Mahi⁷

OT7 Forever

[hope⁷ @winnttaebear]

I vote for #ARIASBTS at the 2026 ARIA Music Awards

[Pan Ei Phyu @bts @977PanEiPhyunak]

WE DEMAND HYBE and BIGHIT:
@HYBEOFFICIALtwt
@bts_bighit
PROTECT JIN.
PROTECT RM.
PROTECT SUGA.
PROTECT JHOPE.
PROTECT JIMIN.
PROTECT TAEHYUNG.
PROTECT JUNGKOOK.

RESPECT THEIR PRIVACY.
PRIORITIZE THEIR SAFETY.

#ProtectBTS

[BTS Charts & Awards @btschartmaster]

.@BTS_twt wins at the 2026 Video Music Awards #VMAs

🏆 Song of The Year : "SWIM"
🏆 Best Group : BTS
🏆 Best Kpop : BTS

[BTS Updates, News & Charts⁷ @_BTSMoments]

[📰 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒]

#BTS now becomes the FIRST & ONLY Group in History to win "Song of The Year — SWIM" at the #VMAs🥳

CONGRATULATIONS BTS
BTS PAVED THE WAY

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

BTS becomes the FIRST and ONLY group in HISTORY to win ‘Song of the Year’ at the #VMAs with ‘SWIM’.

[BTS_official @bts_bighit]

We're truly honored to win 🏆BEST GROUP, 🏆SONG OF THE YEAR, and 🏆BEST K-POP at the 2026 #VMAs✨

Thank you, ARMY. We couldn't have done any of this without you!💕

#BTS #방탄소년단

[isa @solmerv]

There are hundreds of active K-pop groups, and this is the first time an idol has spoken on this matter. Let’s go for two.

[World Music Awards @WORLDMUSICAWARD]

Happy 32nd Birthday to the gorgeous, massively talented chart-topping, history-making, award-winning Rapstar, Lyrical Maestro, Composer, Record Producer, Superstar and Cultural & Global Icon, the Legendary One & Only RM who rings in his 32nd on top of the World, currently the most trending artist across all social media platforms! 👏🥳🎂🎉🎈🌟💥1⃣🌎🐐👑💙
#RM exploded on the music scene as the visionary leader and lead Rapper of #BTS, the Biggest Boy Band in the world who paved the way for many! Kim Namjoon is the brain and backbone of BTS, a rare pop star who can command a stadium, a UN podium, and a museum wing with the same brilliance! He's the key behind BTS becoming a planet-scale phenomenon by writing the words that made millions feel seen, including self-love anthems, and the kind of Korean-to-the-world honesty that made “Speak Yourself” a generation’s rallying cry. He's one of the sharpest Rappers and a huge solo star in his own right, with albums like 'Indigo' and 'Right Place, Wrong Person' making music history! His art collecting is so serious that SFMOMA is staging his own collection! As a cultural diplomat, and ambassador to the National Museum of Korea, RM is the only one who can talk APEC CEOs into taking K-culture seriously! He's the leader who didn’t just front the biggest band on the planet—he gave it a mind!

RM is the World's most influential Leader, and an inspiration to Millions around the Globe! He has an incredible deep baritone voice, and is one of the World's top Solo Artists, surpassing 3.375 BILLION streams on his solo Spotify profile, the only K-Pop Rapper with Agust D and j hope to reach this milestone! He's the 10th overall Most-Streamed K-Pop Soloist in history and the 4th most followed K-Pop Soloist on Spotify after V, jhope & Jungkook and the 8th Most Followed K-Pop Act with over 19.6 Million followers thanks to his poetic lyricism and genre-blending solo projects like 'Indigo' which have earned him a major following! He ties with PSY & JIMIN for the K-Pop Soloist with the 4th most No. 1s in World Digital Song Sales chart history (5)! In 2015 he released his first solo mixtape, 'RM', followed by his record-breaking 2nd mixtape, 'mono.' in 2018, which broke the record for the Most No. 1s in iTunes history (125)! 'mono.' became the highest-charting album by a K-Soloist in U.S. history, peaking at #26 on the Billboard 200! With 'mono.', RM became the 1st Kpop Soloist to reach #1 on the Billboard Emerging Artist Chart! With his 2nd studio album, 'Right Place, Wrong Person', Namjoon made history, becoming the 1st Kpop Soloist with multiple albums debuting inside the Top 5 of the Billboard 200! RM was also the First Korean Act to hit #1 on the R&B and Hip-Hop Digital Sales Charts! RM is the 3rd most credited Idol by the Korean Music Copyright Association KOMCA, after Bang Chan & Ravi, with 238 songs credited to his name!

RM began his music career in his teens in the underground Korean hip-hop scene under the name of Runch Randa. He joined Big Hit in 2010, and debuted as part of BTS in June 2013. RM released his 1st solo mixtape, 'RM', in 2015, and his 2nd mixtape, 'Mono.' in 2018 which became the highest-charting album by a Korean solo artist in US history at the time, peaking at No. 26 on the Billboard 200! RM made his official solo debut in 2022 with the release of his hugely successful history-making studio album 'Indigo', which features Erykah Badu and Anderson Paak amongst others. The album reached #3 on the Billboard 200, and was the highest-charting album by a K-Soloist in US chart history at the time! All songs of 'Indigo' debuted in the Global Spotify Top 100 with 8 tracks simultaneously charting on the World Digital Song Sales chart! 'Indigo' debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Albums Chart and became the longest charting album by a Kpop Soloist on the chart at the time! "Closer" debuted at #19 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart, with RM becoming the 1st K-Artist to enter the chart! RM became the 1ST Asian Soloist to chart an album and title track at #1 on iTunes in the 8 biggest markets! "Wild Flower" became RM's 1st Hot 100 hit, debuting at #83 and surpassed 100 #1's on ITunes, with 'Indigo' reaching #1 in over 100 countries!

RM released his 2nd critically acclaimed studio album, 'Right Place, Wrong Person' on May 24, 2024, powered by the hits "Lost" & "Come Back to Me" which reached #24 on the US Hot 100! RM became the 1ST Asian Rapper and the 1ST K-Pop Act of 2024 to debut at #1 on both the Worldwide and European iTunes Song and Album Charts simultaneously! The Album debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 54,000 album-equivalent units sold, earning RM his highest debut entry on the chart and the largest opening sales week of his career! The Album also debuted at #1 on the Top Rap Albums chart in America and at No. 2 on the Korean Circle Album Chart with over 585,000 copies sold of its two versions and debuted at No. 2 on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart with over 23,000 sales. A film documentary, 'RM: Right People, Wrong Place' directed by Lee Seok-jun re the 8-month period before RM's enlistment and the album's creative process, premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in October and was released in theatres globally the following December! RM has had numerous very successful collabs including "Neva Play" with Megan Thee Stallion which debuted atop the Worldwide, European & US iTunes song charts and broke the record for the highest debut on Pandora by a K-Pop Act with 314,555 streams! 'Neva Play' hit No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming RM’s highest entry on the chart! On May 2, 2025, RM released “Stop the Rain” with Tablo! It hit No. 1 on U.S. Rap Digital Song Sales, No. 4 on Digital Song Sales, and No. 1 on iTunes in over 50 countries, and No. 178 on the Billboard Global 200! RM has also collaborated with Fall Out Boy, Gaeko, Krizz Kaliko, Lil Nas X, MFBTY, Primary, SoYoon, Younha, Wale & WarrenG!

RM has won over 620 awards as a member of BTS and also as a Solo Artist! In 2020 he was honoured with the Art Patron of the year Award and in 2023 he won Collab & Music Video of the year for his track "Sexy Nukim" at the Korean Hip-hop Awards! In 2023 he won a SEC award for Asian Musical Artist of the Year and in 2024, he won the MAMA award for 'Fans Choice Top 10 - Male Artist' and the UK Music Video Award for 'Best Alternative Video – International' for "Lost!" In 2025 he received the American Music Award for Favourite K-Pop Artist, the Seoul Music Award for R&B/Hip-Hop, a special Hanteo Music Award for Best Hip-Hop and 2 Shark Awards for 'Best Music Video International' & 'Best Best R&B / Soul Video - International' for "Lost!" and a Japan Music Award for 'Best of Listeners' Choice: International Song' for "Neva Play"! He was nominated at the 2025 MAMAs for Best Hip Hop & Rap for “Stop the Rain” with Tablo, and at the 2026 SEC Awards for Asian Artist of the Year, International Feat for “Stop the Rain”! RM's Album 'Right Place Wrong Person' was voted by Billboard's staff as the #1 best K-Pop Album of 2024! Genius named RM's “Domodachi” ft. Little Simz as one of the best songs of 2024 and RM's 'LOST' was named by Vimeo staff as one of the best short films on the internet! In 2018, RM was awarded the 5th-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea for his contributions to spreading Korean culture. On June 1, 2023, RM was appointed the PR Ambassador for South Korea's Ministry of National Defense Agency Remains Excavation and Investigation Team. On June 20, 2026, RM was appointed the first-ever Global Ambassador of the National Museum of Korea!

RM is also a famous Art collector, known for his notable art pieces including Roni Horn's glass sculpture, KAWS figurines and Takeshi Murakami's "Flower Ball (3-D), Kindergarten (2007)". In 2020, RM added to his collection "Disappearing Hometown 730", a luminescent landscape by South Korean artist Joung Young Ju. In June 2025, after his enlistment in the Army, RM was named Global Ambassador for Samsung Art TV, championing the global art scene. RM held a special talk hosted by Samsung Electronics at Art Basel along with Clément Delépine, Director of Art Basel Paris, featuring the artist Basim Magdy! From October 3, 2026 to February 7, 2027, RM will co-curate RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the first museum exhibition drawn from his personal art collection!

RM’s main fashion endorsement is Bottega Veneta! In March 2023 he became the house’s first celebrity ambassador under Matthieu Blazy, causing a sensation and seated in front row at the Milan for Spring/Summer 2026. Gucci has dressed him for BTS tour looks, and he has starred on the cover of Vogue Korea, Harper's Bazaar, Dazed Korea & GQ Japan among others!

RM is a very active philanthropist and donated ₩100 million (US$85,810.58) on his 25th birthday to the Seoul Samsun School to help hearing-impaired students receive music education. In December 2020, the Arts Council of Korea named him one of its ten 2020 Patrons of the Arts in recognition of his ₩100 million donation to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art for the printing and distribution of various rare art books to schools and libraries in rural and mountainous regions. Since September 2021, RM has donated ₩100 million each year towards the preservation and restoration of cultural artifacts overseas, through the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) and the Overseas Cultural Heritage Foundation. His first (private) donation, was used for treatment of a hwarot owned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) at the time, while his 2022 donation was used for the creation of an art brochure introducing Korean paintings. In September 2023, he donated ₩100 million to the National Forensic Service of South Korea, to develop forensic science in the country. In September 2024, on his 30th birthday, RM donated ₩100 million (US$87,416.41) to the Funds for Veterans to provide welfare and treatment to uniformed service personnel and their families. In March 2025, RM donated ₩100 million (US$87,416.41) to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association for wildfire relief efforts after wildfire damages in the Ulsan, Gyeongbuk, and Gyeongnam regions! On his 31st birthday, RM gave ₩200 million total, ₩100 million each to Asan Medical Center and Korea University Medical Center for low-income patient care and hospital services.

RM is still the best leader in the world, steering a seven-member group through the biggest career gap in K-pop, then bringing them back bigger than ever with the #1 Album of 2026 while still finding time for culture and people!

POET OF OUR GENERATION
namjoon
#HAPPYRMDAY
#HappyBirthdayRM
#HappyBirthdayNamjoon
#JoonieverseDay
#MuseOfSeoulRM
#BeyondTheVerseRM
#AutumnBloomRM
#WorldLovesRM
#LoveForNamjoon
#OurRightPlaceRM

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

BTS is set to record the BIGGEST touring year by ANY artist in history, according to box office reports.

— Their 'ARIRANG' World Tour is on track to become the #1 tour of 2026 with over $800 MILLION and 4 MILLION tickets sold across 77 shows, excluding the remaining 2027 dates.

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Charlie Puth attended BTS’ SOLD-OUT concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

[K⁷ | 13TS @tksovers]

BTS officially breaks the record for the BIGGEST streaming Year by an Asian Act on Spotify (8.68B), dethroning its own 2021 record (8.65B).

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Billboard names BTS as a potential candidate for the Video Vanguard Award at this year’s VMAs.

[Mayor Brandon Johnson @ChicagosMayor]

I want to thank BTS for bringing your unifying and exciting Arirang World Tour to Chicago!

And to every BTS Army Member visiting us from around the globe, I hope you have a "Dynamite" time here in Chicago!

[ران 𝑺𝑾𝑰𝑴 @ran__min]

ياروحييي الآرمي هنا رفعت لافتة لنامجون، وهو رمى لها الكرة بس لأنها كانت ماسكة اللافتة ما قدرت تمسكها، وانتهى فيها الحال تنضرب بالكرة على راسها والكرة رجعت عند نامجون وهو مصدوم، وتأكد بعدها إنها بخير، وانها حصلت الكورة 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[⁷ @Pk_bts_land]

BTS wins at K-World Dream Awards:

🏆Artist of The Year : BTS (DAESANG)
🏆Artist Award : BTS
🏆Best Album : 'ARIRANG'

CONGRATULATIONS BTS
#btsbestband

[BTS Updates, News & Charts⁷ @_BTSMoments]

[📰 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒]

According to Billboard reports, #BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG has earned $433.2 million with 2.3 million tickets sold over 38 shows & becomes the Highest-Grossing by a Vocal Group, K-pop Act & Asian act..

— #BTS is also the FIRST Group to report $100M gross in multiple months, ranking 3rd overall joining Beyoncé & Bad Bunny..!

(https://t.co/R9ipK19hWV)
CONGRATULATIONS BTS
BTS PAVED THE WAY

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

The Mayor of Chicago welcomes BTS to the city with a message on Instagram ahead of their SOLD-OUT concerts.

[World Music Awards @WORLDMUSICAWARD]

#BTS makes history as their ARIRANG World Tour officially becomes the Highest-Grossing Tour by a Vocal Group and Asian Act in history (US$433.2M)! 💪🐐👑💜❤️‍🔥

BTS PAVED THE WAY

[kat @kookyun]

J-hope saw a comment which said "could you give me advice on how to forget my boyfriend"

And he said "time is the cure" 😭😭

[BTS Charts & News @btschartsxdaily]

WE LOVE YOU HOBI 🥹💜