Watch BTS’ FULL Inspiring Speech At The 75th UN General Assembly

BTS were once again invited to the UN to give a speech about the current COVID 19 pandemic situation on September 23 . This was the second time that they have been invited to speak at the General Assembly, the first being speak at the 73rd session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York in September 2018. BTS also delivered a virtual commencement speech at the “Dear Class of 2020” by YouTube and spoke at Korea’s first-ever Youth Day. BTS mostly spoke about how the pandemic has affected them but they are still keeping the hopes up as they have each other to lean on.

One thing that has always drawn people to BTS is their ability to write music that speaks to every person at an individual level, their personalities makes you feel like you can relate well and feel what BTS is feeling. Not only that but the words that they speak makes BTS more lovable as they are always encouraging fans, whether through YouTube lives, on their VLive and Weverse App, during concerts or even at events. BTS knows how to speak to the heart and draw you in so you feel like they are speaking to you directly, and only you.

“Thank you, Representatives of the member states of Group of Friends of Solidarity for Global Health Security, UNICEF Executive Director, Excellences and distinguished guests from all around the world. It is a great honor for us to have this valuable opportunity to speak in a session in the 75th UN General Assembly. My name is RM, the leader of the group BTS. Two years ago here, I asked your name. I urged you to let me hear your voice. And I let myself be filled with imagination. As a boy from the small city of Ilsan in Korea, as a young man standing at the UNGA, as a global citizen of this world, I imagined the limitless possibilities before all of us & my heart beating with excitement. But COVID-19 was beyond my imagination. Our world tour was totally cancelled, all our plans went away, and I became alone, I looked up but couldn’t see the stars at night.” RM

“I felt hopeless. Everything fell apart. I could only look outside my window; I could only go to my room. Yesterday, I was singing & dancing with fans around the world, & now my world had shrunk to a room. And then, my friends took my hand. We comforted each other & talked about what we could do together.” Jimin

“Life became simple, maybe for the first time. It was precious time, unwanted but welcome. I’m used to an entire world shrinking in an instant. When I’m on tour, I stand in bright lights and loud cheers, but at night in my room my world, becomes only a few paces wide. The room itself was small, but my world and our world, reached far and wide. In this world we had our instruments, our phones and our fans.” Suga

“But this time it felt different. It felt lonelier and smaller. Why? I thought for a long time. I thought, maybe because it became harder to imagine. I was frustrated and depressed, but I took notes, wrote songs, and thought about who I was. I thought, “If I give up here, then I’m not the star of my life. This is what an awesome person would do.” V

“I don’t know who was first. We embraced all these emotions and the seven of us began to make music together. This is where the music came from, and this made us honest. Our lives are unpredictable. We don’t know all the answers. I knew where I wanted to go, but not how I could get there. All I did to get here was trust ourselves, do my best and love what I do.” J-Hope

“I found again the people I love. The other members. my family, my friends. I found the music I love, and I found myself. Thinking about the future and trying hard are all important. But cherishing yourself, encouraging yourself and keeping yourself happy is the most important. In a world of uncertainty, we must cherish the importance of “me,” “you,” and “us.” That’s the message of “LOVE MYSELF” we talked about for three years, it’s the message in the lyrics of our song “Dynamite,” “I’m diamond, you know I glow up.” Jin

“One night we were working together. RM said he couldn’t see the stars anymore, but I saw my face reflected in the window. I saw all of our faces. Our songs became the stories we wanted to tell each other. We live in uncertainty, but really, nothing’s changed. If there’s something I can do, if our voices can give strength to people, then that’s what we want and that’s what we’ll keep on doing.” Jungkook

“When I start feeling lost, I remember my face in the window. Like Jungkook said. I remember the words I spoke here two years ago. “Love yourself, speak yourself.” Now more than ever, we must try to remember who we are and face who we are. We must try to love ourselves, and imagine the future. BTS will be there with you. Our tomorrow may be dark, painful, difficult. We might stumble or fall down. Stars shine brightest when the night is darkest. If the stars are hidden, we’ll let moonlight guide us. If even the moon is fark, let our faces be the light that helps us find our way. Let’s reimagine our world. We’re huddled together tired, but let’s dream again. Let’s dream about a future when our worlds can break out of our small rooms again. It might feel like it’s night and we’ll always be alone, but the night is always the darkest before the first light of dawn.” RM

“Life goes on. Let’s live on.” RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, V, Jimin and Jungkook