That is why the entire MTV special was dedicated to the ARMY - with BTS repeatedly expressing their disappointment and frustration over not being able tour their recent BE album due to the coronavirus pandemic, mingled with their gratitude for the unprecedented Unplugged opportunity and hopes for a return to normalcy in 2021.

diehard BTS devotees) who tuned in Tuesday from around the globe were already well aware that Suga, V, and their fellow BTS mates J-Hope, Jimin, Jin, Jungkook, and RM are accomplished vocalists and composers. Of course, while MTV Unplugged Presents: BTS might have converted some doubters into admirers and casual fans into superfans, the millions of ARMY members (a.k.a. вЂ¦ I had to work on our album BE, and while I was listening to some older demos I came across this and thought, вЂThis could be good!вЂ™ I finished writing the lyrics on the spot, turned it in, and it made it to the album.вЂќ Later, group member V, a co-writer on вЂњBlue & Grey,вЂќ also spoke about the past difficult and lonely year, explaining, вЂњI tried to express my inner sadness and uncertainty, so I translated the feeling of burning out as вЂblueвЂ™ and the sadness of not being able to see ARMY as вЂgrey.вЂ™вЂќ Suga - recently recovered from his November 2020 shoulder surgery and delighted to be performing again, even if it wasnвЂ™t in front of the groupвЂ™s usual nightly live audience of thousands - spoke about his вЂњTelepathyвЂќ inspiration, stating: вЂњWeвЂ™re in a situation where we canвЂ™t meet our fans around the world in person due to COVID-19, so the songвЂ™s lyrics describes our current situation of temporarily being apart from each other. The special also emphasized BTSвЂ™s unknown-to-the-uninitiated songwriting skills, as the show took a page from another famous Viacom franchise, VH1 Storytellers, with two group members opening up about their specific contributions to the two above-mentioned hits. But MTV Unplugged Presents: BTS nonetheless presented BTS in a new light, stripping back their usual glossy production and super-stylized choreographed, and putting the focus on the soulful Seoul groupвЂ™s smooth septuple harmonies. It started off with the boy band crooning вЂњTelepathyвЂќ in an old-school basement rec room, followed by вЂњBlue & GreyвЂќ in a sunlit greenhouse, both performances accompanied by lushly orchestrated tracks later on, a couple cords could definitely be spotted trailing from their backing bandвЂ™s apparently electric instruments. MTV Unplugged special - going down in televised pop history alongside the likes of Pearl Jam, LL Cool J, Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton, Tony Bennett, Lauryn Hill and, of course, Nirvana.ДЄdmittedly, the half-hour one-off special, filmed in South Korea, wasnвЂ™t all that unplugged, at least in the seriesвЂ™ traditional '90s sense. On Tuesday night, unstoppable K-poppers BTS continued to break barriers, when they became the first Korean act to star in their own standalone U.S.

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