BTS is doing their part to help end to violence and bullying.
The popular South Korean group and UNICEF posted a video to celebrate UN International Day of Friendship.
The video features BTS singing their hit single “Answer: Love Myself” over fictional stories of young people encountering violence, bullying, and fear in and around schools, sending a message of friendship and support.
“Our LOVE MYSELF campaign is all about encouraging every young person to find the love from within themselves and spreading that love to others,” BTS said in a press release. “We want everyone to take part in ending violence by sharing love and kindness.”
BTS‘s LOVE MYSELF campaign has raised over $2 million to help UNICEF #ENDviolence.
UNICEF is urging young people leave a kind note for someone – in real life or online – and share it for others to see.
“Children and young people have told us time and again that being treated with kindness and respect helps them to feel safe in and around school,” UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said. “Every day students face a range of violent acts, from bullying and physical attacks to corporal punishment, sexual assault and harassment online. By being kind, children and young people can show their support for each other and brighten someone’s day. We’re grateful to BTS for their continued commitment to making sure that no child is afraid to go to school.”
The guys channeled The Beatles for the performance, which is fitting, since BTS’ talent and popularity have been compared to the Fab Four.
“You may have heard there’s a new musical craze sweeping the globe, these fellas are really something. They’re called BTS and people are so excited you can only call it BTS Mania,” Stephen Colbert said as he introduced the group. “These boys are from across the pond, the big one, the one with Hawaii in the middle. They really are a fine group of youngsters, in fact, you can call them the fab seven. It’s got a nice ring to it.”
The 21-year-old BTS band mate checked out the 25-year-old singer’s latest Sweetener World Tour stop on Monday night (May 6) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
After the concert, Jungkook took to Twitter to share a selfie with a commemorative dollar bill from the show – saying that he “learned a lot” from her.
“I felt and learned a lot after seeing her stage,” Jungwook tweeted. “I am really challenged by her stage and will try harder!”
Ariana also took to Instagram to share a cute photo of the two of them backstage after her show. check it out here!
The mega-popular K-pop band is poised to reign supreme for summer 2019, starting with a performance on May 15 in New York City.
Jimin, Jungkook, RM, J-Hope, V, Jin and Suga will kick off Good Morning America‘s 2019 Summer Concert Series, the morning show announced today.
“ONLY ON @GMA. WEDNESDAY, May 15: @BTS_twt performs LIVE at our party in the Park, headlining our Summer Concert Series! It’s gonna be LIT!” Good Morning America wrote on Twitter.
The BTS ARMY has already sprung into action and all of the free tickets for the guys’ GMA performance have already been claimed. There is still time to join the waitlist if you want a chance to see BTS live in New York on May 15.
The wildly popular South Korean group has officially broken the YouTube record for most views in the first 24 hours of release with their new song “Boy With Luv” featuring Halsey.
As of 3 p.m. EST on Saturday (April 13), “Boy With Luv” had racked up over 92 million views.
This smashes the previous record, set one week ago by K-pop girl group Blackpink’s “Kill This Love,” which earned over 56 million views in its first 24 hours, beating out Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next.”
BTS’s “Boy With Luv” YouTube video also garnered 2 million comments in the first 24 hours, Variety reports.
