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BTS “We’ve achieved a lot, but we’re also in our 20s who couldn’t take off our academic cap”
BTS, which stood at an online graduation ceremony for graduates who could not hold offline graduation ceremonies with COVID19, delivered a message of consolation and hope to peers around the world who took their first steps toward tomorrow.
BTS, which stood at an online graduation ceremony for graduates who could not hold offline graduation ceremonies with COVID19, delivered a message of consolation and hope to peers around the world who took their first steps toward tomorrow.
BTS stood as a speaker for a congratulatory speech at the virtual graduation ceremony “Dear Class of 2020,” which was broadcast on YouTube at 4 a.m. on June 8 (Korean time). At the graduation ceremony hosted by YouTube, BTS was the only speaker in Korea to deliver a congratulatory speech through a video clip for about 12 minutes.
First of all, RM, the leader, said, “As a young man in his 20s like you from Seoul, Korea, I would like to express my congratulations,” and added, “I hope that what I and my members are saying can be comforted, hopeful, and inspired in some way.”
RM recalled his middle school graduation ceremony and said that he posted photos of those days as the main photos of SNS throughout his school days. “I think it’s because I always wanted to live with that kind of mind because the fear and overflowing heart at that time were the true self of myself,” he said.
The youngest, Jung-kook, said, “There were always members at the beginning and end of high school,” and recently watched the video again and said, “I thought he really became me when he grew up,” and added, “I believe in myself, trust in the members, trust in the world, and stand here now. I hope you can take a step forward and run constantly,” he said.
“I was afraid to go into a strange world at my high school graduation. Sometimes I was worried and impatient about my friends, but instead of walking slowly, I started to spend a little more time than others,” Jin, the eldest brother of mine.
“Even if I practice dancing, I start preparing a few days ahead of the members,” he said. “Even if I am slow and relaxed, if I take a step by step, I will see precious things that I didn’t know before.”
Suga said, “I’ve been running for a long time and I feel like I’ve fallen. And then I woke up again and looked around, and it seemed like there was nothing around and I was trapped inside the island,” he said. “There are some things that we can do because it’s an island. “Only focusing on myself, breaking my own mold,” he said. “Your chances are endless. I didn’t even dream of becoming a BTS member.
“I hope everyone is doing well, but if it’s not okay at all, I want to comfort them with all my heart,” Jimin said. “I hope you remember that there is someone here in Seoul, a country called Korea, who understands me.”
“When I make music, I sometimes come to a dead end,” J-Hope said. “At that time, the thought of ‘just one more time’ raises me up.” “You will also constantly doubt whether it was the right choice, whether I’m doing well or not, and if I keep going like this, I hope you remember that it’s you who lead my life.”
V said, “I wasn’t born with talent or perseverance, but I fell in love with the joy of singing and dancing, and the joy kept me working hard to get here now.” “If you can’t see what you have to do before graduation, lean on your heart,” he said. “Even if it’s a little hard now, I think there’s a chance and luck waiting somewhere at the end.”
The last part of the congratulatory speech was taken over by RM again. “People say we’ve done a lot, but we’re still in our 20s, like any other age, facing the world of flying without taking off our academic cap,” RM said. “We’ve been through a lot of confusion recently as important plans go down, and the anxiety and loss still remain somewhere in our minds.”
“The answer we found at this time was that we are people who play music,” he said. “When we go through music, we feel connected to everyone in the world and deliver laughter and courage to each other at this time of fear.” “We are alone, but we will always be together,” he said. “We are now looking at each other through a small camera, but I don’t doubt that the future that you will bloom in will be much bigger and more beautiful.”
Various celebrities including former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, pop star Beyonce, former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice participated as speakers. As pop musicians, Justin Timberlake, Sean Mendez, Taylor Swift, Billy Eilish, Elisha Keith and Jennifer Lopez delivered short congratulatory messages as special guests.
BTS will attend the performance, which is an “after-party” as well as a congratulatory speech, and decorate the finale with a headliner.
NEW K.ID, the No.1 TV channel for all K-Pop entertainment and source (https://cutt.ly/NEWKID), announced its weekly chart for the 4th week of September.
[Weekly Idol]
TREASURE is on a mission. After BLACKPINK reclaimed their throne in NEW K.ID’s Weekly Idol Ranking last week, TREASURE rose to the top of this week’s chart once again. Considering that TREASURE only officially made their debut last month, it is remarkable to see them go toe to toe with BLACKPINK so fast. YG fans will undoubtedly be happy as YG artists have won the last 11 NEW K.ID’s Weekly Idol Rankings. TREASURE’s new song, ‘I LOVE YOU’ is also attracting a lot of attention worldwide as it topped LINE MUSIC’s Top 100 Chart, which is the biggest music platform in Japan. They also surpassed 200,000 in the album sales just in pre-order, having the best performance among all the newly debuted K-Pop idols this year. Furthermore, the ‘I LOVE YOU’ Music Video brought more than 10 million views on YouTube within 72 hours of its release. TREASURE’s members commented that they do not wish to dwell on the numbers but would rather like to repay the fans with great music.
[Weekly Hot News]
Followed by TREASURE, BLACKPINK, SECRET NUMBER, DKB, STRAY KIDS, SF9, AKMU, RED VELVET, SEVENTEEN, and TXT got into this week’s Idol Ranking. Coming in at the second place, BLACKPINK is releasing their first official studio album, ‘THE ALBUM,’ on October 2nd. YG Entertainment has been teasing the highly anticipated album with members’ unique and individual pictures. The album will be released at 12 AM EST or 1 PM KST. ‘THE ALBUM’ already surpassed 800,000 sales in pre-order and is projected to shatter the records as the most sold K-Pop female artists’ album in the history. With the pre-released singles such as ‘How You Like That’ and ‘Ice Cream’ having tremendous successes, fans are excited to see how ‘THE ALBUM’ will shake up the industry.
Ranked at #5, Stray Kids has been selected as the fastest-rising K-Pop artist in the world according to the joint data analytics done by Twitter and Space Oddity. With this year’s K-Pop Analysis and #KpopTwitter 2020 World Map, Twitter showcased various infographics from the ‘most mentioned K-Pop artist by market’ to ‘Top 10 most mentioned K-Pop songs in the world’. Stray Kids was the only artist debuted in 2018 to break into ‘Top 10 fastest-rising K-Pop artists in the world’. Stray Kids also was placed 10th on ‘Top 10 most mentioned K-Pop artists in the world’, buttressing their status as a rising global artist. Stray Kids’ new album ‘Life’ exceeded 230,000 in sales and topped the album chart in 23 different countries, breaking their previous records.
At the 6th place is SF9 who is planning a new project called ‘FANTASY RACE’ in a celebration of their 4th debut anniversary. It has already been 4 years since SF9 made its debut with a single album, ‘Feeling Sensation,’ in 2016, and gained immense popularity throughout their career. FNC Entertainment announced that fans could expect in a total of 4 different race courses as they can experience a variety of content, including a unique album, ‘SF9 Corp 2’, VLIVE, and an offline pop-up store. SF9 is also performing an online late-night concert, NOOB CON-SF9, on October 10th via VLIVE.
Ranked at #10, TXT is making a comeback on October 26th with refreshed and never seen looks. Big Hit Entertainment released album motion graphics through its official platform, Weverse. This third mini-album will capture TXT’s small stories as they transition from the ‘The Dream Chapter’ series into a new installation. TXT’s ‘minisode1: Blue Hour’ will showcase a changed TXT like fans have never seen before with a new concept. Meanwhile, TXT was also nominated in Radio Disney’s Song of the Summer as the only Korean artist alongside global artists like Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Sia, and Dua Lipa.
NEW K.ID, the only TV channel that allows viewers to enjoy K-POP Idol-related content programming 24/7 and exclusive episodes curated from 10K+ videos, is available at CH 511 for free on LG Smart TVs and XUMO apps on all Internet-connected devices.
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BLACKPINK Reclaims Their Throne in NEW K.ID’s Weekly Chart in The BLINK of an Eye
NEW K.ID, the No.1 TV channel for all K-Pop entertainment and source (https://cutt.ly/NEWKID), announced its weekly chart for the 3rd week of September.
NEW K.ID, the No.1 TV channel for all K-Pop entertainment and source (https://cutt.ly/NEWKID), announced its weekly chart for the 3rd week of September.
[Weekly Idol]
The queens are back again. After TREASURE’s surprise rise to the top of NEW K.ID’s Weekly Idol Ranking last week, BLACKPINK reclaimed their throne, solidifying themselves once again as the most popular idol group in NEW K.ID. BLACKPINK takes 6th win in the chart and will certainly not be the last. BLACKPINK also recently topped the September Girl Group Brand Reputation Rankings carried out by The Korean Business Research Institute. The rankings were determined through a bigdata analysis on media coverage, participation rate, and community indexes of the female idol groups to determine which female idol group has the best brand image in public. As the ranking suggests, BLACKPINK is insanely popular not only in South Korea but also worldwide. Their recent releases like ‘Ice Cream’ that was on Billboard’s The Hot 100 for two consecutive weeks and ‘How You Like That’ that won ‘Song of The Summer’ on MTV Video Music Awards, helped BLACKPINK secure the #1 spot in both NEW K.ID’s Idol Ranking and Brand Reputation Chart.
[WEEKLY HOT NEWS]
Followed by BLACKPINK, CHERRY BULLET, GOT7, MOMOLAND, TREASURE, EVERGLOW, SUPER JUNIOR, AKMU, LOONA, and DAY6 got into this week’s Idol Ranking. Ranked at #4, MOMOLAND’s Nayun starred in a web-series, ‘The Police’, developed by The Korean National Police Agency. She took on the role of ‘Ah-jin Suh’, a virtuous college student who helps the cyber investigation team. The web drama follows the cyber investigation team as they tackle crimes such as, phone frauds, online scams, and more. Nayun also starred in Naver V originals ‘Anniversary Anyway’ as a leading actress, taking on the role of ‘Cha Sei’. She was praised by her fans and the public on her acting skills and put herself in the spotlight as the next up-and-coming idol-turned-actor in the industry.
Coming in at #6, EVERGLOW is making their comeback on October 21st with a second mini-album, ‘-77.82X-78.29’. In the teaser trailer of the title track, ‘LA DI DA’, EVERGLOW showcased a powerful charisma as they appealed to the girl crush image. ‘LA DI DA’ will have a combination of an up-tempo electric pop and retro genre, satisfying the fans with a new sounds that they have never heard of. EVERGLOW topped the iTunes K-Pop chart and surpassed a hundred million views on YouTube with ‘DUN DUN’ and ‘Adios’ within only one year of their debut, solidifying themselves as the new super rookies in K-Pop.
At the 7th place is SUPER JUNIOR-D&E who is releasing a deluxe edition of the beloved 4th mini-album ‘BAD BLOOD’ on September 28th. ‘BAD BLOOD’ that was released on September 3rd gained huge success as it broke into the iTunes top chart in 25 different countries. A new concept image of the special mini-album teased that the new tracks will mirror the dark imagery as shown in the image. The special edition will include two additional tracks, a cover poster, a photo book, and photo cards.
Ranked at #9, LOONA is also making a comeback with their third mini-album ‘Midnight’ (12:00) which will be released on October 19th. This is their new album in 8 months since their successful second mini-album, ‘#’. ‘#’ not only was the #1 iTunes Album in 56 different countries worldwide but also broke into Top 4 in Billboard World Albums Chart. The official LOONA YouTube channel released a teaser trailer of ‘Midnight’, showing a KST clock hitting midnight in various time zones around the world. The powerful and dynamic soundtrack in the teaser made fans excited for LOONA’s new and upcoming mini-album.
NEW K.ID, the only TV channel that allows viewers to enjoy K-POP Idol-related content programming 24/7 and exclusive episodes curated from 10K+ videos, is available at CH 511 for free on LG Smart TVs and XUMO apps on all Internet-connected devices.
