BTS decided to recreate the tricky hand gestures that J-Hope, Jimin and Jungkook performed in the song. J-Hope got down to teaching his fellow members and Megan. While a few, like V, got it immediately, Jin took a while to get a hang of it.
An undeniable bop that never oversells its cool, romantically curious vibes, Wheeler’s jam had everyone at their full-pitch energy even past midnight on a Monday, singing the song back to him as he smiled triumphantly. Wheeler’s band kicked into high gear, all-smiles as they welcomed Wheeler up to the mic with dramatic instrumental flourishes.
Around halfway through the music video, Halsey starts getting splattered with dark cherry-colored fake blood, and by the time the song ends, it's dripping down into her mouth, creating a haunting Greco-Roman statuesque silhouette of violence. A pretty cool visual!
Lizzo’s avowed love for the K-pop septet and hints that she’d love to work with them someday. Soon enough, Lizzo posted a 17-second clip with a bubbly freestyle verse about V and Jimin, referring them to with the ARMY-approved name VMIN.
Taylor Swift announced the new release on her Instagram Story in a message to her fans. Before dropping the entirety of her version of the song, Swift took to TikTok to share a snippet of the track, encouraging fans to use that version, rather than the original, for their posts.
Lauren Jauregui has finally confirmed that her debut solo project is coming. Lauren is also excited to announce a special livestream performance presented by the premium social live media platform Moment House and will see Jauregui performing songs from ‘PRELUDE’, for the very first time.
Nicki Minaj told fans she wouldn't be at the Met because she didn't want to "risk" her son's health.
She tweeted again to make it clear she is not currently vaccinated against COVID-19 and wasn't willing to do so for this event.
Earlier this month, CLB became the first rap album of the year to sit atop the chart for three consecutive weeks, before it was dethroned by YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s Sincerely, Kentrell and Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version). Certified Lover Boy debuted at No. 1 after generating 743.7 million on-demand streams in the U.S.
BTS Fake Love is the septet's fifth music video to hit one billion views on YouTube after "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)," "DNA," "Boy With Luv" featuring Halsey and "Dynamite." BTS already has five music videos on YouTube's top 10 most viewed MVs in the first 24 hours of release.