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BTS On The Ellen Show? Plus, DNA Music Video Hits 3M Likes On YouTube

Bangtan Boys at KCON France 2016 in Paris on June 2, 2016.

K-Pop group BTS is not slowing down at all. The South Korean group’s music video for DNA on YouTube has just hit 3M views in just a matter of weeks. Meanwhile, the group’s agency hinted on a possible guesting on The Ellen Show. The executive director of the famous talk show just confirmed a possible appearance via tweet.

BTS a.k.a the Bangtan Boys is a seven-member group from Seoul formed in 2013. They recently celebrated their fourth year through the 2017 Festa. In May, they won Top Social Artist Award at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. They’ve also been included in Time Magazine 2017’s 25 Most Influential people on the internet. In October, the group was nominated for big awards in Argentina and Brazil. This November, they have just revealed that they are working with UNICEF humbly offering portions of their profits for programs benefitting children and teens with the campaign called #ENDviolence.

Meanwhile, BTS’ DNA music video has now hit 3M likes on YouTube in just a matter of weeks. The video was posted in Sept and has now had around 137M views. Watch the video below.

BTS to guest on The Ellen Show, Executive Director confirms

There have been rumors stating that BTS will be on The Ellen Show. A report by AllKpop says that on Thursday, Nov 3, BTS’ agency Big Hit Entertainment released a statement addressing the issue.

The statement read, “BTS have been offered to appear on multiple overseas programs and ‘The Ellen Show’ is one of them. Nothing has yet been confirmed.”

On Nov 2, Andy Lassner, the executive producer of The Ellen Show gave a hint that it could actually happen. Rap Monster Phil posted a tweet showing a photo of 103.7 Kiss FM tagging Andy saying the LA Kings would be happy to have BTS on the show. Andy then replied to the tweet asking Kyle Clifford of the LA Kings if it was true. Kyle answered, “Give the kids what they want Andy.” That’s when Andy said, “Well, @13KCliffy has spoken.”

Rap Monster Phil. on Twitter then posted the series of tweets captioned, “Ellen DeGeneres’ producer said something interesting about inviting BTS to the show. What does ARMY think of this?” Andy replied to the tweet saying, “It’s gonna happen.”

There are no confirmations as to when BTS will actually guest on The Ellen Show but with the executive producer saying “It’s gonna happen” is good enough for fans.

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