Something about BTS feels so right in this moment. Like if I were able to travel back to 1999 and they asked me what music was like in the future, I’d be able to tell them that teenagers in 2019 are really into a K-pop boy band with rainbow colored hair and they’d be like “yes, ok, that makes sense.”
It might seem like BTS is everywhere right now and that’s because… they are. The South Korean 7 member boyband dropped their latest EP on Friday – Map of The Soul: Persona contains 7 songs, including big name collabs with Halsey and Ed Sheeran. The Halsey assisted “Boy With Luv” video broke a youtube record over the weekend, hitting 100 million views in under two days – an incredible flex. The guys also became the first K-pop musical guest on Saturday Night Live over the weekend… and didn’t even break a sweat.
Love for BTS has been building for a minute. You might recall that they picked up the Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist – meaning they have a HUGE online fanbase – in 2017 and 2018. The BTS Army, as those fans are known, should get ready to tweet up a storm again this year - the group is once again nominated as Top Social Artist, plus they grab a nomination in the Top Duo/Group category. AGAIN, the first K-pop group to do so.
Check out the clip of RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook showing off some sick choreography to go along with their new music on SNL, and listen to their new release, Map of The Soul: Persona on Slacker Radio!