the "fundamentally not important" south korean boygroup doing fundamentally important things: a thread @BTS_twt

being the youngest recipients of korea's cultural merit award

becoming ambassadors for @UNICEF's #ENDViolence campaign which stands against violence against children and promotes kindness, love and support

speaking at the UN about the importance of self love amidst self doubt

being invited to speak at the UN AGAIN and urging the youth to remain positive despite everything that has happened this year

releasing music that deals with important themes such as the dangers of materialistic culture: gogo (2017)

materialistic culture and how the youth is generally disrespected or taken for granted by older generations when they work just as hard baepsae (2016)

respecting ones parents and appreciating the small things: spine breaker (2014)

expectations placed on the youth: tomorrow (2014)

N.O. (2013)

paradise (2018)

the simultaneous thrill and danger of celebrity: shadow (2020)

losing interest in one's creativity and the plight of being an artist: black swan (2020)

the performance art video for black swan:

furthermore, using art as a way to promote their new single and promote other artists around the world in different mediums and cultures https://twitter.com/ohffsy/status/1217108009115160584?s=19

bts best boys

donating $1M to BLM organisations and fans responding with the #MatchAMillion campaign

raising $2M for yemen

hoseok's figurines in support of BLM and the employment of south african women

namjoon, taehyung and jimin supporting pro palestine artworks

being chosen as leaders of the youth not only in the class of 2020 commencement speech ceremony

becoming the first south korean group to perform at the BBMA's, AMA's, VMA's and grammys and delivering a stellar performance each time

and said single was intended to be a gift for the fans, to bring light and positivity during dark times

i think i'm gonna end it here but obviously bts have done so many other amazing things. to conclude, don't open your mouth about bts unless it's to praise them and that's final.

namjoon always encouraging gender neutrality and the freedom to love who you want to love

spending not one but TWO weeks at #1 and two weeks at #2 on the billboard hot 100 for dynamite, making them the first south korean group to do so in history