Another fresh gasp, the world gazed from Saudi Arabia was the thrilling concert of popular K-pop Korean band BTS in king Fahad International Stadium in Riyadh on 11 Oct 2019. BTS is a first foreigner band that performed solo amid an ARMY (a term specifically used for the fans of BTS band) of 60,000 who were bopping and amusing with lit lanterns and flashlights. Several women also attended the concert as women set allowed to enter the stadium back in 2017. BTS is on “Love yourself: Speak yourself” world tour. The Saudi crowd fell in love with the boys when Kim (a band member) praised the audience in Arabic while stating that
All BTS idols are single despite a huge fandom and crushes around the globe. It is not written in the contracts but there is a rumor that the boys are banned from dating or having any relationship or at least disclosing it, as this can hit their fandom and ultimately the profits of companies in the contract.
Music doesn’t bound to language, as the sensational BTS idol songs are in Korean with few lines of English which rule on hearts. Only the rapper and group leader RM is fluent in English. Other boys are good at speaking Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. The band started to boom in 2014 from a school function and took hold of high attention in a little time.
“Saudi ARMY is best”
BTS is a short form of Bangtan Sonyeondan which means Bulletproof boys.
BTS is a popular pop band that seized the top rating on US music charts for their traditional hip-hop music and staggering dance steps. The band has seven members that are RM, Jungkook, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin and V. The band has grasped more than $3.6 billion to the economy of south-Korea. Their recent popular music album is “Love yourself”.
All BTS idols are single despite a huge fandom and crushes around the globe. It is not written in the contracts but there is a rumor that the boys are banned from dating or having any relationship or at least disclosing it, as this can hit their fandom and ultimately the profits of companies in the contract.
Music doesn’t bound to language, as the sensational BTS idol songs are in Korean with few lines of English which rule on hearts. Only the rapper and group leader RM is fluent in English. Other boys are good at speaking Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. The band started to boom in 2014 from a school function and took hold of high attention in a little time.
BTS performed in Saudi Arabia on the request of Prince Muhammad Bin Salman. The whole city was brightened to welcome the guys, and the show was live-streamed for the people who couldn’t reach it live. It was a thing that the Saudi kingdom had never witnessed before. The whole stadium was lightening up and buildings were themed in purple, which is the signature color of the BTS band.
Saudi people are going through a visible social, religious and economic breakthrough under the leadership of Prince Muhammad Bin Salman. The King appointed Muhammad Bin Salman as a crown prince on 21 June 2017. Since the time, Muhammad Bin Salman took the bold steps to set his country compatible with the rest of the world. Few of his attempts are action against corruption, limiting the religious police power, weakening the male-guardianship laws, allowing the women to drive and increasing the role of women in government and public sector.
BTS has faced criticism for performing in the country which is violating human rights but BTS has explained that it was not an easy decision for them to perform when Nicki Minaj and other popular singers refused to perform in Saudi Arabia. We were “officially invited” and it’s been a while when we performed in Middle-east–I guess the last time was Dubai in 2015. We’ll go, where people want to see us.
The fans are eager to know about the next concerts of BTS. Till then enjoy their songs online.