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It may be a Monday, but it's a Good Monday, you guys. Because news just dropped on a new BTS collab and lemme tell you, it sounds like it's gonna be straight fire. Are you ready? BTS will be performing with Charlie Puth at the inaugural 2018 MGA Awards! YASSSSS! And not only that, but BTS is nominated in its four big prize categories – Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Selling Artist of the Year, and Digital Album of the Year – which means it's going to be a pretty exciting show . So, uh, what are the MGA Awards? Do not worry – I'm not blaming you for not knowing what the MGAs are because I totally did not, either. And that's because this award show is new!
See, back in August, MBC Plus and Genie Music announced that they were joining forces in the 2018 MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards on Nov. 6 at Namdong Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea. The event will feature performances from top K-pop groups and collaborations with other artists. Oh, and get this: fans will also be able to participate with special events and internships.
Sounds pretty cool, right?
Now comes the BTS / Charlie Puth collab reveal, and that totally takes things to another level. MGA organizers first announced that BTS and Charlie Puth would be performing together during the ceremony on Oct. 29.
"The BTS group and the American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth are preparing to stage a performance collaboration at the 2018 MGA," said Saoming, according to Soompi. And, like, bring it on, guys. Bring, It. We!
The collab is not actually all that surprising, given BTS and Charlie Puth's long history of social media. Let's roll back to Oct. 2015 for a dry, when BTS tweeted out to link to Kehlani and Charlie's Drake's Hotline Bling cover:
Fast forward to Feb. 2017, and BTS publishes a cover of Charlie Puth's single with Selena Gomez, "We Do not Talk Anymore."
How good does Jungkook sound on those vocals? So good, apparently, that 's when it' s gone to shoutout.
"Love this Juncook," he reportedly wrote, before deleting it shortly afterward to his misspelling of Jungkook's name, according to MTV. But a month later, Puth was at it again, tweeting out "I really like BTS's music." And BTS replied in kind:
To drive that point home, in June 2017, BTS shared another cover of "We Do not Talk Anymore," this time with Jimin jumping into duet with Jungkook.
I do not know about you guys, but I totally miss this affair, misspelled names and all.
Speaking of which, on June 1, 2017, Puth did a phone interview with Filipino music channel MYX Philippines, where he was asked about his love for BTS, especially Jungkook.
"I like BTS, I like Jungkook, too," he said. "I think they are a fantastic band.I want to meet them in their day and apologize to Jungkook for misspelling his name."
Looks like he can finally get his chance when the two hit the stage together on Nov 9!
Whether or not they will be performing Puth's hit "The Way I Am" – which also happens to be Jungkook's go-to-traveling tune – or "We Do not Walk Anymore" is still TBD.
In the meantime, watch him perform from here:
At the moment, it's unclear if there will be any streaming options for ARMY outside South Korea to tune into the MGA Awards, but all we can for now is hope that someone will upload this sure-to-be epic collaboration on YouTube for the masses to enjoy!
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