“We listen to your concerns. National counseling session!” The MC announces as everyone applauds. Jennie sat in between Namjoon and Taehyung as the MCs announced them as special guests along with Kim Kayeon, Lim Yohwan and Jessi.

After the MCs asked for Jessi and Rapmon to rap, they turn to Tae. “Good looking V, what can you do? You can imitate an elephant?”

“I have an elephant on my body.” He answers, as the crowd laughs. He lifts up his sleeve to reveal his arm. “I have two spots on my arm. If I do this, it’s an elephant.” He pinches his arm, showing it off. Everyone bursts into laughter at the sight.

“Lovely, Jennie!” The MC call out.

“Yes?” She smiles.

“What can you do?”

“I play the guitar.”

“Wow, what type?”

“Mainly acoustic. It’s my strong suit and it’s my favorite instrument. I feel as though I can really express myself when I have my hands on a guitar. Whatever emotion I feel, I strum and you can hear it.”

“What mood are you in now?”

“Happy.” She beams as the studio applauds. She’s handed an acoustic guitar and made sure it was tuned. “I guess I’ll do the acoustic version of I Need U.”

Once she starts to strum the chorus of the song, the studio goes silent. After she was finished, the studio erupted in cheers, some were shocked at how precise her guitar skills were.

“BTS released a new song, too. Can you sing a little of it for us?” The MCs request.

“We’ll dance.” Rapmon stands up with Jen and Tae to perform the chorus dance of I Need U. Once they were done, they were applauded

For the show’s concerns, it was listed as, Dad, let’s be happy, My unpretty daughter and My husband’s change of heart.

The MCs go with my unpretty daughter first and it’s from a mom. She has no idea what to do with her daughter and she’s embarrassed because of her. She doesn’t know what to say when people ask about her daughter, asking if she has a job. The mother claimed her daughter is 38 years old, does rap and is flippant. The mom showed her concern that her daughter doesn’t seem to understand how she feels about the situation.

The MC continues to read that the daughter has been rapping for 2 years and her TV audition was cut out from a show, and failed the preliminary. Jennie cringes when she heard about that. Must’ve been really bad for them to cut out an audition.

Once the mother, Jeong Chaeok, walks out and slides down the slide, she sits in the middle of the guests and MCs.

“It’s a concern that your daughter wants to be a rapper?” The MCs ask.

“Yes. A woman should meet a nice man, get married, have a baby and be loyal to our country.” The mom declares.

‘But not everyone inspires to date. Not everyone wants kids or want to get married. What’s wrong with that?’ Jennie thought in her head. She had to keep in mind she was from America. Different countries have different standards and traditions. She had a different mentality about dating and marriage than the mother.

But what’s wrong with being independent?

Personally, Jennie wanted kids when she’s married. She thought about it, no one in her family told her that she should, she thought of it on her own. She didn’t think it was a big deal if other women didn’t want to do that.

“It’s a good thing you came. That’s Jessi. She’s the queen of rapping.” The MC points out.

“Hello.” Jessi bows.

“I don’t know her.” The mom bluntly replies, causing the crowd to laugh. Jennie cringes at her bluntness.

“Those young people over there. That’s Rap Monster, Jennie and V. They’re good at rapping.”

“The boys are very good looking.” The mother says, causing Jennie and Jessi to have a rain cloud over their heads, feeling shaded. Everyone else laughs.

‘A clearly different response’

“All righty, then.” Jennie murmurs.

The mother goes on about how her daughter isn’t lady like and wears a cap crookedly and wears torn clothes. Jessi immediately hides her legs that exposed her knees. “I don’t like that.” The mom looks at Jessi’s jeans.

Jennie held onto Tae, laughing with him and the rest of the studio when the mother performs her hidden dance talent that she found when she was 49. “I’m deceased!” She giggles.

When they meet the daughter, everyone applauds her. The daughter reveals that her nick name is ZiZi and wishes to release an album in her name. “I want to show people women can rap, too.” The daughter says.

“Jessi is rapping a lot.” The MC points out.

“She just became famous.” The daughter replies, earning laughs from the crowd. Jennie drops her jaw at her sudden statement while Jessi stares at her. It looked like Jessi wanted to write a diss track on the poor girl.

Later, the daughter reveals that she’s crazy about Zico from Block B, fell for him and wants to meet him in person, so she thought that rapping lessons would help. She received compliments from her teachers and since she likes Zico, her dream is to become a rapper. She wants to perform on the stage Zico stands on. She sounded so determined, wanting to successfully be a rapper.

“How much are you rapping?” Rapmon speaks up

“I’m reading collections of famous sayings. Rappers write their own lyrics. I listen to songs for about 6-7 hours. I’m on the internet a lot to see what’s going on in the world. I want to write lyrics people can sympathize with a lot. I don’t want to swear or speak English just because I rap.”

“Your mother wants you to get married. Don’t you want to date?” The MCs asks.

“No.” The daughter answers. “Men are a luxury for me, right now. I made a huge bet with my life. I’ll fail or succeed. Men are a luxury for me. I’m firm about it.”

Jennie felt kind of bad for the daughter as the mom put her on the blast throughout the show. She stayed quiet watching everyone else talk. Then the daughter came up to the stage to show off her rapping.

“The title is Strong Eonni.” The daughter reveals and then starts to rap. “People say I act strong, sorry but I’m really strong. I don’t act innocent. I’m just honest. My image? Don’t judge me like that. I have a lot of affection and tears. I don’t express my feelings, so people misunderstand. Even women think I’m charismatic. I’m a woman after all. People think I’m strong and can’t talk to me. Fall for my charm and there’s no exit. I’m cute just to you. I listen well and I’m exemplary. I can cook anything just like that. All I know is you. I’m a fool.”

“You should audition for Unpretty Rapstar.” Jessi suggests.

“I’ve thought about it.” The daughter adds.

“I think you’ll fail. She lacks in delivery and flow.” Jessi demonstrates a rap for her.

Later on the show, it was revealed that the daughter doesn’t attend family gatherings and didn’t attend her uncle’s funeral. The mother explained that she envies her friends who have weddings and she wants a son in law, all set for her daughter to marry. She even had her daughter go on blind dates but the daughter turned the guys down.

The MCs decided to ask if the female guests had any love interests and then turn to Jennie.“Miss Bangtan, have you had a boyfriend?”

“Not yet.” She shakes her head.

“No boyfriend?” The MCs go on again, surprised.

“No boyfriend.” She confirms.

“How?”

The studio laughs. I guess they thought she would for some apparent reason. “A chick is busy. Boys can wait. I’m still young.”

“And my daughter is getting old.” The mom speaks up.

“Well I mean, love comes in all different ages. I believe she’s still young although she’s going on 40.”

“Jennie, what are your thoughts on this situation?” The MCs ask.

“I have a different mentality with marriage and kids. I’m not from here, so I have some cultural differences from you. I don’t see as much pressure to marry and have kids where I’m from. And I see that as long as you work hard, you can achieve your dreams. But I feel as though if you don’t want to get married, don’t get married. If you don’t want kids, then you don’t want kids.” She speaks up as everyone stares at her. “I understand the mom wants her to do these things, but at the end of the day, it’s her life. That’s my opinion. I don’t think she should be forced to do something she doesn’t want to do. And I mean, I’ve seen elderly people get married. I don’t see what the problem is with age. She’s still young, going on 40. That’s still young.”

Jennie turns her attention to the daughter. “Although you’re older than me, I think you should have a backup plan just in case something doesn’t go as planned with the rapping.” She adds. “I’m not going to be a K-Pop idol forever, and I do want to go to college and major in whatever I think will be right for me in the future. So, I would just keep that in mind as you continue to learn how to rap. I highly advise you to have a backup plan and make sure you are financially stable. And I do think you should still be with your family. I’m miles away from my family. It’s always a struggle for me to be away from my family while I’m here in Korea. I try to contact them as much as I can, and see how they’re doing. I miss birthdays, I miss weddings, births, graduations, a lot of things. But you, you’re here, in the same country as your family. Never forget your routes. Check up on them at times. Even if they might drive you crazy, because my family certainly does that, still contact them. They love you.”

It was frustrating to her that parents want their children to do this and that. But again, she needed to keep in mind that she held different traditions from others around her. At the end of the segment, the daughter was requested to continue rapping for one year and if she’s not successful, quit.

Everyone began to vote if it was a concern or not. “She wants to be a professional rapper.” Jessi speaks. “It’s a long way ahead. In my opinion…it’s better to do it as a hobby. Many people do it as a hobby.”

“It’s a concern.” Rapmon adds. “I don’t want to stop her but I don’t think it would be right to tell her to keep going.”

“I won’t discourage you.” Jen speaks up. “You should do what you want. If you see that you’re not getting anywhere with the rapping, still keep the rapping as a hobby and go with your backup plan.”

“It’s a concern. Honestly, it’s better to get married. It’s the mother’s wish.” Taehyung states. Jen frowned a bit at his statement but kept her thoughts to herself.

In the end, the audience thought this was a concern and the daughter told her mom that she would start dating but won’t give up the rapping. 159 votes were counted, and the mom gets 1st place, shocking the crowd as they applaud her. It seems like the mom will be on the show next week.

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The next concern was, ‘Dad, let’s be happy’. It was about a 21-year-old college student talking about his dad working for 17 hours every day. Basically, all he does is sleep and work and the son wants his dad to rest. The dad doesn’t even go out with friends and always talks about that he needs to work. The son’s mom died from cancer six years ago and his dad became more addicted to work after that. The father doesn’t even go to the hospital despite having toothaches and knee pains.

They meet the son, Kang Jaejun, and Jen remains quiet as he talks about his concerns about his father. His father actually knows English and still teaches at elementary, middle and high schools. He expressed that he thinks his father works more because he feels a heavier responsibility.

When the son points him out, the MCs requested Jessi and Jennie to say hello to him.
“Hello, Mister Kang!” Jessi greets. “Where are you?”

“Hello, how are you doing, Mister Kang?” Jennie speaks with a smile after spotting him.

When he waves at them, he responds in English, “Fine, thank you.”

The BTS members stayed quiet throughout the segment until Jennie was asked about her thoughts on the situation.

“This right here is a serious issue. I know how it feels to overwork yourself. I collapsed from exhaustion during dance practice a while ago and it’s no joke. It’s scary. And with you being an older man, it may be even worse for you and hurt your body even more. The body cannot run 24/7, it’s impossible. The body needs to rest and you need to take care of yourself.” She responds as the MCs agree with her statement.

At the end of the segment, the son suggests his dad to meet new friends so he can go to the Army without any worries. Jennie thought the situation wasn’t that big of a concern because as long as they communicate with each other, they should be just fine. For the results, they’ve got 75 and was eliminated.

The last concern was about a housewife of 10 years with two sons with a husband who won’t leave her alone day or night. He seems to change his mind a lot and had ten different jobs in 12 years. He even quit after one day of working.

‘Yikes.’ Jennie thought as she cringes.

He started a business and loved it when business was good but claimed he wanted to quit if the business was bad. The wife claims her husband is too fickle and that’s her concern. When the wife comes out, she expresses that her husband quits too easily.

‘Jeesh.’ Jen thought, glancing at Rapmon with the same wide eyed expression. They listened to the wife rant about everything her husband wanted and changed his mind. It was a headache.

“Then, he said he needed a bike to go to work. He started again. He rode the bike for a month. He kept it at work. He changed it at least five times.” The wife explains.

“The bike?” The MCs ask.

“Yes, the bike. He doesn’t just buy the bike. He buys all the equipment. He doesn’t think about that when he sells it. He always justifies it by saying he received more money.”

“Did you see if he got more?”

“There’s no way he would get more. He spends a lot of money. I don’t want to fight, so I just let it go. Then he sold all the bikes. He started a restaurant, so he said he needed a motorcycle.”

“Why?”

“He had to buy ingredients at the store. He started it less than a year ago. The one he has now is the third one.”

Jennie and Rap Monster exhale, in disbelief at what she just told everyone. The MCs had their jaws dropped as the studio goes silent.

‘That’s excessive’

When they meet the husband, the wife expresses that he has different excuses when he quits his jobs. As the BTS members remained silent, watching everyone else talk, the husband mentioned that he brought his wife a luxury bag as an apology for the losses but the wife said that she was told to sell it if she didn’t carry the bag every day.

“Oh, my gosh.” Jessi laughs while Jennie lets out a soft chuckle, shaking her head.

“I brought her one after selling the tank. The second one was from selling the bikes. She didn’t carry the first one at all. I thought we should sell it and…” The husband trails off as everyone watches him.

‘Sell it and what?’

“Sell it and get a new bike for me.” The husband states.

Jennie throws her arms up in the air, earning laughs from the crowd while Jessi was about to throw a pillow at him.

“Yo….” Jennie felt as frustrated as Jessi at how crazy the guy was.

“I want to throw this.” Jessi laughs and turns to Jennie. “You wanna hit him, too?”

“Oh yeah.”

“Jessi, Jennie, this can’t be in the US?” The Mcs ask as they both shake their heads.

Near the end of the show, everyone expresses their opinion on if it’s a concern or not.
“It’s a concern.” V answers.

“It’s a concern. I can understand how the husband feels, too. It’s too frequent and excessive though.” Rap Monster adds. “I think he needs time to endure and heal on his own.”

“It’s a concern.” Jennie answers, pressing the button.

“I’ll make it short. It’s a concern.” Jessi presses the button. At the end of the voting, the wife received 132 votes, making My Unpretty Daughter the new winner of the show, receiving a prize of $1,000.

“Until the day Korea has no more concerns, Hello Counselor is here to help. Thank you!” The MCs close the show

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