{"id":463794,"date":"2026-05-28T04:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/463794\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T04:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:36:14","slug":"katseye-met-bts-yoonchae-forgot-how-to-speak-korean-in-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/463794\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE Met BTS & Yoonchae ‘Forgot’ How to Speak Korean in the Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tKATSEYE<\/a> might be one of the world\u2019s biggest girl groups right now, but at the end of the day, the members are just fangirls like everyone else. That was apparent when they met BTS<\/a> in Las Vegas recently, during which Yoonchae says she \u201cforgot\u201d how to speak her native language because of how starstruck she felt.<\/p>\n

\n\tToward the beginning of their Monday (May 25) livestream on Weverse<\/a>, Yoonchae and bandmate Sophia gushed about brushing elbows with the Bangtan Boys backstage at the AIRIRANG World Tour concert in Sin City. \u201cI started crying,\u201d Yoonchae, who is from Korea, recalled. \u201cAfter that, my brain was blank.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThey were all so down to earth,\u201d said Sophia, who is from New York. \u201cThey were so kind. I looked to my right and Yoonchae wasn\u2019t speaking. She was trying to compose herself. And then I was like, \u2018Yoonchae\u2019s Korean; she can speak Korean!’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMy heart dropped when you said that,\u201d Yoonchae replied, recreating how she started stuttering in the moment. \u201cI was like, \u2018I forgot Korean again.\u2019 When I get nervous, I forget Korean.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBTS is currently in the middle of a four-night stint at Allegiant Stadium, which KATSEYE attended while both groups were also in town for the American Music Awards. At the Monday night ceremony, the girl group won new artist of the year and shouted out<\/a> the boy band on stage.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe want to give a special shout-out to BTS tonight for inspiring us to represent our culture at a global scale,\u201d Sophia said while accepting the award alongside Yoonchae, Lara, Daniela and Megan.<\/p>\n

\n\tBackstage at the award show, KATSEYE posed for a picture<\/a> with RM, Jung Kook, j-hope, SUGA, V, Jimin and Jin. BTS also won big that night, taking home artist of the year, best male K-pop artist and song of the summer for Billboard Hot 100<\/a>-topping single \u201cSWIM.\u201d Both groups provided performances during the broadcast as well, with BTS contributing<\/a> a pre-filmed take of single \u201cHooligan\u201d live on tour and KATSEYE delivering hit \u201cPinky Up\u201d<\/a> \u2014 of which j-hope is apparently a fan \u2014 on stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen we walked in for the meet-and-greet, j-hope was doing \u2018Pinky Up\u2019 to us,\u201d Sophia said on the livestream, miming the song\u2019s signature dance move with her pinky. \u201cHe\u2019s the best. They\u2019re all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tKATSEYE\u2019s new EP, Wild \u2014 sans Manon, who\u2019s on hiatus from the group \u2014 is set to drop Aug. 14. Following their stay in Vegas, the members of BTS will continue their AIRIRANG trek in South Korea with two shows in Busan.<\/p>\n


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