BTS가 제76차 유엔총회에서 한 연설에 대해서 알아봅니다. 연설 내용은 어땠고 외신 반응은 어땠는지 그리고 그밖에 에피소드(UN 공연, 지민 해프닝)를 정리해 보았습니다. 연설문 전문 또한 영문 그대로 올려놨으니 한번 확인해 보세요!
BTS가 ‘미래세대와 문화를 위한 대통령 특별사절’ 자격으로 제76차 유엔총회에 참석했습니다. 유엔총회 특별행사 ‘지속가능발전목표(SDG) 모멘트’ 개회 세션에서 연설을 맡게 되었는데요 좀 더 자세히 알아보죠.
BTS의 유엔 연설 구체적인 내용
평소 유창한 영어실력으로 영어스피치는 거의 도맡아 하는 RM이 이번에도 연설의 첫 부분을 맡았습니다. 7분간 연설을 했고요 영상을 봤는데 다들 발표가 정말 자연스럽고 품위 있게 하더군요. 진짜 좀 많이 멋있었습니다.
웰컴 제너레이션(Welcome Generation)
"지금 청년들은 변화에 겁먹기보단 ‘웰컴’이라고 말하며 앞으로 걸어 나가는 세대”라고 했는데요. 사실이야 어쨌든
우리는 매일 코로나 떄문에 피해본 세대라고 피해망상에 살 건지 아니면 코로나를 하나의 변화로 보고 변화를 끌어안으며 Welcome이라고 얘기할 수 있을 정도로 성숙해 있는지 한번 생각해 보게 되었습니다. 그 외에도 제이홉은 백신 독려 얘기를 하면서 우리 멤버 7명도 모두 백신을 맞았다는 내용도 이야기했다.
BTS는 유엔총회 참석 전에 트위터에 올린 질문이 참 좋습니다.
여러분에게 지난 2년은 어땠고, 지금 어떤 세상을 살아가고 있나요?
연설 후 썰 : 지민은 가슴통증? 가슴압박 호소?
연설이 끝나고 총회가 마무리 될 때 참석자들끼리 돌아가면서 캐주얼하게 인사하는 시간이 있었는데요. 도중에 지민은 모하메드 유엔 부총장 앞에서 눈을 질끈 감은 채로 가슴을 부여잡은 모습이 사진에 잡혔습니다. 왠지 '이거 실화야? 진짜 대박'이라고 느끼며 좋아하는 것 같아 너무 귀엽네요!
UN건물 앞에서 뮤비(?)촬영?
연설과는 별도로 유엔 총회장과 본부를 뒤로하고 퍼미션 투 댄스를 춤과 함께 부르며 찍은 특별 영상을 공개하기도 했다.
BTS 연설 외신 반응
뉴욕타임스는 역동적인 댄스와 매력 넘치는 가사의 BTS가 유엔의 중심무대에 섰다고 보도했고 CNN도 BTS가 연설 시 기후변화와 코로나 바이러스에 대해 언급했다고 했다. 워싱턴포스트는 유엔총회가 대중의 관심을 끈 이유가 주목도가 높은 BTS 덕분이라면서 실제로 BTS 연설 전까지 생중계 시청자가 100만이었다가 연설 후에는 5만으로 떨어졌다고 하네요. AP통신은 K팝 센세이션을 일으킨 BTS가 새로운 국제무대에 섰다고 조명했습니다.
BTS 유엔 연설 전문
My name is Kim Namjoon, also known as RM, the leader of the group BTS. It is an incredible honor to be invited to an occasion with such significance for today's young generation.
Last November, BTS launched the Love Myself campaign with UNICEF built on our belief that true love first begins with loving myself. We've been partnering with UNICEF's End Violence program to protect children and young people all over the world from violence. And our fans have become a major part of this campaign with their action and with their enthusiasm. We truly have the best fans in the world.
I’d like to begin by talking about myself.
I was born in Ilsan, a city near Seoul, South Korea. It is a really beautiful place with a lake, hills, and even an annual flower festival. I spent a very happy childhood there, and I was just an ordinary boy. I used to look up at the night sky and wonder, and I used to dream the dreams of a boy. I used to imagine that I was a super hero who could save the world.
In an intro to one of our early albums, there’s a line that says,
‘My heart stopped when I was maybe nine or ten.’
Looking back, I think that’s when I began to worry about what other people thought of me, and started seeing myself through their eyes. I stopped looking up at the night skies, the stars. I stopped daydreaming. Instead, I just tried to jam myself into the molds that other people made. Soon, I began to shut out my own voice, and started to listen to the voices of others. No one called out my name, and neither did I. My heart stopped, and my eyes closed shut.
So, like this, I, we, all lost our names. We became like ghosts.
But I had one sensory, and that was music.
There was a small voice inside of me that said, ‘Wake up, man, and listen to yourself.’ But it took me a long time to hear music calling my real name. Even after making the decision to join BTS, there were a lot of hurdles. Some people may not believe, but most people thought we were hopeless. Sometimes I just wanted to quit. But I think I was very lucky that I didn’t give it all up.
And I’m sure that I, and we, will keep stumbling and falling like this.
BTS has become artists performing in those huge stadiums and selling millions of albums right now, but I am still an ordinary 24-year-old guy. If there’s anything that I achieved, it was only possible that I have my other BTS members right by my side, and because of the love and support that our ARMY fans all over the world make for us.
And maybe I made a mistake yesterday, but yesterday’s me is still me. Today, I am who I am with all of my faults and my mistakes. Tomorrow, I might be a tiny bit wiser, and that’ll be me too. These faults and mistakes are what I am, making up the brightest stars in the constellation of my life. I have come to love myself for who I am, for who I was, and for who I hope to become.
I’d like to say one last thing: After releasing our Love Yourself albums and launching the ‘Love Myself’ campaign, we started to hear remarkable stories from our fans all over the world. How our message helped them overcome their hardships in life and start loving themselves. Those stories constantly remind us of our responsibility.
So let’s take all one more step.
We have learned to love ourselves, so now I urge you to speak yourself.
I’d like to ask all of you, What is your name? What excites you and makes your heart beat?
Tell me your story. I want to hear your voice, and I want to hear your conviction.
No matter who you are, where you’re from, your skin color, your gender identity, just speak yourself. Find your name and find your voice by speaking yourself.
I’m Kim Nam-joon, and also RM of BTS. I am an idol, and I am an artist from a small town in Korea. Like most people, I’ve made many and plenty mistakes in my life. I have many faults, and I have many more fears, but I’m going to embrace myself as hard as I can, and I’m starting to love myself gradually, just little by little.
What is your name? Speak yourself.
Thank you very much.
지금까지 BTS 유엔총회 연설과 관련한 이야기였습니다. 한국인으로서 정말 자랑스럽습니다.
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