-My first guests are global pop music icons.
They've had four number-one songs
on the Billboard Hot 100 in less than a year.
Their latest song, "Permission to Dance,"
is out now, and it's available on the "Butter" CD single.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome BTS!
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Come on!
Look at you guys! Look at you!
Welcome back!
-What's popping? How you doing?
-Jimmy!
-Now, I'm doing great, guys.
I'm so happy you're here.
Yeah, I love those suspenders, bud.
Now, since your first appearance,
we talked about Grammy nominations
and what it would mean to you every single time.
Well, it finally happened.
"Dynamite" was nominated for a Grammy.
Congratulations on that.
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-Yeah, a Grammy!
-What was that like for you, and how did it feel?
-Sorry for the cliche, but, you know, it's really an honor.
You know, it's one of the biggest honors as an artist
for, of course, throughout the world.
And it's the first time as a Korean,
and, you know, that's so meaningful, so historic.
And just, we couldn't, like, realize it.
And I'm so happy, so crazy,
and so thankful for all the fans all over the world.
That's it. -I have a good feeling
that you're gonna win a Grammy soon enough,
because "Butter" is number-one on the Hot 100
for the 7th week in a row.
[ Cheers and applause ] The video...
-Amazing!
-The video has almost half a billion views.
I have a feeling it's gonna be the song of the summer.
How did you know that "Butter" was gonna work?
-Oh! -[ Speaking in Korean ]
-Ah, yep.
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-I like in the "Butter" video, at one point you spell out
army using your bodies.
And I'm sure the army appreciates it, too.
Yeah. "A" I can get. Yeah.
"R" is pretty -- "R" is pretty easy. It's like "R."
And them "M" would be this.
And then that, you know?
Anyways, you did it much cooler, but I will say
Jin and Jungkook, tell me about creating the "A,"
because that doesn't look easy for me.
-[ Laughs ] -Ooh!
-[ Speaking in Korean ] -[ Speaking in Korean ]
-Okay. Let's go. Let's go.
-That's what I'm talking about! -Let's go, let's go.
-Yeah! Aw! -Easy.
-Easy peasy lemon squeezy! -Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
-Yeah. -Easy. Easy.
-Easy peasy. It wasn't hard.
-[ Laughs ]
You get it in one take, yeah.
On Friday, you released the new single "Permission to Dance."
Tell me how this song came together.
-So, "PTD" is a song that will get everybody's heart pumping
and dancing again, and, you know, this is a, actually, gift
of Ed Sheeran, of course, one of our friends.
Mad respect. Big love to Ed.
And we also prepared something called
"Permission to Dance" Challenge with YouTube Shorts,
so please stay tuned for more.
"PTD," let's go. -Wow.
Did you -- Do you remember when you first met Ed Sheeran?
-Oh, we can't believe that we haven't met him yet.
And, you know, this is the second project with him,
but we never met him yet.
-Is that right? That's wild.
I mean, 'cause I have some ideas, and we actually have met.
So, I know you better than Ed Sheeran.
[ Laughter ]
-Oh, of course. Of course.
-Yeah, so I have some song ideas if you want.
You know, if you want to work in the "Butter" category,
I can go all through the dairy aisle.
Whatever you think of, you let me know and we'll get together.
Just get on the phone, we'll Zoom, we'll FaceTime.
We'll figure it out. -Let's go!
-Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! Let's go. -Maybe cheesecake or cereal.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, that's what I'll do. I'll work on "Cereal" with you guys.
I was excited to see you guys go on tour, "Map of the Soul" tour,
and then the pandemic happened.
I didn't get a chance to see it
or open for you guys.
And so -- You never asked.
But I was thinking when -- when will you go back on tour,
and what will that feel like when you do go back on tour?
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-Yeah! Make some noise! Yeah!
-Whoo-hoo!
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-This is what we want, and this is what we're gonna feel
when we're back on tour.
We want to do the "make some noise" thing again.
-Getting out there, even for like 10 people, then 50,
and now finally a full audience, it's emotional just for me.
I'm just preparing you for an emotional...
an emotional first performance, yeah.
Wear sunglasses. [ Laughter ]
-Get ready, guys, get ready.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Thank you!
-Speaking of sunglasses,
I have a photo of your first show eight years ago
when BTS just started.
Can you look at yourselves here?
Which one of you guys is wearing the sunglasses
in the darkest room I've ever seen in my life?
-Oh! -Oh!
-Wow. -Actually, it's me...
-Oh!
-It's very hilarious.
-Ooh. -Jimin! Jimin, turn around!
-Jimin! -Jimin, turn around.
Jimin, look -- [ Laughs ]
-Be confident. Be confident.
-Oh, my goodness. It's great.
But what goes through your mind when you see something --
I won't show it anymore.
But what do you think when you see that?
That was only eight years ago, not too long ago.
[ All speaking in Korean ]
-Yeah. -We got --
Actually, we think we got handsome.
[ Laughter ]
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-Oh, no, hey. No.
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I think...
I think you've always had that. I think you've always had that.
Now, look, I want to get to the bottom
of some BTS rumors that are out there.
More with BTS when we come back, everybody. Come on back!