MNEK opened up on working with BTS (Picture: Rex)

MNEK has worked with some of the biggest names in music, including Beyonce, Christina Aguilera and Madonna.

And the Tongue singer has opened up about how much he loved getting together with BTS, revealing they’re as amazing as we all thought they were.

No surprise there, then…

The 23-year-old, who recently released his debut album Language, worked with the K-pop band on Paradise together and hinted the whole thing came as a surprise.


BTS worked with MNEK on Paradise – for Love Yourself: Tear (Picture: Rex)

‘I actually worked on that the same day I worked on Phone on my album,’ the songwriter explained.

‘All of a sudden we heard a Korean version of it and were like, “Whoa, this is a completely different song,” which was really the first time that had happened for me.



‘That whole group is super talented and really nice and I really didn’t realise how big they were — [their fan base] is massive,’ he added to Billboard.

Paradise was produced by Lophiile and also includes writing credits by RM, Suga and J-Hope.

And it is a serious tune.

Nicki popped up in BTS’ video for new song IDOL (Picture: ibighit)

MNEK isn’t the only huge name BTS have been working with on their new music, as they recently unveiled a surprise collaboration with Nicki Minaj.

The 35-year-old recorded a verse for the digital version of IDOL, and popped up in the band’s music video, which was released last week.

It’s safe to say we are obsessed.

However, the Queen rapper will only be on the digital version of the single, not the released track.

Confirming the news, Big Hit said: ‘Nicki Minaj will be featuring on IDOL (feat. Nicki Minaj), the last track of BTS’s upcoming repackage album Love Yourself: Answer, which will be released today at 6 p.m. KST.

‘The song is not included in the physical copy of the album as it will be a special digital track.

‘Nicki Minaj’s signature rapping style is set to reimagine BTS’s new title track IDOL in an interesting way.’

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