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[SPEAKER_02]: Boy, hey, iconic army.
[SPEAKER_02]: Boy, hey.
[SPEAKER_02]: We have to talk about the surprise songs that Las Vegas night two got.
[SPEAKER_02]: They got both spinebreaker and black swan.
[SPEAKER_02]: I am so green with jealousy, like I cannot believe that they got these two songs.
[SPEAKER_02]: I feel like Spinebreaker is one of those super iconic, fun old school BTS songs.
[SPEAKER_02]: I love that they got to do a little bit of the choreography that Jin came up with, you know, where they bend over with the band.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, where they lock arms and dance in a circle.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, we got to see Jen and Tae Young doing that together and I just like I'm so jealous I'm crazy jealous like those armies are so lucky to have seen that and then of course black swan like I When it comes down to it, I really truly believe that black swan is one of their best songs and their entire
[SPEAKER_02]: I mean it is my favorite song.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, but what's just so crazy about this like I feel like like before we saw them in Tampa, our friend Caroline asked asked us asked everybody in the group
[SPEAKER_01]: What songs would you want to hear like would be just like your dream songs of hearing in the set list?
[SPEAKER_01]: And mind you like we had no idea what the set list was going to be we didn't know about the special songs Bethany you would literally said spine breaker and black swan and spine breaker is one of your favorite songs of BTS of all time and then like of course black swan like that's like your queen So I think this was just like like this concert
[SPEAKER_01]: Were you meant to have been in Vegas night show you should have been there Should have been there regret forever I know I just you would have freaked out forever.
[SPEAKER_02]: I would have been freaking yeah, I would have been on the floor I would have just been like hyperventilating like yeah, just losing my mind.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know what though?
[SPEAKER_01]: Our girl deja she got to be there
[SPEAKER_01]: She was there.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm so happy that an iconic was there to experience that amazing for her.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah Yeah, it looks like Vegas was such a fun time and yeah, they they did an incredible job and so yeah
[SPEAKER_02]: But before we get into this episode, I have one more little thing that I've been dying to share in the podcast that I haven't been able to stop thinking about since before we went to go see BTS in Tampa.
[SPEAKER_02]: And that is the night before we took our flights to Tampa.
[SPEAKER_02]: I had to make a couple errands, like last minute things, just like for the flight and things that I needed for Tampa when we went.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so when I was coming home from work, I turned on my street.
[SPEAKER_02]: And there was a car on my street and like mind you I don't know who this person is.
[SPEAKER_02]: I don't recognize them as a neighbor.
[SPEAKER_02]: It was just like a blonde girl about my age.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like I would say she was like early 30s.
[SPEAKER_02]: And as I turned onto the street, she like waved at me like pretty excitedly like she knew who I was or something.
[SPEAKER_02]: And I just like reactively waved back and was like wait do I know you like okay you know.
[SPEAKER_02]: And then I just thought that was weird that was weird like she must have mistaken me for like someone else right like one wave not that crazy Yes random maybe she I do not recognize her so I don't think she was a neighbor like I haven't seen her since I've never seen her her car like she was a ghost
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know, I don't know.
[SPEAKER_02]: So, hear me out, guys.
[SPEAKER_02]: Later that night, I make a trip to Target, get my things, whatever.
[SPEAKER_02]: I'm at a sampling and returning left onto like a major road.
[SPEAKER_02]: In this car beside me, it's like a black SUV, okay?
[SPEAKER_02]: And in the back seat, the window is down, and there's a passenger, and it's like a teenage girl, like a high school, maybe college age girl,
[SPEAKER_02]: And as returning, she like waves at me.
[SPEAKER_02]: She has her head out the window.
[SPEAKER_02]: She's in front of me.
[SPEAKER_02]: She's having to like look back at me, okay.
[SPEAKER_02]: And she waves at me.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so I like, wave back.
[SPEAKER_02]: And I'm like, oh, I'm like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[SPEAKER_02]: like what like at first I was like oh my god am I getting too close to the car like I thought they were like waving at me like move over or something like I did some kind of like traffic violation but no she just like genuinely was like waving at me like saying hi like hey
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, I was like, hey, it's so random.
[SPEAKER_02]: And at that moment I was like, what the hell?
[SPEAKER_02]: Like that haven't twice in like a span of a couple of hours, like that's super weird.
[SPEAKER_02]: So then I get, I'm approaching my house again, and I'm on this like major road, and this car is passing down the left, and now there's a girl in the front seat, different car, by the way, it's like a mini van.
[SPEAKER_02]: Girl in the front seat like teenage high school girl.
[SPEAKER_02]: She looks over at me and she just waves like she's like, hey I'm like what is going on?
[SPEAKER_02]: What like I was like freaking out?
[SPEAKER_02]: I I was like there's gotta be something on my car Like there's something on my car.
[SPEAKER_02]: So I pull into my garage and I inspect the shit out of my car You know, I'm like, do I have a flat tire?
[SPEAKER_02]: Do I have this?
[SPEAKER_02]: Is there something that someone wrote on my car?
[SPEAKER_02]: I did my car did my co-workers, right?
[SPEAKER_02]: Have fun at the BTS concert or something on my car, I don't know.
[SPEAKER_02]: There's nothing.
[SPEAKER_02]: And the only other thing that I can think of is like, was I singing, like I for sure was listening to Auditong in the car.
[SPEAKER_02]: So like, was I just like really vibe in with the music and these girls were like, get it girl, you know?
[SPEAKER_02]: Like cheering me on, I don't know.
[SPEAKER_02]: Or was it just a good omen for the BTS weekend?
[SPEAKER_02]: And it was like a sign, like, yeah, you're about to have the best weekend of your life.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, you texted me that night right after this happened.
[SPEAKER_01]: And since then, I've heard the story a couple times as you've retolded it.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I still got nothing.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like for me, I'm just like, that's just so random, so weird.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I remember you asking me that night, like,
[SPEAKER_01]: Kayla, you're like, you know, you're a teacher.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know what the trends are?
[SPEAKER_01]: Is there like a TikTok trend or something where you like teenagers are like waving at people and filming it and I was like, no, like I haven't seen anything like that.
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think that's a thing.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, it's crazy.
[SPEAKER_01]: You're like it had such an impact on you.
[SPEAKER_01]: That a month it's been a month a month later.
[SPEAKER_01]: You are still thinking about this.
[SPEAKER_02]: It was so weird like I don't think I've been wave that in the car since yeah, but it happened three times in a span of a couple hours.
[SPEAKER_02]: What?
[SPEAKER_02]: Like that's so weird.
[SPEAKER_02]: I like her a lot of time weekend right like maybe since it was prom weekend like maybe the girls were like like let's spread it positivity and love to other Even though I still don't think that that's something that like teenagers are doing it on prom weekends like
[SPEAKER_01]: teenagers are so egocentric like they don't care about what anyone else is doing, you know?
[SPEAKER_01]: So like it coming from two out of the three waves coming from like young people is so random and I like your idea of it of just being like a good omen for the weekend because we did have an incredible weekend and an incredible concert experience, so it's just like good vibes, you know?
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it was good vibes.
[SPEAKER_02]: I think that's the best way like that I could interpret it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like I was like for me The this was the first That was like the kickoff start of the good weekend for me.
[SPEAKER_02]: That's that experience.
[SPEAKER_01]: You'll always remember it
[SPEAKER_02]: I always remember it and I didn't get to share it in our concert episodes, so I feel like it's just like I've been like dying to share it And curious, curious to see if anyone has any ideas or know something I don't know Yeah, if anyone has ever had something similar happen to them or her youth, like please let us know because we're still baffled about it Yeah, yeah, I don't know.
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
[SPEAKER_01]: We'll figure it out someday.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure
[SPEAKER_01]: Bringing it a little bit back to BTS Las Vegas, how they did Spinebreaker, Black Swan, then I before they did permission to dance and they were there in Vegas and at the same time got to attend the American Music Awards.
[SPEAKER_01]: So that is what we are so excited to talk to you guys about today.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, let's get into it.
[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome back, where you're hosts, I'm Kayla.
[SPEAKER_02]: And I'm Bethany, and this is Standing BTS.
[SPEAKER_02]: Your favorite informative, Fianne Grove podcast.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, like Kayla was saying today, we're gonna hang out for about an hour and we're gonna be talking about BTS's history with the AMAs.
[SPEAKER_02]: Just talk about some of the awards that they won, but we're really gonna dive into the 2026 AMAs.
[SPEAKER_02]: BTS attended, we're going to talk about their performance video and the awards that they received this year.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's truly such a blessing that we got to see them be there for this award show in the States.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, cool.
[SPEAKER_01]: Before we get too far into today's episode, we just want to say thank you so much, Iconics, for being here and for all of your support.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Okay Bethany, let's just take a little trip down memory lane.
[SPEAKER_01]: Okay, yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Back to the year 2017, you and I were baby army.
[SPEAKER_01]: We had just discovered them in like late spring early summer of 2017.
[SPEAKER_01]: This was like right before DNA comes out, right before love herself, her comes out later that year.
[SPEAKER_01]: And we are just living and breathing and literally every single thought consumed by BTS that year.
[SPEAKER_01]: That year also happened to be BTS' kind of breakout year into the Western media sphere.
[SPEAKER_01]: In 2017, they performed for the first time on American television at the AMAZ.
[SPEAKER_01]: in the fall AMA is November 19th, 2017.
[SPEAKER_01]: So that was the first time they ever, like this was pre-doing any kind of talk shows like, you know, James Corden, Stephen Colbert, you know, Jimmy Fallen.
[SPEAKER_01]: This is their first American appearance here.
[SPEAKER_01]: There's a big deal, this night also, November 19th, 2017, they also performed DNA for the first time in the States, they had not yet kicked off their tour, their love yourself tour, and so they were performing it for the first time there as well.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, yeah, so just iconic.
[SPEAKER_02]: I feel like this was like the kickstart to that break through the state So at the time they were the only Korean group to perform on a major US award show stage So it was shattering that glass ceiling and really solidifying their crossover potential from eastern media media to the western stage
[SPEAKER_02]: And so it was truly a monumental moment in their history.
[SPEAKER_02]: So I think that they might be a little bit more partial to the AMA's.
[SPEAKER_02]: I could be wrong about that, but I think it was such a monumental moment for them.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: And for all of, I think, K-pop really.
[SPEAKER_02]: So I think this particular word show is held near and dear to their heart, because of this being kind of a shift in drastic moment in time for them.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's a night we surely will never forget.
[SPEAKER_02]: I hosted a party.
[SPEAKER_02]: We've talked about this a couple times on the podcast, but truthfully I was like oh November 19th my birthday is November 29th.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like I think I could stretch this to be like a birthday party and so I invited all my like a tea grad school friends and college friends.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like yeah, it's my birthday.
[SPEAKER_02]: Come over to the condo.
[SPEAKER_02]: Little did they know that it was like decked out from like floor literally to ceiling of BTS related to core.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I had these helium balloons like tons of helium balloons like Literally you had to like weed through these balloons to walk around and At the bottom of the string of each balloon was a BTS member picture and so like every like BTS members just I level everywhere you went
[SPEAKER_01]: I'd say not even just a picture of them you like used paper to frame each picture like these were night like you spent time to like make them look so good and nice.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, but it was like 30 photos hanging from the ceiling.
[SPEAKER_01]: It was like huh
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, yes, I had to have my friend Anthony go on get more helium because I ran out of helium more balloons There's we have more pictures.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, so it was so much fun and it was cool to like witness the show And this performance live at the time and so like yeah, like
[SPEAKER_02]: I guess we could say that the 2017 AMAZE is also really like held closely in our memory and our hearts.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: This really special night with friends and activities.
[SPEAKER_02]: I made like run BTS activities for all of us to do.
[SPEAKER_01]: I just remember during like we were waiting the whole night for their performance and you know this is like we said Literally their first time appearing on like an American U.S. award So they didn't they didn't present anything they weren't up for any nominations They were just there to perform and it felt like
[SPEAKER_01]: to get their name out like after this night they became like a household name like with some sort of like recognition of oh yeah BTS that's one like Korean group right you know i'm just more you and i on the floor like three feet away from the TV in the middle of your living room there at the condo like just glued to it during the performance we're like everybody shh
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, like, everybody we quite have to watch and just fan-girling together while watching them do DNA and just like being so blown away by their performance there and just thinking back then even it felt monumental for them to be performing like on that stage, you know, like the impact of that moment, you know.
[SPEAKER_01]: And we're still seeing it now like 10 years later as BTS
[SPEAKER_02]: So very cool.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, we want to go through a little bit of their award-winning history that BTS has had with the AMA's since that first appearance in 2017 They I mean, I should have put down to that they've performed again.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm pretty sure that they performed like fake love and black swan They did at the AMA's well, I think they did fake love at billboard
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's hard to know.
[SPEAKER_02]: I think we have to look at that.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I should have thought about that.
[SPEAKER_01]: But I did put down.
[SPEAKER_02]: Make love was Bob Ority.
[SPEAKER_01]: Fake love was Bob Ority.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, but I do know that, you know, what they did when they returned to the AMA's every year since then was got awards.
[SPEAKER_01]: And it's really cool to see this history.
[SPEAKER_01]: So between 2018 and 2020, three years in a row, BTS1, favorite social artist.
[SPEAKER_01]: And this is really known as a fan-voted award.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I remember back in 2018, we were voting our asses off for them to claim the amount of tweets that you could do per day.
[SPEAKER_01]: You could go to the website.
[SPEAKER_01]: You could, you know, like everything.
[SPEAKER_01]: And they won that.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then they like really solidified it.
[SPEAKER_01]: I felt like they would win that award forever because of the amount of fans that they have around the world.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then also in 2019, they won two of the year, which I think is such a cool award to get.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I feel like, for next year, they could definitely win that award at the AMAZ again, for the R-Rong World Tour.
[SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely.
[SPEAKER_01]: because this tour is so incredible that they're doing right now, but for that year, they would have won that award for the love yourself and speak yourself to her, which was truly incredible.
[SPEAKER_01]: For two years in a row, between 2020 and 2021, BTS won favorite duo slash group in the pop rock genre.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I really remember this because I was so awesome that they took this whole genre, you know, pop and rock and like being this K-pop band, like singing and majority and Korean and being able to like claim this award as their own, I thought was so awesome.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, this specific genre, and I was just being put under K-pop, I think that was a big leap.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think so too.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, and then in 2021, they won a first Asian act, they were the first Asian act to win artist of the year.
[SPEAKER_02]: So this was a huge moment for them too, because artists of the year is like the biggest award for the show.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's like what people wait for to the very end of the show.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so, yeah, they won artists of the year, the first Korean Asian act to do so, and then they also won at favorite pop song with butter.
[SPEAKER_02]: And I mean, that's to be expected at this point.
[SPEAKER_02]: I feel like some, as we're getting into post 2020, it's just kind of like, yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's going to be one of their English discography songs to take that role.
[SPEAKER_01]: I just think, like going from 2017, just performing there and not nominated for anything to winning artist of the year in 2021 is massive, like what a leap.
[SPEAKER_01]: For a year growth, going from just making an appearance, performing there on stage, which is even a just, you know, it's already incredible, but to getting the biggest award of the night, I think it's awesome.
[SPEAKER_02]: I think so too.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: So in 2022, they won a favorite K-pop artist, and this was a new category that they had entered in that year.
[SPEAKER_02]: So yeah, and then overall, BTS has claimed 14 AMAs between their first appearance there and military service until crazy.
[SPEAKER_02]: We get into 2026.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, honestly, and I do want to point out that,
[SPEAKER_01]: Favorite K-pop artist being a new category was pretty controversial at the time and I think people probably still have thoughts about it Like BTS could still be winning in a landslide the favorite duo group Pop Rock genre, you know, but they separated it out because K-pop started to become so much more popular
[SPEAKER_01]: In the States, many more K-pop groups besides BTS like TXT, Stray Kids, ATs, and Hypin, Blackpink, like all of these groups being more and more popular that they made a separate category so that way, they wouldn't be competing with the American artists within the traditional American artists category.
[SPEAKER_01]: So a lot of people are like, this is kind of lame, that they made this new category to put them into this box,
[SPEAKER_01]: when they work so hard to break out of that and to be able to, you know, be on the same place and feel this everybody else.
[SPEAKER_01]: I agree.
[SPEAKER_01]: So it kind of, it kind of reminds you a little bit.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, and I think it just shows how exponential to that Korean wave was though that there's so many other artists were becoming so popular and recognized here in the States.
[SPEAKER_02]: And I think too about just like solo work as well.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like I think about Lisa and Jenny and, oh yeah, you know,
[SPEAKER_01]: They're probably like, we have hard to make was not making it for sure.
[SPEAKER_01]: They probably had to make this category so that way literally every single award would not be won by K-pop idol or group because I think that's the direction it was going for sure.
[SPEAKER_02]: But it's yeah, definitely puts them into a box too though.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, for sure.
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, now almost 10 years later, we have the 2026 AMA's 10 years, almost 10 years after their first appearance.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, almost 10 years after their first appearance, BTS have once again returned.
[SPEAKER_01]: It worked out so well that, I mean, they must have planned this obviously, but that they were in Vegas for their tour and then the AMA's lined up with the time that they were in Vegas for their tour, so they were able to attend.
[SPEAKER_01]: They were rumored to attend, but they weren't on the official performance promos of, like, saying they were performing, that the AMA's released.
[SPEAKER_01]: So everybody was like, are they going or are they not?
[SPEAKER_01]: Because, like, if BTS were going, like, they would be performing type of thing.
[SPEAKER_01]: We would expect that.
[SPEAKER_01]: but they did attend and they chose not to walk the red carpet, which genuinely I love, I love that they made that choice because we get to see the pictures of them that they post on their Instagram, you know, we get to see them on stage as they accept these awards, but like they're literally in the middle of a tour.
[SPEAKER_01]: I love that they chose to like maybe conserve their energy or their time and not put themselves through the stress of like,
[SPEAKER_01]: Walking that red carpet and going through that, you know, and having to do like the red carpet interviews and whatever else like they have enough on their plate right now I love that they were like we will appear at the AMAs we will go, but the extra stuff.
[SPEAKER_01]: We're not gonna worry about
[SPEAKER_02]: I like that too.
[SPEAKER_02]: I love how you're putting it where there is super stressful walking the carbon and doing all of those interviews and everything.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so it's less on their play, it's less for them to have to worry about or do.
[SPEAKER_02]: But I also just appreciate like the, there's no necessity there in terms of promotion.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: I just don't feel like they, people just want to take pictures of them for the cloud and the clicks and the internet.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's just to some point, it's like their spectacle and I, you know, I don't, they want to save their energy for the fans and not the media.
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, Bethany, oh my gosh, I love that perspective.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, it's totally true because they don't need the free promo of, you know, some little,
[SPEAKER_01]: 30-second clip of them, you know, a quick red carpet interview or pictures or whatever.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like they genuinely don't need that.
[SPEAKER_01]: I love that, that they're saving the energy for the fans, which is definitely true.
[SPEAKER_01]: That's what they're doing.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I think it was a huge night for BTS.
[SPEAKER_01]: They did not perform live at the AMAs, but what they did, I think, honestly was way cooler.
[SPEAKER_01]: The opening of the entire awards show began with BTS, with how they opened their concert.
[SPEAKER_01]: It was a high quality recording from their concert the night before their in Vegas.
[SPEAKER_01]: of their first song, Hooligan.
[SPEAKER_01]: So we got to see, you know, all of the backup dancers running on stage with the smoke bombs and the flares.
[SPEAKER_01]: You get to see the entire allegiance stadium just packed with army and the army bombs lighting up the place.
[SPEAKER_01]: the really cool 360 stage there in the middle just so cool and I just think this is fucking iconic.
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think that there has ever been a time that the AMA is showed in actual concert clip for the award show.
[SPEAKER_01]: And now we can watch their live concert performance that we got to see with our own eyes.
[SPEAKER_01]: In like incredible high quality, we can watch it.
[SPEAKER_01]: any time, any place pulled up on YouTube.
[SPEAKER_02]: And immediately it took me back to the concert.
[SPEAKER_02]: It is like truly what you experience in concert, captured into an eternal video that we have access to in high quality.
[SPEAKER_02]: And once I saw the video and like, yeah, like the smoke, the red smoke coming out and everything like, I mean, it's exactly how I remember it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Immediately to see that.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's so special.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's so special for us to be able to relive that concert and also again like the point you were just making like saving their energy for the fans they they were like yeah we'll perform but take this performance video from our concert like we don't have to spend time with the AMA staff like doing practices for your cameras and you know whatever else like will attend
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I love it.
[SPEAKER_01]: I really love in this video at the beginning as the members are all walking in.
[SPEAKER_01]: We're getting these solo shots of each member.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, oh, you could just really appreciate how hot each and every one of them look like super close up.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's incredible.
[SPEAKER_02]: The confidence, the walking in, the attitude coming out on the stage, you know, the feeling themselves before they're
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh my god, also this is like braided hair park gym in, like that everybody is freaking out about it was that night that they recorded with genius incredible like that's preserved forever.
[SPEAKER_02]: I love that it's preserved.
[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, absolutely.
[SPEAKER_02]: This is just braided long blonde hair is so freaking iconic.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's his best look ever.
[SPEAKER_02]: I don't care what I'm saying.
[SPEAKER_02]: He said so many good looks like this.
[SPEAKER_02]: We say it every time.
[SPEAKER_02]: Every new look, we're like, it's his best.
[SPEAKER_02]: Every time.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's just the Park Gym and effect.
[SPEAKER_02]: But yeah, I love when they came out on stage, too.
[SPEAKER_02]: The crowd, you can hear going crazy.
[SPEAKER_02]: And just like the audacity for John Gook to come out and kind of like, you kind of for us his brows and stars his face up and his like, get louder.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, he's like waving his hand.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's like waving his hand.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: feeling it so much, I just feel the hype, oh yeah, and you really see like Jay Hope fucking controlling the stage for it feels like the entire first half of the song as he kicks the song off and then RM shares a little verse but then Jay Hope gets right back into it like the choreo everything he's just like fucking killing it.
[SPEAKER_01]: Jay Hope looks so cool.
[SPEAKER_01]: so cool so hot and then RM's hook then you see all of the members like lined up in their seven you know like they're kind of v-shaped formation and then they end up going into a straight line too doing the choreo like the watches watches go and who would get incredible like you could just look down the line and be like hot hot hot and then like so much impact
[SPEAKER_02]: I love that we get a really good shot of John Gook and Jen coming out and sage doing that.
[SPEAKER_02]: What's become a huge trend on TikTok and let's take you out, take you out, choreography, like moving across the stage.
[SPEAKER_02]: I it's so much appreciate that we have this Jen too because he has like a little jewel on his cheek and his cheekbone.
[SPEAKER_02]: And he had a little drill on his cheekbone by his eye for our concert, too.
[SPEAKER_02]: So I just feel like truly it's like we are for sure, reliving the whole thing.
[SPEAKER_02]: Taeyang looks so freaking hot and sorely and like this with her fluffy hair.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, yes.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then honestly, Yungi, during Yungi's verse, all of the backup dancers are...
[SPEAKER_01]: The part that really impacted me the most was when the rest of them leaves and it's just that one standing in front of him just like in the music video and he's just like wrapping at them.
[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, I love him that moment.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, I love that they gave him that moment.
[SPEAKER_02]: My only complaint of this whole thing is Whenever you get comes out to kick us they turn the camera away and we don't get like kicked right in the face Yeah, it counts away to a different shot right then.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, yes
[SPEAKER_02]: We kind of have everything.
[SPEAKER_02]: I know it's such a great performance.
[SPEAKER_02]: I love how much you could see of the stage and the effects and the back of dancers.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, at the very end, we get another like seven member shot of every single one of them.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's a blessing.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's iconic.
[SPEAKER_02]: I know that.
[SPEAKER_02]: So happy that they did this.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Me too like such a cool way to start the American music awards this year but also just fucking iconic for BTS to be like Hey, this is what we're doing.
[SPEAKER_01]: This is what we're up to right now.
[SPEAKER_01]: Look at our sold out stadium tour like and this incredible performance I just think it's such a flex
[SPEAKER_01]: So that's how they kicked the night off and then spoiler alert BTS went home with three awards that night After starting the whole awards show.
[SPEAKER_01]: So let's talk about the awards that BTS got this year in 2026 they won song of the summer with swim swim swim
[SPEAKER_01]: I agree with this so much.
[SPEAKER_01]: This is the perfect song for the summer and we're so excited that they won this Like I already want to play this song all summer.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to Puerto Rico soon I'm gonna play it the whole time that I'm by the ocean like I've also been hearing this song quite a bit on the radio already and And the past like no other so yeah, so that excites me to hear it on like the pop like top 40 radio a lot
[SPEAKER_02]: yeah, me too.
[SPEAKER_02]: So they went up and they did their acceptance speech and here's just a couple quotes that we have from their speech.
[SPEAKER_02]: So RM said when we made this album we had a lot of pressure and we tried to figure out what kind of music felt the most like us right now.
[SPEAKER_02]: But the only thing we believed in is that we have to keep challenging and moving forward and I love that so much
[SPEAKER_02]: Their sound is on this album so so much, and it's still fresh, but like, still them, and yeah, like, they really, they did it perfectly.
[SPEAKER_02]: The execution was perfect, and then Taeyang added in after he said to everyone out there who keeps swimming no matter what we send out our love and support, so keep swimming.
[SPEAKER_02]: So cute and so sweet.
[SPEAKER_02]: Is this the part of the acceptance speech when they have a little rubber dust?
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, RM like squeezes it into the microphone as Tae on this topic and yeah, and it's so perfect for song of the summer Like I just love that he like was speaking in the yeah, I'm just being goofy and messing around like very BTS
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, people might get up on stage when they get on a board like this and be like, oh, thank you.
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you to the fans.
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you to my parents, thanks to the producers, thanks to the label, whatever.
[SPEAKER_01]: But I love the RM took the time to like,
[SPEAKER_01]: Once again, be like, hey, we're so proud of this album.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, this is, this was our perspective in making something like this and we appreciate the support.
[SPEAKER_01]: Because we know how much work they put into creating this and it's just so real for him to get up there and say, like, we just believe that we have to keep challenging ourselves and moving forward.
[SPEAKER_01]: And that's like, embodies what swim is all about.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, keep swimming in, you know, I just think that that was such a great thing for him to say.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, very real of him and I think that's why we love him so much you know him doing speeches like that They also won a best male K pop artist against A. T's and Hype in Stray Kids and TXT Which is a very tough matchup because all of these groups are so incredibly popular and so BTS obviously is very popular too But after coming back from military service like
[SPEAKER_02]: these groups were really like thriving in the absence of BTS.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, but yeah, so like tough matchup.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like these are very popular.
[SPEAKER_02]: So sweet.
[SPEAKER_01]: And if there's one thing that a K-pop fandom can do, it's vote and support their artists.
[SPEAKER_01]: So for BTS to take this category after military service, I just think is wild and incredible.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, I'm sure that they're so humbled by a
[SPEAKER_01]: the bigger word of the night against a huge list of heavy hitters like this I feel like these are all of the top names for all the genres, bad bunny, Bruno Mars, Harry Styles, Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Morgan Wallen, and Sabrina Carpenter against all these people BTS 1 artists of the year are here in 2020 6 into 2020 6.
[SPEAKER_01]: After being gone in the military service, you know, gone from the AMA is for like four years.
[SPEAKER_01]: These guests are back and one took home the biggest award of the night.
[SPEAKER_01]: It is huge.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's been so hard to do for that time to have passed against these.
[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, these are the biggest artists like everyone knows these names everyone.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's an honor.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's huge.
[SPEAKER_02]: continue to be in awe of their success.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I would continue to keep moving upward and just I don't know.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure that they were really worried after all of the time that they were gone if they would be able to like come back.
[SPEAKER_01]: to these spheres, you know, these award shows and whatever that they in the past have dominated at, but it's like, you know, they've been gone and the music industry is so quick, you know, is anyone going to recognize them again?
[SPEAKER_01]: Is anyone going to give them the time of day again?
[SPEAKER_01]: And so it must just feel so rewarding for them to gain this award once again after all this time, especially against these massive names.
[SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: And I can't remember if it was like RM had talked about this at one point, but I feel like we've talked about just like the K-pop industry and their model of like the continuous output of music and production of, you know, tour, album, promotion, you know, and that there's really no breaks.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so for them to not only have like,
[SPEAKER_02]: a year, we're talking like two years, three, four years, you know, of all this time where they weren't together, and to come back and have this success, like, yeah, I'm sure they were worried.
[SPEAKER_02]: I'm sure they were super uncertain of what to expect, and so...
[SPEAKER_02]: how amazing that they want artists here.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think most like male groups and male solo artists in the K-pop realm, when they do come back from service, don't get to enjoy the same level of popularity that they had pre-service.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like it's just a fact of like the being gone, you know, it's hard to be able to maintain that that hold on on your fans or on the industry.
[SPEAKER_01]: So a BTS
[SPEAKER_01]: truthfully.
[SPEAKER_02]: It is historic, yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, absolutely.
[SPEAKER_02]: So let's talk about their winning and like kind of like what that looked like when they found out that they won artists of the year.
[SPEAKER_02]: So as the names are being read, it's noticeable just how loudly the crowd cheers for BTS over the other artists.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like as they're listening them, like yeah, there's tears but then BTS is like, whoa, it's like a huge uproar because everyone is there for them.
[SPEAKER_02]: And Buster Rimes was who was presenting the award for them.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so when he said, and the award goes to so many people, we're just shouting.
[SPEAKER_02]: BTS BTS, you know.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, he kind of let it linger for a while and they just looked so proud when their name was called when Buster Rimes finally said BTS that they won artists of the year.
[SPEAKER_02]: You could just see on all of their faces like JK was smiling almost in disbelief really truly must feel good after all this time.
[SPEAKER_02]: I think Jim and Heather is like hands over his face and he even like show his expression because he was like, I'm sure he's feeling all sorts of things like nervous, excited, hopeful.
[SPEAKER_01]: And there you know, don't look at me.
[SPEAKER_01]: Everybody's perceiving us right now.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and like the rap line just looks so cool and Jen, they just look so cool and casual about it like not that they expected to win like that's not the air that they had about it, but just like, you know, I feel like like humble and proud like humbled to be receiving it again after all of this time and just like proud of the work that they're doing like they all immediately looked at each other.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I just remember too, RM had this big smile on his face looking at all his members.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, dabbing them up a little bit as they walk up to go up stage.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think he's doing that's awesome.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes.
[SPEAKER_02]: Taehyung also can we just talk about Taehyung's hair for a second.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's got this new hair color going on.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's got like the top part of his hair is like his dark brunette.
[SPEAKER_02]: And then underneath is blonde.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like the black color.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's looking like super thick again.
[SPEAKER_01]: Is this just me?
[SPEAKER_01]: No, it's like, I see.
[SPEAKER_02]: He was like buff out of the military and then he kind of like, then down.
[SPEAKER_02]: Right.
[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, I was looking a little bit more like, you know, lean.
[SPEAKER_02]: The tang we know.
[SPEAKER_02]: Right.
[SPEAKER_02]: And then now I'm like, wait, it's going on.
[SPEAKER_02]: He looks thick as hell.
[SPEAKER_02]: Mm-hmm.
[SPEAKER_02]: I just, I'm tired of it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Kayla.
[SPEAKER_02]: I just, I'm tired of it.
[SPEAKER_02]: And he's been particularly naughty on this, too, where I feel like to- Yes, he has.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I feel like every morning I wake up when I go.
[SPEAKER_02]: But it's so tight.
[SPEAKER_02]: Why?
[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, he, like, he is doing something up scene.
[SPEAKER_02]: Every time that line is sung at the concert.
[SPEAKER_01]: That's the one thing.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, we-
[SPEAKER_01]: He's like he's pointing at different parts of his body and he's pointing at the fans and you know the thing is seeing them in Tampa The you know only the second night of their tour Leg of the tour in the States we kind of got them on good behavior like they they won't get like real freaky and loose with
[SPEAKER_01]: that yet.
[SPEAKER_01]: And now as it's like progressed throughout, you know, like El Paso and Stanford and Vegas even Taehyung just said in Vegas like, I heard Vegas is Sin City, so show me how like sinful you can get through it.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's a crazy like, well, just be a host for you.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's fine.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, Taehyung looks so fucking I remember when he debuted that that two-tone hair color And I sent you a bunch of pictures that morning like Bethany looked at this and just die So yeah, they obviously they all get up on stage and they look fine as hell They look so fucking good Rm and Jay Hope both wearing like their sunglasses Like Jay Hope was like his like frosted tips thing going on as And he looks so cool.
[SPEAKER_01]: He looks so cool iconic
[SPEAKER_01]: I love the grouping and seeing an extra killer like, why is a like Jen Cook always next to each other on an awards show, except if they're a stage, there are pieces are lethal.
[SPEAKER_01]: Face card killing, that's exactly right.
[SPEAKER_01]: I just love the young and the mock day, just you know, glued together, J.K. like hiding in the back, Yungi always on the side, Jim and always like hiding behind RM, just obsessed with their dynamic.
[SPEAKER_01]: But they get up and they do again obviously have an acceptance speech in this one's a little bit longer because it's the biggest award of the night.
[SPEAKER_01]: And RM said, our biggest thanks in gratitude goes as always to the Army's all over the world who stood by us for the past 13 years.
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's 13 years, like it's been that long.
[SPEAKER_01]: Amazing.
[SPEAKER_01]: Jay Hope says we have been overwhelmed by the reaction to this album, honestly, wow.
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for embracing Adidas and every single song on this album that you helped chart for real.
[SPEAKER_01]: I just, I love that so much.
[SPEAKER_01]: Jimmins says, thank you for passionately following us on tour and showing us so much love in every city.
[SPEAKER_01]: JK yells from the side, thank you Army, I feel so good to be back.
[SPEAKER_01]: Good evening.
[SPEAKER_01]: It was so cute.
[SPEAKER_01]: And honestly, just like such a celebration, like you said, Bethany, at the beginning of our talk about this, about how it must feel so nostalgic for them to be back on the AMA stage.
[SPEAKER_01]: and how important it was back in 2017 for them to perform DNA there.
[SPEAKER_01]: And what it's become since then, how they've grown since then, all they've achieved since then is just incredible.
[SPEAKER_01]: So it's really awesome that they were able to make the time to appear and also bring home the biggest award of the night.
[SPEAKER_01]: So cool.
[SPEAKER_01]: Mm-hmm.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, truthfully.
[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, I agree with all of that.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like it's just all the time that's passed.
[SPEAKER_02]: So need to see them here again at the AMAs in person.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like I think it just means so much.
[SPEAKER_02]: Then the soldier, you know, just them to know that where their footing is, and then to tree after all this time.
[SPEAKER_02]: You know, I feel like a lot of their concerns and worries maybe were taken off.
[SPEAKER_02]: their shoulders a little with this yeah I think so too yeah really it must feel so good for them to be back I'm so proud of them they went live on weverse after this too which is really cool like I know that's also a tradition that's just a tradition for them right go live after in a word show
[SPEAKER_01]: And AMA is after party, it's no, you know what they want to do, they want to get on weverse and go live and hang out with Army and again like humble kings, they just I love it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, we will say that there's just an honorable mention that we're going to say for Song of the Year, it went to Golden by, and I don't know how to say her name is it,
[SPEAKER_02]: It's just, again, we think it's really cool that BTS is not only paving the way for just K-pop in general, but it's just cool to live in a time where there's a movie that we're celebrating K-pop and Korean culture, and that it's gained so much recognition and popularity, and it's a really beloved movie by like everyone, just I feel like everyone loves it, and whether you're into
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they won so many different awards.
[SPEAKER_01]: When I was going through the full awards list, like they took them like five different awards for K-pop demon hunters.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like soundtrack of the year and yeah, and EJ has said not at this award show, but like a previous one when they accepted a different award at the end of like last year.
[SPEAKER_01]: for Golden.
[SPEAKER_01]: She shouted out BTS and she said, like, thank you, BTS for paving the way for us.
[SPEAKER_01]: We would not be here, this movie would not exist, or have gotten this recognition, had it not been for BTS to do it first.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I just think that's so awesome.
[SPEAKER_02]: Well, we hope you guys enjoyed this episode about BTS of the AMAs.
[SPEAKER_02]: We were super excited to see that they did this because we're like, Heck, yeah, easy episode.
[SPEAKER_02]: We just love talking about their awards and performances too.
[SPEAKER_02]: And so what an extra special treat when they're super busy on tour with this new album to be able to go to this award show and attend it in person.
[SPEAKER_02]: It just seems like so much time has gone by where they haven't been able to do this.
[SPEAKER_02]: Amazing.
[SPEAKER_02]: So.
[SPEAKER_01]: And now everybody go watch the Hooligan AMA's performance a million times.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes.
[SPEAKER_02]: This is the best.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: Thank you guys.
[SPEAKER_01]: Of course, as always, you can find links for all of the things in the description.
[SPEAKER_01]: Thanks for listening and thanks for standing BTS.