Regarding Bang PD's incredible success with BTS today, a decade ago it would have been hard to believe they could have done it. Now, however, Bang PD has proven he can build an empire out of ruins, and the success of BTS also proves his vision for the future.

A story proving that Bang PD's perseverance and effective future strategies have helped him create global superstars is the story between Bang PD and Ken Lewis from 2011. With the success of BTS now, producer Ken Lewis unexpectedly revealed his and Bang Sihyuk's betting story that year.

And of course, Bang PD is the winner and Ken Lewis absolutely adores what he had to say:

For many people, the success of BTS is said to be a miraculous effort or some miracle that is difficult to come twice. But reality has proven that to get where you are today is thanks to the talent, hard work, and good personality of each idol.

Not only that, but it's also a journey of persistently searching for opportunities and making the right moves by Bang PD to help BTS have music that touches listeners' hearts. And even, the destination of BTS with great success was promised many years ago when Bang PD started his project with 7 boys.

The interesting story of Bang PD's bet with producer Ken Lewis on the success of BTS shows this. To this day, Bang PD fully proves his confidence that year was valid and he and BTS did everything to make the promise come true.

The story is told by legendary producer Ken Lewis himself - the man behind many world-famous works. He is an American record producer, mixing engineer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

He has been nominated by name for his contributions to 7 Grammy-nominated projects including on Eminem's Recovery, Kanye West's The College Dropout, FUN.'s Some Nights, and others. He has also contributed production, songwriting, engineering, arranging and/or instrumentation and vocals to numerous gold, platinum, and diamond records including Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk", Lil Wayne and Drake's "Believe Me", and Kanye West and Jamie Foxx's "Gold Digger"...

Sitting down in an interview, Ken Lewis still remembers the exact call from an entertainment company from Korea in 2011. And as we all know, it was Big Hit Entertainment and CEO Bang Sihyuk.

Of course, the difference between Ken Lewis and Big Hit Music was huge at the time. He is already a world-famous producer while Big Hit Music is really a small and new entertainment company that has not had any remarkable success yet.

However, Bang PD still called to convince Ken Lewis to bring BTS songs to Iselin for him to mix. After that, the interesting bet between them started in a very serious way.

To get Ken Lewis's permission to produce music, Bang PD made a big bet, that BTS would become the most famous artist in the world. Ken Lewis remembers: "The president of Big Hit looked me straight in the eye and said that BTS would become the most famous artist in the world, and that was said in 2011." He went on to recount: “I, as a person, never take such words lightly. I was like, 'Okay, let's see what you bet'".

Lewis himself was also convinced by this bet at the time and he even knew that Bang PD had bet to win big. That year, Bang PD and BTS had the help of legendary producer Ken Lewis in adjusting the volume, effects, and balance of each instrument and vocal in the song.

Through that process, Lewis also understood why Bang PD boldly conjectured something that hadn't even begun yet. Ken Lewis praises BTS' working style as they are always the people he has always enjoyed working with. "You know their music is going to be great and they're very hard working", Lewis said.

And just like what Bang PD bet to get the companion of Ken Lewis, BTS debuted and 10 years later, they maintain an undefeated successful career path with hundreds of big and small awards in and abroad, conquering the US charts, entering the White House, speaking at the United Nations, etc. There is no other K-pop group that can match their reputation and strong success in China. international level. Obviously, BTS has been absolutely the most popular group in the world over the years.

Bang PD was absolutely right when he saw that what BTS has been, is, and will do will definitely help them succeed. The bet that Bang Sihyuk had put his heart and strategic vision into gives him so many good results. It even made Lewis surprise and admire him too. 

In the end, it is not a miracle or a random success, it is a game that they have bet on and will definitely do everything to win with their own ability. And we have - the world's most famous, amazing K-pop superstars - BTS over a decade later!