MOON • bts

11

Today was my first official day as a producer for BTS. I was here to work with them for their upcoming album. I was called to the BigHit building for a meeting with PD-nim and the boys.

After taking a shower, I dressed up in a red blouse with dark blue jeans and my go-to black high top converse. I decided to keep my glasses on. Grabbing an apple, I walked out of my apartment, locking it behind me.

The drive to BigHit was beautiful. Korea was beautiful. I didn't realize how much I missed being here.

Soon the driver stopped in front of the building. I got my bag and walked into the main lobby area.

"Good morning! I am here for a meeting with PD-nim" I said, shooting a smile at the front desk lady.

"Ah- Moon-ssi, Good morning, I'll buzz you in."

I nodded as I looked around. The BigHit building had these very beautiful chandeliers in the lobby, as well as plants and beautiful pieces of artwork carefully hung on the walls.

I was interrupted from my thoughts by Hyejin.

"Moon-ssi! How was the dinner last night? I hope the boys treated you well, please follow me."

"It went great, but it's still slightly awkward." I chuckled.

Hyejin shot back a giggle and began walking towards the conference room.

We arrived in front of the door and I could already hear the chatter of the seven boys.

"Thank you Hyejin Unni!"

She smiled. "Of course, I'll see you soon."

I took a deep breath and opened the door.

Hearing me enter, the boys became quiet, and they stood up to greet me.

"Ah- Moon-ssi thank you for coming, please sit down." PD-nim smiled.

I walked over and sat in the only empty seat in the conference room. It was in between Seokjin and Jungkook.

The boys all looked at PD-nim intently, waiting to hear about their upcoming activities and album ideas.

I was told by PD-nim to come up with some of my own ideas for BTS's next album, and for the past couple of nights I had truly immersed myself in their music- listening to as many of their tracks as I could. I wanted to get to know them through their music first before I even began to create music for them.

"So, we can begin. I'll try to not drag this out since you boys have a schedule in a couple of hours. Moon-ssi, were you able to develop any ideas so far?" He looked towards me, prompting the boys to also switch their gazes to me.

My ears became red. I didn't expect to have to discuss the ideas already. They were barely developed.

"I-I have a few, but they aren't so developed yet."

"Ah okay, no problem, I only gave you this task a couple of days ago. But don't worry, today's meeting is simply to brainstorm." PD-nim gave me a reassuring smile.

I smiled, and turned towards Namjoon who began to speak.

"PD-nim, I actually had some ideas. I was thinking, I feel like this next album should really reflect some of our inner thoughts. As a group we have struggled individually, but our struggles also shared a common stem. I think sending out a message about how each one of us have transformed from being young boys to adults and how we learned about ourselves and about love in our unique ways would be impactful. For us, and our fans." Namjoon looked at PD-nim to see his reaction.

I was slightly taken aback. You could tell that Namjoon was really feeling this idea that he had presented, and you could tell that he really did want to do it. He has already put a lot of thought into it.

PD-nim nodded. Then, Yoongi added his ideas.

"I was thinking also, that we could make it a bunch of parts. Almost like a journey within albums. It could be like a series of interconnecting albums that all develop into a central idea" Yoongi nodded towards Namjoon.

"I love that idea." Hoseok added. The rest of the boys all agreed.

PD-nim looked towards me. "Moon-ssi, what do you think about these ideas?"

I didn't expect to be asked, after all I was just helping, I wasn't as important, but PD-nim and the boys always made me feel like I was.

"I actually really like the idea! I had some similar ideas, but definitely not as profound and well developed as Namjoon-ssi and Yoongi-ssi. If I may add, I think we could also do some unique concepts with this realm of learning to love as a journey. There's a lot of words to share on this topic that can be taken in many different directions. I am excited to see what genres we could incorporate."

PD-nim smiled widely. "Great! I am glad you are on board. Pdogg, one of our other producers, and Namjoon and Yoongi are working on a single to be released before the album. In fact, they are going to the studio after this meeting to continue working on it. If you wanted to join them, please do, the single will need to be released soon." PD-nim then stood up, prompting everyone else to stand up as well.

"Okay, our meeting can end here, we will meet again shortly after some more work on the music side has been done, so that we can start working on concepts. Moon-ssi, thank you for coming. I will see you all soon." PD-nim tben swiftly left the room. We all bowed as he left the room.

Jimin turned towards me. "Moon-ssi, we are excited to see you make music. Hwaiting!" He threw up a fist.

I chuckled. "Thank you, Jimin-ssi."

"Moon-ssi, please come with us to the studio, we wanted your thoughts on a demo we have in development." Yoongi seemed excited.

"Of course. I'd love to." I replied.

The boys all started shuffling out of the conference room, as most of them, except Namjoon and Yoongi had a schedule to get to.

I followed Namjoon and Yoongi down the long hallway before we stopped at the studio door. Namjoon knocked.

The door opened and a man with glasses looked out.

"Ah, this must be Moon-ssi, It's nice to meet you, please come in." He gestured as we all entered.

I was in awe of the equipment they had in the room. It was clear they invested a lot in their music.

"Here is the demo we have so far, we'd like to hear your thoughts." Pdogg clicked a few buttons and music began to fill the room.

A strong acoustic guitar began to play a beautiful arrangement of chords.

I listened intently.