Agust D2 Daechwita Music Video: BTS' Suga announces he's the king, he's the boss & we bow down to Yoongi

As though we don't adore the Wooga Squad enough, BTS singer V has given us another reason to shower the gang with love. For the unversed, the friends' group includes Bangtan Boy Kim Taehyung, Itaewon Class star Park Seo Joon, Korean artist Peakboy, Parasite actor Choi Woo Shik, and singer Park Hyun Sik.

BTS is currently one cloud nine as their album Map of the Soul: 7 has been breaking records one after the other. The septet’s latest creation has been receiving tremendous response from music lovers all over the world.

James Corden is showing his appreciation for BTS fans. During an episode of The Late Late Show, he paid tribute to the passionate fanbase for coming together to raise $1 million in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

BTS have certainly put their money where their mouths are when it comes to supporting Black Lives Matter, having donated $1 million to the international human rights movement. As protests in support of the initiative – and its core ideals – continue all around the world, the hugely popular K-pop band teamed up with Big Hit Entertainment, their Korean record label, and transferred the hefty sum on Friday, June 5.

BTS continues its FESTA 2020 celebrations with new set of family portraits. The Korean pop band, which celebrates its seventh anniversary this year, has been showering the ARMY with love via new songs, choreography videos, and aesthetic family portraits.

BTS (RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook) gave a powerful commencement speech during YouTube’s virtual “Dear Class of 2020" graduation celebration on Sunday (June 7).Wearing sleek black suits, the seven members recorded their contribution to the event from the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, South Korea.

Jeff Benjamin After K-pop titans BTS stated their solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter this week, declaring “we stand together” against racial discrimination, the group and its Korean record label are making a further commitment: BTS and Big Hit Entertainment have donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter, a rep for Big Hit confirms to Variety.The donation was transferred earlier this week, with Black Lives Matter confirming receipt to Big Hit early on Saturday, June 6.

BTS’ Jungkook has shared a new solo song, ‘Still With You’, as part of the band’s Festa celebrations.The annual Festa commemorates the anniversary of the Korean group’s debut, with 2020 marking their seventh year together.‘Still With You’ is Jungkook’s first original solo release outside of the band’s main catalogue and was released for free on BTS’ Soundcloud yesterday (June 4).

The Korean boy group has joined the long list of celebrities showing full support to the Black Lives Matter movement amid fierce protests all over the world. BTS undeniably has massive social and international influence and has been for a long time, which is why the members standing in solidarity with all the victims of police brutality and racism in general was only a matter of time.

In support of Black Lives Matter, BTS released a statement in which the members declared that they “stand against racial discrimination” after the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, David McAtee and other unarmed Black Americans. The band took to their Twitter on Thursday, June 4, with a statement in Korean and English about how the K-pop group condemns systemic racial violence and discrimination.

BTS released a rare political statement on Wednesday (June 4), standing in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Last year, BTS scored the most-liked tweet courtesy Jungkook. Kookie posted a video on the band's official Twitter account where he was dancing to Billie Eilish's Bad Guy. The ARMY showered him with love and as a result, the "Duh" tweet made history. However, he wasn't the only Korean celebrity who was hooked to the English song last year. We've discovered a video on Lee Min Ho's official Instagram account that shows the lead of The King: Eternal Monarch that shows he also enjoyed the song. 

A Pinkvilla reader by the name of Riya Chauhan pens her journey from BTS' DNA to exploring K-Dramas: 

FESTA 2020 is finally upon us and ARMY could not be more excited as BTS celebrates their seventh anniversary. The special occasion was capped off with a special summer version of their hit track, Airplane pt. 2, which was shot during their Summer Package trip to Saipan. We have a whole lot of things to look forward to as BTS will be dropping new videos, photos and songs every day until June 13, when the K-pop group celebrates its birthday with ARMY.

The annual KCON festival celebrates Korean music and culture, but this year's Los Angeles event went digital due to COVID-19

Korean entertainment, in a nutshell, has taken over on a global scale. Whether it be their addictive tunes or their content-driven yet guilty pleasure K-dramas, there's something in store for everybody.

The wait was long but it was absolutely worth it! BTS singer Suga has finally dropped his mixtape, Agust D, and a music video of the song from the album. Titled Daechwita, the music video of the Agust D2 song took no time to set the internet on fire.

By Denise Petski

Just as the Korean pop industry was coming to terms with the developments involving BTS‘s Jungkook, SEVENTEEN‘s Mingyu, NCT‘s Jaehyun, and ASTRO‘s Cha Eun Woo, the Korean entertainment industry finds itself tackling Cheongdam Party controversy.  Sports Kyunghyang reported that actress Once Again star Lee Min Jung, former After School member Lee Joo Yeon, T-Ara’s Hyomin, and actress Kim Hee Jung were spotted at a birthday party near Itaewon.

By Manori Ravindran