John Cena raves about BTS and the BTS Army to Jimmy Fallon
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John Cena was the first in-studio guest in his new set on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, where he proclaimed his love for BTS and the BTS Army.
The 43-year-old actor, WWE Superstar and children’s author appeared on the NBC late-night talk show to promote his new children’s book Elbow Grease.
Fallon will also be featuring new performances from the hit Korean super group BTS all week, with Cena admitting just how big of a BTS fan he really is.
BTS fan: John Cena was the first in-studio guest in his new set on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, where he proclaimed his love for BTS and the BTS Army
New book: The 43-year-old actor, WWE Superstar and children’s author appeared on the NBC late-night talk show to promote his new children’s book Elbow Grease
New performance: Fallon will also be featuring new performances from the hit Korean super group BTS all week, with Cena admitting just how big of a BTS fan he really is
When Fallon mentioned that it’s BTS Week on the show, Cena admitted, ‘I jam out to them.’
Fallon also mentioned during BTS’ last appearance on The Tonight Show, he asked them who the one person they’d like to meet is, and they all said John Cena.
The Marine star admitted that, ‘floored me, like stopped my heart floored me,’ while Fallon added that the BTS Army ’embraced’ him.
BTS Week: When Fallon mentioned that it’s BTS Week on the show, Cena admitted, ‘I jam out to them’
Floored: The Marine star admitted that, ‘floored me, like stopped my heart floored me,’ while Fallon added that the BTS Army ’embraced’ him
‘When something becomes a thing, it’s open for criticism,’ Cena began. ‘I love what this band has done, because they’re this massively popular thing and they’ve been so globally popular for so long, I was like, “OK, I should really know about this.’
Cena added he was ‘originally drawn’ to the group because, ‘there are rappers in that crew and they use, on some of their intro tracks and bookend tracks, these sick a** boom bap beats and they actually rap.’
He added that he was initially interested in the music itself, but then he became interested, ‘in what the music stood for’ since they advocate ‘self-love’ and not being afraid of failure.
Rappers: Cena added he was ‘originally drawn’ to the group because, ‘there are rappers in that crew and they use, on some of their intro tracks and bookend tracks, these sick a** boom bap beats and they actually rap’
Message: He added that he was initially interested in the music itself, but then he became interested, ‘in what the music stood for’ since they advocate ‘self-love’ and not being afraid of failure
Cena said the group is trying to ‘shatter all the stereotypical difficulties and uncomfortable situations we all go through, and they’re catering to an audience that is living that, young people.’
He added that their fans, known as the BTS Army, have stepped up in other ways, including after the group donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter.
‘They were like, if they can do it, we can do it. Fans, who were already coming out of the pocket to support artists, came out of pocket more to support charity, and this isn’t the first time they’ve done this,’ Cena said.
Audience: Cena said the group is trying to ‘shatter all the stereotypical difficulties and uncomfortable situations we all go through, and they’re catering to an audience that is living that, young people’
Army: He added that their fans, known as the BTS Army, have stepped up in other ways, including after the group donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter
Cena added that the group ‘resonating enough through the television’ to get fans to give back to a worth cause is, ‘work, that’s purpose, that’s f***ing changing the world. That’s impressive.’
He added that even if you don’t like BTS’ music, ‘how they conduct themselves as human beings and the message they send to the world, that’s something special.’
BTS also performed in their second night of BTS Week on Fallon, performing the song Home from album Map of the Soul.
Special: He added that even if you don’t like BTS’ music, ‘how they conduct themselves as human beings and the message they send to the world, that’s something special’
Performance: BTS also performed in their second night of BTS Week on Fallon, performing the song Home from album Map of the Soul