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  • -Our guests tonight, one of the biggest groups on the planet.

  • Their new album, "Map of the Soul: 7," is out now.

  • BTS right here!

  • [ All cheering ]

  • -Okay, sit down.

  • -Welcome to the New York City subway.

  • What do you think?

  • First impression. -Hot dog, coffee.

  • New Yorkers, like, scarfing, like,

  • "I'm so busy for the business," and you know...

  • -Really? -Yeah.

  • -Yeah, I love the movie "Home Alone."

  • -"Home Alone." -Yeah.

  • -"Home alone"? -Yeah.

  • -That's a classic. That's a classic in Korea.

  • -No. "Home Alone"? -Aaah! You know the face?

  • -Macaulay Culkin? -Aaaaah!

  • -Really? -Yeah.

  • -How has it been coming to the United States

  • and having people respond to your music?

  • -I love the army.

  • -Are you surprised with how big it became?

  • -Yeah, of course.

  • Like he said, we came from a small isle,

  • in a small country from Asia.

  • So I think, you know, we can prove that someone from, like,

  • outside could be in the mainstream.

  • Yeah, so I think that's why we feel so happy.

  • -When you see Americans sing your songs,

  • what does that mean to you?

  • Who is the hammiest out of all of you guys?

  • -Um... [ Laughter ]

  • -Okay, um... -Yeah. Yeah.

  • -Okay, yeah. -Easy, easy.

  • -Alright, you guys swept the MAMAs.

  • You won Album, Icon, Song, and Artist of the Year.

  • I presented it to you guys. -Yeah, yeah.

  • -I was so excited. -It was special.

  • -That's crazy, right? -Because of you.

  • -What did your family think?

  • -She knows you. -Mom, I love mom. I love mom.

  • -Before BTS existed, what did you want to be?

  • -Businessman. -No.

  • -Study hard and go into a -- you know, get a nice job.

  • That's my dream. [ Laughs ]

  • That was. -V, what about you?

  • -Saxophonist. -Saxophonist? Like here?

  • The saxophone? -Yeah.

  • -Do we have a saxophone? What was the -- George Michael.

  • What's that?

  • [ All vocalizing "Careless Whisper" ]

  • J-Hope, without BTS, what would you be?

  • -Tennis player. -Tennis?

  • -Tennis player. -Yeah.

  • -Tennis?

  • -Ha! -Hyah!

  • -Ha! -Ho!

  • -Ho! -Oh!

  • -Yeah.

  • -He have bronze medal. -Out of three teams.

  • -Three teams. Three teams. -He got bronze.

  • -Jin, how about you? -I'm actor.

  • -You wanted to be an actor? -Yeah.

  • -No, no, you can't don't do "Home Alone."

  • Already did that. Jungkook, how about you?

  • -My dream was pro gamer. -Pro gamer.

  • -Pro gamer. -A gamer?

  • -Yeah. -Jimin, what would you do?

  • Host a talk show? -Oh, maybe.

  • -Don't take my job. Don't take my job.

  • -Maybe Jimin Fallon. -Oh!

  • -Jimin Fallon. -Jimin Fallon?

  • -Suga, if not for BTS, what would you do?

  • -Producer or songwriter. -Oh, really?

  • First impressions -- what did you think of each other

  • when you first got together?

  • -I saw RM. -Yeah.

  • -And then I thought -- -What did you think of him?

  • -He was amazing.

  • -Oh, thank you.

  • But, Jungkook -- when I first saw him,

  • I was only wearing the underwear.

  • -Yeah. -Wait. What?

  • You were only wearing underwear? -I mean in the house.

  • -Yeah. -In my home.

  • -What?

  • -Yeah, he came like, "Oh, I'm the new member."

  • I was, like, only wearing panties and --

  • Yeah, that was the first impression.

  • -So, who put this together? You?

  • -No, I was just, like, the first member

  • for this group and --

  • -You were? -Yeah.

  • -Number two? -Yeah.

  • -Three. -Three.

  • -Who's three? -Three.

  • -Suga, you came in, what happened?

  • How did you hear?

  • -We were boys.

  • -Did you ever think BTS would become this big?

  • -No. -Never.

  • -No. -Never.

  • -When you doubted yourself, what got you

  • to the next level of like, "Hey, I can do this"?

  • Do you remember the first time you ever performed

  • in front of a crowd?

  • And what was that like?

  • -It was our debut showcase.

  • There were about 200 to 300 people.

  • -300 people. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

  • -Now you have billions of people watching.

  • But 300 people meant a lot to you, right?

  • -Right, of course. -I still can never forget it.

  • Everything happened so fast, and it was overwhelming.

  • -It was. -Yeah.

  • -And I cried after the show.

  • -You did? -Yeah.

  • -Everyone cried. -Yeah.

  • -Everyone cried. -Everyone cried?

  • -Yes, yes. -Yeah, because it's a big thing.

  • "Map of the Soul: 7" is out now.

  • Yo!

  • -Yo!

  • -What is the significance behind the "7"?

  • -You know, it's a lucky number, of course.

  • -Seven members. -Yeah, seven members.

  • It's been seven years since we've been together.

  • -Wow. Seven, seven. It's good luck.

  • -Yeah, 7-7-7, so it's like a jackpot.

  • -Jackpot. -Jackpot.

  • -Like jackpot. -Jackpot.

  • -So, it's very important.

  • So, like, we just want to put the number, like,

  • as our title of the album.

  • So, like, that's why. -The lead single is "On."

  • -Mm-hmm. -What does that represent?

  • -We've been having our reboots, so, like,

  • our second single was "N.O." You know what I mean?

  • So, like, it's a reverse of "N.O."

  • It's like "On."

  • And "On" represents, like, you know, like, "bring it on."

  • Like, so, we admit our shadows

  • and, you know, the honors at the same time.

  • We could stumble time to time.

  • You know, we've been through all these paths

  • with shadows and lights at the same time,

  • but we admit all of it, and, you know, bring it on

  • and bring the pain and we're gonna stand it, and -- Yeah.

  • -What is it about your music

  • that you think fans are attracted to?

-Our guests tonight, one of the biggest groups on the planet.

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