From 2017 until now, BTS‘s members have taken the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality test several times to find out their “true personalities.”
Their latest results are as follows: RM (ENFP)…
…Jin and Jungkook (INTP)…
…Suga (ISTP)…
…J-Hope (INFJ)…
…Jimin (ESTP)…
…and V (INFP).
Given how most of BTS’s types have changed at least once, it’s not too surprising that the members don’t take the MBTI test too seriously. In their MBTI Lab 2 video, BTS shared their closing thoughts about the test.
“I think this test is just meant for fun,” J-Hope said. “I felt it today, but MBTI kind of makes me lose my focus. I don’t really trust it too much.”
Rather than MBTI, V trusts the ancient art of saju fortune telling. Saju looks at the specifics of a person’s birthday (the hour, day, month, season, and year) to give insight into that person’s destiny.
I didn’t trust MBTI either. I trust saju fortune.
— V
The MBTI test categorizes people into 16 personalities, but Jin believes everyone has their own unique personality.
I don’t really put a lot of meaning behind MBTI either. Everybody has their own unique personality. That’s what life is. So let’s all just see it as some fun data.
— Jin
RM looked into MBTI in 2014, long before it became a popular fad. At the time, a counselor told RM the test was outdated. RM believes that the test still needs to be updated for accuracy.
And I think some MBTI questionnaires, like the childhood vacation question earlier, these questions need to be updated.
— RM
Some people tend to make assumptions about others based on their MBTI, but Jimin agrees with the majority of his members: the test is just for fun.
I had so much fun too, and I heard from my friend that these days people tend to hear someone’s MBTI type, and judge then immediately. I think we should all just take it for fun.
— Jimin
How does Suga feel? He immersed himself in each question to entertain ARMY and his members, but he doesn’t believe MBTI results should be taken as fact.
I wanted to make the shoot more fun, so I really immersed myself and changed up the questions, but the options are too limited. Maybe if they were short-answer questions it’d be better, but they aren’t. So everyone, please just take it as a fun test, and see that this is how BTS thinks about MBTI.
— Suga
Unlike the rest of his members, Jungkook believes in MBTI. “I actually believe MBTI a lot,” he said, grinning. “I believe in stuff easily.”
For more, find out which roles each BTS member chose for a hypothetical trip, or watch the full video here.