Updated On: 19 December, 2023 08:01 PM IST | Bahni Bandyopadhyay
K-pop superstars BTS are on a hiatus, as all the members are currently serving in the South Korean military. Just as the last four members enlisted, their label BigHit Music announced a documentary photobook, The Day We Meet. The label released a few preview cuts from the photobook, featuring the band members RM, Jin, Jimin, Suga, J-hope, Jungkook and V. Let`s take a look. (All photos: BTS` official Instagram)

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BTS` label BigHit Music released the first preview cuts from the BEYOND THE STAGE: THE DAY WE MEET photobook recently. This photo shows the youngest member Jungkook
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The preview cuts are in association with the band`s much-awaited docuseries Monuments: Beyond The Stage. They aim to give fans backstage views of the BTS members. This one shows Jungkook in a candid moment

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The 600-page documentary photobook features images of `BTS in their natural habitat`, including shots from their everyday life. Jungkook here is seen just off the stage amid their Permission to Dance concerts
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The photobook also captures the band members` enthusiasm and hardships concerning their music and spectacles. Seen here is the band`s lead dancer J-hope

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J-hope`s enthusiastic side is captured in this candid moment where he seems to be happy-dancing during a break
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Another candid moment of Jhope (real name Jung Hoseok). He slayed it on stage with his moves during the PTD concerts

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Along with information on their lives and emotions, it also has interviews with the members discussing their opinions on performance, and their love for ARMY. Seen here is eldest member Jin, in a pensive mood
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This candid captures singer Kim Seokjin doing what he loves the most during his free time - fishing!

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Vocalist Kim Seokjin in a candid moment during one of BTS` recent concerts
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The release of the first preview cuts displaying the members from their 2020 era evoked several emotions in the ARMYs. Seen here is band member Jimin

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All seven members have enlisted in the military as of December 12. Jimin was among the last members to enlist
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Singer Park Jimin in a candid moment from a concert backstage. Before enlisting, Jimin released his first solo album - Face

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This photo of rapper and producer Suga, real name Min Yoongi, shows him in his work mode, probably conjuring up some new music
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The preview cuts also included photos of the BTS members from their 2020 era, when some of them had different hair colours. Suga is seen sporting a golden brown in the recording studio here

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Suga at one of the Permission to Dance concerts. His beret was a hit among fans who kept chanting `Yoongi, marry me`.
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BTS member Kim Taehyung aka V looks like a quintessential fashionista in this cap-and-glasses look

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The book will showcase photos and snippets from the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, Map of the Soul ON:E, The Late Late Show with James Corden, 2020 American Music Awards, etc
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Kim Taehyung`s backstage shot from one of the PTD concerts

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BTS leader Kim Namjoon aka RM in one of the preview cuts from the photobook
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The photobook content also records their time at the 63rd Grammy Awards, Good Morning America, Muster Sowoozoo, Global Citizen Live, etc

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RM holds up a peace sign in what looks like his time backstage in the makeup room at BTS` last performance as a band in Busan
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