Young BTS Suga’s Love Letter Resurfaces — and Fans Say It Explains Everything About How He Loves Today
There’s something uniquely disarming about seeing a global superstar in a moment so human that it hurts a little to read. Before stadium tours, chart records, and the fierce calm confidence ARMY now associates with him, BTS’s Suga was just Min Yoongi — a shy student from Daegu trying to make sense of his own feelings. And one resurfaced middle school letter, originally written as a radio submission assignment, is now going viral again because fans think it reveals the emotional blueprint behind who Suga became: not only as an artist, but as someone whose relationship with love has always been more intense than he lets on.
The letter is deeply personal, written under his name and class information, and it opens with a confession that immediately sets the tone: he’s embarrassed to be writing to a radio program he always listened to. That embarrassment becomes almost a character in the story itself — the same shyness that stops him from speaking freely becomes the reason everything falls apart. He admits he fell for a classmate during his second year of middle school and that, because he was too shy, he couldn’t talk to her normally. They remained friends, and as they grew closer, he became “greedier,” no longer satisfied with staying in the safe category of friendship. Eventually, he confesses, and she says yes. For a moment, it becomes the kind of memory anyone would want to keep forever: first love returned, a bold leap rewarded.
But then comes the part that hits ARMY the hardest — not the romance, but the regret.
Suga doesn’t portray young love as pure happiness. He portrays it as a lesson he paid for emotionally. He writes that once they started dating, problems began because he couldn’t behave naturally with her as his girlfriend. He didn’t pay attention to her, and their dynamic shifted into awkwardness. It’s a classic adolescent tragedy: his feelings are huge, but his ability to express them is small. The person he likes becomes closer than ever, and yet he freezes. Their relationship doesn’t last long, and she ends it, asking to remain friends. That line alone — the one where he describes his chest feeling hollow — is why this letter refuses to be forgotten.
What’s striking is the maturity in how he frames her decision. He doesn’t villainize her. He says he understood where she was coming from, and instead of blaming her, he goes into reflection. He describes thinking over what he did wrong, imagining how he could have behaved better, and wishing he could go back and do it differently. In the most heartfelt part, he writes that if he could return to that time, he would treat her better, proudly tell her he loved her, and do more for her. He apologizes, says she must’ve been hurt, and ends by thanking her for making the memory with him.
Even in translation, the emotional texture is unmistakable: this isn’t someone trying to look cool. It’s someone who already understands that love isn’t just a feeling — it’s behavior. It’s attention. It’s courage. And if you don’t show up with those things, even the deepest feelings in the world can still fail.
That is why this letter has become more than a cute “baby Suga” story. Fans don’t just share it because it’s sweet. They share it because it feels like a missing piece of his personality.
ARMY have long described Suga as someone whose emotional core is far softer than his image suggests. Onstage and on camera, he can be blunt, practical, even icy in delivery. But his lyrics consistently show someone obsessed with sincerity: the pain of misunderstanding, the loneliness of feeling too much, the frustration of not being able to communicate what you want to say. When fans read this letter, many say it feels like an early draft of those themes — a boy realizing, for the first time, that silence can injure someone you love.
And because it’s Suga, fans can’t stop connecting the dots between this letter and the man he is now. A common interpretation is that this experience shaped how he thinks about love: that he learned early how fragile it is, and how quickly it can slip away if you’re not brave enough to express yourself. The letter shows that he didn’t just “move on.” He internalized the failure as a moral lesson. He didn’t treat it like something embarrassing to erase. He treated it like something instructive — and that is an artist’s mindset.
What makes the letter even more powerful is the way it reveals his relationship with vulnerability. Young Yoongi calls the letter embarrassing, yet he still submits it. That’s the bravery people are talking about. It’s not brave in the “heroic” sense; it’s brave in the deeply personal sense: choosing to reveal your own shortcomings, choosing to admit you hurt someone unintentionally, and choosing to apologize publicly even when no one asked you to.
That’s exactly why this resurfacing is hitting ARMY now. In a fandom used to seeing idols carefully curated, the idea of teenage Yoongi writing, essentially, “I messed up because I was too shy, and I regret it,” feels astonishingly honest. It’s also relatable — not just for fans who’ve experienced first love, but for anyone who has ever lost something because they couldn’t express what they felt in time.
The larger fascination is what the letter suggests about his thoughts on love today. While Suga has never positioned himself as a typical “romantic” celebrity, fans argue that he may actually be one of the most romantic members — not in a flashy way, but in a sincere way. This letter shows love as something weighty and consequential, not a casual teenage crush. He treated it as real. He treated her feelings as real. And he treated his mistakes as real. That kind of seriousness doesn’t usually disappear; it evolves.
It’s also why the ending of the story — his apology and gratitude — feels so signature. He doesn’t just say “sorry.” He thanks her for the memory. There’s a softness there that fans find almost painful, because it hints at how deeply he felt it, even at that age. The regret isn’t performative. It’s the regret of someone who knows he could have been better.
No wonder ARMY keep calling it “Yoongi’s origin story.”
And it explains why fans were moved by the letter’s final vibe: not bitterness, not resentment, but growth. A boy admits he failed at love and promises himself he’ll do better next time. When you’re young, that kind of promise can feel like everything — like a vow you whisper to yourself that your heart will not be clumsy forever.
That’s the reason this letter keeps resurfacing year after year. It’s not just cute. It’s not just nostalgic. It’s a reminder that before Suga became a symbol of talent and intensity, he was a shy kid who once loved someone quietly, lost them because he couldn’t express it, and then tried to become a better person because of it.
And perhaps that is why the letter still feels alive: because it’s not really about his middle school girlfriend at all. It’s about the moment he learned the hardest truth about love — that feelings mean nothing unless you have the courage to show them.
Full translation of the letter
Recalling my past love…
Year 3 Class 3 No. 13 Min Yoon Gi
Hello, I’m Min Yoongi who lives in Daegu.
I’m embarrassed that I’m writing a letter to a radio that I’ve always listened to. Our Korean language teacher asked us to write a letter that could be sent to a radio.
I was contemplating on what to write, and I decided to write about my past love while reading Hwang Dong Kyu’s ‘Enjoyable Letter’.
3rd year of middle school, it might be a tender age to say that one’s in love. But it was a memory that held my true feelings from those heart aching memories.
I’m embarrassed to say but I liked a girl last year in my 2nd year of middle school.
Since I’m very shy, I wasn’t able to talk to her, so we stayed friends.
I became greedier as we got closer. I didn’t want to stay a friend, so I confessed my feelings.
But she said yes when I confessed I liked her.
We ended up dating but that’s when the problems started. Because I was so shy, I couldn’t act naturally with her now that she was my girlfriend.
I didn’t pay attention to her and compared to how our relationship was when we were just friends, there was a clear difference. Our relationship became awkward more than anything.
We didn’t date that long and due to all these problems she said let’s just be friends and broke off the relationship. When I heard those words I felt like a side of my chest was hollow. I felt deserted.
I truly understood where she was coming from when she broke off the relationship and I went into reflection after that.
I would think about everything I did wrong and how I could better myself. I also think back now about those days and wish I would’ve behaved differently.
If I could go back, I would treat her way better and I know I could do more for her. I would tell her I loved her and liked her proudly.
Thinking back to those days is hurtful and regretful for me. If she’s hearing me speak this confessional letter I want to say the following to her.
I am very sorry for treating you that way. You must’ve felt so hurt when I behaved like that. I personally think back and look at it as a good memory now.
Thank you for making that memory with me.
