By Deepa Lakshmin
If BTS’s Grammy efficiency is a sneak peek of what to anticipate for his or her upcoming “Permission to Dance” series of Las Vegas exhibits, then their Military fandom higher skip the flowery footwear and keep on with one thing they’ll comfortably dance in. On the awards present Sunday night time (April 3), BTS introduced their modern choreography and hit track “Butter” to Vegas’s MGM Grand Backyard Area. They’re the primary Ok-pop group to carry out on the Grammys and are up for Finest Pop Duo/Group Efficiency this yr, the identical class they had been nominated in final yr for “Dynamite.”
“It is an award voted on by the friends within the music business, so meaning a lot,” RM informed E! Information about what it will imply to them to take residence the Gramophone. “These two years had been so exhausting and devastating and if we received any Grammys it will all repay.”
Win or lose, BTS placed on a present to recollect, kicking off their set with a whisper in Grammy-winner Olivia Rodrigo’s ear and a sleight of hand that doubled as an enthralling magic trick. Then, Jungkook dropped on stage in true spy-kid vogue, and, nicely, issues escalated from there.
Jungkook, Jin, Jimin, V, RM, J-Hope, and Suga — wearing matching all-black fits, as spies do — launched into the strikes they accomplish that nicely, dodging lasers and utilizing their blazers as pretend guitars. (Maybe they know all of us get the urge to bust out an air guitar whereas listening to their songs.)
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty PhotosOn the 2021 Grammys, the septet carried out “Dynamite” remotely from Seoul, Korea, so it will need to have been particularly thrilling to have the ability to take the stage on the bottom in Vegas this yr. Fortuitously for them, the dwell music’s simply getting began. They’ll be taking on the close by Allegiant Stadium for a line of exhibits this month. Although they made headlines and broke information for his or her livestream concert events in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the truth that their “Permission to Dance” exhibits bought out is proof the town is hungry for extra in-person strikes from BTS.
Keep tuned for continued protection of the ceremony, and discover the checklist of winners right here.
