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Various US Celebrities who are close friends with the world sensation BTS

Thanks to their influence and insane musicality, BTS gets the chance to meet and work with various American musicians. 

BTS started seeing Coldplay after the Kpop group contacted Chris Martin for a collaboration. According to news site NME, Martin planned on rejecting the offer since they think their styles don’t click. However, he sat on the offer for a while, before writing “My Universe” and coming to Korea to record the song with BTS. 

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From the behind-the-scenes footage, Chris and BTS grew closer through their shared passion for music. Martin then shared with famous host Ellen DeGeneres that: “Passion for music sounds like some hypothetical thing but it was one of the rawest feelings. We absolutely adore the BTS members.”

bts Chris Martin

Recently, 3 members of BTS, including J-Hope, Jimin, and Jungkook, spent an evening hanging out with American singer H.E.R after their schedule at the White House. On her official SNS, H.E.R shared a photo of herself, Chris Martin, and the 3 members, with Chris even wearing the PJs BTS Jin once designed for him. 

bts Chris Martin

Famous rapper Megan Thee Stallion also became chummy with BTS after their collaboration. In 2021, the Kpop group released a remix of their hit “Butter”, which featured some verses from Megan. The unlikely combination met face to face a couple of months later, after BTS visited New York for their event with the United Nations. 

bts Megan Thee Stallion

Megan Thee Stallion also appeared at a Los Angeles concert, which is a part of BTS’s world tour. There, she sang “Butter” for the first time with all 7 members, and continued to express support for the group ever since. At the 2022 Grammy, the female rapper once again snapped a photo with BTS. 

bts Megan Thee Stallion

In the USA, Halsey is probably one of BTS’s earliest friends. Having been a fan of the group from long ago, the singer first met BTS directly in 2017, when she gave BTS a box of churros to wish them luck before their performance at Billboard Music Awards. 

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And their friendship only became tighter afterwards, with the collaboration “Boy With Luv” in 2019, as well as various hangouts. In a video published by Wired, BTS themselves said that Hasley has been a close friend. Meanwhile, according to Pinkvilla, Halsey visited BTS at the HYBE headquarters while she’s touring in Seoul, and BTS gave her chocolate in return. The singer also stepped up to defend BTS against criticisms from a DJ, said The Independent. 

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In 2017, Charlie Puth began to pay attention to BTS when Jungkook and Jimin performed the song We Don’t Talk Anymore.  The male singer then showed his interest by saying, “I really like BTS’s music”.  In return, the Korean boy band said, “We really like Charlie Puth’s music.”

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They met a year later, while performing together at the 2018 MBC Music Awards. Since then, Charlie Puth has repeatedly expressed his desire to reunite with BTS.  The two also support each other’s music products through social networking platforms.

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When BTS attended a Harry Styles concert in Los Angeles last year, they met singer Lizzo.  Fans captured videos of them dancing to Harry Styles songs together.  Later, Lizzo shared on social media that she was happy to meet V, Jimin, Jungkook and J-Hope.  Later, Jimin told Access Hollywood that they found Lizzo “attractive and charming”.

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Lizzo shared on the Audacy podcast that she became close to J-Hope after the show: “I got J-Hope’s number, so we be texting. He’s a great texter, expressive.”

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BTS considers James Corden to be their good friend, although he has said some negative things about the group in the past.  BTS has appeared on his show many times, including joining Carpool Karaoke, playing hide and seek at his studio with Ashton Kutcher and dancing for the Crosswalk concert.

bts James Corden

BTS members even call Corden “Papa Mochi”.  In return, Corden called Jimin “Baby Mochi” because this is the male singer’s nickname.  In addition, James Corden also takes care of BTS behind the scenes many times.  Once, the host was spotted trying to protect Suga from the sun while the group was practicing for the Crosswalk Concert.

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