SUGA “I'm grateful that there are still unvisited areas in the world of music”

SUGA has this way of talking passionately with a deadpan look on his face. Full of passion about his life and music.

Q: How is your shoulder?

SUGA: Good. I think it’ll get even better once I take off this brace. Apparently, it takes several months for a full recovery, but I’m trying to get better as fast as possible.

Q: How does it feel like to have resolved a problem that has distressed you for long?

SUGA: First of all, I’m glad. The pain is one thing, but when my shoulders got worse, I couldn’t even raise my arms. But when I heard that this might recur when getting the surgery at a young age, I waited for the right time and had decided to get it done early next year regardless of the COVID-19 situation. I had planned to get the surgery after the year-end stages, but I got it done this year (2020) because my doctors advised me to start preparing early for next year’s promotions and activities.

Q: How does it feel like watching the other members doing promotions?

SUGA: I can’t say it feels great. I could see the emptiness because we’ve been together as a group of seven for so long. Not necessarily because I’m not there but because something that should be there is missing?

Q: Is that what made you join the promotion as much as possible? You shot lots of video footage in advance and you even appeared in the Mnet “2020 MAMA” through VR.

SUGA: Fake SUGA (Laughs). There’s this 3D studio where we shot it. I shot, scanned, and acted there, but couldn’t see the actual result at the studio. I thought a sense of displacement was unavoidable, and that was exactly the case. (Laughs) I acted normal because it would have been aired anyway even if I hadn’t had the surgery, but it seems a lot because it’s aired after the surgery.

Q: You must feel restricted not being able to go on stage.

SUGA: The thing is, it’s only been a month after I got surgery, but my absence on stage is so apparent. But my doctors keep telling me that I shouldn’t be impatient and in fact, many athletes get a resurgery when they return to the field without proper rehabilitation. So I’m working on trying to care less. For the first two weeks after surgery, I felt so frustrated that I tried out new things. I even watched movies I didn’t watch.