BTS are making a splash worldwide (Picture: Splash News)

BTS have always had a huge fanbase in Korea, while ARMYs have spread to every corner of the globe.

But in the last few months, the K-pop idols have exploded in the Western music scene, and after their incredible performance at the Billboard Music Awards, their star is on the rise to stratospheric levels.

However, they have yet to gain a considerable amount of airplay in the UK, no matter how much the UK ARMYs beg and plead.

But Capital Breakfast host Roman Kemp reckons it will happen eventually – although doesn’t think that time has come just yet.


Roman believes BTS and K-pop’s time will come on UK radio (Picture: Capital)

Speaking to Metro.co.uk about K-pop, Roman’s co-host Vick Hope said of BTS: ‘It’s madness! Their fans are so dedicated. Such huge, vocal, powerful fans.’



And Roman, 25, told us: ‘I find the whole thing fascinating. The whole thing of how some of the Western world have jumped on that bandwagon, so to speak… Listen, when they release a song that goes big in the UK and we feel it’s the right fit for Capital, I don’t see any reason why we can’t play them on Capital at all.

‘At the moment, that time hasn’t come. I think that when that starts to happen, I’ll understand [the phenomenon].’

However, the radio host admits that he finds it ‘hard’ to relate to the ARMY as he’s not sure if their devotion stems from BTS’s music.

Roman and Vick are tastemakers on Capital FM (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

He said: ‘It’s hard sometimes, because when you get bands like that that create this fandomania… are they there for the music, or are they there for what the kids look like?

‘Especially in the K-pop world, where it’s about so much more than the singles they release. For us, it’s just the music.’

While K-pop hasn’t quite broken Capital yet, Roman and Vick are bigging up the UK talent who are smashing the charts.

Vick championed Raye, saying: ‘I’m so proud of Raye. We’ve just known for so long that she’s been working so, so hard and she’s such a prolific writer, she’s written for everyone, she’s so respected. In some respects, some of those songs – the one with Jonas Blue, the one with Jack Jones – those songs are bigger than her, but she wrote them, she’s the voice on them.

‘She’s so responsible for the anthems. Raye will have such a long career, and an important one. Everyone in the industry loves her.’

And Roman is all about Dua Lipa: ‘For me, it’s been madness to see Dua Lipa explode. It’s nice for us, we’ve been interviewing these people from the start of their careers. Dua used to come in with her and her manager, and now she’s got a fucking entourage. I’m really proud of her.’

Roman Kemp and Vick Hope will host Capital’s Summertime Ball with Vodafone at Wembley Stadium on 9 June. Catch them on Capital Breakfast, weekdays from 6am – 10am and Saturdays from 6am – 9am.

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