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K-pop band BTS delivers 'message of hope' at 75th UN General Assembly

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Aleksandra Michalska, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/09/24/bts.jpg"/><figcaption>Band BTS performs during the 2020 MTV VMAs in this screen grab image made available on Aug. 30, 2020. VIACOM/Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>NEW YORK - South Korean K-pop band BTS delivered a &quot;message of hope&quot; in a pre-recorded video posted by the United Nations Children&#x27;s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday as part of the 75th UN General Assembly. In the video, the band members shared their own struggles with coronavirus pandemic lockdowns in English and Korean, and encouraged fans to stay positive.&quot;Let us reimagine our world,&quot; said BTS leader RM. &quot;It might feel like it&#x27;s always night and we&#x27;ll always be alone, but the night is always darkest before the first light of dawn.&quot;&quot;If our voices can give strength to people, then that&#x27;s what we want and that&#x27;s what we&#x27;ll keep on doing,&quot; band member Jungkook said in his native language.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/02/20/bts-south-koreas-history-making-k-pop-septet">BTS: South Korea&#x27;s history-making K-pop septet</a></li></ul>BTS recently became the first Korean act to <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/01/20/k-pops-bts-first-all-south-korean-act-to-top-us-singles-charts">debut at No. 1</a> on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart after their first English-language song, &quot;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/17/20/watch-bts-performs-dynamite-on-americas-got-talent">Dynamite</a>,&quot; logged nearly 34 million US streams and 300,000 sales in its first week, the biggest digital sales week for any artist in nearly three years.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/07/20/bts-hit-dynamite-worth-14-billion-to-south-korea-govt">BTS hit &#x27;Dynamite&#x27; worth $1.4 billion to South Korea: gov&#x27;t</a></li></ul>UNICEF oversees humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

South Korean K-pop band BTS delivered a "message of hope" in a pre-recorded video posted by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday as part of the 75th UN General Assembly.

South Korean K-pop band BTS delivered a "message of hope" in a pre-recorded video posted by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday as part of the 75th UN General Assembly.

K-pop band BTS delivers 'message of hope' at 75th UN General Assembly

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K-pop band BTS delivers 'message of hope' at 75th UN General Assembly

Aleksandra Michalska,

Reuters

Published September 24, 2020 07:32 AM PHT

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Updated September 24, 2020 08:31 AM PHT

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