Legendary Japanese producer Saito Eisuke admits that he took an opportunity on Ok-pop group BTS due to eldest member Jin. Back in 2014, Saito was the one who agreed to assist the group take off in Japan.
The producer lately spoke about his first impression of the group after they had been rookies, revealing that: “Bang PD asked me to come see BTS. There were exactly 7 people. What was my first impression? I saw Jin and thought he had a popular face suitable for dramas, we call it ‘an effective visual.’ If you have that in your group, you can ‘sell’ it to Japan and it turned out to be true.”
Saito is credited because the General Producer on BTS’ first Japanese album referred to as Wake Up. He additionally revealed that ten different firms had already turned the group down as a result of they weren’t from the ‘Big Three’ businesses and they didn’t like their title.