BTS have insisted they don\u2019t see themselves in competition with Western chart giants, despite their latest album ARIRANG spending a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
\nRM said the group still view themselves modestly, even as they continue to dominate global charts.<\/p>\n
\nAsked about comparisons to Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and Bruno Mars in a cover interview with Rolling Stone, RM dismissed the idea of rivalry entirely.<\/p>\n
\nHe said the three stars are \u201cgreater artists than us\u201d and described BTS as \u201cjust a boy band from Korea”.<\/p>\n
\nThe group also reflected on how their mindset has shifted over the years.<\/p>\n
\nSUGA admitted he used to be \u201cway too competitive\u201d with other artists, but said the band now prioritise enjoying their work rather than chasing constant wins.<\/p>\n
\nHe added that the pressure to achieve had once pushed their physical and emotional limits, but that growing older has allowed them to \u201crelax a little\u201d and \u201chave more fun with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe interview also touched on the long-running\u00a0question of whether BTS might one day headline the Super Bowl halftime show.<\/p>\n
\nRM said the global rise of Korean culture \u2014 from films like Parasite to the worldwide popularity of K-pop \u2014 could eventually make it possible.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: \u201cMaybe if time goes by, and the thoughts in the people change.”<\/p>\n
\nRM insisted they would \u201cdefinitely want to someday\u201d if the opportunity came.<\/p>\n
\nJimin noted that the decision ultimately lies with the NFL.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: \u201cWe can\u2019t do it unless we\u2019re invited.”<\/p>\n
\nARIRANG, their first full-length album in six years, continues its strong chart run, while lead single SWIM recently hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BTS have insisted they don\u2019t see themselves in competition with Western chart giants, despite their latest album ARIRANG…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[663,691,692,635,702,642,650,643,659,682,679,672,653,288,667,175855,705,716,715,321,670,645,697,706,638,687,701,711,712,662,93,690,695,683,710,703,639,175856,654,338,61,636,60,661,649,658,694,664,709,676,665,637,669,708,686,633,634,656,714,668,43,680,655,666,641,671,688,678,696,648,700,652,646,707,674,640,651,713,693,675,647,681,685,684,677,704,689,673,660,657,644,698,699],"class_list":{"0":"post-397840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-nsync","9":"tag-691","10":"tag-albums","11":"tag-alternative","12":"tag-angst","13":"tag-artists","14":"tag-ash","15":"tag-audio","16":"tag-backstreet-boys","17":"tag-beatles","18":"tag-beck","19":"tag-blink-182","20":"tag-blur","21":"tag-books","22":"tag-britney-spears","23":"tag-bts-see-taylor-swift","24":"tag-buy-tickets","25":"tag-cd","26":"tag-cds","27":"tag-celebrities","28":"tag-christina-aguilera","29":"tag-classic","30":"tag-competitions","31":"tag-concerts","32":"tag-dance","33":"tag-david-bowie","34":"tag-e-cards","35":"tag-e-mail","36":"tag-email","37":"tag-eminem","38":"tag-entertainment","39":"tag-fifty","40":"tag-films","41":"tag-foo-fighters","42":"tag-free","43":"tag-gigs","44":"tag-hardcore","45":"tag-harry-styles-and-bruno-mars-as-greater-artists-than-them-music","46":"tag-hendrix","47":"tag-hip-hop","48":"tag-ie","49":"tag-indie","50":"tag-ireland","51":"tag-korn","52":"tag-lennon","53":"tag-limp-bizkit","54":"tag-live","55":"tag-madonna","56":"tag-magazine","57":"tag-manics","58":"tag-marilyn-manson","59":"tag-metal","60":"tag-metallica","61":"tag-microsoft-media-player","62":"tag-moby","63":"tag-music-news","64":"tag-music-news-reviews","65":"tag-muzik","66":"tag-my","67":"tag-nelly","68":"tag-news","69":"tag-nirvana","70":"tag-oasis","71":"tag-pearl-jam","72":"tag-pop","73":"tag-prince","74":"tag-prodigy","75":"tag-pulp","76":"tag-quotes","77":"tag-rb","78":"tag-radio","79":"tag-radiohead","80":"tag-rap","81":"tag-real-audio","82":"tag-rem","83":"tag-rock","84":"tag-sex-pistols","85":"tag-shop","86":"tag-singles","87":"tag-smashing-pumpkins","88":"tag-soul","89":"tag-stereophonics","90":"tag-stone-roses","91":"tag-suede","92":"tag-supergrass","93":"tag-tickets","94":"tag-top","95":"tag-travis","96":"tag-u2","97":"tag-underworld","98":"tag-video","99":"tag-webcasts","100":"tag-webchats"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}