Coming from one of the associates of the K-pop supergroup who’s documented many of their songs, Suga’s confessional lyricism at times comes from a deep and dark place. He also opened up to Rolling Stone in his digital cover story about his depression and struggles in his lyrics. Back in August 2016, when he released his debut mixtape- Agust D, Suga bowed out of the spotlight, temporarily disconnecting himself from his K-pop icon status, and dove into the grim reality of his depression and the psychiatric treatment he desired out of it. However, he knew that the ARMY has stuck with him through thick and thin, as his fanatics have told him how much they connect to the emotions that he communicates so freely in his music.
Suga in an interview stated, “Anxiety and loneliness seem to be with me for life. I put a lot of meaning into how I would work it out, but it seems like I have to study it for my entire life. Emotions are so different in every situation and every moment, so I think to agonize every moment is what life is. By the lyrics, I wanted to tell people ‘I am anxious, so are you, so let’s find the way and study the way together”. However, what makes his fans go is his positive attitude toward his career and battling this mental illness as something that needs to be openly discussed and expressed and not something that should be hidden.”