G3cx51eRmCīTS posts on Twitter under the handle Almost all of their posts are liked one million times or more. They were the most retweeted artist in the world in 2016, and the video for their song Idol became the most watched YouTube debut of all time, attracting 45 million views in 24 hours.Ĭongratulations to BTS! 'IDOL' now holds the record for the biggest music video debut in YouTube history, earning over 45 million views in its first 24 hours. The band have millions of followers on most social media platforms. Oct 20 – Accorhotels Arena, Paris How can I follow BTS on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram?
The full dates of their European tour are: Where are BTS on tour?īTS have sold out their global tour – meaning that new fans will be unable to see the boys perform live, at least for now. They became stars in the US after performing the hit on America’s Got Talent earlier this year. He also revealed that the group will have 30 backing dancers on stage – a huge team for the size of the set – leading to speculation that they will perform their hit ‘Idol’. “I can’t look at my Twitter feed right now because BTS fans ,” he told Philip Schofield and Holly Willougby, adding that if they come to the recording they will “see an army on the street, you’ll have trouble getting in.” Boy band BTS poses in the press room at the 2017 American Music Awards (Getty Images) Speaking on This Morning, Graham said the scale of their online popularity means he is unable to read his Twitter mentions for the endless messages from BTS fans tweeting him. The show is filmed on a Thursday evening, and huge crowds are expected outside the studios as fans try to get a glimpse of their idols.
Graham Norton will be joined by BTS as his musical guest (Photo by Stuart C.
Their first UK TV appearance will be on the Graham Norton Show on Friday 12 October. The same album peaked at number eight in the UK, but they are yet to have a top 40 single here. Their most recent album, Love Yourself: Tear, went in at number one in the US, South Korea and Japan, making them the first Asian artist to ever top the US charts.
BTS attends the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theatre (Getty Images) Think of K-pop, and you must likely think of Psy, the South Korean sensation who went viral in 2012 with his song Gangnam Style, which has been viewed more than three billion times on YouTube.īTS are from a similar tradition to Psy, but they fuse K-pop with R’n’B and hip hop. The group have stage names that differ to their real names and the band consists of Jin (born Kim Seok-jin), Suga (born Min Yoon-gi), J-Hope (born Jung Ho-seok), RM (born Kim Nam-joon), Jimin (born Park Ji-min), V (born Kim Tae-hyung) and Jungkook (born Jeon Jung-kook). BTS arrive for the 4th Gaon Chart K-POP Awards at the Olympic Park on Januin Seoul, South Korea. The seven members didn’t come together naturally, but were manufactured by Big Hit Entertainment and Universal Music, who they release their music through, in their home country of South Korea.