Park Jimin & Ong Seongwu. A thread of their lowkey friendship

this thread will also contains my opinions and assumptions

1. Short intro, #JIMIN is a well-known BTS member. He is the cutest, sexiest, and loveliest man on earth
#ONGSEONGWU is a former member of boygroup Wanna One. Now active as an actor & solo singer
Both of them are all-rounded individuals!

2. FYI, they were born on the same year! It's often called same-aged friends~
#JIMIN: October 13, 1995
#ONGSEONGWU: August 25, 1995

and #HappyJIMINday #지민아_늘_사랑해 #OurLightJimin #LovelyJiminDay

3. Since i personally adore them both, when i found out about their interaction back then at Gayo Daejeon (held in December '18), i was surprised bcs didn't expect this combination at all!
I guess some ARMYs and Wannables were shocked too

4. 181225 방탄소년단(BTS) 지민(JIMIN) Ending(친목-Ong seong Woo, Suho) by Peach Jelly

5. 181225 SBS 가요대전
credit. @/winkingstar0529
#JIMIN #OngSeongwu

6. 181225 가요대전
credit. @/FlyingAngel_JM
#JIMIN #OngSeongwu

7. Fans were quick to guess that Ong Seongwu was introduced to Jimin or vice versa by Ha Sungwoon, Jimin’s dear friend, and was a Wanna One member at that time too. To this date, they often still hang out tgt respectively, despite their busy schedule!

8. Earlier this year, the two were spotted at Golden Disk Awards (day 1, held on January 5th) standing next to e/o and interacting again

9. 190105 GDA
#JIMIN #OngSeongwu

10. 190105 골든디스크
credit. @/noh_950825
#JIMIN #박지민 #OngSeongwu #옹성우

11. 190105 GDA preview
credit. @/SuperMoon_JM
#JIMIN #박지민 #OngSeongwu #옹성우

12. 190105 GDA 골든디스크 방탄소년단 BTS 지민 JIMIN Focus 4K by HIGH PLACE


here you can also see Ong Seongwu gave Jimin two thumbs up when BTS were on their way to the stage

13. 190105 골든디스크어워즈 GDA Ending 방탄소년단 지민 직캠 BTS JIMIN Focus by Flying Angel

14. The second day of Golden Disk Awards (January 6),
Jimin seemed to notice Wanna One were passing behind him, so he turned his head to search for his friend He tried go for a fist bump but Ong held his hand instead~ Sungwoon also tapped his back

credit. @/FlyingAngel_JM

15. 190106 골든디스크어워즈 GDA 응원요정 95z Reaction to Wanna One 방탄소년단 지민 대기석 직캠 BTS JIMIN Focus by Flying Angel


Taehyung asked Jimin 'are we gonna cheer (for them)?' Jimin answered 'okay'

16. On January 15th, when BTS accepted their Daesang in Seoul Music Awards, Ong & Sungwoon showed an adorable reaction to Jimin when he tilted the mic stand to match his height~ (Sungwoon, you are also a tiny baby)
credit. 비몽

if you wanna see more of those interactions above, i suggest you search for youtube fancams with keyword related to Jimin/BTS & Ong Seongwu/Wanna One... there were lots of vids like reaction vids from other fansites i will continue later with their VLIVEs and many more~

17. In an interview on VLIVE (aired February 15), Sungwoon said he played video games (gun shooting games) with Jimin and Ong Seongwu at night.
I hope we can see three of them interact with each other one day!

18. On March 3rd, Ong Seongwu and Jimin were spotted hanging out together. Based on the picture seems like they went out to watch a movie in CGV Apgujeong, Gangnam?

red caption: 'guys i saw BTS. (got a) handshake hehe'

19. The OP said her friend took the pics and she only recognized Jimin, said that the other man is also a celebrity (she assumed it was another BTS member). Some WELOs (Ong Seongwu’s fandom name) were sure it’s Ong bcs he wore the same cap when he visited Sungwoon day before +

20. and a clutch bag he often uses!
Ong usually wears big sized clothes and coats (and also, as a fan, usually it’s not hard to recognize your favorite person’s body and style, right?)

21. On his VLIVE (June 16) Ong Seongwu listened to ‘Make It Right’ by @BTS_twt on his way to a schedule. He listened to the song from start to finish! We love a supportive friend
(the rest of the vid was him answering fans questions)

WELOs, give it a listen!
"Make It Right" is a song by BTS (teamed up with Ed Sheeran) released as part of their recent extended play Map of the Soul: Persona https://open.spotify.com/track/6KUE0HSSudAp9AOycaF6SH

22. Ong and Jimin attended Sungwoon’s first solo concert (July 26th) in Seoul together!

23. after that, Ong and Jimin was seen going on a same car that night!
*i went feral because of this*

24. There was a real-time translation thread (sincerely thank you for this) for fans who saw Ong and Jimin together during the concert: https://twitter.com/jeonkkuljam/status/1154720367648202752

25. According to this post, they went out together after the concert

26. On his VLIVE (August 14) Jimin listened to ‘Nervous' by Gavin James.
Later on, the singer @GavinJames tweeted a live ver of the song (August 15) and said he’s thankful Jimin and ARMYs for liking the song.

27. Actually, the song ‘Nervous (acoustic ver)’ were used as a soundtrack for Ong Seongwu’s debut drama, ‘At Eighteen’ premiered on July 20th.
Jimin might have watched his drama, or maybe Ong just simply recommended it to him~

28. Sungwoon mentioned Jimin and Seongwu on an article (August 22): [Title] Ha Sungwoon said, "Thanks for coming to the concert, BTS Jimin & Ong Seongwu"
They previously made it to the news after the concert too

29. Jimin replied to Gavin's tweet (about the song, Nervous) on 25th August, saying he should thank his friend instead (i assume it’s no other than Ong Seongwu) bcs he recommended it to him
Coincidentally, it was Ong Seongwu’s birthday that day!

30. Gavin's tweet: https://twitter.com/gavinjames/status/1161998857737244672

31. Jimin's reply: https://twitter.com/BTS_twt/status/1165643481731059713

32. Jimin said he liked the song and played it every day and because of this reason, i think one of the reasons they bonded as friends is because they have the same taste in music~ soft babies

33. in one of the bangtan bomb (aired August 28th on bangtantv youtube channel), Jimin was seen singing to ‘Honesty’ by Pink Sweat$.
Later on a VLIVE (September 22), Ong Seongwu’s playlist played the same song~

34. On September 12, Jimin and Seongwu went for a trip to Vladivostok, Russia!
This was a shocking news to both fandoms since no one saw it coming
Jimin told ARMYs about the vacation later on a VLive~

35. Ong and Jimin went to a restaurant in Russia and Jimin left an autograph
The restaurant posted this pic below on September 13th~
(you can find pictures of them strolling around the city but i won't share it since it was taken on BTS' private vacation period, sorry)

36. On a VLive (aired September 27), Ong Seongwu recommends his fans a song he likes, ‘Dancing on My Own’ by Calum Scott (original by Robyn) & he mentioned a friend recommended him that song.
He said this friend was the one he recommended ‘Nervous’ to (guess who? it's Jimin!)

37. one of their similarities is they often go on VLIVEs because they simply miss their fans & want to interact with them notice on those lives they only called the other as “my friend”, not using actual names. This is why i said their friendship is so lowkey.

38. before his birthday, Jimin went on VLIVE to thank ARMYs bcs he said he might not be able to live on his birthday since they will go back to Korea after that concert in Saudi Arabia~
He also talked about his vacation with friends, including the one with Ong Seongwu in Russia!

39. another thing i noticed about them, both Jimin and Ong are quite a private person esp. about their personal life (families and friends matters, and it's actually good for them). so we often knew something in little details(?) just because they said it themselves

40. On October 24, Ong Seongwu posted two pictures of night view, and fans found out that those were actually taken while on his vacation with Jimin in Vladivostok, Russia!
@officialtwt_OSW sir, might as well spare some pictures of both of you, please...hahaha!

41. Seongwu was spotted leaving from BTS concert last October! he must have cheered for them~ we love a supportive friend
(he was seen going to a cafe earlier with the same outfit on 26th so he might went for the first day of Seoul final tour)

42. Jimin mentioned the Russia trip on Bon Voyage 4 (first episode aired in November 2019)! He went to Jeollado-Paris-Hawaii (with Sungwoon)-Busan-Russia (with Seongwu).. a well-spent vacationhe said he ate some veal while in Vladivostok~