BTS made their look at the White House Tuesday, with practically 300,000 followers streaming on YouTube, tons of gathered outdoors the constructing and a packed briefing room.
The megapopular South Korean boy band had a non-public assembly with President Joe Biden earlier than becoming a member of press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to ship their messages to the cameras. Each of the seven members gave a quick remark, with group chief Kim Nam-joon, often known as RM, kicking issues off.
“It is a great honor to be invited to the White House today to discuss the important issues of anti-Asian hate crimes, Asian inclusion and diversity,” RM stated.
On the final day of AANHPI Heritage Month, BTS members stated they had been there to advertise inclusion and discuss with Biden about options to rising anti-Asian hate incidents. Aside from RM, who spoke in English, every group members’ message was translated from Korean.
“We join the White House to stand with the AANHPI community and to celebrate,” stated Kim Seok-jin, recognized by stage identify Jin.
“We were devastated by the recent surge of hate crimes, including Asian American hate crimes,” stated Park Ji-min, who goes by Jimin. “To put a stop on this and support the cause, we’d like to take this opportunity to voice ourselves once again.”
The band nodded to their supporters, often known as the BTS Army, who span nations and have been described as probably the most highly effective fandoms in music.
“We still feel surprised that music created by South Korean artists reaches so many people around the world, transcending languages and cultural barriers,” group member Jeon Jung-kook, recognized mononymously as Jungkook, stated. “We believe music is always an amazing and wonderful unifier of all things.”
BTS members have weighed in on anti-Asian hate prior to now, even speaking about their very own experiences encountering racism throughout their international excursions in a Twitter assertion final 12 months.
“We recall moments when we faced discrimination as Asians,” the assertion stated. “We have endured expletives without reason and were mocked for the way we look. We were even asked why Asians speak English.”
Fans posted their favourite moments on social media after the transient look.
“BTS delivering a speech at the White House in their native language and witnessing the world still listened to them is a historic moment for all of us,” one fan tweeted.
