BTS, the vastly common Ok-Pop band, are set to satisfy President Joe Biden on the White Home on Tuesday, Could 31, 2022.

All members of the band, besides Jungkook, arrived within the U.S, on the Could 29, while Jungkook arrived a day earlier.

That is the primary time the South Korean boy band are assembly the president, and it's their first time visiting the White Home.

The band consists of seven members, together with V, Jungkook, RM, Suga, Jimin, J-Hope and Jin.

Why Are BTS Assembly With Joe Biden?

The band are set to go to the White Home and meet the Commander in Chief to debate Asian hate crimes, and what might be carried out to stop it.

They will even be celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month, in any other case often called Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander month.

BTS and the President will even talk about the importance of variety and inclusion in addition to the position BTS' platform can play on this. The band wish to propagate a message of positivity to the world, in addition to champion variety.

In an announcement, the White Home stated "President Biden has beforehand spoken about his dedication to combating the surge of anti-Asian hate crimes".

In reality, in Could 2021, Biden signed into legislation the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, this offers law enforcement officials with sources to analyze, determine and report hate crimes. This act moreover permits hate crime data to be extra simply accessible by NHPI and AA communities.

In accordance with NBC, Anti-Asian hate crimes elevated 339 % in 2021.

In response, BTS put out a Twitter publish which said "we recall moments once we confronted discrimination as Asians. We now have endured expletives with out purpose and have been mocked for the way in which we glance. We have been even requested why Asians spoke in English," they stated.

"We can't put into phrases the ache of turning into the topic of hatred and violence for such a purpose."

What Are BTS?

BTS are a South Korean boy band, also referred to as the Bangtan Boys. The band have been shaped in 2010 and debuted in 2013.

In August 2018, the band's single 'Idol' hit over 45 million views, which set the file for probably the most considered music video on-line in its first 24 hours.

BTS performing at the Grammys
BTS members - Jimin, Jin, V, J-Hope, RM, Jungkook, and Suga performing on the Grammy AwardsJohnny Nunez

Is Joe Biden a Ok-Pop fan?

The President has beforehand said that "Ok-pop followers are common" which was a delight to the BTS ARMY (their fandom identify) and Ok-pop followers world wide.

Shortly following this, the The Tonight Present put a video collectively of clips of Biden, making it seem that he was singing the favored BTS tune "butter".