Oh My News chooses BTS as '2021 Person of the Year,' and featured a laudatory analysis of Jimin’s path to stardom

On December 31, 2021, Oh My News published a news feature where the authors mentioned the steady growth of the 'Korean Wave' over the years, and how the 'K-frenzy' has spread globally into the mainstream culture. Different spheres have experienced this Korean wave, including arts and culture like popular music and drama, and the effect has eventually ventured into other sectors like food, fashion, medical care, industry, and diplomacy. While considering all this, the article states that the person who could rightfully and accurately embrace the situation as 'Person of the Year in 2021' could only be BTS. In effect, the authors embarked on an analysis of the background stories of BTS members pre-debut.

Jimin is the first member to be talked about. The feature on him begins by describing him as the one "who leads the group's popularity with his beautiful dance lines and distinctive voice." His story is summarized as a 'Blessing in Disguise' due to the fact that Jimin had taken a different dance path from what he had been practicing prior to joining high school due to his province of Busan lacking an arts high school that could see him major in the practical/street dancing that he was engaged in at that time. Circumstances drove him to learn a new dance genre, modern dance, and ballet, which ended up putting him at an advantage to do the K-pop dance. 

Of note is that Jimin is presently considered among the best dancers in the industry, and he is well known for his beautiful dance lines and graceful moves that make him stand out completely and in any performance. leaving a lasting impression on anyone who watches him.

While interviewing the director of the Core Dance academy where Jimin learned dance pre-debut, the director described Jimin as a child with a lot of passion, dreams, and hunger, who asked a lot of questions and did what he wanted to do, and that he would master every task he was given. He also calls him an 'idea bank' because of how often he would ask the teacher to look at the moves he had created and also said he was a kid who knew how to use his body.

Here is a full transcript of the news feature.

The article perfectly depicts, Jimin's hard work and dedication to dance, showing exactly why he has become so successful, an absolute dance god and dance king. This can be seen from the number of surveys and polls that he has won easily when it comes to dancing [as outlined here]. 

Just recently, K-media reported on the status of Jimin as a top dancer in the industry, stating that Kang Myung-seok, a cultural critic, had emphasized that "Jimin is a symbolic artist who is the flower of the awards ceremony", "the symbol of the year-end stage", and that "he is the reason why anyone should watch MAMA." 

On the other hand, the MMAs has consistently used his solo stages in advertising what to expect in the show while gearing up for each year-end show to drive up anticipation among the public,. It has also placed images of these stages on its wall of the greatest performances on the show, with Jimin having been featured for three consecutive years with three different stages Read about this here.

All this did not come about by coincidence. Jimin's drive, passion, determination, and hard work right from his younger years resulted in his high status in the dance world. He has been receiving praises from all kinds of professionals in dance and performances and is infinitely admired by younger artists who see him as a role model, which only shows that everyone agrees that he really is the best of the best and was born to shine.