How One BTS Song’s Setback Almost Ended the Group Before Their Global Rise

BTS almost quit after a failed comeback shook their entire career.

The drama started when BTS dropped “Danger” following the big hit “Boy In Luv.” RM said in their documentary BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star that they wanted to “claim victory” with the new comeback. The pressure was intense—he feared the company “would be negatively affected if this didn’t go well.”

It did not go well.

BTS didn’t get a first-place win from “Danger.” Worse, the song “left the charts in a day.”

Jin revealed just how bad it got:

“As we plummeted with ‘Danger’ after ‘Boy In Luv’, the company happened to be suffering from financial difficulties as well.”

This fall nearly ended BTS’s journey.

“It felt like it was the end for us.” — Jin

The members battled burnout, impatience, and mounting frustration. Arguments broke out as they compared themselves to groups who took longer to win first place.

Then came a breakthrough.

They poured all those struggles into The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1. The comeback gave them their first win with “I NEED U.”

If BTS had given up after “Danger,” they would’ve missed becoming the legends they are now.