

" In addition, HyunA and So Hyun wrote the rap lyrics for the new song Show Me. 4minute rozdawały swoim fanom jedzenie i ciepłe napoje w dniach, w których nagrywały swoje występy w programach muzycznych. It hit number one on Billboard's World Albums chart, a first for the quintet. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.4minute crazy album download. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. So watch me bring the fire.Ĭopyright © 2020 NPR. Looks like all it took was a little dynamite.īTS: (Singing) 'Cause I'm in the stars tonight. The mainstream American market had been a tough nut for the band to crack. KELLY: A landmark early autumn day for the Tiny Desk and also a reminder that BTS has arrived. The focus was on their voices, and they closed with a deep cut, the ballad "Spring Day." PFEIFFER: For BTS, known for intricate choreography and eye-popping visuals, the Tiny Desk home concert was pared back. RM: This has been the roughest summer ever. And it's like, it's a big deal for them? They're the biggest band in the world. THOMPSON: You sort of get set upon by just, like, thousands and thousands of BTS fans who are like, thank you so much for including them. That is what the band's global fan base calls itself, and they are a powerful army. KELLY: Twenty-five minutes - well, all credit due to the BTS Army.

He noted that the video shattered the series record for YouTube views on its first day in about 25 minutes. PFEIFFER: NPR's Stephen Thompson helped make this happen. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: Once we started doing Tiny Desk Concerts at home where we had artists recording themselves, it was an opportunity to reach out to BTS and see if they could do something on their end.

Dressed in bright blazers and denim jeans and backed by a live band, the group's singers sat side by side in a record store in Seoul.īTS: (Singing) Light it up like dynamite, whoa. Well, they sang a special version for NPR Music as part of our Tiny Desk Concert series - though not actually at NPR headquarters, what with this whole pandemic and all. It's their first song fully in English, and it quickly burst to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. PFEIFFER: The song is "Dynamite" by the all-conquering Korean boy band BTS. King Kong, kick the drum, rolling on like a Rolling Stone. Today NPR published an explosive new video.īTS: (Singing) Shoes on, get up in the morn, cup of milk, let's rock and roll.
