{"id":164393,"date":"2026-04-16T09:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=164393"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:01:14","slug":"bts-jin-opens-up-about-the-pressures-of-being-the-older-member-in-his-group-i-dont-move-as-well-as-the-other-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-jin-opens-up-about-the-pressures-of-being-the-older-member-in-his-group-i-dont-move-as-well-as-the-other-members\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 Jin opens up about the pressures of being the older member in his group: &#8220;I don\u2019t move as well as the other members&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jin says he feels pressure as the oldest member of BTS<\/h2>\n<p>In an interview published by <strong>Rolling Stone<\/strong> on April 15, 2026, <strong>Jin<\/strong> spoke openly about what it feels like to be the oldest member of <strong>BTS<\/strong>. The \u201cSuper Tuna\u201d singer revealed that he does not move as well as some of his other group members, which is why he has pushed himself to work harder during rehearsals. Instead of feeling defeated, Jin has used that difference as motivation, arriving early or staying late to practice so he could improve his performance skills.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bts_bighit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@bts_bighit<\/a>&#39;s Jin (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%EA%B9%80%EC%84%9D%EC%A7%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\uae40\uc11d\uc9c4<\/a>) talks about being an idol while getting a little older:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The same moves can feel a bit more difficult now, that\u2019s just my burden to bear. For audiences, I need to display myself at top form. So I\u2019ve got to work harder.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Interview:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R2Ic7r2FYA\">pic.twitter.com\/R2Ic7r2FYA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RollingStone\/status\/2044691011192979757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cI guess it\u2019s always physically taxing. While it\u2019s true that the same moves can feel a bit more difficult now, that\u2019s just my burden to bear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I\u2019m aware that I don\u2019t move quite as well as the other members. So I\u2019ve always come early to practice, or stayed late to catch up.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<h2>Jin revealed his solo tour kept him from writing on ARIRANG<\/h2>\n<p>In the interview, Jin also revealed that he had little creative participation in the songs included on BTS&#8217;s latest album, <strong>ARIRANG<\/strong>. The 33-year-old shared he was still busy with his solo tour when the project was taking shape. His first solo tour, <strong>#RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR<\/strong>, followed the release of his solo album Echo. By the time he returned to the studio to participate in the making of ARIRANG, the songwriting was already done, and more than 100 demo tracks had been recorded. Over seven to 10 days, he tested recordings for the strongest songs and quickly became part of the final process.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cI didn\u2019t write any of the songs because I was still on my solo tour at the time. When I arrived at the studio, there were a 100-something songs already made.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Watch Jin&#8217;s full interview with Rolling Stone here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jin Talks About Rocking Out Solo, Extending BTS&#039; Tour, and More | Cover Story\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/otGMe8CBXt8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Jin says reuniting with BTS is what matters most to him<\/h2>\n<p>Even with his limited participation in ARIRANG, Jin made it clear that he is grateful to be back with the group. He praised the other members for doing a beautiful job on the album and said he was happy to join them again. He also joked that while he may not be the best dancer, he believes he is the most handsome.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cI do think I\u2019m more good-looking than the other members. I should have at least one thing I\u2019m best at in the group.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jin says he feels pressure as the oldest member of BTS In an interview published by Rolling Stone on April 15, 2026, Jin spoke openly about what it feels like to be the oldest member of BTS. The \u201cSuper Tuna\u201d singer revealed that he does not move as well as some of his other group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":164396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49,932],"class_list":{"0":"post-164393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-jin"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164393"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164408,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164393\/revisions\/164408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}