BTS pulled off their massive virtual concert, Map of the Soul ON:E, over the weekend, with nearly one million fans watching from around the globe, according to a post-concert release.
Across Saturday (Oct. 10) and Sunday (Oct. 11), the K-pop idols gave the BTS ARMY a grand total of 23 numbers during the two-day show, including performances of the b-side tracks of Map of the Soul: 7 for the first time.
“For the Map of the Soul album series and this show, we focused on putting our thoughts, personal stories and songs of the past seven years and prepared really hard,” the boy band said in a statement about the concert.
In addition to hits like “We Are Bulletproof: the Eternal,” “DNA” and their No. 1 hit “Dynamite,” the concert also featured solo moments by all seven members for the group — from RM (“Intro: Persona”) and Jimin (“Filter”) to Jin (“Moon”) and Jungkook (“My Time”). Meanwhile, Suga and J-Hope performed “Interlude: Shadow” and “Outro: Ego” while V delivered “Inner Child.”
BTS also dedicated the entire encore of the digital concert experience to their fandom, closing out with “Butterfly” and “Run” on day one and “Spring Day” and “Idol” on day two. (All in all, the two-day event drew a total of 993,ooo viewers from 191 countries, according to the release.)
“The concert crossed countless emotions. Our first march began with seven boys who gathered for a small dream. And together, we will march on forever, each of us waving flags of various colors and singing different stories in different languages. BTS is not a story of only seven, but is about you, me and everyone,” the septet concluded in their statement once the weekend wrapped.
Check out BTS’ messages to fans following the show below.
여러분 덕에 오랜만에 살아있다고 느낄 수 있었어요. 우리의 잘못이 아닌 잘못들 속에서, 이 긴긴 시간 동안 최선을 다해 반짝여볼 수 있기를! 감사하고 감사하며. 사랑합니다 🥰 pic.twitter.com/dY9LAdQAQr
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 11, 2020
이틀 동안 함께해주신 우리 아미 여러분들 너무 고마워요 오래 준비한 만큼 빨리 보여드리고 싶었고, 잘 하고 싶었던 마음이 컸었기에 아쉬움도 많이 남네요. 그래도 아미에게 큰 위로와 기쁨이 되었다면 그걸로 너무나도 만족합니다 직접 만나는 그날까지 힘내고 서로 더 사랑합시다💜사랑해요💜 pic.twitter.com/QIxVNSXv2J
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 11, 2020
정말 정말 행복한 시간을 함께 해주신 모든 아미여러분들께 감사의 인사를 전합니다
사랑하고 또 사랑합니다#JIMIN pic.twitter.com/kzspVwxiqs— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 11, 2020
아미 덕분에 오늘 너무 즐거웠습니다람쥐 pic.twitter.com/egT2AftWu4
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 11, 2020
또 만나요오오~! pic.twitter.com/k7mTxtGgEK
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 11, 2020
아미 내일 또 봐용가리 pic.twitter.com/SeD5ft5rMM
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 10, 2020
내일 봅시닷! pic.twitter.com/smzVoTEx4a
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 10, 2020