J-Hope left BTS ARMY teary-eyed with Jin's speech at a Japan event ahead of his military service. The singer said he ‘won’t be able to see anyone at official events' but promised to ‘come back with good music'.
BTS member J-Hope treated fans to a surprise as he brought Jin to the 2022 MAMA Awards, via a phone call. The eldest BTS member, who will enlist in the military this month, shared a message for BTS ARMY as J-Hope held his phone near the mic. Though the other BTS members--RM, Jin, Suga, Jimin, V and Jungkook couldn't attend the event, J-Hope was a part of the event held in Japan and also performed to his songs. (Also Read | Jin confirms military enlistment date, requests BTS ARMY not to visit him)
BTS was honoured with the special MAMA Platinum award, a new award given to artists who won all four Daesangs at once at MAMA. In 2019 BTS won Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Worldwide Icon of the Year. They won all four awards three years in a row in 2019, 2020, and 2021. J-Hope went up on stage to receive all the awards, representing the group.
During his acceptance speech, J-Hope made a phone call to Jin. As translated by Instagram user parkjimin.bts.95, J-Hope said, "It would have been really really nice if the members could come up and express their gratitude as well, and it’s a shame they weren’t able to. Actually, I’ve prepared one thing. Jin said he had something he wanted to say so let me quickly call him."
After Jin received the call, J-Hope said, "I’m doing my award acceptance speech right now, but could you just say one thing? There are many fans who want to see you." Jin then said, "Hello everyone, it’s BTS Jin. I thank you so much for giving us an honorable award, and.. our army!! Our armys, thank you so so much and I love you. and our members, you've always worked hard. Our members, I love you so so much too."