Lenika Cruz @lenikacruz Twitter profile

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Lenika Cruz

1 year

it’s been months and i still can’t quite believe this is real. i am endlessly grateful and excited for this book to exist in the world.

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2 years

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2 years

squid game taehyung and seokjin doing spring day

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3 years

Big Hit just sent out a release w/ details about BE: "BTS opens themselves up to express their mixed feelings about this situation—fear and anxiety mingled with the determination to overcome all this. The album contains the band’s emotions and ruminations they" 1/

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4 years

When they played Suga’s Interlude and Yoongi turned into a puddle @BTS_twt #iHeartBTS

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2 years

can't believe i had to watch kim taehyung talk to a filipina who wasn't me but that's ok

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2 years

the press conference is starting. they're walking out now.

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

next year. in person. main category. korean music. #LightItUpBTS

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

"Fly to My Room" is a unit track featuring SUGA, j-hope, Jimin and V “Blue & Grey” is a guitar-filled pop ballad “Telepathy” is "filled with funky rhythm" “Dis-ease” is old school hip-hop “Stay” is RM, Jin, & JK’s unit track

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2 years

no escape from insta bf namjoon on the tl

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2 years

yoongi on instagram is me on instagram "do i really have to do this shit"

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

imagine getting to interview bts in person and not asking one (1) question about how they make music

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3 years

namjoon voice: 𝖇𝖎𝖌 𝖍𝖎𝖙 𝖊𝖝𝖈𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖛𝖊

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2 years

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3 years

“Skit” will be "the vivid record of the conversations they had when they first topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and 'Dynamite.'" 😭

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

if this is your car, i love you

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2 years

just called a tattoo shop to see if they accept walkins and the guy said they’re pretty booked up. then he asked, “is this for a bts tattoo?” 😭😭😭

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

the moment @BTS_twt won best pop song for butter #AMAsTNT #AMAsBTS

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2 years

help

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

it appears there will be an official, in-person hour-long press conference on day 2 of @BTS_twt ’s PTD in LA at 2 p.m. there will be a Q&A session as well. (yes, i will be there!) 🥲✨

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

when bh released these last year, i saw a comment saying it looked like a staffer just screamed each of the maknae line’s names and immediately took the picture. they look so shocked 😭

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

Big Hit will be holding a global press conference a few hours before the release of BE! Thursday November 19 at 9pm ET. Yes, I’ll be live-tweeting.

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

just showed husband "yet to come" mv and when it ended he was like "i know what the school bus is a callback to, but the first thing i thought about was the zombie episode from run bts" 💀💀💀

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

y'all

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Lenika Cruz

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4 years

potato-quality reminder that jungkook is the kind of person to get lost singing to himself and playing air drums and then get embarrassed when someone notices!

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

*yoongi voice*: butter-oreune 🧈🔥

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4 years

three sentences that say so much about @BTS_twt —their work ethic, their attitude, + their treatment by the industry

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3 years

the yoongi hologram was basically big hit saying to army “we know you guys are just gonna edit him in anyway so here you go”

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

the moment @BTS_twt won best pop duo/group

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2 years

is psy ok 💀

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

“Life Goes On” is described as "Alternative Hip Hop ... with sentimental acoustic guitar sounds...The lyrics echo a comforting message that in the face of unexpected turns and abrupt disruption" and is "delivered through BTS’s emotional voice."

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2 years

RM: for asian hate. i wasn't born and raised abroad, but as asians these past years, our path around the world we truly felt the walls. the walls can be always described as words, sometimes it's visible sometimes it's invisible and sensitive. so when we talk about asian hate,

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

i just think that 8 years, 57 daesangs, 9 studio albums, 6 EPs, 6 compilation albums, 6 hot 100 no. 1s, 3 UNGA appearances, tens of millions of dedicated fans, presidential envoy status, sold-out stadium tours, and too many broken industry records to count speak for themselves

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2 years

them: y u cryin me: bc bts were really happy last night

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3 years

happy thursday from this lego chimmy my husband made

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2 years

louder than bombs must win at all costs please it’s the only way they might acknowledge her 😭

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

. @BTS_twt will be doing a global press conference for the release of Butter on Friday May 21 at 2pm KST/1 am EST. right now it seems like press only, so i will be livetweeting the event! stay tuned ✌🏽✨

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

“With BTS, the only constant is their duality—they’re “local” yet global, industry outsiders on the inside, equally skilled at intimacy and pageantry.” I asked @BTS_twt about how they made the most of a difficult year:

The Astonishing Duality of BTS

In 2020, the world’s biggest band proved that it excels equally at massive spectacle and small-scale intimacy.

www.theatlantic.com

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

RM: our path are these awards, our music, we just hope that this can truly help every asian in the world. if there' something we can do to help or to be, or be giving consolation we are always open. we will try to stop the discrimination and racism. [he said all this in english]

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

this jungkook exists bc lotte duty free 2019 jungkook happened and no one stopped him

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

namjoon said ami is sad it's time to pull out the big guns

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

my fave fanmade signs from tonight include “papi seokjin” “lesbians 💜 taehyung” and “bam need mom?”

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2 years

suga: there's a korean saying, any tree an be felled with 10 strokes of an axe, (said something about chipping away w/ nominations for the next 10 years until they win). he joked that jin will be 40 by the time they get a grammy. jin said he won't be 40 he'll only be 38 (LOL)

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

calling an emergency army meeting to discuss this era of hoseok

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2 years

oh dear oh my

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2 years

i hope no new armys have to experience a repeat of what happened last year. the day we shall not speak of. just, the worst.

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

“make some goddamn noise for BTS” — kim namjoon

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4 years

THEY GAVE US A "SEOKJIN TURNING AROUND" SHOT YES

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2 years

literally everyone here is army lmao

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4 years

i'm sorry i had to

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3 years

DIS-EASE STANS WE WON!!!!!!

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4 years

dare you to try and watch this clip of jimin killing the ON dance break only once

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2 years

why does yoongi exist to ruin my life

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Lenika Cruz

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1 year

yoongi: today my brother is here, park jimin crowd: screams for like 3 minutes yoongi: hey, focus on me!

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

SC fits: -Joon: all black w/ hoodie -jin: kore sweater, dark pants -yoongi: fucking black leather jacket, fucking turtleneck -hobi: cowboy hat, scarf, yellow long sleeve, shorts -jimin: black hoodie, dark pants -Tae: blue aloha shirt, yellow pants -jk: all black, shorts

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Lenika Cruz

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4 years

i’ll be attending the BH online press conference for the dynamite release tonight (what a weird sentence) so, uh, stay tuned! 💫

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

from BH release on Butter’s No. 1!

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3 years

most important moments in life 1. being born 2. falling in love 3. realizing that was park jimin under the hat at the start of daechwita

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3 years

blasting ugh today for kim taehyung

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3 years

min yoongi, 2018 🤝 permission to dance, 2021

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

Jin: this is our first press conference since wembley, and we're hoping to do more performances and are planning for more concerts in korea.

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Lenika Cruz

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4 years

if bts performed that on the grammys stage, the industry would have imploded right then and there.

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

nah that’s not eyeliner, that’s passion

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

"had throughout this year, and the story of “us” continuing the existential journey. That is also the reasoning behind the album’s title, BE, that stands for “to be” or “existence” and does not abide by any form." 2/

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Lenika Cruz

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10 months

the army next to me asked where i am from (she’s from japan) and i said america and she went “OH AMERICA!!! WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!!!!” 💀💀💀💀

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

everyone just chanted BTS BTS BTS!!!! 😭

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3 years

happy saturday to this park jimin only

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3 years

namjoon's friend, if you're on here tonight, pls look away, we're not at our best

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3 years

the way quarantine armys are discovering what happens whenever bts steps foot in america 😭

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2 years

every bts concert is the best concert

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2 years

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A GRAMMY PERFORMANCE @BTS_twt

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2 years

(omg jin, yoongi, and tae are bantering to answer this next q) yoongi: winning a grammy isn't easy, i'm thankful there are still challenges we can try to work to overcome. jin: just bc we haven't won a grammy doesn't mean the others aren't important

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

it’s time that min yoongi, king of ass-shaking, stop pretending that anyone needs to force him to dance

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2 years

Q about how the members feel about the amas and grammy nominations and the concert last night: V: hello i'm V nice to meet you. i'm very happy that we're having this in person concert for the first time in two years...we hope we can impart some very positive energy to army

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2 years

SG: hi this is suga. yesterday i asked myself is this really reality or a dream? I was a really nervous. for the past eight years since we debuted, i was thinking nothing has really come easy for bts, and it as the same for the past two years. and bts has always overcome these

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3 years

the truth is that namjoon

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3 years

Host: asks about Hot 100 potential. I have to ask Suga Suga: I seem to keep taking these questions! Lots of pressure... #1 on Billboard, I think we can do it! Host: What suga wants suga gets! Suga: We will do it! We will get number 1!

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4 years

if you really think about it, yoongi

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

FOCUS ON!!!!!!!!!!!

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2 years

hobi: *opens toilet cleaner gift* JWAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

not in front of cameras but in front of audiences. JK: all of us were unable to do mundane things or engage in our jobs properly. at the awards show, we felt those emotions more. also, "FOCUS ON" i forgot to say 3 words after that which was "ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT" (LOL)

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Lenika Cruz

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3 years

Jin: We also put a lot of our love of ARMY into the music video! JK and I worked really hard to make a perfect "A" for the ARMY formation JK: We worked really hard! We put our heads together literally and made the A! [both laughing]

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

RM: (cont) at the AMAs and second grammy nominations were truly something. as an artist that started out in korea, the limitations of our identity, language, genre, and the invisible walls felt like they truly existed. but every moment we tried to give our best to every show

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Lenika Cruz

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5 years

"Do you know BTS?"

What It's Like to Become a BTS Fan Overnight

The Korean pop superstars' massive, devoted following has earned them comparisons to the Beatles. Why was I surprised to get swept up in their magic?

www.theatlantic.com

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Lenika Cruz

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4 years

jk: i— bts: WE RAISED HIM AND WE LOVE HIM

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

at jingle ball and the crowd is like sofi stadium part 5 lol

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Lenika Cruz

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1 year

can’t believe i’m saying this but: i spoke with RM about INDIGO, art, and the importance of silence for @TheAtlantic

RM of BTS Is Embracing the Silence

On his debut solo album, "Indigo," the South Korean rapper finds meaning within the noise of global stardom.

www.theatlantic.com

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2 years

super tuna song of the year don’t @ me

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4 years

let’s do a run episode where it’s jungkook vs his six hyungs and john cena

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2 years

them: why do you like bts so much me: because it’s FUN AS FUCK

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3 years

the relationship between bts and army is just each constantly trying to give the other the entire world

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2 years

JM: hard times being back on stage made me feel like we were back where we belong, and i hope it made everyone feel like they were back where they belong.

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Lenika Cruz

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4 years

New "ON" video coming tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET! From Bighit: "While Kinetic Manifesto Film focused on showing BTS’ massive performance, the second music video will deliver a symbolic representation of 'ON' to highlight a different charm of the multifaceted band." 👀👀

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Lenika Cruz

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2 years

JM: hi this is jimin, thank you for coming. for these past two years we weren't able to meet our fans and felt powerless and depressed, and released dynamite, butter, and PTD. we worked hard at this because we wanted to bring healing and consolation to people living through these

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2 years

the correct answer is joon, jk, hobi, jimin, tae, jin, yoongi

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2 years

JH: (in english) yeahh. (crowd laughs) i'm j-hope. (continues in korean) we were back in the US for our concert and at the UNGA. being back here with you makes it hit home that we're back in the US. speaking on behalf of an entire generation is a bit embarrassing

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2 years

if i heard that bts were somewhere near me on their private schedule i would have zero interest in trying to go see them. they’re humans, not zoo animals.

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2 years

JK: hi this is jk. thank you for spending this meaningful time with us. this year we created and released songs that tried to express our furstrations as authentically as possible and offer hope and consolation. the fact that we've received so much love has given us energy

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