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  • -My first guests are one of the biggest groups on the planet.

  • They've had four number one albums faster than any group

  • since The Beatles.

  • Their latest single "Dynamite" hit number one

  • on the Billboard Hot 100 chart

  • and topped the iTunes charts in over 100 countries.

  • Here is BTS!

  • -Here we are! -BTS!

  • -Welcome back. Welcome back.

  • Welcome. And thank you for being on the show all week.

  • I love you guys.

  • You know, it has been two years almost to the day

  • since you first came on this show.

  • And during that time -- -Time fast!

  • -I know, so fast. During that appearance,

  • I asked -- I remember talking to you guys and I said,

  • "What's next for BTS? What's next?"

  • And Suga, do you remember what you said?

  • -Go Grammy. -Go Grammy!

  • -That's right, Grammys.

  • You were like, Grammys, Grammys, Grammys.

  • And since then, you've presented, you've performed,

  • and I have a feeling this year you're going to be nominated.

  • What would a Grammy nomination mean to you?

  • -Yeah, the Grammys is definitely the most honorable

  • music award, you know, that evaluates the prominence

  • and the musical odyssey of an artist.

  • So we all grew up watching the Grammy Awards

  • and we especially remember the 2009 one

  • with the suits, T.I., Jay-Z, M.I.A.

  • We just watched all of it.

  • And, you know, so doing a BTS solo performance

  • with our own song and winning the Grammys

  • are kind of like awesome, and also a dream that has naturally

  • grown inside us. -Yeah.

  • -So winning a Grammy in such difficult times

  • could give like greater hope and dreams to a lot of people,

  • especially our Army and Jimmy.

  • [ Laughter ] -Yeah!

  • That's right, well, I think "Dynamite" couldn't have been

  • a bigger, bigger smash.

  • I mean, it was massive.

  • A lot of -- a lot of firsts for you guys.

  • First all-English song. -Uh-huh.

  • -First song to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

  • -One!

  • -First Korean group ever to achieve that milestone.

  • -[ Speaks Korean ]

  • -What was your reaction like the night you found out

  • "Dynamite" was number one? -Whoo!

  • -We couldn't believe our eyes, looking at the chart.

  • -Yeah. -It felt like a dream.

  • -Whoo! -Whoa!

  • -Amazing. -[ Shouting ]

  • -It's real? Is this real?

  • -Ah! [ Laughter ]

  • -Yo, it's real.

  • -It's real, it's definitely real.

  • You had the number one song in the world

  • for two weeks in a row.

  • And now it's back at number one this week.

  • -Thanks to Jimmy! -Yeah, Jimmy!

  • [ Laughter ]

  • -The music video also broke a Guinness world record

  • for the biggest music video debut in history,

  • over 101 million views in its first 24 hours.

  • Also the most commented on video in YouTube history.

  • You actually weren't going to release the song when you did.

  • Can you talk about what changed your minds?

  • -People around the world have been going through

  • a difficult time because of the pandemic.

  • We also felt discouraged by the situation.

  • So we took on a new challenge, which was "Dynamite."

  • This project was not only for us, but also

  • for our fans whom we wanted to energize and give joy to

  • during this difficult period.

  • -It couldn't have been better, and much needed.

  • We all needed a good song.

  • Everyone just wanted something to listen to.

  • We all -- we need content, we need things.

  • In June, you celebrated

  • your seven-year anniversary as a group.

  • How did you celebrate? Did you party?

  • -Oh!

  • -Rehearsal. -Ah, rehearsal.

  • -Sipping champagne! -Champagne.

  • [ Laughter ] -Whoo!

  • -Rehearsal and champagne.

  • -That's the way to do it right there.

  • I know you guys miss performing so much

  • in front of a sold-out stadium.

  • Is it hard to stay connected to your fans during quarantine?

  • What do you do?

  • -We don't know when we could meet our fans again,

  • but we are trying to do whatever we can.

  • We have a global social comment card,

  • and we connect with our army there.

  • -Good man, good man, I like that.

  • I wanted to mention, the new movie out

  • called "Break the Silence."

  • It's in select theaters now.

  • And you just announced the new album, "BE."

  • -"BE"! -"BE!"

  • -Me? Me? -No, not me, "BE."

  • -"BE." -Not "BE."

  • [ Laughter ]

  • -The next album -- is the next album "T"?

  • -Yo, you got it. -Or "P?"

  • -We're selling some new tees.

  • -S!

  • -Talk to me about "BE." I want to know about "BE."

  • -Yo, Jimmy Fallon, let's go.

  • [ Laughs ] -Jimmy Fallon.

  • -Jimmy Fallon. -Jimmy.

  • -Are there going to be any more English songs?

  • -Can you write the lyrics?

  • -No, you don't want that, you don't want that.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • -We want it!

  • -Stick around, I want to talk to you about some awesome stuff

  • you're doing outside of music, please.

  • More with BTS when we come back. BTS!

  • [ Cheering ] [ Clapping ]

-My first guests are one of the biggest groups on the planet.

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