{"id":380541,"date":"2026-04-15T11:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/380541\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:04:08","slug":"k-pop-stars-bts-say-they-dont-view-taylor-swift-harry-styles-and-bruno-mars-as-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/380541\/","title":{"rendered":"K-pop stars BTS say they don&#8217;t view Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and Bruno Mars as rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Suga, 33, admitted he used to be \u201cway too competitive\u201d with other artistes, but said the band members now prioritise enjoying their work rather than chasing constant wins.<\/p>\n<p>He 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<p>The interview also touched on the long\u2011running question of whether BTS might one day headline the Super Bowl halftime show.<\/p>\n<p>RM said the global rise of Korean culture, from films like Parasite to the worldwide popularity of K\u2011pop, could eventually make it possible.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cMaybe if time goes by, and the thoughts in the people change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RM insisted they would \u201cdefinitely want to someday\u201d if the opportunity came.<\/p>\n<p>Jimin, 30, noted that the decision ultimately lies with the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe can\u2019t do it unless we\u2019re invited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arirang, their first full\u2011length 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":"Suga, 33, admitted he used to be \u201cway too competitive\u201d with other artistes, but said the band members&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[3640,156,3856,157,111,139,69,4790],"class_list":{"0":"post-380541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-bts","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-k-pop","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-south-korea"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}