Why do BTS keep releasing English songs?

In an interview with USA Today, the group said the decision to perform an English song was related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is a situation that everybody else around the world is facing, so we just started to explore what can we do right now, what can we really good?” said Suga.

Will BTS stop making English songs?

They have no plans to drop an English album. Over the past year, BTS has dropped three English singles. It all started in August 2020 with the release of “Dynamite,” which marked the group’s first song to top the Billboard Hot 100 and led their first Grammy nomination.

Who in BTS can speak English?

RM – He is the only member fluent in English. He is the official translator for BTS and translate questions for other members in interviews. He became fluent through the American show Friends, but I feel like there is more to it than that.

Does BTS record in English?

More On: BTS In an interview for a new Billboard cover story, members of the fanatically beloved boy band opened up about their discomfort with singing songs fully in English.

Does BTS sing in English or Korean?

In 2019, the group’s only fluent English speaker and “de facto leader” RM told Entertainment Weekly that BTS had consciously prioritized sticking to Korean over singing in English, despite English offering easier access to a number of accolades they aspired to. That was, of course, before the pandemic.

Which language does BTS speak?

Korean fluently, obviously. A lot of the members can speak Japanese very well and they have released exclusively Japanese albums. Jin and J-Hope can speak good Chinese and RM can speak English.

Is BTS really popular in America?

They just hit the top of the Billboard Hot Albums chart – not the world music one, the OVERALL one. They are also just got #1 on Billboard’s Top 100 Artists list. In fact, Billboard has declared BTS to be the #1 boyband in the world.

What language do BTS write their songs in?

“So what’s important for us is just to make good music and good performances and have those elements come together,” added rapper Suga. While the group’s album and song titles are mostly in English, and they incorporate a few English words or phrases into songs, the bulk of their lyrical content is in Korean.

Why are BTS staying true to their K-pop roots?

In a new interview for Entertainment Weekly, the members of BTS discussed why they’ve chosen to remain true to their K-pop roots instead of looking to cross over with an English hit. “We don’t want to change our identity or our genuineness to get the number one,” RM, the group’s leader, explained.

Will BTS change their identity to get number one?

“We don’t want to change our identity or our genuineness to get the number one,” RM, the group’s leader, explained. “Like if we sing suddenly in full English, and change all these other things, then that’s not BTS. We’ll do everything, we’ll try.

Does BTS need to speak English to be a global phenomenon?

Industry insiders like international DJ Steve Aoki have told TIME that “ [music] doesn’t have to be English to be a global phenomenon.” But BTS believes they could still face an uphill battle by choosing to stick to Korean. “You know, Latin pop has its own Grammys in America, and it’s quite different,” RM told EW.