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Netizens react to President Biden posing with a finger heart for Oval Office photo with BTS

Jane Nam

Jane Nam

June 1, 2022

WHITE HOUSE BTS FINGER HEARTS

  • A photo of the K-pop group BTS doing ‘finger hearts’ with President Biden at the White House has netizens falling for their favorite group all over again.

  • Internet users voiced how thrilled they were with the fact that the Grammy-nominated boy band convinced America’s commander-in-chief to do the adorable, heart hand sign.

  • “You must be so proud!!!!” commented Lea Salonga, who was the singing voice for iconic Disney heroines Princess Jasmine and Mulan.

  • On the official BTS twitter, the group posted that being invited to the White House was “a great honor” and credited the BTS Army with making “everything possible” for them.

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A photo of K-pop band BTS doing “finger hearts” with President Biden at the White House has netizens falling for their favorite group all over again.

BTS’ choreographer, Son Sungdeuk, posted the photo to Instagram, where the picture has garnered over 800,000 likes.

 

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Internet users voiced how thrilled they were with the fact that the Grammy-nominated boy band convinced America’s commander-in-chief to do the adorable finger heart gesture.

“You must be so proud!!!!” commented Lea Salonga, who was the singing voice for iconic Disney heroines Princess Jasmine and Mulan.

“The Pride of South korea,” one user wrote with a purple emoji.

Several other users wrote that “BTS paved the way.”

On the official BTS twitter, the group posted that being invited to the White House was “a great honor” and credited the BTS Army with making “everything possible” for them.

 

Featured Image via the White House

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