NEW YORK (AP) – Trapped at home during pandemic, BTS created “Dynamite” and released the song to their isolated fans as a gift. Now, the gift has returned to them, in the form of their first Grammy nomination.
“A lot of people were sad, baffled by the COVID situation and it was kind of a suggestion to collect (from everyone),” Jin said in an interview this week with The Associated Press.
“We were supposed to do the whole stadium tour around the world. There was no plan to release a single like ‘Dynamite’ “, explained RM. “‘Dynamite’ gave us a lot of success in Korea, of course, a Grammy nomination, a performance, so you know, life is really interesting.”
“Dynamite” became BTS ’first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 list when it was released last year. After years of recording Top 40 hits and selling arenas and stadiums, the seven-member collective is competing for the best pop / pop group performance and will also perform at Sunday’s show.
BTS is the first K-pop act to compete at the Grammys.
“It’s very difficult to put into words,” Jimin said of the nomination. “Even now we can’t believe we are nominated and we will be able to perform at the Grammys. Therefore, we are grateful. We are honored. “
The explosive success of BTS will fight again number 1: “Rain on Me” by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande – as well as the 10 most outstanding hits like Taylor Swift and the exile of Bon Iver and the “Intentions” of Justin Bieber and Quavo. J Balvin, Bad Bunny and “One Day” by Dua Lipa who topped the Billboard Hot Latin song list, completes the five nominees.
“I always listen to ‘Rain on Me.’ It’s great to hear that song on tape. It was a hit. It was on fire last year,” RM said. “And of course, ‘Intentions,’ ‘Exile’ was crazy. IJ Balvin and Dua Lipa.”
“We’re nervous and actually frankly, we don’t expect (win) so much because we don’t want to be disappointed because Lady Gaga, Taylor, Bieber, all the big names (they’re nominated). So we’re a little confused. It’s like the roller coaster: back and forth, back and forth, up and down.
Her performance at the Grammys will mark her second place in the major awards: they helped Lil Nas X when she sang “Old Town Road” last year. Sunday’s performance follows the recent airing of “MTV Unplugged Presents: BTS,” which featured BTS covering Coldplay’s popular rock ballad, “Fix You.”
In a tweet – in Korean – Coldplay called BTS ‘performance “pretty.”
“Coldplay came to Korea about three years ago to do a big concert and J-Hope and I went to his concert and saw‘ Fix You ’at that time‘ and it meant a lot, ’RM recalled. “Hopefully we can work with them, or maybe have a meeting and have some tea or coffee or whatever. We love Coldplay. “
Last week he declared IFPI, the organization that represents the global record industry that BTS was the best-selling act of 2020.
The band is currently working on new music, as a group and as soloists. They said the Grammy nomination creates some pressure for the next batch of songs they produce, but they don’t let success come to mind.
“We try to stay on the ground and put our feet on the ground and do what we do,” RM said.