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Gang Dong-won, left, and BTS’ V \/ Xportsnews<\/p>\n

BTS\u2019 V, often ranked among the world\u2019s most handsome men, revealed that he once gave up on becoming a singer after seeing one particular actor\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

The surprising anecdote, shared in a YouTube video uploaded March 29 on the channel \u201cFairy Jaehyung,\u201d has quickly spread across social media, drawing attention given V\u2019s current global status.<\/p>\n

Appearing as a guest, V recalled how he had been the only child among his peers to say he wanted to become a singer when adults encouraged more traditional career paths.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were told to choose \u2018professional\u2019 jobs as kids, I was the only one who said I wanted to be a singer,\u201d he said. \u201cMy grandmother told me, \u2018Singers and actors are people like that,\u2019 and showed me what she meant.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BTS’ V \/ Captured from YouTube channel “Fairy Jaehyung”<\/p>\n

That moment came when V saw a banner featuring South Korean actor Gang Dong-won, widely known in Korea for his striking visuals and film roles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a banner with him on it, and my grandmother pointed at it and said, \u2018That\u2019s the kind of person who becomes a celebrity,\u2019\u201d V said. \u201cI just accepted it and gave up my dream for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Host Jung Jae-hyung laughed at the story, noting how unlikely it would have seemed at the time that V would go on to become a global star with BTS.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack then, no one would have imagined you\u2019d become a world star,\u201d Jung said. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to hear stories like this from your hometown.\u201d<\/p>\n

V said that things have come full circle. \u201cThese days, I hear that banners in my hometown now feature me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecoming someone else\u2019s dream is an incredible thing,\u201d Jung responded.<\/p>\n

\"BTS'<\/p>\n

BTS’ V \/ Captured from YouTube channel “Fairy Jaehyung”<\/p>\n

Despite briefly abandoning his ambitions, V said his love for performing never disappeared.<\/p>\n

\u201cI liked music and being on stage,\u201d he said. \u201cDuring holidays, I would dance for relatives and get allowance money. I wasn\u2019t shy at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that he would even dance for several minutes in exchange for small rewards.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone said, \u2018Taehyung, we\u2019ll give you 5,000 won if you dance,\u2019 I would dance for about three minutes,\u201d he said. \u201cThese days it\u2019s short-form content, but back then it was long-form. That was my kind of happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article from Xportsnews is adapted by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gang Dong-won, left, and BTS’ V \/ Xportsnews BTS\u2019 V, often ranked among the world\u2019s most handsome men,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-570734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}