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Stanning BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage and Iconic Meetup
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS Editor’s Note: If you stan Stanning BTS, grab our new Iconic ARMY T-shirt at the Consequence Shop or via the buy-now button below — available in two new colors! Use code BTS15 for 15% off, and wear yours to the Iconic Meetup in Los Angeles! Advertisement Related Video Stanning BTS hosts Kayla and Bethany were lucky enough to grab tickets to one of BTS’ upcoming “PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE — LA” concerts — a huge blessing considering tickets were sold out before general on-sale! (You can still check Ticketmaster for resell tickets!) Hopefully, some of you Iconic listeners also snagged your passes to the shows — and we want to meet ...
BTS Taught Megan Thee Stallion the “Butter” Hand Choreography at Their First In-Person Meeting: Watch
BTS recently met up with Megan Thee Stallion and taught the collaborator some intense hand choreography. During the casual rooftop hang, the rapper gushed about getting to work with the K-pop idols on the remix to their No. 1 hit “Butter.” “I was so happy and I was so grateful,” she tells the boy band in a clip posted to the BANGTANTV YouTube channel. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ I had already told my managers, I was like, ‘I wanna do something with BTS.’ And then when it came up, I was like, ‘They know me?’ I was so happy!” Megan also revealed at the meeting that she has major ideas in mind should she get a second chance to collaborate with the band. “Like, whenever we do another song, I feel like we gotta do it big, we gotta do the video. Yeah, it’s gon’ be epic,” she says, much to th...
Stanning BTS: My Universe
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS Editor’s Note: Show your love for Stanning BTS by picking up our new Iconic ARMY T-shirt at the Consequence Shop or via the buy-now button below — available in two new colors! Use code BTS15 for 15% off! Advertisement Related Video In this week’s episode of Stanning BTS, Kayla and Bethany discuss “My Universe,” the new hit collab with BTS and Coldplay. Join in on the conversation as your hosts talk about the song’s lyrics, production, music video, and documentary. Plus, they also touch on with the newly announced BTS tour dates in Los Angeles for “Permission to Dance on Stage,” tickets for which can be found at Ticketmaster. We hope you ...
Coldplay and BTS Unite for Intergalactic “My Universe” Video: Watch
Coldplay and BTS have unveiled the spacey music video for their hit collab “My Universe” via Parlophone Records/Big Hit. Watch it below. Set in far-off galaxy called The Spheres — as in Coldplay’s upcoming album Music of the Spheres — the rock band and K-pop idols team up with a supergroup of extraterrestrials called Supernova 7 to save music from being outlawed. “In the night, I lie and look up at you/ When the morning comes, I watch you rise/ There’s a paradise they couldn’t capture/ That bright infinity inside your eyes,” Chris Martin croons before being joined by Jung Kook on the track’s pre-chorus. Advertisement Related Video Directed by Dave Meyers, the visual follows Coldplay and BTS dropping two new versions of “My Universe”: an acoustic version and the “Supernova 7 Mix.” Watch the...
BTS Announce Los Angeles Stadium Shows
After two very long years, fans will finally get to see BTS live in person again — well, so long as they can fly to the West Coast. The K-pop legends have just announced a series of special concerts in Los Angeles, California that will take place later this year. Hailed as “BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE — LA,” BTS will perform live at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium on November 27th, November 28th, December 1st, and December 2nd. These will be the group’s first face-to-face shows since wrapping up “BTS WORLD TOUR ‘LOVE YOURSELF: SPEAK YOURSELF’ [THE FINAL],” a larger-than-life finale for one of the best tours of the decade, in 2019. As is the new normal, all four BTS tour dates will abide by “the national and regional health regulations and circumstances.” SoFi Stadium does not currently requ...
Lizzo Covers BTS’ “Butter” at BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge: Watch
Lizzo’s talent for covers is well known, and during a recent visit to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, she showed love to the biggest K-pop band on the planet. During the appearance, Lizzo tipped her hat to BTS by performing their No. 1 hit, “Butter.” While BTS’s original iteration of “Butter” is a shimmery, synth-pop jam, Lizzo tones it down a notch with a more spare crew of backup musicians and singers. Her version gives the track a retro, funky flair that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Parliament record. Before diving into “Butter,” Lizzo also performed her latest single “Rumors” sans Cardi B. You can listen to both below. Back in early 2020, the rapper/singer/flautist trifecta wowed us with a cover of her pal Harry Styles’ “Adore You” for BBC Radio 1. It came on the heels of Styles’ take...
Stanning BTS: BTS at the United Nations General Assembly
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS Editor’s Note: Show your love for Stanning BTS by picking up our new Iconic ARMY T-shirt at the Consequence Shop or via the buy-now button below — available in two new colors! Use code BTS15 for 15% off! Advertisement Related Video In this week’s episode, Kayla and Bethany recap BTS’ speeches and performance for the SDG moment at the 76th United Nations General Assembly, and BTS’ recent appointment as the Presidential Envoy for Future Generations and Culture by South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in. Stanning BTS is a biweekly podcast about anything and everything BTS and ARMY. In each episode, hosts Kayla and Bethany find just the right ba...
With Third Appearance at the United Nations General Assembly, BTS Continue to Act as a Global Force For Good
In September of 2018, a 24-year old Kim Namjoon of BTS (often known by his stage name RM) stood before the United Nations General Assembly and delivered a speech in partnership with UNICEF, notecards held in shaky hands. The speech was in English, and the leader of the seven-member Korean group concluded by saying: “I have many faults and I have many more fears, but I am going to embrace myself as hard as I can, and I’m starting to love myself gradually, just little by little. What is your name? Speak yourself.” Things have changed a bit since then — BTS addressed the UN again virtually in 2020 with all the members giving remarks almost entirely in Korean; today (September 20th), all seven members (RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, V, Jimin, and Jungkook) addressed the assembly in person, and in thei...
Stanning BTS Fanfic Files: The Rap Line Goes to IKEA and Suga Gets Haunted
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS Editor’s Note: Show your love for Stanning BTS by showing your stan-dom with pride! Pick up our new Iconic ARMY T-shirt at the Consequence Shop or via the buy-now button below. Use code BTS15 for 15% off! Stanning BTS returns to one of their most-requested series: The Fanfic Files! Advertisement Related Video In the 12th edition of the series, hosts Kayla and Bethany surprise each other with a retelling or summation of a BTS fan-fiction story they adore. In this episode, we find out what The Rap Line (RM, Suga, and J-Hope) get up to on an IKEA trip, and see what happens when Suga gets haunted by a bratty ghost. First up is “A S...
BLACKPINK’s Lisa Unveils Debut Solo Singles “LALISA” and “MONEY”: Stream
What’s her name? BLACKPINK’s Lisa has finally dropped her debut solo release LALISA via YG Entertainment/Interscope Records. The two-track single album contains two songs: “LALISA” and “MONEY.” Take a listen below. Rumblings of the Thai rapper’s impending solo single began back in April when YG Entertainment confirmed to The Korean Herald that she was cooking up music sans her bandmates. Then, at the end of last month, YG teased the single with a short clip from the music video. With the release, Lisa has officially become the third member of the K-pop girl group to unveil solo tracks, following Jennie’s “Solo” back in 2018 and Rosé’s “On the Ground” and “Gone” earlier this year. Only fourth member Jisoo has yet to get her own solo moment outside of the group. Advertisement Related Vi...
BTS Named to 2022 Guinness World Records Hall of Fame
BTS are adding yet another title to their long, long list of accomplishments. Today, the K-pop idols have officially been named to the 2022 Guinness World Records Hall of Fame. “THE Boys ARE IN THE BOOK,” the organization tweeted to share the news alongside a photo of the band holding their plaques. “After breaking countless records throughout 2021, they have also cemented their place in the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame.” The whopping 23 records set by the Korean boy band now include most streamed group on Spotify (16.3 billion), most Twitter engagements for a music group, most followed music group on Instagram (48.7 million and counting), and most tickets sold for a livestreamed concert (765,000). Advertisement Related Video Additionally, many of the septet’s latest world records r...
DJ Soda, Lost Chameleon and Ahin of K-Pop Supergroup MOMOLAND Join Forces for Party-Starting Single “Okay!”
Korean artists DJ Soda, Ahin of supergroup MOMOLAND, and Lost Chameleon have teamed up on “Okay!” an uplifting, party-starting anthem that combines energizing dance grooves with catchy K-pop influences. DJ Soda returns with her first offering of 2021 and it’s her most polished, radio-ready hit in recent memory. DJ Soda spent much of last year finding success with heavier sonics including the melodic dubstep original “Shooting Star” and the innovative hard house original, “Obsession.” DJ Soda’s latest offering is a pivot on her brand of house with distinctly poppier flavors. Keeping the brisk 140BPM grooves, she swaps out the heavier sonics of yesteryear with piano-driven melodies and bubbly leads. The song features stro...
