff only, I can't play fιgнт with the staffs so I miss my members a lot".
Previously, he also made fans excited when talking about his obsession with BTS. He stated: "The only band I, now and forever, will be part of is BTS. Band music is a genre I’m personally interested in, and I enjoy exploring different styles as a solo artist. But at the end of the day, my roots and connection to music will always be with BTS".
These things made fans choke up, they wrote on SNS:
- PLEASE GIVE HIM HIS FAMILY BACK ESP JUNGKOOK
- OMG BRING MY FAMILY BACK
- I think that's how jungkook felt when you left for military Jin...and other members too, Jimin also talk that Namjoon have a hard day without you, we all know that every members need you just like how you need them, they need each other ALOT!
- Bring back his family,bring back his kangaroo JK
- Reminded me of the time jungkook said smthng similar that he is alone in the practice room. My home will soon be back together.
- No just give him back his jungkookie and members
- Real brotherhood. How dare you South кσяєα separating my boys. Bring them back togetheeer
- Someone bring my family back please
- It's perfect time guys, swap JK with his lookalike
- Bring my family back together I can't do this anymore