"He was really hard on himself": HYBE's staff revealing BTS Jimin’s excruciating training details before debut in ‘T&D Story' video

December 20, 2023

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A five-episode HYBE series, titled HYBE T&D Stories, is set to tell the pre-debut narrative of BTS' Park Jimin through the eyes of HYBE's training and development team. The series, which was released on December 19, 2023, will also include HYBE T&D Stories | Part 01 Farewell after Debut and will feature another BTS member, Kim Namjoon aka RM.

Before the series was released, a clip from the same is being shared on social media. The clip shows a voice trainer from the T&D team discussing how Jimin would strain himself before BTS' debut in 2013. After fans heard that, they were reduced to tears, especially since the trainer added that in their opinion, Jimin was still the best trainee them all.

The trainer also noted that the BTS idol would work so hard that even the T&D team considered it inhumane. She said that there are a lot of trainees who practice hard but added that Jimin was "by far the best."

In the case of Jimin, he was really hard on himself to the point where we thought it was harsh. The T&D used to be called the 'Artist Development Team' back then. We took care of him a lot," she went on to say.

The particular snippet that is being shared on social media is from the third episode of the series HYBE T&D Stories | Part 03 Beyond Natural Talent. It shows Shin Seon-Jeong, the T&D Team Head, revealing various details about the Serendipity singer.

BTS' main dancer and lead vocalist, Jimin, was trained in modern dance even before he joined BigHit Entertainment at the end of 2012. The singer-songwriter is the only member of the band and one of the handful of idols who trained only for six months and debuted.

In episode 3 of HYBE T&D Stories, Shin Seon-Jeong disclosed that the Serendipity singer had a habit of dancing in a smooth manner which needed to be changed. In contrast to modern dance styles, the T&D Team Head went on to explain that most of the dance routines used by pop artists require a lot of force.

The impressive thing about him was that Jimin was a dancer even before he joined so he already had the habit of dancing in a smooth way. As a pop artist, he had to fix it. Since there are many dance moves that require a lot of power he had to break that habit," the trainer added.

Shin Seon-Jeong continued that they had given the BTS idol a task about his dance techniques and movements that were to be assessed in the next month. To everyone's astonishment, the Like Crazy singer performed during the month's evaluation and displayed drastic improvement.

Shin Seon-Jeong continued to express that she was taken aback by the assessors' comments on his performance. She went on to reiterate that even after a decade, she could still clearly recall the day and the feedback.

Shin Seon-Jeong said that she was given the feedback that the singer had "improved a lot."

We gave him that mission and in the following month's evaluation, I got feedback that he had improved a lot. I was surprised to hear that. I was amazed by how much he practised, I still remember it clearly," Shin added.

The five episodes from the latest series of HYBE T&D Stories were released all at once on December 19, 2023. Check them out below: