BTS in United Nation General Assembly 2021

As president’s Envoys

In september 2021, the president of South Korea Mr. Moon Jae-In designated BTS as the envoys for future generations and culture. The K pop sensation group entered the world charts with their first no 1 on billboard with their song “ Dynamite “ and become the first k pop band to ever appear on charts. After that BTS doesn’t stop just there but they kept topping the charts with their songs” Butter “ and “ Permission to dance”. Their success made them popular in the whole world and generates billions that also contributed in South Korean Economy. There was held a spectacular event in blue house Seoul , Korea. In this event BTS received their red Diplomatic Passports, which allow them to travel to more then 100 countries without visa and it also give them diplomatic immunity and exemption from airport inspections.President Moon appreciated their efforts and appoints them as his special envoys for future generation and culture and it was announced that BTS would accompany their president in the UN General Assembly session.

BTS in United Nation

Over one million viewers were online to watch not the world leaders but the boy Band BTS streamed UN general assembly. At the General Assembly President Moon Jae-In made his speech and then introduce BTS. He said: “Probably the artists that are most loved by people around the world.” Then BTS took the stage. Seven members wear dark black suits and lanyards with their names and lapel pins promoting the UN sustainable development goals campaign. Not like last time when only the leader RM spoke, this time every member of BTS has to say something and they spoke in front of hundred world leaders. This time they deliver their speech in full Korean, with an interpreter translating into English. RM started his speech by addressing the crowd of the UN head Quarters and people watching them online. He gave brief overview about how the last two years of pandemic changed the lives of the people. The group shared an open call with people sharing their opinions about what they achieve and learn from the pandemic. Then Jin who highlights the positivity of the responses and gives a message to live on takes the spotlight. “ There were times during the past two years when I, too, felt bewildered and troubled, but still here we have people who cry out, ‘let’s live on, let’s make the best of this moment,’” He stated. Jimin talk about how this time of pandemic shouldn’t taken as an excuse to give up but this time can be ideal time to accept new challenges and avoid freezing with circumstances and kept going for your dreams. Jungkook stated the issues and the moments which covid 19 ruined for many people. He talks about the students missing their graduation ceremonies saying: “These are moments of lives meant to be celebrated and missing out on them is upsetting “. He shared how he felt for those people when their concerts got canceled trying to say that we are in same boat of life. Suga continue jungkook’s point and talk about the positive things we can think about in the pandemic. He talk about how pandemic becomes a source of realization of the worth of the precious things we had but we never appreciated it. “A time to discover how precious things we took for granted were.” He added. Talking about the sustainable development and climate change, J hope stated his point. “Everyone agrees that climate change is an important problem, but talking about what the best solution might be is not easy.” Answering the controversies of the members covid vaccination, J hope proudly rejected all the doubts and stated that all of the members are vaccinated. V talk about how the young generation is more interested in the environmental issues and how this is the signal for the bright future and we should motivate them rather then suppressing them. “I hope we don’t just consider the future as grim darkness, we have people who are concerned for the world and searching for the answers. There are still many pages left in the story about us and we shouldn’t talk like the ending is already written.” He spoke to the general assembly. Jungkook said that being young generation, sometimes its ok to feel like you are stuck and lost your way. RM added to his point saying how the Covid Generation is referred as Lost Generation. Jin and Jimin continued his point suggesting that the title of lost generation should be renamed as “welcome generation.” “Instead of fearing change, this generation welcomes it,” Jin expanded his point. RM concluded the speech saying “ We thought the world had stopped but it keeps on moving. Every choice we make is the beginning of change." After that the member played a video of their hit song Permission to dance in which they were dancing in the building of UN and then thy were joined by some enthusiastic group of people and dance together to represent harmony and unity.