BTS on the Tonight Show - Jimmy Fallon ON ERA

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Lauren

I don't know if you noticed but in the lead up to JK's high notes the members are standing in age order where they each walked away to reveal jk!

BtsOT79798

These were the videos that made me ARMY!!! They’re so good and so funny

Allie

They reacted to all of On era EXCEPT the Documentary?! Omg

Nina 1995

No Daniel, MAMA is actually pronounced “Mama” we’ve just been letting you say “M.A.M.A.” slide all this time 😂😂

Ahjusshi_Brown

“It’s tiiiiiime” is from Mariah Carey. She made a video abt Christmas season coming near and that it was almost time for “All I Want for Christmas” to come back on the charts and then it became a meme 😂😂 you probably heard it on TikTok or ig reels

Ahjusshi_Brown

Hope you were able to go to the Permission to Dance concert at SoFi stadium

Minh

omg the fortnite dance challenge is one of the funniest ones!! shows their close relationship with jimmy a little and more fun but it’s a short video. ❤️

yg enthusiast

Same, I still call it Grand Central Station even though they are now referred to as Grand Central Terminal. BTS performing there made it even more meaningful for me. I was amazed how they pulled it off coz I have been at GC past midnight waiting for the last train out, and there were still many people around,

BRENDA MURPHY

Hello from another Danielle.

Danielle Carr

This brings back so many sad memories. It was an exciting time. They were doing so much and the dance practices of On and Black Swan out of LA were so great. All ARMY was so excited. And...I had great tickets for MOTS7. Who knew that a few weeks after this scrutiny would change. I held on to those tickets as long as they let us, just hoping something would change. Sadness.

KiMinYoongi

I remember that so much too but I'm glad he's smiling again😊💜

Kearyce Moore

I will be there in Five days, yeh! 💜

Alwena Willis

That little synchronized head sway yall did at 34:08 was adorable

katie

This was SO CLOSE to the bgining of Covid. It literally marks for me the start of everything. I rememeber feeling so bad for them because they were just startning ON promotions and averything looked so promising for US marketing, and I felt sorry for myself too because I wanted to see them taking the world by storm so badly, and right after this everyting just shut down. In a way, I am still a bit sorry because they did took the world by storm with dynamite, way harder. but dynamite is not ON - and half the world still doesn't know what it's missing.

hadarYT

We never got the chance to see the full rundown of MOTS bc of Covid 😭 I lost my MOTS tickets to Corona 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Sina Yazzie

I feel bad as this was not the best....There is so much more Jimmy X BTS content that you guys would like!

carlagirl7 .

I'm glad y'all watched this it was so much fun!! i hope you watch their interviews with Jimmy Fallon as well <3

gigi

u said V seemed so quiet.. this period he was very bad mentally and struggled a lot, he wrote blue and grey around these times, and he has talked about it in magazine interviews and stuff... so i'm really happy we see how much happier he is now🤍

Elise Kapstad

At the end, that's what Daniel says lol

Rae Avilez

The "it's time" bit is similar to the tiktok soundbyte of a lady saying "here comes the boooooy". It's was all over the place a while back.

Jenn Diaz

BTS has been on Jimmy Fallon many times and he's interviewed them both in studio in their earlier days and from Korea during the pandemic. Love this one from 5 years ago where you can see Jimin & JImmy go way back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4mmfzFazoI&t=3s, the hysterical Fortenite Dance Challenge, and one of my favorite Idol performances - I think it was the suits!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_nyuB8GbM8

Gloria Cleveland

Which part?? I want to re-watch lol

Emmy

Jimmy Fallon tb les hizo una entrevista y unos juegos en el plató no se si en esa época o antes cuando ganaron por primera vez los American Awards pero tb fue muy divertida…

Adrcp

True!

IDEA Girl

Yes. They went there first to film the Manifesto. And to work with the UCLA Blue Devils marching band. The band and chorus were at the same studio session taping the track. There is a video on that Behind the Scenes too. It's great.

IDEA Girl

I feel a connection to you because of this both being our first. What a great way to be introduced to BTS with this Grand Central Station experience. I still call it a station because I'm old enough to know that's what they used to call it. Not Terminal. How cool that was your station. What a great memory!

IDEA Girl

They filmed the subway segment on February 10th. It took 8 hours to film due to all the technical work and back and forth translation. They had this subway train to themselves. It is available for renting for other TV shows and movies. So the people you saw were extras. And the subway is driven back and forth between just 2 spots. And I'm sure they had bathroom breaks in the green rooms available for all actors filming on the subway. And in the green room are drinks and snacks. And they probably took a break for lunch. Just think. Even when they went to the Katz deli, NBC had to rent that out too. Secretly. So no one knew BTS was there. All the people there were in on it. And got free food. I'm still laughing at RM's question "No veggies". They very rarely eat meat without veggies. Just eating sandwiches is not a typical meal for Koreans.

IDEA Girl

ON was performed on Feb 25, 2020. Grand Central Station was rented in the early morning hours 2-4 am by NBC for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon for BTS and in promotion of their Map of the Soul 7 album. The boys were definitely in awe of the grandeur of the location, they spoke of it often since in interviews as the coolest shoot location. In their earlier years around 2015-16, when asked what their dream was as a young boy, RM was office worker, Suga was songwriter Jhope was always a Tennis Player, having Won 3rd place in Tennis when in middle school, Jin Actor, Jimin a Policeman, V because his family were well-off he had resigned to being a strawberry farmer, JK pro-gamer.

Danielle

Jimmy Fallon said that when he hugged JK after the performance he could feel JK's heart beating so hard through his back.

Danielle Carr

Y’all are so cute and funny! I enjoy watching you sooo much. My favorite BTS talk show appearance is always Jimmy Fallon. He’s so warm and welcoming and seems to truly love them. Was sad the writers strike kept Jung Kook and V from appearing because I’m sure he would have promoted their solo work too.

Mia24

The "It's tiiiime" I think it from "Despicable Me 2", Lucy says it and the Yondu imitation was hilarious...lol this was not their first time on Jimmy Fallon. The others before this were filmed at the studio and they are all fun to watch. I love the Forte nite dance challenge they did. Jimmy fallon has always been so good with the guys. Also, it was Jimin and Suga that went on Jimmy Fallon to promote their solo albums. I was hoping JK would too but with the strike still going on I don't think that is going to happen 😪 this was fun, it is always nice going back to watch theses.

Venita Morse

This was so fun!! There is sooo many more videos with Fallon and BTS I hope u eventually get to them all! The games are always fun and there are also interviews. Plus Jimin and Yoongi have done solo interview/performances with Fallon. 💜

Maya001

Awww I get kind of emotional watching this because it has such bittersweet memories attached! This promotional period was so exciting and full of promise for the start of MOTS7. We had new content, videos, interviews, teasers like every few days. You could tell how hard they were working and how much they wanted to show everything to us! And then everything got shut down and postponed and then cancelled. As I’m sure you’ve heard, they kept coming on vlive and keeping us company through that tough time and Dyna & BE came in the latter part of the year. I’m glad y’all got to enjoy this as whole piece!

Morgan

Note to self, Summer talking in thug is my new favorite Summer lol!!!

Rae Avilez

This was so fun! There are many more BTS on Fallon videos... would love to see you guys do a part 2 and react to more! ESPECIALLY SUGA playing the imposter challenge and the will it fit game lol

katie

I loved this video! I'm glad you guys were able to watch Jimmy interact with BTS 💜

Jenny

Ustedes de verdad son super chistosos JAJAJAJA Tengo riéndome con lo de Marvel (Yondu) como 15 min y eso no me deja avanzar a ver la reacción de BTS JAJAJA

DzulGM

? Here comes the boy… Welcome~ With verbrato🎶🎶🎶 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ona Johnston

That’s the same crew from the kinetic manifesto MV

Su C Sim

Yes V was quieter here and throughout most of the winter award shows and promotions as he was going through some things. He speaks about it a little on in the soop and when he explains his thoughts when writing blue & gray. We could feel it as a fanbase but luckily he began to feel better a month or so after this.

Jenny

I think you all would REALLY appreciate the ON docufilm. It is right up your alley, 100%. It shows how the song and album came to be basically and their team up with the music/production/dance crews in LA

VALERIE MORAN

I'm sure others have commented but it's the same crew from the MV I believe

VALERIE MORAN

ON at Grand Central was also my intro to BTS, it being the first every video I have watched... and it was really just out of curiousity since GCT was my station (Metro North trains) when i lived in NY. Since then,, I had reasearched them and i got hooked!

BRENDA MURPHY

they watched this in the video

Makayla Vante

BRENDA MURPHY

Our primos are undefeated 💪🏼

CCW

There are several in studio interviews you should check out in order to see how their relationship with Jimmy evolved over the years. He is a big supporter and fan. 💜

LoriG

On you Monday Mail day I posted the New York Times article that has all the details on filming "On" in NYC. They started planning in December as they had to rent out the Grand Central Terminal. Obviously they worked with Jimmy and his staff. Jimmy and NBC paid for everything. It costs to rend out Grand Central Station and the special Subway train they use to film TV and movies. On February 8, 2020 the crew started setting up cameras. at 10:00 p.m. The Lab, the dance crew and the Blue Devils's marching band from UCLA started rehearsing in huge side rooms. BTS had to be kept a secret. They came in at about 12. Then they began filming at 2 a.m. They left at 5:15 a.m. All of them working that long to film The Perfect video to he aired February 25, 2020. BTS wasn't just rehearsing. JHope was right. They had rehearsed this song for months preparing it to debut on TV, and then to take it on their big World tour to promote their new album "7". So they filmed BTS dancing Full Out each time to get the perfect video to air. This is So Very Special to me. I just happened to be watching the Jimmy Fallon show that night. I didn't know who they were, and had never heard of them before. Being a choreographer I KNEW what it took to pull off that Perfect stunningly exquisite show. It was Mind Blowing! I immediately got on YouTube to find out all about them. And I have been "consuming" BTS content every day since then. Did you see some of them drop to the floor after the ending pose? They were exhausted! And rightly so. They told Jimmy they would be returning to Seoul and perform "On" there to start their tour. It Never happened. They got home. And the world shut down due to the pandemic. Their huge world tour was cancelled. And later BTS admitted they did not know how to handle it and became very depressed. Mindfully, Mr. Bang, assigned them a huge project. To write and compose and produce their own album. They had to do everything. Design the album and contents. Every detail they chose. They all had a meeting and chose specific assignments to work on. Suga suggested Jimin be the music director so he would get experience doing that even though Suga and RM were the experts. BTS vowed if they ever got to perform live again. They would perform "On" first. And that's exactly what they did years later in L.A. and Las Vegas at their Permission to Dance tour. "The Boys" thought for sure they would cry on stage returning the first night. But they held back until after the show! "ON" at Grand Central Terminal will always be My Favorite. I'm so happy you got to finally see this! My heart is warmed!

IDEA Girl

they do play with the editing! i saw jimin on the jimmy fallon show back in march! and sitting next to him was a translator, therefore jimmy would ask the questions, the translator would translate, jimin would respond and as he was responding jimmy would be "reacting" and then the translator would translate (: it was such a sweet interaction prior because jimin said to him "my english is bad" and jimmy was like "don't worry buddy we're family"! even off camera jimmy is very sweet and friendly!

maria??

This was filmed in early February 2020 - right before the whole world kind of shut down in March. The terminal is closed from 2am to 5:15am. BTS arrived at midnight, along with the backup dancers and were basically kept “hidden” from the public and given separate rooms/areas to practice in. Then when the terminal closed at 2am, they were given until 4am to set everything up/do their filming/remove everything. They have been on Fallon other times, both as a group and as individuals (Jimin and Suga) and those interviews/performances took place in the studio in front of a live audience. Then, of course, there was also the BTS week that happened during the pandemic where they sent in performances from Korea. This just happened to be a New York themed episode (hence the ‘Subway Stories’ from celebs that played throughout.) So it had more of a special episode feel to it.

Tammy S

Sienna is in the front row in "On". The middle person. She choreographed "Dionysis", the special version of "Butter" for the Grammy's, and "RunBTS". There was a big controversy when V grabbed a backup dancer and hugged her after performing "Permission to Dance". That was just Sienna.

IDEA Girl

Also, ABBY! I have the same Aly&Aj shirt! I commented it on the Black Swan video too yesterday 😂😂

juju

They were here in the US for a good month or so to film and do promo (I think it was between Jan/Feb). Both "ON" videos (the MV and Come Prima) were filmed here. I remember bc Covid had started popping up in South Korea while they were here and I had thought "well at least they'll be safe while they're here". After they had gone back stuff started shutting down here in March. I believe it was around the end of February when they had to postpone the tour (which was eventually cancelled altogether).

juju

Yes. You are right. It was September 25, 2018. They performed "Idol". This interview with BTS started The Best relationship between Jimmy and BTS. Jimmy loved them. And they loved him back. Instant chemistry. CCW when you watch their first meeting you will realize how incredibly small the studio is. There is NO Way the full production of "On" could be filmed there. I can't wait til you see their first interview. You will love it. And Yes, Daniel, you are right. Both Jimin and later Suga did individual interviews with Jimmy earlier this year. After interviewing and promoting their new solo albums, they performed their Title Tracks Live. And no doubt, you will see that someday too. In fact, all their talk show interviews on all different shows are fabulous. They shine on TV interviews. And they do interview shows all across the world. A whole another category of Must See BTS.

IDEA Girl

Idol promotions had them interviewed on set with Jimmy. Before you watch that, though, I would suggest watching the making of BT21, so you understand the headband thing!

Vera Basler

I absolutely love Jimmy Fallon. He's my favorite late night show host, and definitely my favorite when it comes to interviewing and hanging out with BTS.

justsarah

Their first Jimmy Fallon interview was in the studio in 2018! (pls correct me if I'm wrong lol). Army was definitely present in the audience haha but they charmed everyone in the room that day. I think they have 2 other studio interviews. This promo you just watched on Jimmy Fallon to me really shows how big they got coz they went from a studio audience to making sure they shut down THE Grand Central Station for BTS. Few months after this they dedicated a whole week to BTS. Really appreciate and love this reaction!!

Lana

YES! I loved that documentary. I know they would really love it and appreciate the heartfelt stories and the behind the scenes music producing. It's a MUST WATCH.😀

Tanya perez

The woman you hear in the background during their "ON" is the choreographer Sienna Lalau. I think she was only around 19yrs old when she did this. She is amazing and has done choreo for other Kpop artist She and her dancers toured with BTS during their "Permission To Dance" concerts and "Lalapalooza" with JHOPE. In the official "ON" MV, she is the one out front when the video starts.😊

Tanya perez

enjoyed the pivot! wouldn't mind the occasional detour 🤭

ada

This was so good! Thank you guys for giving On a little bit more of love. The On - Map of the Soul era is a sore spot for us and for them because they couldn’t perform the song in front of us when they release because of COVID. They prepared a huge tour that would be The Map of The Soul Tour and just by watching the performance at Jimmy Fallon you could tell it was going to be even bigger and more amazing on stage in the concert. When it was announced that the tour had to be postponed and then cancelled the guys and Army got devastated, frustrated, because MOTS: 7 truly was a reflection of the member’s souls put on the album. It remains one of my favorite albums to this day, with On and Black Swan being some of my favorite songs ever.

Rokm_

jungkook's english has improved so much as of recent! he's been doing interviews in english all by himself and he's been killin it

kokomelon

More of this please!!! Their talk show moments are amazing!

Andrew Hitchcock

BTS went several times at Jimmy Fallon, first they went to the studio performing Idol and I’m fine. Then they did the ones you just saw February 2020. And a full BTS week during Covid when they performed 6 times, did 2 interviews and 2 games live from Korea. Also, Youngi and Jimin went to promote their albums there

Rasha

Lol i read it too, but the 90 seconds felt forever. I was feeling like a third wheel 😂😂

Tk

Omggggg yeesss! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

Abigail CCW

😂

CCW

I think the "It's tiiiimee" thing Abby was talking about in the beginning was a meme of Mariah Carey singing that like 2 octaves higher with her Santa gear on, ready for yet another season of department stores blasting "All I Want For Christmas Is You" 😭

jada

Gabriel clapping to jungkook speaking english is so meeee everytime he does something!!😂😂😂 hilarious love it

lyshlyy

Looking at these videos you can’t tell bts are the biggest band on the planet 😂😂 so down to earth it’s crazy

Anija

Yes when they get to the “On” era on Tuesdays they should react to that video!!!!

Anija

There is a video on the production of on. It shows the involvement of UCLA's marching band. The use of a famous African American Choir from Los Angeles for that anazing choir background. As the guys are soooo into music production I think you would love it, and even if you aren't able to do a reaction try to watch just for your personal enjoyment Daniel and Gabriel.💜

genevieve higuera

I enjoyed this so much! I wish your admins had added one more short video of Jimmy Fallon talking about BTS. He is soooo impressed with them.

Witsend

I’m with Daniel and Gabriel. I got the Mary Poppins reference immediately! 😂😂 Loved the reaction guys. 💜

LE

Jimmy is so welcoming, the boys feel very comfortable with him and I see that an incredible friendship has been created. I love Jimmy's sense of humor. 🥹💖

Thayná Vieira

The NY metro subway runs 24 hours a day.

Lisa M T

Wow! Such an incredible surprise! Thank you!!!!!!!

Lyz

It starts late

Lisa M T

Poor Summer was so wiped out at the end..."You do you Boo." 🤣🤣🤣

Lisa M T

"Zoom Olympics" and "Dance your feelings" are hilarious as well :D

DeGr_97

You guys were so proud of JK like I did when he said English fluently.🥹I was so emotional 🥲JK’s English just so cute! My heart has been melted.

Nicole Wang

i still remember that time when i ordered my album as my bday gift to myself and we're all excited for that era but then covid came and it was such a shame that one of their should be biggest tour and concerts were all cancelled.. but still a lot of achievements and first happened afterwards so i am still happy.. now i am missing so much thosr times where all bts as a group were ptomoting and performing.. can't wait for 2025, 2026 to come faster

RGardiola

Loved this! :-) Hope you get to watch "The Fornite Dance Challenge" with Jimmy Fallon and BTS some day, it's short, but hilarious and so chaotic :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5HUs5IxFc0

DeGr_97

this was filmed right before covid hit here they basically got back home right as the world shut down, they actually closed grand central station for this performance! and they do in fact have sit down interviews with jimmy it was back in 2019 for Idol in the love myself era...jimmy is a HUGE fan especially of Jimin lol thats why he always hugs him...

Cherie Partin

During that time (Jan/fev 2020) they filmed the 2 On MVs and the black swan one, they practiced and filmed the dance practices, they came to the Grammies where they performed with Lil Nas X…. They were pretty busy

Ailaudy93

I read it! 🤣🤣

Michaela Talley

I hope they will watch them too

Katja S.

This was so good! Lovely surprise!

LSD_02

If and when yall travel to Korea you will be SHOCKED by the subway system and underground shopping area. They are so clean, they DO have bathrooms. I was amazed. HUGE contrast to NY subways lol

Maritza Islas

OH and ON was filmed at like 3-4am or something.

Maritza Islas

They have done interviews with Jimmy Fallon before the pandemic happen and after other than this one

Kearyce Moore

Guys they actually do have a lot of interviews with Jimmy Fallon that are really funny and enjoyable so I hope one day you’ll check those out too

NatsLocker

I find it so funny whenever you guys are confused about the interviewers understanding the boys because I feel like it's pretty obvious that they would have measures in place so that they can actually communicate LMAO but it does make for some funny bits in the reactions!

zaphyre

Are you going to do other docuseries like bring the soul and break the silence?

M bat78

I like this format!! Hope you do it more for future reactions.

Chloe

If you like at clock behind the dancers during the setup, they were performing at around 3:20 in the morning

Rochelle Araga

loved this reaction!!!! Jimmy is so genuine with BTS which is why I love all of their interactions!! :)

Ali Shackleton

Great reaction as always! Hopefully you guys will check out the ON dance practice for this performance as well.

Infinite Ree

This was the 2nd or 3rd time that they went to Jimmy Fallon.. Those first ones were in his studio.. Jimmy is currently the only "Army approved" host 🤭.. Check out the special performances BTS did for Fallon during the pandemic, they were epic!!

boraveena

so excited to watch this! will probably do it in my lunch break! 😆

Jenna

Tia Bee

Currently trying to figure out how to enjoy it at work, lol

Raevan21

I am not a Jimmy fan, but to be fair, he’s respectful and has excellent interactions with the guys. ✌️🏻💜

LouCas27

That said my covid timeline is all one big blur.

Maritza Islas

For reference on time frame, the boys came to the states to film a bunch of promo stuff before MOTS7 was set to release... and that's when we started getting word that covid was spreading into the states. After they got back to Korea is basically when everything shut down for everyone (Im editing this to say, I remember them being in the states for a long time because of the fact they were filming mvs, filming promos...and all that for MOTS7. Both versions of ON and Black Swan were filmed in LA, where they also filmed with James Corden and then they flew to NY for Fallon... then they left back to Seoul and we got shut down)

Maritza Islas

No one reads our posts guys 😂 they’re all asking where the video is. Just give us 90 seconds to realize 😉🤪

Abigail CCW

I got the reference. Sorry Abby and summer 😂

Dani

around 12:30 timestamp

Marie

Its 1minute late. Daniel forgot to put the video in front 😂

Min Jiyoon

I can’t see the vid they’re watching 😭

Zayeira

I have 8 hours of school I’ll be back

Kaydence Mcarthur

how much later?

Nima Mohamed

Me too

APOBANGPO7

for me too but it shows up later

is the video showing up for anyone else? it’s not showing up for me

Nima Mohamed

Oh my gosh almost an hour long video? We’re spoiled today! I can’t wait to watch this after work. I’m so excited y’all are finally getting to see the guys on Fallon, so many iconic moments. 🙏🏻💜

Cassidy

Omg i am so grateful for this video Tysm you guys!! So excited to watch this Haha!!

NatsLocker

it’s from Mariah Carey when it’s christmas 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Kahalia Dixon

I'm so happy you guys are watching this!!! Omg, I love this era on Fallon.

OT7Bangtan

This is going to be fun. One more hour before I finish work and can enjoy it

Rasha