SUGA has finally revealed to fans the location of his number 7 tattoo before enlisting in the army. ARMYs were able to complete a collection of 7 tattoo images of 7 BTS members.
Meanwhile, at a time when SUGA was still hiding his tattoo, he once told ARMYs that the number 7 would be his last tattoo for many reasons. But in fact, at the time SUGA revealed the number 7 tattoo, fans also discovered another small tattoo of him.
It seems like SUGA's prejudices about tattoos have changed and he shows that openness by having more than 1 tattoo on his body:
K-pop idols having tattoos is nothing new, and for rappers like SUGA, it's not surprising either. Many people are even surprised to see that rappers like RM, SUGA or j-hope do not have any tattoos on their bo∂ιєs.
In an interview a long time ago, SUGA also shared why as a rapper he doesn't have any tattoos. He revealed his thoughts on tattoos: “When I was young, I really wanted to have one. But as I turned 20 years old, I didn’t want to anymore. Recently, I heard that Pharrell Williams is removing his tattoos and saying that he doesn’t even know why he got it tattooed.”
Later, although SUGA did get friendship tattoos with 6 members of BTS, he also commented that besides the friendship tattoos, he will not have any other tattoos in the future. He once mentioned: "I wasn't planning on getting a tattoo ever in my life but the members were getting it. I don't have any bad image about tattoo but knowing my personality, I feel like I'd think "I should've gotten it a little more to this side". I'm not planning on getting any more tattoos".
However, ARMYs proved that SUGA "betrayed" his previous statement because he seemed to have another tattoo on his body. This tattoo was discovered around the same time he revealed the number 7 tattoo on his shoulder. When his finger was examined in detail, fans discovered he had a small tattoo on his ring knuckle.
Because it is so small, not many people realize that it is a new tattoo. But when looking closely, ARMYs confirmed that it was actually a dot tattoo. Not only that, ARMY also pointed out that they were seen in many photos of SUGA taken at his concert in August. It seems that it was tattooed before the last D-Day encore concerts because, in the older photos, it's not there.
Of course, with the appearance of the second tattoo on SUGA's hand, fans were extremely excited and realized that it seemed like he had changed his mind compared to his previous statement. It was also an intention that he once said he would do when he felt ready but the position seemed to have changed as well.
He said in the past: "Maybe in the future I will want to do soṃệẗḧing else. I want to do charity work, it (tattoo) might not look good so I will refrain."I might want to do somєthing else in the future. I want to do charity work, it (tattoo) might not look good, so I’m refraining myself. But I don’t know yet. I could change my mind and tattoo my whole back next year (laughs)". When he was asked “If you’re getting a tattoo, what and where do you want it?”. SUGA joked that he would get a dot ink on toes.
As for the meaning of this dot tattoo, many people also realize that it represents the completion of a turning point, as well as the opening of a new beginning. That coincided with SUGA completing an important phase in his 10-year life and career. So, it's probably why SUGA added a tattoo on his body to commemorate that.
Fans were really proud and happy when SUGA completed his 1st chapter!