BTS performs in its Seoul concert at Seoul Sports Complex on Aug. 26. / Courtesy of Big Hit Entertainment



As top K-pop stars BTS bring their "Love Yourself" album series to an end with their fourth and final record under the theme, the boy band wanted to send out the message of carpe diem through the festivities featured in the album's main track "Idol" and its music video, the septet said Sunday.



The members defined the overriding theme of "Idol" and their ongoing world concert tour, "Love Yourself," as "festival" in a news conference held at Seoul Sports Complex ahead of their concert here.



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The two-day concert from Saturday to Sunday in Seoul marked the beginning of BTS' world tour, which will take the band to 16 cities in the United States, Canada, Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Japan through February next year.



The tour kicked off after BTS released "Love Yourself: Answer," the finale of the four-part Love Yourself album series, which delved into a philosophical search for a true self through a tricky process from the start to end of love.



"When you think of a festival, its preparations take place for a very long time, but the festival itself terminates very quickly in a very brief moment and leaves behind tons of garbage, as our concert does," member RM said.



"I think life is the same as a festival. Happiness lasts for fleeting moments, leaving behind some snapshot images of the moments," he said, explaining why the latest album draws on festival as the final answer to the questions the "Love Yourself" album series poses.



"So the final conclusion to (the theme) 'Love Yourself' should eventually be a festival," he said. "After grappling with many questions, we wanted to draw the message that (we should) enjoy life and seize the fleeting (happy) moments," RM said, referring to the message of the famous Latin aphorism "carpe diem."





BTS performs in its Seoul concert at Seoul Sports Complex on Aug. 26. / Courtesy of Big Hit Entertainment