I know this year has been hard on young people.

Your lives have been turned upside down.

What seemed normal and familiar is now strange and new, and what you're feeling is probably hard to explain.

Things might not feel right now, but we can use this time to think about how we can reimagine and build a better world.

You are not alone.

I hear you.

And I know our friends, BTS, hear you.

Thank you, representatives of the member states of Group of Friends of Solidarity, for Global Health Security, UNICEF Executive Director, Excellencies, 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, and 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, and my heart beated with excitement.

But COVID-19 was beyond my imagination.

Our world tour was totally canceled.

All of our plans went away.

And I became alone.

I looked up but couldn't see the stars at night.

I used to dance and sing with my fans, but today, it felt like my world was reduced to a single room.

At that time, my colleagues held my hand.

We chatted and talked about what we could do together.

It's been a long time since my debut, and for the first time, my daily life came to me.

It wasn't what I wanted, but it was a precious time.

It's a very familiar experience for me that the vast world narrowed in an instant.

While doing the world tour, I was standing in the crowd with the colorful lights and fans, and when I came back to my room that night, my world turned into a few square meters of small space.

It wasn't a small room, but our world was wide open.

It was because there were musical instruments, smartphones, and fans in the world.

But this time, I felt more lonely and narrowed down than before.

Why? I thought for a long time.

Maybe it's because it's hard to imagine.

I was very frustrated and depressed about the current situation, but I took notes, made songs, and looked back on myself.

If I give up here, I'm not the main character of my life.

A great person would do this, right? That's what I thought.

I don't know who was first.

With a lot of emotions in my heart, the seven of us started making music together.

I was able to be honest with everything because it was the music that started it.

Our lives have no fixed answer as much as we can't predict.

I also came to this position by believing in me and us, doing my best, enjoying the moment, and having no clear direction.

With our music, I found myself who had forgotten my beloved members, family, and friends.

Worries about the future and endless efforts are all important, but the most important thing is to cherish yourself, encourage you, and make you happy.

The more uncertain the world is, the more we should never lose you, me, and our preciousness.

Like the message of LOVE MYSELF that we've been talking about for the past three years, and our song, I'M DIAMOND, YOU KNOW I GLOW UP.

Like the lyrics of DYNAMITE.

One night when we were all working together, RM said he couldn't see the stars, but I could see my face reflected in the window.

I could see all of our faces.

We made the story we wanted to tell each other into a song.

We're living in an uncertain today, but nothing has actually changed.

If there's something I can do, if I can give strength to many people with our voices, we will want to do that and keep moving forward.

BTS will be there with you.

Our tomorrow may be dark, painful, difficult, and we might stumble or fall down.

But the stars shine brightest when the night is darkest.

And if the stars are hidden, we'll let moonlight guide us.

If even the moon is dark, 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 words can break out of our small rooms again.

It might feel like it's always night and we'll always be alone, but the night is always darkest before the first light of dawn.

Life goes on.

Let's keep on living.