https://www.reddit.com/r/bangtan/comments/1hcab1u/has_anyone_here_bumped_intoecountered_the_boys/
created by Excellent-Passage-36 on 12/12/2024 at 01:55 UTC
384 upvotes, 64 top-level comments (showing 25)
I'm finally watching *Are You Sure?!* and I keep thinking like 'imagine just seeing jungkook and jimin buying twinkies at walmart' lol. I know they bumped into ARMYs, but has anyone in this group met them in the wild?
Comment by hfleming91 at 12/12/2024 at 03:38 UTC
282 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Not met, but seen in the wild! I live in Seoul and am very lucky I guess haha.
I sat one row behind Namjoon at a SeSoNeon concert!! I got to see him vibe out with his friends for like two hours. It was an epic show, and it was so surreal to be jamming out to one of my favorite songs and see him jamming too haha
I also was waiting to go into a show at the SAC when Jin and his entourage exited the venue after the Maple Story concert! I wasn't 100% sure it was him, but he posted on ig shortly after and I was so excited lol
Comment by farflyght at 12/12/2024 at 05:22 UTC
243 upvotes, 6 direct replies
I have actually watched the boys shop in a supermarket in New Zealand. I was a baby ARMY at the time and was doing a road trip with my partner. We stopped at Four Square at Lake Tekapo for supplies. As we headed in to the supermarket, my partner remarked that there were a lot of people with cameras around in the car park. I glanced over and didn't really think much of it. There was someone on the flying fox in all black clothing, kind of skinny, and I remember thinking, 'Kind of looks like V' and again, didn't give it a second thought. Because why would it be?
We went inside and I was looking at something, and my partner said, 'Those people with cameras are in here as well, they have pretty heavy duty equipment.' So I looked over again and then saw someone who looked like Jin. And then I registered it was him. And V.
I always like to think I can be pretty calm and mature in those situations. But no, lost my mental shit entirely and was torn between being cool and not looking at them, to trying to less-than-subtly stare at them. They were filming Bon Voyage. Suga was there too. He was buying sugar lol.
My partner, he was so sweet, he was like, 'Go up and say hello. Do you want me to?' And I wouldn't let him because I knew the protocol. I think he was a bit annoyed because I wouldn't let him do this nice thing for me, but they have a lot of security and you could already see them keeping the distance between anyone remotely interested. Plus, I would probably have lost all ability to speak anyway.
Kicker of this story, we came back the next day to use the public toilets just outside the supermarket and they were there again! This time, I only saw them from a distance, but it was Namjoon, Jimin, JK and JHope (I think it was all four, could have been three, its been a few years now). They were going into the supermarket. I couldn't go back in because being on a road trip, I hadn't showered in a couple of days and was still wearing the same clothes as the day before. Lot of self-consciousness happening.
I never managed to get to a concert so I treasure this random wild moment.
Comment by citylovelights at 12/12/2024 at 02:31 UTC
368 upvotes, 7 direct replies
i met namjoon in a music tech store once. we made eye contact and i immediately left the store and came back like 30 mins later when i thought the coast might be clear lol
Comment by Brief_Perception_941 at 12/12/2024 at 04:56 UTC
174 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Never have but my favorite story is that one Army who looked back at her pictures from a trip to Europe and discovering Namjoon was in the same boat she was in🥺
Comment by hand_ at 12/12/2024 at 05:17 UTC
164 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Got in the subway car and absentmindedly glanced at a guy as I stood next to him. It was Namjoon and he wasn't wearing a mask. I just acted like he was any other stranger in the subway cuz i didn't want the poor guy to feel like he couldn't take public transport. I was wondering why he wasn't wearing a mask and if he wasn't worried about being mobbed but nobody came up to him or gave any external indication that they recognized him so I guess it tends to work out for him.
Comment by taracita at 12/12/2024 at 03:23 UTC
322 upvotes, 4 direct replies
My friend worked at a museum that Namjoon visited. Other staff members knew she was a big fan, so they made sure she got an intro and a handshake ☺️
Comment by usagicassidy at 12/12/2024 at 08:00 UTC
140 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I helped V at Apple once buy a new iPhone when he broke his old one.
One of the coolest interactions in my life.
Comment by wenmoo at 12/12/2024 at 04:20 UTC
113 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Comment by Fast_Theory6127 at 12/12/2024 at 02:03 UTC
227 upvotes, 4 direct replies
I meet them in my dreams every now and then 🥲
Comment by whyohwhy115 at 12/12/2024 at 02:26 UTC
152 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Not me but my cousin’s friend worked at a UNIQLO! Their manager stopped letting customers in for a bit and they weren’t told why. Then in come hobi and Jimin! Hobi looking for the Uniqlo x KAWS collab shirts, this was around 2019 iirc.
I didn’t believe the story at first cause why wouldn’t Uniqlo just send it to him 😆 but they also have no reason to make stuff up and based on the story it does line up with where they were at that time and what city this Uniqlo was
Comment by RavenclawLogic at 12/12/2024 at 06:47 UTC
79 upvotes, 1 direct replies
No. I found out Namjoon was coming to my town to look at art, so I stayed home with the blinds closed and the lights off. I WILL NOT BE SEEN OR NOTICED. 😂
Comment by Emergency_Stop1 at 12/12/2024 at 03:56 UTC
143 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Y’all remember the beach sunset Jungkook and a few of the other boys posted on their Instagram when they were in LA for PTD? I was on the exact same beach. At the exact same time. Watching the exact same sunset.
Comment by Manatee_7_3_DBB at 12/12/2024 at 05:14 UTC
70 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I was 10minutes away from Jimin and JK when they were camping in CT for Are you sure?!… we hiked the same woods that weekend. Also went to the same Walmart and Stop and Shop but always missed them. When I watched those episodes I was like “why is this all so familiar” then I remembered how I was going to go to that GMA performance in NYC but didn’t have time to since we were leaving to go camping. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Comment by Distinct_Charge9342 at 12/12/2024 at 08:28 UTC
68 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I have. Jimin is genuinely the most beautiful man I've ever seen in my entire life. My dad bumped into hobi once and we could tell his fit looked expensive.
Comment by ShinyVanillite at 12/12/2024 at 02:43 UTC
128 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I live in a small town in northwest Germany and I'm not able to travel. If I ever bump into them, I know I'm dead and went to heaven LOL
Comment by solojones1138 at 12/12/2024 at 03:11 UTC
124 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I ran into all seven of them at SoFi once.
Comment by shelurkssubs at 12/12/2024 at 05:26 UTC
62 upvotes, 1 direct replies
First time posting here, but I guess you can say my 2nd degree connection in public was seeing Son Sung-deuk randomly exiting a restaurant with his family as I entered with mine. He saw that I recognized him because my mouth was open. I really wanted to say I really appreciate all the work he has done with BTS but he was with his family. I was wondering why he was in the US in my city and later I saw the Netflix documentary for Katseye.
Comment by Intelligent-Try1944 at 12/12/2024 at 10:06 UTC
57 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Saw Yoongi in PhiPhi Island post his DDay concert in BKK his boat was parked next to ours and while getting off another army recognised him we literally shouted YOOONNGII and got the signature smirk from him. Best moment ever...💜🤤
Comment by peeops at 12/12/2024 at 08:41 UTC
56 upvotes, 1 direct replies
i had a friend a while back who happened to encounter hoseok at a park in LA back in pre-covid era!! she asked to say hello but the bodyguards declined — but hobi made sure she got a quick hello and a handshake anyways!
Comment by Mama2chobbes at 12/12/2024 at 08:38 UTC
44 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It took me a year to process/talk about it with friends because I wasn’t sure I was just willfully wishing it was real. They told me to just own it because there’s nothing to lose anyway.
It was 2022 and South Korea finally opened up for travel during the pandemic. I decided to brave all travel regulations and just go because I was so sick of being cooped up during lockdowns.
I was walking around in Gangnam and at that time, masks were optional in open areas. Out of a doorway comes a tall guy with black, longish hair and the most arresting eyes. I glanced at him, he glanced at me, and he seemed to be waiting what I was going to do next.
In my head, I was going, “Namjoon?!?” I was wearing a mask but I’m sure my eyes showed my panic. I broke off eye contact and just walked forward.
I hindsight, he definitely looked like Namjoon circa indigo era. My brain believes it was him but there’s a part of me that still can’t believe it 😅
Comment by allisbrightandgay at 12/12/2024 at 06:51 UTC
41 upvotes, 2 direct replies
One of my close friends told me a story last year about this time she flew through Seoul (or Tokyo maybe? Can't remember), forgot her passport on the plane and had to go back, then walked out and all of sudden she was next to this kpop group and a crowd of cameras. She was completely bewildered at the time and didn’t know who they were. Of course I immediately interrogated her, looked up the date and city, and sure enough.... she was next to BTS. If I remember correctly, this happened fairly early on before they got super big. I was so jealous 😭 I've always wondered if some fancam caught a glimpse of her standing to the side looking confused 🤣
Comment by bebyhugo at 12/12/2024 at 04:07 UTC
73 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I saw hobi this November at a restaurant in ktown 😭
Comment by IcyIcyCynic at 12/12/2024 at 04:54 UTC
71 upvotes, 1 direct replies
So what I learned from this thread is...go walk around art museums.
Comment by ICantComeUpWithIdeas at 12/12/2024 at 03:54 UTC
29 upvotes, 1 direct replies
not me, but someone else on the subreddit! (u/bebyhugo) saw hobi at a restaurant that they were at!
that might be one of my favorite “ARMY encountering BTS” stories I’ve heard (and I want it to happen to me one day 😅)
Comment by prinzessinaura at 12/12/2024 at 05:55 UTC
26 upvotes, 0 direct replies
At an old job I got to unknowingly meet two members (separately, they came in at different times). I wasn’t an army at the time and don’t really follow artists outside my bubble of interest. Super nice guys! :)