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Professor Kim Changnam, founder & president of the Korean Music Awards, was on Kim Jedong’s YT show and mentioned BTS.
I founded the KMAs and have been the chairman for 18 yrs. At the 16th KMAs in 2019, @BTS_twt received the Artist of the Year award +
I founded the KMAs and have been the chairman for 18 yrs. At the 16th KMAs in 2019, @BTS_twt received the Artist of the Year award +
And all 7 members showed up
(Lee Jeongmo) it was really shocking at that time So I handed them the award, shook their hands and took a picture with them. Someone asked me, “Was BTS an 8-member group?” Because the hair color was similar! Isn’t that experience something +
to be proud about? (Yes) Haha
Did you take the picture from far away? No, it was close Yes, you could give an award to @BTS_twt. A representative can accept on their behalf, they can get it by mail and to you professor, the award means a lot but it’s not well known +
or in the newspapers or anything. But these worldwide famous superstars came to the ceremony, a ceremony that wasn’t even broadcasted to accept their award, an award that doesn’t have prize money Yes there’s no prize money And they really accepted it with such gratitude+
and as I was watching them accept their award, I thought to myself, “Ah these people are going to make it big.” Because it’s really not easy to be that humble. It happened a couple years ago but I think it shows how wonderful BTS are & it also shows
how @BTS_twt themselves thought it was a meaningful/prestigious award. They acknowledged and understood the significance of the award. Yes, I believe so and they also made a very sincere acceptance speech. While watching them, I was also moved. In the past, there have +
big stars and idols who have won, but usually they have reps or only have one or two members who come they could be busy Yes, and I’m also thankful of that, but it was really shocking to me too when I saw all 7 of them walking down the stairs at the hall. As I saw them +
Here was Namjoon’s acceptance speech. It was so well-received for his message. And that day, they had another award ceremony to go to, so they were so busy. They basically showed up unannounced and surprised so many people. https://twitter.com/modooborahae/status/1217123927010566144
