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":["post-397840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-nsync","tag-691","tag-albums","tag-alternative","tag-angst","tag-artists","tag-ash","tag-audio","tag-backstreet-boys","tag-beatles","tag-beck","tag-blink-182","tag-blur","tag-books","tag-britney-spears","tag-bts-see-taylor-swift","tag-buy-tickets","tag-cd","tag-cds","tag-celebrities","tag-christina-aguilera","tag-classic","tag-competitions","tag-concerts","tag-dance","tag-david-bowie","tag-e-cards","tag-e-mail","tag-email","tag-eminem","tag-entertainment","tag-fifty","tag-films","tag-foo-fighters","tag-free","tag-gigs","tag-hardcore","tag-harry-styles-and-bruno-mars-as-greater-artists-than-them-music","tag-hendrix","tag-hip-hop","tag-ie","tag-indie","tag-ireland","tag-korn","tag-lennon","tag-limp-bizkit","tag-live","tag-madonna","tag-magazine","tag-manics","tag-marilyn-manson","tag-metal","tag-metallica","tag-microsoft-media-player","tag-moby","tag-music-news","tag-music-news-reviews","tag-muzik","tag-my","tag-nelly","tag-news","tag-nirvana","tag-oasis","tag-pearl-jam","tag-pop","tag-prince","tag-prodigy","tag-pulp","tag-quotes","tag-rb","tag-radio","tag-radiohead","tag-rap","tag-real-audio","tag-rem","tag-rock","tag-sex-pistols","tag-shop","tag-singles","tag-smashing-pumpkins","tag-soul","tag-stereophonics","tag-stone-roses","tag-suede","tag-supergrass","tag-tickets","tag-top","tag-travis","tag-u2","tag-underworld","tag-video","tag-webcasts","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}]}}