This is crazy, the Korean government official says they got exclusive treatment at MET once they told the museum BTS would be coming. He called it using the BTS Card.

Lmao

BTS Impact

The MET:

The BTS Card; Never Leave home without it

King things, you know.

This is hilarious

BTS card HAHAH

when you are the pride and honour of the nation. The relevancy and importance they have across so many different fields is insane and admiring.

It is hard to believe that their impact bigger than the president 😳

This is what they meant by soft power..

lol, the Met themself changed their whole stance because they heard bts' name being mentioned & went out of their way to treat them like kings.

this year has truly shown how much respect legendary artists & organisations have for bts and their brand power.

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So if I want to get VIP treatment anywhere next time, I just have to tell them I’m traveling with BTS? Got it!

BTS impact is real.

Cackling .

Their impact is unreal. Not the BTS Card. The pride of SK indeed.

Damn. They got MET treating them like VIPs

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It is hard to believe that their impact bigger than the president 😳

I mean, he is a president of South Korea, he is relevant and important figure in his country but in the US? His visit would be just another noneventful quiet political thing nobody cares about cause SK isn't even that much high on political scene to talk about them. Meanwhile BTS brings MASSIVE attention, buzz, internet hype, clicks and most importantly money everywhere and very much in the US, who wouldn't want it?) Honestly only dense and delulu kpop fans still deny their unmatched impact (it's not about you, just a general thought).

Lol.

interesting

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This shows how less of an influence the Korean government has politically, if they needed a popular Group to get the treatment a president should get even without them.

Nothing about BTS influence, this is crazy and not their fault… but actually pretty sad for the government that they had to rely on such a card to be taking more seriously and also quite disrespectful from the MET side as well…

What a strange way of looking at this. This is basically illustrative of how powerful the BTS card is. It’s not just a popular group but THE group ofc they will bend backwards for them. Anyway this govt loves BTS. Moon and BTS are besties. So ofc they can use this card.

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This shows how less of an influence the Korean government has politically, if they needed a popular Group to get the treatment a president should get even without them.

Couple of things you got wrong.

1. This is a cultural museum. So cultural influence (BTS) will get more priority over political influence (govt)

2. Also BTS is not just a group. They are one of biggest soft power in world.

You don't know who the president of Argentina or Portugal are but you do know who Messi and Ronaldo are and how beloved they are all over the world. BTS is in that category.

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This shows how less of an influence the Korean government has politically, if they needed a popular Group to get the treatment a president should get even without them.

You were downplaying BTS and the Korean government with that one sentence lol.

Anyway, the way you worded it made me curious. Do you think there are other popular groups that will get this kind of treatment from the MET? Which ones? And why?

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Is BTS not a popular Group? How else should I describe them ? I mentioned that their influence is crazy, so what exactly are you offended about ?

And yes I downplayed the Korean Government. It’s sad that they only get treated that way because of a big Group from their country and not because of their political influence.

According to this government official, they only got that treatment because of BTS, so they are implying that they wouldn’t have got this treatment without them. MET seemed t care more about BTS than the Korean government, this is sad and also quite disrespectful.

Come on now, the issue with this is that BTS are not just any popular group but THE #1 group, the literal act that is used as topic icebreakers (aside from Kimchi and other Korean food) for Moon and co when he speaks with other world leaders and diplomats, which speaks of their influence.

Do you think, if Tak had bargained with, say, EXO, another top group, the MET would have opened up just for them?

Whether you intended to come off that way or not, it’s downplaying BTS and even Nevermindmejin could see that.

Well look at the MET officials that wanted a photo op with BTS.

Now this is truly Legendary artist behaviour

Now that lacquerware craftsperson gets to have their ..... work displayed at the Met.

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Whether you intended to come off that way or not, it’s downplaying BTS and even Nevermindmejin could see that.

Are you saying usually I don’t realise when users shade BTS? Yeah I’m innocent like that

Wow! Their impact can’t be debated. It’s funny to think about all the people who have used the BTS card

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Are you saying usually I don’t realise when users shade BTS? Yeah I’m innocent like that

No, I’m saying that you’re one of the least confrontational ARMYs on this forum.

BTS really a household name damn