{"id":779125,"date":"2026-05-07T07:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/779125\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T07:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:33:16","slug":"bts-greets-army-from-mexicos-presidential-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/779125\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS Greets ARMY from Mexico\u2019s Presidential Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe members of BTS<\/a> met on Wednesday (May 6) with Mexico<\/a>\u2018s president Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace. From one of the balconies of the presidential headquarters, the K-pop superband greeted about 50,000 people who had gathered in the Z\u00f3calo square, according to figures from the capital\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

\n\tAddressing the crowd gathered<\/a> in the country\u2019s main public square, the South Korean band delivered messages in Spanish and English to their fandom, known as ARMY, sparking applause, smiles and even tears. Under intense heat, their local fans waited for hours ahead of the three concerts they are set to perform starting Thursday (May 7) in the capital as part of their ARIRANG tour.<\/p>\n

\n\tBTS spent only five minutes on the balcony, but it was enough time to fulfill the dream of many who longed to see their idols up close.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"BTS<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tThe members of BTS greet ARMY from a balcony of the National Palace in Mexico City, on May 6, 2026.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYURI CORTEZ \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tRM was the first to take the microphone to express his gratitude for the love from their Mexican fans in a brief message. \u201cMuchas gracias for having us,\u201d he said in a mix of Spanish and English. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait for tomorrow\u2019s concert on stage. Let\u2019s have fun\u00a0together!\u00a0Te amo. Te quiero, Muchas gracias.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHello. I don\u2019t speak Spanish very well, but I will try,\u201d V said. \u201cI\u2019ve missed you. We\u2019ve missed Mexico so much. The energy here is incredible. Thank you so much for loving us so much. See you next time. Goodbye,\u201d he added, reading the message in Spanish from his phone.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe band appeared impressed by the turnout in the Constitution Plaza (the official name of the Z\u00f3calo). The group members, dressed in elegant beige and navy-blue suits, tried to capture the energy and euphoria of their fans with their phones\u2019 cameras.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI already told them that they have to come back next year,\u201d Sheinbaum said in a very brief message to the crowd, voicing the wish of many to see BTS perform in a free concert at the Z\u00f3calo. <\/p>\n

\n\tLater, the Mexican president posted a message on her social media accompanied by a photograph<\/a> with the seven members of the K-pop giant. \u201cI warmly welcome one of the most beloved groups among the youth of Mexico: BTS,\u201d she wrote. \u201cMusic and values unite Mexico and South Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSheinbaum\u2019s invitation to BTS to the presidential headquarters sparked a wave of criticism from some members of ARMY on social media, who asked the Mexican leader not to politicize the group\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n

\n\tBTS returned to Mexico to perform three concerts at the GNP Seguros Stadium this Thursday (May 7), Saturday (May 9) and Sunday (May 10). For these sold-out shows, promoter Ocesa reported selling over 136,000 tickets.<\/p>\n

\n\tSheinbaum has embraced the desire of ARMY Mexico members after tickets for BTS\u2019s three concerts sold out in less than an hour. Through a letter, the president asked her South Korean counterpart<\/a>, Lee Jae Myung, for more concerts in the country, as she revealed herself on January 26. Three weeks later, she announced that the South Korean government responded saying it had forwarded the request to HYBE, the company managing the supergroup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The members of BTS met on Wednesday (May 6) with Mexico\u2018s president Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":779126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[171,5498,24481,2222,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-779125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-genre-k-pop","10":"tag-genre-latin","11":"tag-mexico","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116532138743973263","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}