BTS member Suga left fans thrilled as he made an appearance in a special video giving out a message for the children performing at the Shining MINDs concert. The event is part of Suga aka Min Yoongi's music programme for autistic children at Severance Hospital, where he helped with a 5 billion KRW donation (approximately $3.64 million). The hospital established the Min Yoongi Treatment Center to honour his efforts. On December 9, it held its first concert at Yonsei University, to give children from the MIND programme a platform to publicly perform for the first time.Suga has been working tirelessly towards making arrangements for helping autistic kids with music therapy, and raise awareness about autism through music. Though the 32-year-old
couldn't attend the children's concert, he cheered for them through a video message, which quickly flooded fanpages leaving internet taking note.
Suga's video message
"Hello everyone. I’m BTS’ Suga. I have some happy and proud news to share with you that my Mind Band friends, with whom I have shared music, will be performing on stage. First, I have something to say to our band members. Gunwoo, Yerim, Jian, and Dohyun from elementary school and Wonwoo and Sian from high school, I hope you’re all doing well. It’s your teacher, Min. Everyone has worked really hard practicing. You might be a little nervous standing on stage, but when I think of the days we played instruments together, I have no worries. I haven’t been able to meet Sueun and Junseok in person yet, but I heard they practiced really hard. And it makes me really excited to see our Mind Band enjoying themselves to the fullest on stage. I always hope that you will continue to pursue wonderful dreams through music in the future. And for this concert, a supporting band I was with also participated: Session guitarist Shinwon, drummer Jinwon, bassist Hyunwoo, and keyboardist Chanyeon. I thank them sincerely for generously giving us their precious time. I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Cheon Geun-a, Director of the Min Yoongi Treatment Center, Children’s Hospital Director Kang Hooncheol, and President Lee Sanggi of External Relations, and Professor Ahn Seokgyun, Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Severance Hospital, who provided much support, as well as all those who helped prepare for the performance. I sincerely congratulate Mind Band on their inaugural concert. I hope that today’s performance will be the beginning of a journey for Mind Band and all of you to share your hearts through music and the first page that will inspire you with warmth and courage for all the journeys to come. Thank you for joining us on this meaningful journey today. Mind Band, fighting!"
Fans welcome Suga back
ARMYs were emotional seeing Suga making an appearance in the video after keeping a low profile ever since his discharge from the military in June this year. A fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter), "Yoongi's message made me cry." Another one said, "I miss him so much." A fan shared, "omg....i didn't expect to cry but i cried seeing him....i miss him so much ...i never thought I'd vry just by seeing him through a vid ....yoongiah miss you" A second one wrote, "I finally get to see Yoongi and heard his voice, it was so worth staying awake for." A comment read, "Omg he is glowing! Missing him so much… congratulations Yoongi."SUGA was said to have personally attended sessions to aid the children by launching the music program and teaching them music in person. As per reports, the concert will feature SUGA Crew, the live band from his Agust D Tour D-DAY.