BTS is TIME Magazine’s ‘Entertainer of the Year’

December 11, 2020

K-pop supergroup BTS is TIME magazine’s “Entertainer of the Year” for 2020, the publication announced on Thursday.

.@bts_twt is TIME’s 2020 Entertainer of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/qVwp2NhJCx pic.twitter.com/Y5cBJJfGII
— TIME (@TIME) December 10, 2020

Another honor for the Bangtan Boys: Along with the title, the seven-member group was given the customary tribute, fittingly describing them as “not just the biggest K-pop act on the charts. They’ve become the biggest band in the world – full stop.”

The feature was written by Raisa Bruner, who noted how BTS managed to continue its successful streak amid a rather tumultuous year.
“Between releasing multiple albums, breaking every type of record and appearing in these extemporaneous livestreams in 2020, BTS ascended to the zenith of pop stardom,” she wrote.
The honor came shortly after the group received their first-ever official GRAMMY nomination for their hit track “Dynamite,” as NextShark previously reported.
BTS’ activism was also highlighted in the feature, which noted the $1 million the group donated to the Black Lives Matter movement.
“We feel that prejudice should not be tolerated; it really has no place,” the group explained in October.

BTS opens up: Bruner’s piece also featured an interview with members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook, in which they talked about their rise to fame, their “ARMY” fanbase and how other people perceive their success.

Suga shared how he is still occasionally “taken aback by all the unimaginable things that are happening. But I ask myself, ‘Who’s going to do this, if not us?’ ”
“We’re not sure if we’ve actually earned respect,” RM was quoted as saying. “But one thing for sure is that (people) feel like, OK, this is not just some kind of a syndrome, a phenomenon. These little boys from Korea are doing this.”
According to J-Hope, it has always been his aim to be an artist who can provide “comfort, relief and positive energy to people.”
He went on to attribute the group’s success to such intent along with the sincerity of his co-members.

This is not the first time TIME magazine has honored BTS with a recognition. Back in 2018, the group was chosen as one of its “Next Generation Leaders.”

Feature Image via TIME

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