On this day, Jungkook became the headliner of Global Citizen Festival, representing BTS at the largest festival in a̾m̾e̾r̾i̾c̾a this year. He continues to demonstrate his status as the "King of K-pop", stirring up the bustling atmosphere of the festival with his hot performances.
Not only that, Jungkook's statement during the performance also became the focus of attention, showing his influence and positive impact as well as the BTS members. Fans cannot help but be proud of what he is doing while netizens discuss a lot about the message he conveys.
Here's what happened and what people are talking about:
“As a global citizen, I will give my all on stage tonight!” - Jungkook declared before performing at Global Citizen Festival. And he truly fulfilled this statement perfectly when he turned his Saturday night show in New York's Central Park into a true "festival".
Despite the unfavorable weather, hundreds of thousands of spectators wearing raincoats kept cheering and exclaiming enthusiastically towards the stage where Jungkook performed, forgetting the cold weather. Meanwhile, ARMYs wearing purple raincoats symbolizing BTS harmonized in BTS songs such as Butter, Dynamite or solo songs 'Euphoria', 'Still With You', and the global нιт song 'Seven'.
But the performance became even more pαssionate when Jungkook paused mid-performance and spoke about his participation in this festival. Jungkook said: "Thank you for taking action to be here tonight! And let's keep making an impact together to make sure everyone everywhere has access to their basic rights like food and education. Okay?".
Immediately, Jungkook's statement became the focus of attention and received great support from not only fans but also citizens around the globe. Jungkook has once again reminded everyone of the meaningful message of sharing and raising awareness about global issues such as extreme poverty. This is also the main message of the Global Citizen Festival throughout the years.
With Jungkook's statement, netizens gave a lot of praise to this noble and meaningful action and encouraged everyone to take action:
- The most precious soul
- food is the basic right so true king
- Short and to the point
- Anything and everything for you my love
- he's an angel on earth
- Hope your wish became true Jungkook. everybody gets good food to eat no one starve everybody gets better life
- Human Rights matter! For every human, being, alien, creature, visible and invisible ones here on this planet!
- MY LITTLE ACTIVIST BABY
- Jungkook for Vice President (our presi is Namjoon, as you all know). Namkanda fo-ever!
- that “okay” at the end, he’s such a cutie patootie. i’m so so proud of him
- my angel, i love you and i’m so proud of you!
- I'm so touched how he tapped the advocacy for food security
Meanwhile, the Global Citizen festival is a large-scale charity show organized by the Global Poverty Project and has been held annually since 2012 to raise awareness of global issues such as poverty. destitution, famine and climate change. This project aims to alleviate global poverty through ticket sales and other charitable donations. The project has the same development goals as the United Nations and is often organized to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly.
Since 2015, the festival has been curated by Coldplay band member Chris Martin. Many famous artists participated in the performance, such as Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, Cardi B, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Queen, Rosalía... In the 2023 edition, the guests were invited by Ban The announcement organization includes JungKook, Anitta, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Megan Thee Stallion, Conan Gray, D-Nice, Sofia Carson...
In particular, Jungkook will be the first ḳöŕệän solo singer to combine with a̾m̾e̾r̾i̾c̾an rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and pop star Lauryn Noelle Hill to bring impressive performances to this year's festival. He is also the first Asian solo artist to be the main performer in this event even though it is his first time participating as an individual.
