(upbeat music)
- All right, well I'm here
with the hottest group
of the century I think it's safe to say.
They're up for three VMA nominations.
They're performing on the show
for the very first time.
The one and only, BTS.
(clapping)
- [J-Hope] Whoa.
Hi!
- I wanna talk about the VMAs.
What can fans expect from the performance?
- Our new performance,
new visuals,
new clothes,
new hair.
- New makeup.
- New face.
- New face.
- [RM] So it's very disco,
and it's gonna be the first
performance of Dynamite,
which is gonna be very catchy,
and you know, we're nervous.
- Are you nervous?
- Yep.
- And you have the new
song, of course, Dynamite.
Tell us what the song's about.
- Dynamite is really fun disco pop track
about doing what you can do
and when things don't work out as planned,
we hope this song can be your energy.
- [RM] Boom!
- [BTS Members] Boom!
- Boom.
- So this track is also your very first
full song entirely in English.
What made you wanna release
a full English track
and was it challenging
at all for you guys?
- So we've been working on our album,
which we're gonna release this year later,
and we met this track by coincidence.
And when we first heard the demo,
it was like perfect as it is.
So like we thought like
why not keep it this way?
- Totally.
I wanna talk about the
music video for Dynamite.
Your music videos are
always really incredible
and so creative and really full of energy
and so uniquely BTS.
What was the most exciting part
about making the Dynamite video?
(speaking in foreign language)
- Retro vibe baby.
(speaking in foreign language)
- Three point shot.
- Three pointer.
Yeah!
- Nice.
Well, the new song Dynamite,
I read that it came
about you guys searching
for a way to overcome the disheartenment
that you were feeling.
You know, obviously,
2020's been a crazy year
for everybody around the world.
How did you guys personally,
you know, navigate
potential disappointments
or just overcoming,
you know, obstacles throughout the year?
- We also been through all
the tears and the angers,
and you know, all the desperation,
but finally we focused on
what we can do the best,
which is music and the performance.
So we tried to get energy by
hopping in a new challenge
and that's how Dynamite came to be.
We hope this song can energize
everyone as it did for us.
Like boom.
- [Kevin] Right on.
As a group, you've been
such a consistent source
of joy for your fans
and really great role
models of positivity.
When the pandemic hit, did
you feel responsibility
to, you know, once again
bring that happiness
and spread the message
of unity to your fans?
- Well we're here to give our
fans a hope and happiness,
so of course we wanted to
share some positive energy
with our fans who have had a hard time
due to the corona.
- You know we talked earlier
about you guys performing
at the VMAs, but is there anyone else
maybe that might be at the VMAs this year
that you're looking forward
to seeing what they do?
- Lady Gaga.
- [Jimin] Lady Gaga.
- [J-Hope] The Weekend.
- [RM] Doja.
- [J-Hope] Doja!
- Why don't you say so?
I mean every artist for VMA,
they're all great.
- Right on.
You guys are famous of course
within the fam community, in the ARMY,
for your eclectic taste in music.
What do you guys personally
listening to right now
in your free time?
- Lauv.
- Lauv.
- LANY.
- I'm listening to Pop Smoke.
- Oh wow, that's awesome.
- Watermelon sugar.
- [BTS Members] High.
Watermelon sugar high.
- We got Suga here.
- Yeah, I'm here.
- BTS Suga high.
- [RM] BTS Suga high.
Bye.
- Well guys, thank you so much
for the time on MTV today.
We can't wait to see what
you got planned at the VMAs,
and we're so excited about Dynamite.
- Thank you.
- [BTS Members] Thank you.
- We're nervous!
- [J-Hope] Yeah.
