BTS (RM) Delivers POWERFUL United Nations Speech in 2018 | "Speak Yourself"
Added 2022-07-09 15:21:15 +0000 UTCARMY GOLD, this reaction video is EXCLUSIVE to you! And it's a special one.
We could not think of a better first reaction video for ARMY GOLD than this one from 2018, when BTS became the first ever K-Pop group to address the United Nations. RM delivered a deeply moving and passionate speech that reverberated throughout the entire world and empowered millions of young people.
"I want to hear your voice, and I want to hear your conviction. No matter who you are, where you're from, your skin color, your gender identity, just speak yourself. Find your name and find your voice by speaking yourself. I'm Kim Nam-joon, and also RM of BTS."
In the spirit of RM and BTS, we want all of you to SPEAK YOURSELF. We are eager to get to know each of you (as much as you feel comfortable with us doing so).
So we'll start off with a few QUESTIONS for ARMY GOLD (you may answer some, all, or none of them...whatever you feel comfortable doing!):
1) For how many of you is BTS the "foundation for your growth"?
2) When/how did BTS find you? What have they done for you?
3) Have you been able to 'love yourself'?
4) Have you been able to 'speak yourself'?
5) Where are you "at" in life? How are you?
We want to hear from all of you beautiful people. We truly appreciate your love and support. Your ARMY GOLD subscription allows us to produce higher-quality reaction videos, and moves us closer to our goal of doing this full-time! Let us know if you have any questions, feedback, thoughts, etc. at any time! BORAHAE!!
Comments
Whats excites you and what made your heart beat. That's the line of RM speech that changed my way of thinking regarding myself. I knew BTS since 2016 but in real BTS found me in 2020 when i really needed them in my lowest and darkest part of life. They became my light.
Marium Khan
2024-06-05 10:20:30 +0000 UTCI am so honored I was able to get this speech with you guys. I was touched by both the speech and your reaction. I wish I was Gold then... but I intend to Stay Gold now. 💜💜💜 Borahae 💜💜💜💜
LaNita Starr
2023-09-07 01:35:51 +0000 UTCI'm finally able to get the ARMY Gold Tier and I'm soooo happy to finally be able to watch your reaction to this speech! Thanh you guys for the great content, as always! <3
Celine Doucet
2023-01-27 20:52:22 +0000 UTCI just upgraded to Army Gold because I really wanted to see your reaction to this video. I was really inspired by this speech. I started my BTS journey in 2020 when I heard Dynamite on the radio. It was at the beginning of the pandemic and I was driving home from work after a rough day. A year before my husband of 26 years decided he no longer wanted to be a husband or a Dad and walked out on us. I was left to raise 3 teenagers on my own and moved back to my home town to be closer to my aging mother. I am a nurse and when the pandemic hit I felt just overwhelmed professionally as well as personally. I used to cry every day on the way home from work because it was the only time I was alone and I didn't want to cry in front of my kids because they were also struggling. I was crying in the car when Dynamite started playing and about 1/2 through the song I stopped. The song is too happy to cry through. I came home and looked up the song and it was the start of my BTS journey. From then on I started every car trip home with Dynamite and then other BTS songs like Magic Shop and Answer Love myself. BTS's music and their positive messages helped me to heal and deal with the stress that have occurred these last couple of years. After my husband left I blamed myself and really hated myself. I felt like I failed as a wife, as a mother and was failing to help my patients. I didn't happen all at once and I still struggle sometimes still but I started to think about the lyrics of Epiphany and that no one could love me and I really couldn't love someone else if I didn't 1st love myself. I had spent pretty much my whole like trying to make everyone else ok that I never really thought about what I needed to be ok. BTS music and watching Rise of Bangtan and seeing how they overcame their hurdles has empowered me. I realized that I was reacting instead of acting. This past year has been a huge year of growth for me. I am happy and hopeful now. I started exercising again, lost some weight started a little crafting business as a creative outlet. And it trickles down to my kids who have said that after their dad left they were worried about me. I didn't realize I had been adding to their burden. I am not sure why it took 7 boys I never met from Korea to heal me but they have some kind of magic.
Chris Augustine
2022-10-07 12:42:55 +0000 UTCI was able to get Army Gold!! It was nice to see how you felt seeing his speech. I think now it doesn’t feel as powerful as it was when I first saw it. I don’t know if I quite understood the magnitude of how far BTS was going yet, but I knew how much that speech affected the way I treated myself in the years following. It took a long time for me to act upon the words he said, because 2018 was just the beginning of my journey towards healing from trauma and treating my mental illnesses, but It eventually became my focus and now I know (for the most part- I am only 20 after all) who I am and who I can be. I think it really was far more significant than probably most people realize that he made that speech. It wasn’t for the UN GA, it was for ARMY and it reached us. The UN was just one of the platforms he used to spread their message worldwide and what a message it was. Who else could have such a powerful platform and use it to not empower themselves, or even the organization who let them use it, but the people they havent helped yet and hope to continue helping? I digress; it’s nice to be able to see such a speech again with new people who hold so much of life with importance. The depth of y’alls character continues to shine through and be inspiring.
Members of QHC
2022-09-25 13:40:55 +0000 UTCI started my BTS journey 💜 in 2021, around the beginning of November. I lost someone extremely important to me and I was devestated. I was struggling to find the ground and felt like I was in free fall. Everything felt like too much and yet not enough. I can't remember exactly what really drew me to try and explore more of their music, but I remember listening to Butter in the car on the radio and something about their voices made me curious. I looked them up and that was that. I never looked back. The depth of their lyrics, their amazing talent, and how beautiful the fandom was really reached out to me. It gave me something to hold onto and find a stable surface to stand on. It gave me something to enjoy and something to comfort me. The album Mono especially has been my greatest comfort. Specifically the song "Everything Goes". BTS has helped me to love and accept myself, regardless of my appearance and my weaknesses and my mistakes. BTS is not a mistake. They are true role models. RM especially has become someone meaningful for me in my daily life. His messages of hope and love have greatly boosted my self esteem. His song "Always" though ridiculously sad also helped me to overcome a dark day in my life. Because I resonated with his own darkness and I knew through his message that he'd overcome that moment and i realized if he did,, then so could I.
Da Lantis
2022-09-14 15:30:16 +0000 UTCHi all, For me it began with another group but I was soon brought to bts I 2016. I am what everyone calls multifandom but I always come back to bts. I live abroad without any of my family here and they give me support, they help me cry, laugh and disconnect from the world when I need it. They are my safe place. To be honest, I could say lots of things but BTS speak for themselves, for now I have a tattoo of jin's "epiphany" song which I encourage you to check out to remind myself that I should love myself. I hope you are all enjoying this journey.
andrea malvesado
2022-09-14 15:29:22 +0000 UTCI am a “quarantine army.” I discovered them while we were all in the height of the pandemic and on quarantine stuck in our homes. I still consider myself a baby army, but I fell down the rabbit hole SUPER quickly and digested just about every video possible in such a short time.🤣 A friend of mine, about a year prior, had mentioned BTS to me, and I kind of just brushed her off, so I do truly believe the saying that BTS finds you when you need them most. For me, it wasn’t so much that I needed something to entertain myself with during quarantine, but I think I was in desperate need of proof that there was still good, and good people, in the world—so, enter BTS and ARMY. I obviously fell in love with their talent and their music, but I equally fell in love with their message, their contributions to the world/ the good they do, and the overall love and light that radiates from them. ARMY has shown an equal amount of love and contribution to the world by participating in so many acts of kindness and different charities across the globe. It’s so beautifully unifying…. The good we need in this world: BTS and ARMY 💜
Stacey
2022-09-10 23:21:56 +0000 UTCHi Jared and Jordan. It was this past July. I started out my BTS journey on tiktok when I was caught on BTS reactor tiktok. The reactions were so extravagant and I started watching some reactors react to MVs, finding their music so diverse. That’s how I found the Rise of Bangtan and how much I completely missing the big picture of what BTS is. Their journey is truly remarkable. Their hard work and dedication. Their message. Their words. The vulnerability and transparency. All of it touched me so deeply. I wish I found them sooner but they really do find you when you need them most. This summer. Looking back I didn’t even realize then how much of a hole I was in mentally. I was stuck in life. I was questioning who I was and what I wanted out of this life I’m living. I think I’m still asking myself ‘What’s my name?’ And learning to use my voice in the right way. To speak myself when it really matters. I still think I’m in this hole mentally but I’m climbing out with ARMY and this 7 Korean boys who really are changing my life. Thank you for your genuine reacts and stories. It really is such a joy to watch y’all. Borahae! 💜🫰🏼
Tricia Le
2022-09-10 19:16:09 +0000 UTCI am a Dynamite Army, but I was actually Army adjacent since 2015, when my then 9-year-old daughter heard a BTS song ("Butterfly") on her random Spotify playlist and became hooked. So as we took many drives together for Girl scout trips, etc., she would often play me her favorites and we would discuss their voices. So I enjoyed them, but I never really took the time to get to know the lyrics. Eventually, she logged into my social media accounts and had me follow them so I go notified when Dynamite debuted and I watched it. I was captivated. I asked her their names, she linked me videos, we discussed them, and I never looked back. She would play me songs I hadn't heard as we took our evening walks together and quiz me until I could recognize them by voice. I don't know that they have been a 'foundation for growth'---I am now 49 and I have tried to keep growing with many influences---but they are certainly an influence for my growth. They have certainly helped me understand my daughter and older son who have struggled with depression and social anxiety.They have brought my daughter and I closer. They have helped me confront and address my own struggles and encourage me to try. The world is more hopeful when I see their bond with each other and with Army. I am still learning to love myself and to speak myself. I am not sure that's something that is ever really mastered, but I am trying to be the best me I can. Am I ok? Somedays I am. On those days, BTS reminds me that I am making a difference, I am good enough, and I matter. Somedays I am not. On those days, BTS comforts me and reminds me that I am not alone in the world, and there is a brighter day ahead.
Raevan21
2022-08-28 04:49:15 +0000 UTC
