Let’s Get Closer to the Savage, yet Cute Rapper, Suga
Suga’s (슈가) real name is Min Yoon-gi (민윤), but he actually has more names. Gloss was his underground rapper name before his debut and Agust D is the name he uses for his solo mixtape. Last August 15, ARMY (BTS’s fandom name) congratulated him for his 3rd year anniversary as Agust D. Agust D performed one of his songs with Ji Min during BTS’s concert, Tony Montana. Many ARMY are still waiting for the studio version. One of Suga’s iconic/savage performances is the “Mic Drop” performance on SBS Gayo Daejun 2017. He stopped rapping in the middle of his line to prove to any haters that BTS doesn’t do lip syncing. Even though he is savage, he’s cute at the same time. ARMY adores his gummy smile and call him “lil meow meow”.
Now let’s move on to his birthday celebration journey!
#HAPPYSUGADAY
Suga turned 26 this year, on March 9, and was born at Daegu. BTS is known for their really close friendship, so, of course, they won’t forget another member’s birthday. Every year they always give surprises to each member on their birthdays, including Suga. ARMY are also there to celebrate Suga’s birthday every year. Let’s check out Suga’s birthday celebrations from 2013 to 2019!
BTS has made a log since January, 2013, to record their days. Suga has made many logs and one of them was recorded on his birthday. On the video, he said he used to love celebrating his birthday when he was a kid, but since he’s getting older he’s not happy about it. Suga lied; we can see how bright his smile was when J-hope, RM, and Ji Min surprised him with a cake. Check out pre-debut Suga’s Log below!
On Twitter, Bang PD offered congratulations on Suga’s brthday. Suga didn’t forget to reply him and said thank you to his boss.
@hitmanb 감사합니다!!ㅠㅠ
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 9, 2013
In 2014, Big Hit (BTS’s agency) prepared a mini fanmeeting before the group performed on Inkigayo to celebrate Suga’s birthday. Suga prepared a little gift for fans who attended this fanmeeting. He gave them honey water and chocolate snacks, with a heart-warming short message. He wrote 300 different messages, as he felt apologetic that he always received something from fans. J-hope, Ji Min, and Jung Kook helped him pack the gifts. Suga looked so excited when D-day finally came. He was surprised that more than 300 fans came, so he wrote more short messages to expresses his gratitude towards fans who came even though that day was really cold.
Suga thanking everyone for congratulating his birthday with syub syub and crying face.
모두들 감사합니다 슙슙 ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ pic.twitter.com/NLOOwOZQ8A
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 8, 2014
Suga tweeted so excitedly, he reminded ARMY to come to his fan meeting at 10 am!
안녕하세여 슈간데여 오늘 오전 10시에 팬미팅있는거 아시죠?? 기다리고 있을께요 날씨추우니까 따뜻하게 입고 만나요~~
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 8, 2014
He posted a photo of himself with his gifts. Suga thanked ARMY for celebrating his birthday and cutely asked them to not throw his post its, even thought the messages were short.
축하해주신분들 모두들 감사 드립니다 소소하지만 저의 마음을 받아주thㅔ욧!! 메세지 짧다고 버리지 마슙 ㅠㅠㅠ pic.twitter.com/S0SGyQ7lxz
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 9, 2014
BTS’s official account (@bts_bighit) asked fans to use the hashtag #슈가포잇 for Suga’s post it note post!
#슈가포잇 해쉬태그를 붙여 자랑해주세요!^ㅁ^ RT @BTS_twt: 축하해주신분들 모두들 감사 드립니다 소소하지만 저의 마음을 받아주thㅔ욧!! 메세지 짧다고 버리지 마슙 ㅠㅠㅠ pic.twitter.com/5Qn0OgBOP3
— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) March 9, 2014
He once again thanked his fans for wishing him a happy birthday and he said this was the happiest birthday that he has had in his 22 years of life.
안녕하세여 슈간데여 오늘은 22년 인생중에 가장 행복한 생일이 였던것 같습니다 다시 한번 축하해주신 모든 분들께 감사의 말씀 전합니다 pic.twitter.com/lmoyTeqLot
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 9, 2014
BTS’s official account posted a few picture to celebrate his birthday. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #MinSWAGday#슈가생일ㅊㅋ
경축<3 일년 중 가장 달달하고 스웩한 오늘! 달달한 슈가의 생일입니다! #MinSWAGday 기념 미공개 사진 대방출! http://t.co/3krNrm8VNm #슈가생일ㅊㅋ pic.twitter.com/0iuG6B3nb1
— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) March 8, 2014
Suga holding Jungkook’s drawing of him.
정국이가 그린 슈가 초상화를 보는 검은 생머리 민스웩 선생 #MinSWAGday #슈가생일ㅊㅋ pic.twitter.com/S72nHE6voG
— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) March 8, 2014
Hip Hop in the Joseon Dynasty!
조선시대 힙합 도령의 맵시란.. #MinSWAGday #슈가생일ㅊㅋ pic.twitter.com/h3Ro3ufUlK
— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) March 8, 2014
Last one, Mr. genius Suga!
민찡찡과 (슈가 닮은) 아이들 #MinSWAGday #슈가생일ㅊㅋ #달달한밤되세요 @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/Gn2C0MAFE7
— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) March 8, 2014
You can check out more photos here!
Let’s take a look at how he celebrated his 21st birthday with ARMY and BTS!
Suga turned 22 in 2015. People always think that he’s cold-hearted, but he actually has a really warm heart. Once again, he wanted to express his heart towards ARMY by preparing small presents. Suga is so thoughtful. First he gave handwritten letters, then Polaroids of himself and transportation cards that ARMY could use to meet them. He wrote 39 letters himself and got help from the part-time worker, Ji Min, and his friend, V. Ji Min helped him to charge the transportation cards, cut the stickers, and take Polaroid photos. When Suga went to work, V helped Ji Min to stick the stickers on the envelopes. It’s not BTS if there’s not a little bit of a twist, so V and Ji Min signed a card and called it a special card. Check it out here!
BTS gave Suga a birthday surprise when he arrived, there was already a cake at the hotel. He thanked them and also said 사랑합니다 진짜 진짜 (I really really love you). He posted a crying photo of him while holding a doll, similar to last year, but it’s Suga, its’s cute.
감사합니다 여러분!!! 호텔에 도착하니까 호텔측에서 준비한 케이크가 똭!!! 모두들 감사합니다!! 사랑해용~ 하트 뿅뿅 축하해주신 모든분들 사랑합니다 진짜 진짜 pic.twitter.com/HORX0hBUcC
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 8, 2015
Suga’s way to celebrate his birthday, take a bath with a good bath bomb.
생일이니까 좋은 입욕제를 쓰자 pic.twitter.com/JL6YZmXeEj
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 8, 2015
Suga made 39 letters as resembles of March 9, his birthday. On March 11, he tweeted the behind the scenes photo of the working process, with a part-time worker beside him, Ji Min.
HAPPY SUGA DAY “♥” 지민알바와 함께 선물 준비중!! 둘이서 다 하려니까 힘들구먼!! 껄껄 pic.twitter.com/VnljGVAT3V
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 11, 2015
Along with that post, Ji Min posted his, too. He wrote “Working for the wicked boss, my pitiful fate”.
악덕사장 밑에서 일하는 불쌍한 내신세 pic.twitter.com/nw02vVNCY3
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 11, 2015
On the same day as the two posts before, Suga felt sorry because he couldn’t give presents to more than 39 people. He said, “Even so you guys know my heart right?? I’m always sorry and thank you. I love you~~!!”
안녕하세여 슈간데여 더 많은 분들께 선물 드리고 싶었는데 39분 밖에 못뽑아서 죄송합니다 ㅠㅠ 그래도 제 맘 다 아시죠?? 항상 미안하고 고마워요 사랑해요~~!!
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 11, 2015
@bts_bighit also posted tweets to celebrate Suga’s birthday. The undisclosed picture released! Check out more here!
[#슈가생일ㅊㅋ]
일년에 단 하루! 달달한 향이 가득할 오늘은 민슈가데이!^▽^)/#방탄소년단 D보이 슈가 생축 미공개사진 공개!
(https://t.co/kCkN3KRjzI)#슙D #민피D #DAE구 pic.twitter.com/r4Kmhi9FpA— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) March 8, 2015
2016 was the third year Suga spend his birthday with BTS and ARMY. He did a live stream in V Live on his birthday. The concept was mini radio and Suga was the DJ. He named it “BTS <꿀FM 03.09> Mini Radio with SUGA“. He celebrated the 1000-day BTS anniversary (March 8) and his birthday in the video. Suddenly, J-hope joined Suga’s Vlive and made it more cheerful. They counted down together to Suga’s Birthday. He expressed his gratitude to ARMY because they make his birthday not like an ordinary day. ARMY from all around the world congratulated his birthday and that’s what made it a special day.
Jimin and V entered the room while singing happy birthday along with J-hope. They didn’t forget to bring the birthday cake. After that, each of them gave Suga a present. Suga tried to reach the other members. He called Jung Kook first and yes, as we all know he didn’t pick up the phone because he was busy playing games. Suga tried his second chance, he called RM and he answered it, Suga asked where he was and he said he was working on the 3rd floor and too tired to go down, so he was just wishing Suga a happy birthday from the phone. They ended the live stream after Suga received a call from Jin. Check out how hilarious the V Live was, here!
Suga once again gave ARMY presents for his birthday but the difference was that this gift could be enjoyed by all ARMY around the world. With a little twist…
이건 내가 주는 선물 pic.twitter.com/Re81c4xIi8
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 8, 2016
ARMY demanded that Suga release the full version of the song and he replied with, “This is not the finished song… It’s a song I cherish a lot so I’ll release it later on. I wanted to release it since it’s my birthday but there’s no complete song as of now… I’m continuing with working on my mixtape. I’ll work hard in making it. (ू˃̣̣̣̣̣̣︿˂̣̣̣̣̣̣ ू)”
완성된 곡이 아닙니다… 애끼는 곡이라 나아중에 풀꺼에욧 생일이라 뭐라도 공개는 하고 싶은데 완성된 곡이 아직 없어서… 믹스테잎은 계속 작업하고 있어요 열심히 작업할께요 (ू˃̣̣̣̣̣̣︿˂̣̣̣̣̣̣ ू)
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 8, 2016
Lastly, he thanked ARMY and the members for celebrating his birthday this year. He added a cute emoji in the end of the tweet.
오늘 저의 생일을 축하해주신 많은 아미분들과 멤버들에게 감사하다는 말 하고 싶네요!!! 사랑합니다 여러분들!! (ू˃̣̣̣̣̣̣︿˂̣̣̣̣̣̣ ू)
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 8, 2016
BTS’s official fanpage updated a photo for Suga’s birthday.
Check out more sweetness, here!
https://twitter.com/bts_bighit/status/707233960821035010?s=20
2017 was the year that BTS really started to become worldwide stars. It looked like they were becoming busier and busier. There was no birthday surprise video uploaded either on V Live or YouTube. but the members didn’t forget his birthday. Let’s check out BTS’s official fanpage tweets, Suga’s photo with a lot of scribbles, like happy birthday. holly, piano, lamb skewers, and much more. The translation of the tweets “#HappyBirthdaySuga 1 year, 365 days a year, the sweetest day..Happy Birthday (Min) Suga (jjang jjang man bbong bbong) kae..kaep jjang! (Super cool!)“. Other than this, as usual, Big Hit always uploads an album when it’s the member’s birthday. Check out Genius MINSUGA Day here!
[#슈가생일ㅊㅋ]
일년 365일 중, 가장 달달한 오늘은 바로 설탕절💕
(민)슈가(짱짱맨뿡뿡)의 생일을 축하합니다!
캐..캡짱..! 'ㅇ')b @bts_twt pic.twitter.com/B8taIReGQ9— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) March 8, 2017
Suga didn’t forget to thank everyone for their love to him!
생일 축하해주신 모든 분들 고마워요!! 잘 다녀오겠습니다!! pic.twitter.com/PXJWMloBmy
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 9, 2017
Suga turns 25 this year! The sweetest day finally came again in 2018! J-hope and RM surprised him but it seems that they didn’t get reaction that they wanted.. no wonder, this is Suga. But don’t worry, even though we can’t see his expression, deep down in his heart he felt happy.
https://twitter.com/BTS_twt/status/971763874700537856
@bts_bighit posted tweets to celebrate the sweetest day! Don’t forget to check out the photo album here!
[#슈가생일ㅊㅋ]
🍬0309🍬
〜경🍭설탕절🍭축〜
🎤365일중가장달콤한날🎤#슈가민윤지AgustD #민피디천재짱짱맨뿡뿡 pic.twitter.com/lZVLzN46ma— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) March 8, 2018
This year (2019), Suga got so many more congratulatory messages as ARMY keeps growing bigger and bigger. The birthday boy didn’t forget to thank ARMY and uploaded a selfie of his glowing face. He also promised to work harder this year and, lastly, he said 사랑해용~~ (I love you but in a cute way)
감사합니다 아미 여러분! 올해도 열심히 달릴게요!! 사랑해용~~ pic.twitter.com/xYKdIkNRFj
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 8, 2019
Suga tweeted “Thank you everyone!!! Hahahahahahaahahahh“. The banner translation is Min Yoon-gi Happy Birthday!
감사합니다 여러분!!! 하하하하하하ㅏ하핳 pic.twitter.com/BdSWNlxGhG
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 9, 2019
Happy Birthday, Hyung! We wish your future as glowing as your skin!
생일 축하했어요 형☺️#JIMIN#슈가생일ㅊㅋ#했어요 pic.twitter.com/9dTTzN93Is
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 9, 2019
Before Ji Min posted the tweets they surprised Suga. His reaction is always beyond ordinary… Watch it here!
Suga with suit and a couple cute photo here! Suga’s sweet album also here!
[#슈가생일ㅊㅋ]
0309 🎹
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
SWEET SUGA 🍭#슈가형이야 #민슈가 #민슈가천재짱짱맨뿡뿡 #민피디 #설탕절 pic.twitter.com/jGuDZiW5hN— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) March 8, 2019