Suga needs he was a little bit bit taller, needs he was a baller. He’s not the one one. The South Korean pop star will simply need to do with the pop mega-stardom that comes with being a member of BTS.
On Monday evening (Might 1), the rapper took a break from his present world tour for a spot on The Tonight Present, the place he sat for a chat with host Jimmy Fallon, his first late-night look on the NBC studio with out his bandmates.
Suga is a busy man. He’s at the moment working his means across the nation in assist of D-Day, his new solo LP as Agust D; he’s within the midst of a five-week run of Agust D Radio on Apple Music; and he’s the star of the brand new Disney+ documentary Street to D-DAY, streaming now.
All of which explains why he’s feeling a “little bit misplaced,” as he informed Fallon. However he’s glad ARMY is digging the brand new file.
Talking in his native tongue, Suga mentioned his former profession as a meals supply man (“I used to be excellent at it,” he quipped, particularly the “driving” component, apparently), and his new sideline as an NBA ambassador.
Did he need to ball? As a teenager, certain. Although his lack of peak proved a major obstacle. Can he beat the opposite BTS boys in a recreation of one-on-one? “Are you kidding me,” he mentioned in English, earlier than reverting to Korean: “I don’t assume any of the opposite members know the basketball guidelines.”
Apparently, the identify SUGA isn’t simply one thing candy. It comes from the courtroom, the contraction of “taking pictures guard,” the “2” place performed by Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and lots of different legends of the sport.
D-Day, he defined, was so titled “to liberate myself from all of the shackles in my life.”
Suga’s D-Day Tour continues Wednesday, Might 3 for the primary of three reveals at Rosemont’s Allstate Enviornment, adopted by concert events in Los Angeles and Oakland. A pan-Asia trek kicks off Might 26 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
When on the highway, Suga will get warmed up a dose of fireplace water. He necks a shot of whisky earlier than each present, he defined. Proper on cue, Fallon introduced out two glasses to reveal.
Suga went on to carry out “Haegeum,” an album observe which he defined has two meanings. One, a standard Korean instrument; the opposite, forming the expression “liberation from the banned.” Naturally, Fallon pulled out the instrument and each tried their hand.
After a fast outfit change, Suga closed out the present along with his efficiency, which noticed him bathed in blue and lit up with strobes. The Okay-pop star stored it easy in black leather-based jacket and denims, and was flanked by 4 dancers, all males.
Watch the late-night TV efficiency under.
Suga caught round to play a spherical of “Imposter Problem,” a recreation the place host and visitor get to style what seems to be two an identical issues. One merchandise really tastes gross, and the unfortunate tester has to persuade the viewers that they aren’t the imposter. Tasty.
