BTS’s latest project has been revealed (Picture: EPA/KIM HEE-CHUL)

The mystery behind Connect BTS has been unveiled – and it’s all kicking off in London.

BTS’s latest project was teased over the past weeks, with ARMYs speculating about what RM, Jimin, J-Hope, Jin, Jungkook, Suga and V have in store.

And it turns out Connect BTS is all about art and connecting people across the world.

So pretty much the concept behind BTS, right?


The website explains: ‘CONNECT, BTS is a global project to connect five cities and 22 artists, each of whom contributes their unique philosophy and imagination to it. This project aims to redefine the relationships between art and music, the material and immaterial, artists and their audiences, artists and artists, and theory and practice.



‘CONNECT, BTS may be described in terms of a collective curatorial practice by curators around the world who resonated with BTS’s philosophy.’

The project begins right here in the UK, with Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen’s work Catharsis being exhibited at the Serpentine Gallery from 14 January until 6 March.

The Boy With Luv singers spoke with Steensen ahead of the project being unveiled, with the idols asking the artist questions about Catharsis.

He explained: ‘I think it’s interesting to work on projects that seek connectivity across different places in the world, but also with nature and technology. But I also think it’s reall interesting to connect artists with [different] types of practises, so we can make new perspectives.’

BTS are getting arty (Picture: YouTube)

RM told Steensen that the work ‘looks really magical’, while Jungkook seemed very interested, applauding the artist’s answers and letting out ‘ohs’ of understanding following each question.

Steensen said that he hopes Catharsis – a digital simulation of an undisturbed forest – ‘stimulates curiosity and imagination and reconnect them with nature’.

BTS’s letter to Steensen read: ‘Your participation helps complete CONNECT, BTS as a global project that engages artists and curators around the world to connect, share and exchange messages that resonate widely. As individuals, we come from diverse backgrounds, speak different languages, and have unique life experiences.

‘Music and art may appear to be disparate worlds, but we are confident that this project will be an opportunity to appreciate diversity, develop a rapport, and reaffirm our shared message of positivity.’

Over the next few weeks, Connect BTS will launch in Berlin, Buenos Aires, Seoul and New York.

February will bring BTS’s new album, Map Of The Soul: 7, with Suga’s Shadow teaser already sending fans into a frenzy.

Seeing as Map Of The Soul: Persona hit number one in the US and the UK album charts, we’re expecting big things.

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