RM.

My name is RM, leader of the group BTS. Two years ago here, I asked you for your name.

I asked you to let me hear your voice.

And I allowed myself to be filled with your imagination.

Like a boy from a small town in Korea.

As a young man attending the United Nations General Assembly.

As a citizen of this world.

I envisioned the limitless possibilities of all of us, my heart pounded with excitement.

But COVID-19 was beyond my imagination.

Our world tour was cancelled, all our plans too.

And I found myself alone.

I tried, but I couldn't see the stars in the night sky.

JIMIN.

I felt hopeless. Everything fell apart.

I could only see outside my window.

I could only be in my room.

Yesterday, I was singing and dancing with fans from all over the world.

and now my world was stuck to a quarter.

And then, my friends took my hand.

We comfort each other and talk about what we can do together.

SUGA.

Life became simple, perhaps for the first time.

It was an enriching time: unwanted, but welcome.

I'm used to the world shrinking in an instant.

When I'm on tour, I'm surrounded by bright lights and cheers.

But at night, I go back to my room

and my world becomes a space that I walk with a few steps.

The room was small, but my world

Our world was huge.

In that world we have our instruments, phones and our fans.

v.

But this time everything felt different, I felt alone and small. Why? I asked myself that question for a
long time.

I thought maybe it was because it wasn't so easy to let your imagination run wild anymore.

I was frustrated and depressed.

But I took notes, I wrote songs and I thought about who I am.

He told me: giving up right now means that I am not the star of my life.

It's what a cowardly person would do.

J Hope

I don't know who was the first.

But we accepted all our emotions and the seven of us started making music together.

That is the origin of music, we made it with honesty.

Our lives are essential

We don't know all the answers.

I knew where I wanted to go, but I didn't know how to get there.

The only thing I did to get there was trust us.

Do things in the best way and love what I do.

jin

I found my loved ones again.

To our band members, my family and my friends.

I found the music I love, and I found myself.

It is important to think about the future and work hard.

But the most important thing is to value ourselves.

Do not lose motivation and stay happy.

In an uncertain world, we must appreciate the importance

that we all have.

Me, you and us.

That's the message of "Love myself", which we talked about 3 years ago.

That's the message of our song "Dynamite".

"I'm a diamond, you know I shine."

JUNGKOOK

One night we were working together

RM said that he couldn't see the stars.

But I saw my face reflected in the window. And I saw our faces too.

Our songs became the stories that

we wanted to tell each other.

We live in the midst of uncertainty

But nothing has changed.

If there is anything we can do.

If with our songs we transmit strengths to people.

So that is what we will do and will continue to do.

MR

When I start to feel lost

I remembered my face in the window.

I remembered the words I spoke right here two years ago. "Love yourself, speak for yourself."

Now more than ever we must remember who we are and face it.

We must try to look to the future and love ourselves.

BTS will be there with you.

Our tomorrow may be bleak, silent and difficult

We may trip and fall.

But the stars shine brighter when the night is dark.

And if the stars hide, we will be guided by the light of the moon.

And if the moon is dark.

May our faces be the light that helps us find the way.

Let's re-imagine our world.

We are tired, but we will dream again.

Let's dream of a future where we leave our small rooms.

To see the immense world we had before.

It may seem that we will always be alone.

And that the night will never end, but the dawn always comes.

Life goes on

Let's keep living.

The South Korean band BTS offered a speech on May 31, 2022 at the White House in Washington
(USA), after being invited last week by President Joe Biden, on the occasion of Asian heritage month
in the North American country.

The seven members of the most famous K-Pop group appeared at the home of the US president with
a solemn message in which they denounced racism and discrimination against people of Asian origin
in that country.