![]() ![]() "As a young South Korean man, I think I must serve in the military without a question," Jin said. The South is currently debating exemptions for stars such as BTS, who have been at the forefront of the Korean Wave cultural phenomenon in recent years, but the band reiterated on Friday that they all plan to serve. ![]() Jin, the septet's oldest member at 27, cannot delay his service beyond the end of 2021, while the other six will have to follow in the coming years. South Korea requires all able-bodied men to serve in uniform to defend it against the nuclear-armed North, usually for 18 months. While Big Hit's shares have fallen back since their initial stock market debut the firm is still worth around $6 billion.īut it warned in its IPO prospectus that it faced a "risk factor" in the form of mandatory military service for all seven BTS members. The megastars are scheduled to perform "Dynamite" and "Life Goes On" for the 2020 American Music Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. "The song is about how we're happiest when we're with our fans, and that although we're physically apart now, we're in fact always together." Member Jin said another "BE" track, the retro disco "Telepathy", expressed "the sad reality of not being able to meet with our fans around the world because of Covid". They consistently engage with fans at home and abroad through social media, having accumulated 30.7 million followers on Twitter. television debut at the #AMAs in 2017? Re-live that amazing day and get ready for their performance this Sunday at 8/7c on ABC! /vrNe1fP6e7- American Music Awards November 18, 2020īTS' lyrics are often socially conscious - themes include the ills of consumerism and mental illness. ![]() "If this album can demonstrate that loyal fans exist in large part because of phenomenal artistic offerings, the critics who attribute BTS's success only to loyal fans will be forced to reassess." The new album needs "to persuade the sceptics who have more recently heard about BTS that their work is powerful, original, and deep", CedarBough Saeji, a visiting professor at Indiana University Bloomington, told AFP. The eight tracks - which include "Dynamite" - are the group's fifth Korean-language studio album, and "contains the most 'BTS-esque' music yet," Big Hit said in a statement ahead of the release. "If many people can relate to it, I will be really thankful." "Our goal with the music on 'BE' is that it can be a comfort to a lot of people," member Jimin told a press conference Friday. The trailblazing septet cemented their prominence in the world's biggest music market when their all-English single "Dynamite" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number one in August, making them the first South Korean act to top the US chart.Īnd last month their label Big Hit Entertainment made a multi-billion-dollar stock market debut. BTS have ascended to global superstardom since their debut in 2013, holding a string of sold-out shows in Los Angeles, Paris and London last year. ![]()
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