BTS meets Moon at presidential office
President Moon Jae-in stands with BTS members at Cheong Wa Dae, Saturday. Yonhap
Members of the hugely popular K-Pop band BTS visited Cheong Wa Dae, Saturday, and talked about their "roller coaster" road to success while giving a message of hope to young people on the country's first national Youth Day.
BTS scored the first-ever No. 1 hit on the main U.S. Billboard music chart for a Korean group last month with its first all-English language single "Dynamite,” crowning a dizzying global rise to fame since the boy band's 2013 debut.
Standing on podiums before President Moon Jae-in, the seven members spoke in turn about persevering for years since their debut amid uncertainty, and the runaway success over the last three years that caused them to question their goals.
"Seven young people living lives like a roller coaster... I remember in 2018 all seven of us were lost after so much success. We could not believe that the path would remain full of flowers and fruit, because we don't know when the descent will start again," said RM, leader of BTS.
"To make sure momentary happiness and misery doesn't affect your entire life... please continue to walk bravely, as you have done so far."
Members of BTS handed Moon a time capsule for future young people, in a purple box, to be opened in 19 years.
South Korea's first-ever Youth Day was celebrated after a law on the rights and responsibilities of young people aged 19-34 was enacted last month. (Reuters)