BTSis 2021’s artist(s) of the year!
The boys of BTS are the most-awarded artists of the night after taking home not one, not two butthreeAmerican Music Awardson Sunday in Los Angeles.
“I seriously forgot what I gotta say. Thank you AMAs. We’re truly honored to be on this stage with such amazing, tremendous artists right over here. We’re so honored,” RM started, before admitting to being nervous.
RM then said the group would “never take this for granted.” Suga, 28, then took to the mic to address the crowd in Korean.
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“We just want to make people happy with our music. We believe that there’s a world to open in the beginning of our new chapter,” said Jungkook, 24. “We learned in the past two years that each and every moment is precious.”
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Earlier in the night, the boy band — comprising RM, Suga, Jungkook, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jin — won the awards for pop group and pop song for their single “Butter.” (This was their third time winning in the group cateogry.)
BTS joinedColdplayfor a performance of “My Universe.”
On the red carpet, the groupspoke to PEOPLEabout collaborating with Coldplay and returning to the AMAs stage.
“These two years now have come full-circle, 360 degrees,” RM told PEOPLE. “So it’s really strange to hear the noise and face to face without masks. It means so much more because we’re nominated today for artist of the year.”
He added, “The whole process was organic. Chris expressed this song as a gift for us. So he came out to Seoul to record together with us and the process was really natural and organic.”
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In August, the stars openedBillboardin a new cover story about their whirlwind success, and explained that in all they do, a sense of karma stays at the forefront.
“We’ve been avoiding blowing our own horn since 2017 because we’re afraid of payback someday,” RM, 26,told the outlet. “We constantly think about karma.”
Suga, 28, added that since they debuted through “such a small company,” it’s been “tough from day one” as the band has exploded into an international phenomenon.
Earlier this year, they announced the cancellation of their long-awaited world tour, BTSMap of the Soul.
“Our company has worked hard to resume preparations for the BTSMap of the Soultour, knowing that all fans have been waiting eagerly and long for the tour,” the group’s label, Bighit, said in astatementat the time. “However, due to changing circumstances beyond our control, it has become difficult to resume performances at the same scale and timeline as previously planned. Therefore we must announce the cancellation of the BTSMap of the SoulTour.”
source: people.com
