Fresh off their appearance before the United Nations General Assembly, BTS kicked off the 24-hour 2021 Global Citizen Festival with “Permission to Dance,” their track co-written with Ed Sheeran. The festival features hundreds of artists, activists and advocacy organizations working together this weekend to inspire awareness, seek unity and bring …
Read More »BTS' Jin on 'Rock-Style Songs,' Life Off the Road, and Being Very Handsome
BTS‘ main producer, Pdogg, is fond of pushing the group’s singers to the top of their range, and beyond. One of the most extreme, and impressive, examples is the howling series of beyond-falsetto notes Jin manages to reach on the track “Crystal Snow.” You’d never know it from that moment …
Read More »The Triumph of BTS
T his is a very serious and deep question,” says RM, the 26-year-old leader of the world’s biggest band. He pauses to think. We’re talking about utopian and dystopian futures, about how the boundary-smashing, hegemony-overturning global success of his group, the wildly talented seven-member South Korean juggernaut BTS, feels like …
Read More »Max Releases Steve Aoki Remix of 'Blueberry Eyes' With Suga of BTS
Max has released a Steve Aoki remix of his hit single “Blueberry Eyes,” featuring Suga of BTS. “Steve and I have been friendly for years through him signing my other act Party Pupils to his label DIM MAK,” Max said in a statement. “Having him create a magical new world …
Read More »Watch: BTS Meets QVC as the Group Posts Unboxing Video of Samsung's Foldable Phone
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Samsung welcomed some surprise guests to join them for their “Unpacked” event this week, which introduced five new products to Samsung’s suite of Galaxy devices. The electronics brand …
Read More »BTS Unveil Second Video for 'On,' This Time With Wild Animals
Less than a week after dropping their “Kinetic Manifesto Film” for “On,” BTS have unveiled a second video for the single. The track appears on the K-pop band’s fourth album, Map of the Soul: 7. Clocking in at nearly six minutes, the cinematic video opens in the aftermath of a …
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