BTS Suga’s “D-Day” Producer Shares His Unexpected First Impression Of The Rapper
As a part of the promotions for his solo album D-Day, BTS member Suga has been hosting his radio show on Apple Music called SUGA | Agust D Radio. The show’s third episode premiered on May 2, KST, featuring a very prominent producer as the guest.
Episode 3 of #AgustDRadio starts at 7PM PT / 11AM KST!#SUGA is joined by a special guest to discuss the making of #D_DAY, how the album is the final installment in his trilogy, and the musical persona of #AgustD. @bts_bighithttps://t.co/AIX2ly397d pic.twitter.com/l1XdYlLTyb
— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) May 2, 2023
The producer in question has worked with BTS and Suga on multiple hit tracks, including “Ddaeng,” “Daechwita,” “Telepathy,” “Respect,” and multiple songs on D-Day, including “People Pt 2,” “HUH?” and “SDL.” His name is Jang Yi Jeong, known better as El Capitxn. Some older ARMYs might also recognize his old alias, J.Pearl.
After producing the beat for “Ddaeng,” El Capitxn became an in-house producer for BIGHIT MUSIC, and he usually works the most with Suga. The two share a friendly relationship even outside of work, given that they are the same age. In fact, IU had previously shared that Suga, EL Capitxn, and she are pretty close as friends, and they decided to work together on “Eight” over a casual hangout.
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Suga has always been frank about his admiration for EL Capitxn’s work, and most of his solo works include a significant amount of collaboration between the two. But during this radio show, fans got a glimpse of their funny dynamic outside of work.
🐱: can you explain more of Daechwita's process?
EL CAPITXN: who, me?
🐱: who else is in the room#AgustDRadioEp3
— Min Suga HQ⁷ (@MINSUGAHQ) May 2, 2023
While talking about the songs they have made together so far, Suga complimented El Capitxn, saying he relies on his producing skills quite a lot. He, too, praised Suga’s incredible work ethic, especially during the song camp at Pyeongchang.
🐱he's really the most comfortable to work with! i'm like "oh this isn't working out" and he'll help out, and vice versa. i feel like d-day is something where i'm organizing it all. during d-2 it was really difficult too and for bts albums too but during d-day.. my body wasn't…
— haruharu💜 (slow) (@haruharu_w_bts) May 2, 2023
EL CAPITXN: when we were there, i thought, "SUGA has reached this level, and yet he's still working this hard". i thought that a lot while we were there#AgustDRadioEp3
— Min Suga HQ⁷ (@MINSUGAHQ) May 2, 2023
Before diving into the making process of D-Day, Suga talked about the first time he met El Capitxn in 2016. The two got in touch through a mutual friend, and he had sent Suga a demo. The producer chimed in, saying that their first meeting was over a meal of Pyeongyang naengmyeon, and at that time, the BTS member didn’t really leave a good impression on him.
🐱: what was your first impression of me?
EL CAPITXN: we were eating naengmyeon together. it was the first time we had a private meeting. honestly… it wasn't a great impression
🐱: i'm not really surprised, i dont think i give off a good first impression#AgustDRadioEp3
— Min Suga HQ⁷ (@MINSUGAHQ) May 2, 2023
Suga confessed that he was pretty cold back then, as it was a time of severe hardships for BTS. But when they started working together on “Ddaeng,” he realized El Capitxn had true potential. The respect grew mutually on both sides eventually.
🐱you used to be an artist right, how long has it been since you've been on a radio?
👤it's been awhile! it's my first time on the radio as el cxptain. i first met you in 2016.
🐱i met him first though a friend and he sent me a demo. i first listened to it and was like hmmm it's…— haruharu💜 (slow) (@haruharu_w_bts) May 2, 2023
The fact that they got off to a rocky start but developed such a close friendship over time fits right into Suga’s lore, whom fans have come to know as an introverted but extremely warm-hearted person. Even from the past accounts of Suga from BTS’s juniors, TXT, it is clear that the rapper has always had a tsundere type of personality on the surface, but once people get to know him, they can’t contain their admiration.
🦊 this one time while we were practicing, suga hyung gave us some fried chicken and just went "guys, eat this while you’re practicing"
🦊 it was so tsundere that it made my heart flutterYeonjun shared that Yoongi bought TXT chicken when they were practicing 😭 "suga hyung"😭 pic.twitter.com/dVRzmWaM4H
— 시소 (@mintsugapd) February 3, 2023
The universe really did its trick, making the initial hiccup of Suga and El Capitxn’s friendship smooth out because a world without “Ddaeng” or “Daechwita” would not have aged well.
