BTS didn't have an easy start to be as successful as they are today. Of course, that's part of what made them the great artists they are today.

V once told a story about how his mother gave him his first motivation when he became a trainee. The gift his mother gave him helped him overcome his guilt and was what his mother had hoped for: To stand out from the crowd!

BTS members' families are probably the first people to help them in the process of realizing their dreams. The members' parents are also the most courageous when it comes to trusting and supporting their children to pursue celebrity careers even though they know it's difficult and unpredictable.

That's why our boys also try their best and don't let their parents hope in them. One of the most moving stories about this is the story of V's mother's shirt when she was poor and his efforts.

Specifically, the story was told in an interview when the members talked about their first impressions when they first met when they were trainees of Big Hit. Jin recalled what he thought when he first saw V, who stood out from the rest of the trainees thanks to his red North Face padded jacket: “I came home from school and all the boys were in the training room. Along with the familiar faces, there he was, the boy I had never seen before. Wasn’t he wearing the red padded North Face brand jacket?”

But the special thing is that this shirt is not an ordinary jacket. It was a noble gesture from V's mother and contained emotional things.

V said it was a shirt his mother bought him with the hope that he wouldn't be outdone by the boys in Seoul. Not only that, she chose a red shirt for V because that color will make him stand out from the other trainees.

V said, “My mother did not want other boys to make me less in Seoul, so she bought me that jacket. She said that the color red for me. I would stand out from the rest. “

At that time, V came from a middle-class family with 3 children. His parents had to work far away to make ends meet, but his mother bought him an expensive shirt in the hope that he won't be ridiculed or embarrassed compared to his friends. She really gave V the best so he could begin his dream well.

Just as V's mother had hoped, he is now the most popular, the most noticed regardless of the clothes. But no matter how expensive clothes he wore, the North Face red padded jacket that day was still the precious shirt that started his artistic dream.