BTS‘s RM has gained attention after his recent confession about the difference in treatment the group had at the AMAs from 2017 to 2026.
Recently, BTS attended and won big at the American Music Awards.
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260525 BTS at the AMAs
Artist of the Year, Song of the Summer, Best Male K-Pop Artist 🏆🏆🏆
Thanks to ARMY💜#방탄소년단 #BTS #AMAs pic.twitter.com/LxL6Ct1VXw
— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) May 26, 2026
Yet, despite the hype and love surrounding BTS at the awards, the reality in the past couldn’t have been more different, as RM revealed during the group’s recent show in Texas.
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260527 BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’ IN LAS VEGAS#방탄소년단 #BTS #BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_NA#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_LASVEGAS pic.twitter.com/L5lTlYOyV3
— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) May 28, 2026
When making comments, RM unsurprisingly spoke about the AMAs and thanked ARMYs. Yet, he also shared the stark difference in how they were treated in 2017 to now.
In the video gaining attention, RM revealed that in 2017, at their first AMAs, they had no room to prepare and even had to do their makeup in the hallway, meaning they apologized whenever a big star walked past. Yet, RM shared that this time around, they had the biggest room and all the stars and staff were so kind to them.
NAMJOON DEDICATING THEIR AMAS TO ARMYS AND TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE ABOUTVHOW THEY WERE TREATED BACK IN 2017 VS NOW THANKS TO ARMYS🥹
🐨9 years ago when we first attended the AMAs, we literally had no room so, we had to fix our make up in the hallway. So when the starspassed… pic.twitter.com/DsD6xJWOL3
— Carolyne🌱⁷⁼¹ (@mhereonlyforbts) May 28, 2026
RM’s comments broke netizens’ hearts because while they were so happy at how far BTS had come, they didn’t realize just how hard it was for the group.
namjoon saying that back in 2017 at the AMAs they got their makeup done in the hallway and kept apologizing when celebrities passed by… and this time they used the biggest room. i wasn’t planning on crying today but here we are
— nissa⁷ (@mninissaa) May 28, 2026
namjoon explaining that in 2017 for the AMAs they didn’t even have their own room to do their make up and this year in 2026 they had the biggest room for themselves, oh im gonna cry you have no idea how emotional him saying that makes me
— 슙국. 🥢 (@sucreyoongi) May 28, 2026
“..It reminds me of 2017. 9 years ago when we first attended the AMAs, we literally had no room, so we had to fix our makeup in the hallway, when the stars passed by we were like ‘oh, hey I’m sorry’, but last night we used the biggest room.”
– Namjoon pic.twitter.com/1j04GV90Hr
— ɴᴀɴᴀ⁷ ʜᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ʙᴛꜱ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ?!🐰🐥 (@IanM1nnn) May 28, 2026
