{"id":23753,"date":"2019-05-15T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1041867"},"modified":"2019-05-15T22:02:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T04:02:00","slug":"bts-channels-the-beatles-for-their-debut-on-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/bts-channels-the-beatles-for-their-debut-on-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS Channels The Beatles for Their Debut on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019415\/rs_600x600-190515204059-600-bts-late-show-stephen-colbert.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"49.336283185841\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"39.469026548673\">\n<p>It&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong><em>The Late Show<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>time machine!<\/p>\n<p>K-pop sensation <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/bts\">BTS<\/a><\/strong> threw it back to 1964 as they channeled The Beatles during their&nbsp;<em>Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em> debut on Wednesday night. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/stephen_colbert\">Stephen Colbert<\/a><\/strong> himself went all in with the nostalgic vibes and likened BTS&#8217; performance tonight to that of The Beatles&#8217; debut on&nbsp;<em>The Ed Sullivan Show<\/em> on Feb. 9, 1964\u2014screaming fans included.&nbsp;In fact, Colbert records his show at the Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan, so it&#8217;s extra fitting.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert dressed up like Sullivan (mannerisms and all) and introduced BTS in a black-and-white video where they all shared their names and a personalized message.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And now, on the same stage 50 years later, plus 5 years, 3 months, 6 days, a new batch of mop-topped heartthrobs has landed,&#8221; the narrator said in the cold open video.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert smooth-talked to the camera, &#8220;Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we&#8217;ve got a big, big show and it continues. You may have heard there&#8217;s a new musical craze sweeping the globe. These fellas are really something, and people are so excited, you can only call it BTS-mania.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Colbert&nbsp;\u00e0 la Sullivan continued, &#8220;These boys aren&#8217;t from America. No, they&#8217;re from across the pond\u2014the big one. The one with Hawaii in the middle. They&#8217;re really a fine group of youngsters. You can call them the Fab 7. It&#8217;s got a nice ring to it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the intros began.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"65\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"20\">\n<p>They went a little something like this:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How you doing? I&#8217;m <strong>RM<\/strong>. I&#8217;m a nice boy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi guys, I&#8217;m <strong>Suga<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi, my name is V and I&#8217;m a good boy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi! I&#8217;m your hope, you&#8217;re my hope, I&#8217;m <strong>J-Hope<\/strong>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi, I&#8217;m <strong>Jimin<\/strong>. Nice to meet you guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>blows kiss<\/em> &#8220;Hi, I&#8217;m worldwide handsome Jin! You know?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi, I&#8217;m <strong>Jungkook<\/strong> thank you very much for inviting us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"35.545905707196\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"14.218362282878\">\n<p>Colbert then offered up their nicknames. It went as follows: &#8220;The cute one, the cute one, the cute one, the cute one,&nbsp;<em>the<\/em> cute one, the cute&nbsp;<em>one<\/em> and, uh, the cute one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BTS has totally taken the world by storm as of late, which is evidenced by their high number of sold out shows as well as the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/daily_pop\/videos\/288423\/bts-fans-camp-out-in-central-park-a-week-before-gma-concert?query=bts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">super-fans camped out<\/a> in Central Park&nbsp;one full week before their&nbsp;<em>Good Morning America<\/em> concert.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"54.576271186441\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4.7457627118644\">\n<p>The band&nbsp;is scheduled to perform their new song &#8220;Boy With Luv&#8221;, which they recorded with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/halsey\">Halsey<\/a><\/strong>, on the show tonight.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"44.132575757576\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"8.6818181818182\">\n<p>They&#8217;ve had a very active and exciting few weeks. On April 12,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/ap\/news\/1032056\/just-in-bts-map-of-the-soul-persona-has-officially-dropped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they dropped their highly-anticipated album<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Map of the Soul: Persona<\/em>&nbsp;and one day later performed on&nbsp;<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1037510\/we-re-still-screaming-over-bts-performance-at-2019-billboard-music-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halsey and BTS performed the song<\/a> during the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/2019_billboard_music_awards\">2019 Billboard Music Awards<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and it brought the entire MGM Grand Garden Arena to its feet.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1037100\/all-these-celebrities-had-no-chill-after-meeting-bts-at-the-2019-billboard-music-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not even celebrities can maintain any chill<\/a> when it comes to meeting the band. There are a number of Hollywood stars who can clearly put themselves into the category of BTS ARMY member.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"socialcontent-twitter-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-type=\"async\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31.943661971831\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"2.8521126760563\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LSSC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LSSC<\/a> tonight: History repeats itself with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTS_twt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bts_twt<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTSonLSSC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTSonLSSC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IJQgyLDX2q\">pic.twitter.com\/IJQgyLDX2q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colbertlateshow\/status\/1128837462246199296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-7\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"54.976744186047\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9.1627906976744\">\n<p>The BBMAs were total proof of that.<\/p>\n<p>Superfan <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/terry_crews\">Terry Crews<\/a><\/strong>likened BTS to The Beatles and fellow BTS ARMY members were very content with that comparison. Similarly, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/julianne_hough\">Julianne Hough<\/a><\/strong> met the band on the red carpet before the awards show and she tried getting a picture, but someone&#8217;s fingers unfortunately made their way into the photo. <strong>Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/kevin_jonas\">Kevin Jonas<\/a><\/strong> even said their &#8220;main goal is to meet BTS&#8221; and they sure did.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-8\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2\">\n<p>Take a look at the photos below to see their&nbsp;<em>Late Show<\/em> debut.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-10\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4\">\n<p>It looks like BTS really became&nbsp;<em>Map of the Soul: Beatles Persona&nbsp;<\/em>tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats on the big debut!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-11\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1041867\/bts-channels-the-beatles-for-their-debut-on-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s&nbsp;The Late Show&nbsp;time machine! K-pop sensation BTS threw it back to 1964 as they channeled The Beatles during their&nbsp;Late Show With Stephen Colbert debut on Wednesday night. Stephen Colbert himself went all in with the nostalgic vibes and likened BTS&#8217; performance tonight to that of The Beatles&#8217; debut on&nbsp;The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 05:10:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}