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omonatheydid[#오늘의방탄] UN SDG Moment with #BTS
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On September 20 local time, BTS and South Korean President Moon Jae In spoke at the Sustainable Development Goals Moment (SDG Moment) at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
This was BTS’s first official event after being officially appointed special presidential envoys by President Moon Jae In last week. (OP note: they hold diplomatic passports now).
At the SDG Moment, the BTS members spoke from the perspective of young people living through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and shared a message of hope for the future.
RM said, “We are here today to share the stories of the future generation. Before we came here, we asked young people in their teens and 20s around the world about the past two years and about the world they’re living in today.” Jin said, “There were times during the past two years when we too felt confused and troubled. But here, there are people who cry out, ‘Let’s live on, let’s live the best of this moment.'” Jimin continued, “They couldn’t just stand still during this time of their lives. There was no one we could blame. We were the same as we were yesterday, but the world had changed like we had suddenly entered a parallel world.”
Jungkook said, “We were saddened to hear the news of entrance and graduation ceremonies being canceled. It is upsetting to lose the moments that should be celebrated moments in one’s life. As for us, we were disappointed to have to cancel the concert tour that we had prepared for so long, and for a long time we missed the moments that we wanted to complete.
Suga said, “We needed time to mourn for the things that we lost to COVID-19, and time to discover how precious the moments that we took for granted were.”
Suga said, “We needed time to mourn for the things that we lost to COVID-19, and time to discover how precious the moments that we took for granted were.”
Jimin showed the results of BTS’s #youthtoday campaign that they ran on social media, where people would send in photos of their precious moments. He said, “There were many people who showed themselves in nature. It seems that for the past two years, the time that we spent in nature felt more special.”
J-Hope referred to environmental issues when he said, “We just spoke about mourning, but it’s hard to even think about the mourning for the Earth. Everyone agrees that climate change is an important problem, but it’s not easy to talk about what the best solution might be.”
RM added, “While we were preparing to come here today, we learned that there are many young people who are taking an interest in environmental issues and that there are many students who have taken this on as their field of study. The future is unexplored territory, and we will be the ones who spend the most time in it, so I think that these young people are trying to find for themselves the ways that we can live in it.”
V continued, “I hope we don’t consider the future as nothing but darkness. We have people who are concerned for the world and are searching for the answers. There are still many pages left in the story about us, so I hope we don’t just talk about it like the ending is already written.” Jungkook added, “Sometimes the world seems stopped in place even if we’re ready to go. Sometimes it feels like you’ve lost your way. There were times when we felt the same way.”
RM continued, “I have heard people in their teens and 20s now are called the ‘COVID lost generation.’ It means that at a time when they need the most opportunities and challenges, they’ve lost their way. But just because adults cannot see the road for themselves, it doesn’t mean that they’ve lost their way.”
Jimin shared photos of students who have continued their studies and activities despite the pandemic and said, “In online spaces, they have continued to meet with their friends in new ways, started learning new things, and have tried to live more healthy lives. Rather than looking lost, they’ve found new courage and are taking on new challenges.”
Jin said, “Therefore, I think that instead of the ‘lost generation,’ the ‘welcome generation’ is a more appropriate name. Instead of being afraid of change, this generation says ‘welcome’ as they walk forward into the future.” RM said, “If we continue to believe in possibility and hope, we will not lose our way but discover new ones.” Suga added, “We will not always make perfect choices, but that will not mean that there is nothing we can do.”
J-Hope said, “What’s important are the choices we make when faced with change. Upon the news of us coming to the UN, many people wondered whether we had been vaccinated. I will take this opportunity to say that all seven of us have been vaccinated.” RM went on, “Vaccination was like the ticket for meeting our fans and being able to stand here today. Just like we said today, we too are doing the things that we’re able to do right now.”
President Moon Jae-In & BTS speeches
(dubbed in English)
Undubbed version of BTS' speech
Permission to Dance at the UN General Assembly
Source: BTSOfficial twt | News1 & Newsen via Soompi | United Nations Youtube 1, 2, 3
What did you think of their speeches, Omona? + Did they need permission to dance at the UN General Assembly or not?? 🤔
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Date: 2021-09-20 04:17 pm (UTC)I don't really care about this kind of speeches, they all say a lot of words but they don't mean anything. But at least they all spoke in Korean so they had less pressure, they looked tired though!
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Date: 2021-09-20 05:20 pm (UTC)Will they be exempt from the military now that they hold diplomatic passports?
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Date: 2021-09-20 05:37 pm (UTC)agree that the speeches are always a bit empty, i was impressed at first (i know, my bar is on the ground.mp3) that they discussed climate change but that was the topic of the meeting so...
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Date: 2021-09-20 05:40 pm (UTC)Will they be exempt from the military now that they hold diplomatic passports?
as far as i know there's no law that diplomatic passport = military exemption, but giving them diplomatic passports is a way to heighten their status above a 'regular' kpop idol aka stressing their significance to korea as a nation. it could be used in public and political debates to argue in favor of military exemption
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Date: 2021-09-20 06:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-20 06:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-20 07:30 pm (UTC)I didn't expect them to perform! Still hate the song but at least the performance was cute/fun, especially the transition from indoors to outdoors. Jungkook is a gem <3
I usually find Namjoon charming but I really dislike his new hair. It doesn't suit his face.
I hope this marks the end of the PTD era and we'll now move onto better and more interesting music. But let's be real, my expectations are super low because everything I heard of their upcoming collab with COLDPLAY sounds boring and bland :((
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Date: 2021-09-20 07:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-20 08:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-20 08:08 pm (UTC)I hope this marks the end of the PTD era and we'll now move onto better and more interesting music. But let's be real, my expectations are super low because everything I heard of their upcoming collab with COLDPLAY sounds boring and bland :((
i know :(( i still can't believe i've become so apprehensive about their releases. i'm also not excited about the coldplay collab they choose the worst white men to collab with tbh
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Date: 2021-09-20 09:23 pm (UTC)I know nothing about Coldplay — personality-wise — but their music doesn't impress me much nowadays. They have released a few very good songs but it was, like, 15-20 years ago. Their recent music is boring and extremely repetitive. Which is exactly what I'm afraid will happen to BTS' music judging from their latest releases.
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Date: 2021-09-20 10:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-21 06:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-21 07:01 am (UTC)idk about them as people either but i had a conversation with a friend earlier where i expressed this fear ad verbatim! i'm still holding out some hope for a korean release but the last title that i really loved was black swan i think. it's so sad because before i would maybe not love 1-2 songs per album not so much but really love the rest and now it's the other way around :((
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Date: 2021-09-21 11:39 pm (UTC)Never can fault Bangtan for planning ahead and maximizing their promotion cycles. Surprised more artists don’t do this.
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Date: 2021-09-22 01:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-22 05:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-22 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-22 07:13 pm (UTC)And they're definitely milking this collab because on Friday, the song is released, then 2 days after there's a documentary about it (I guess that's why Chris Martin travelled in the middle of the pandemic to Seoul), then the MV will come later. They know how ARMY functions lol
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Date: 2021-09-22 07:18 pm (UTC)after this they just copied pasted their formula.
exactly!
i know i saw that there's a documentary coming too... like about what????? who asked for this? but army will eat and consume anything with a bts sticker on it and bighit knows they'll make money off of it
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Date: 2021-09-22 08:19 pm (UTC)They quickly said this was a demo (when it's clearly not because the production is clean lol), so maybe they changed the song because ARMY will flip if Coldplay sold the song as a BTS collab (and BTS co-wrote the song) when it's Jungkook and Taehyung only o.O #bloodbathiscoming
I guess the documentary will be about BTS showing a bit of the Korean culture to them (they offered the members modern hanbok), the writing and recording of the song, but to call it a documentary is a reach lol