Nicki Minaj to Halsey: 7 Times BTS collaborated with western artists to deliver massive hits

With the arrival of BTS in 2013, it was truly evident they would play by new rules. The young stars have crafted a niche for themselves, as they have an edge with their elements with slick aesthetics along with amazing choreography. The boys have been ruling millions of hearts all over the globe and have become the biggest sensation. Their music allows them to convey messages loaded with metaphor and cultural references. Not only this, their style of combining hip-hop with EDM has been widely appealing. With millions of albums sold, the group has been giving sold-out performances with over-packed stadiums. In addition to this, a lot of western music artists have also worked with the Korean boy band to deliver massive hits. Let’s have a look at 7 best collaborations of BTS.

Back in 2018, Idol was one of the most loved songs of the boy band. At the point when Nicki Minaj participated, it turned into a massive hit. The music video screams bright colours and also features the spectacular choreography of the BTS along with their dreamy outfits. This also allowed the Army to do the moves themselves and start a viral dance challenge.

Back in 2017, the EDM hit ‘Best Of Me’ which was the third track for their fifth mini-album - ‘Love Yourself: Her’ broke the internet. This was the first collaboration of BTS with an American artist. The track can easily make one groove to the authentic beats of The Chainsmokers, along with beautiful visuals and meaningful lyrics.

Back in 2018, BTS was approached by American DJ and record producer Steve Aoki to join him in an electro-pop dance track from his album “Neon Future III”. Despite the boy band not being featured in the music video, it was still a star-studded affair of the Asian-American actors, where the artists lip-synced to BTS’ vocals – it was the perfect pop culture medium for representing the Asian talent on the world stage.

This song is the fourth official remix of country/hip-hop star Lil Nas X’s hit ‘Old Town Road’. Initially released as Old Town Road (Seoul Town Road Remix), not only did it make K-country-pop an actual genre, it was BTS’ first-ever Grammy performance, which broke the internet for days.

Helmed by Mura Masa, this spectacular 2019 track from the BTS World computer game featured the authentic and traditional Korean instrument haegeum included in the prevalently electronic/hip-bounce song.

Aesthetic and dreamy, this track left ARMY feeling joyfully sentimental, particularly with the pastel-themed palette in its music video. This lead single from their album "Guide of the Soul: Persona" eventually became a platinum hit that additionally got referred to in many "best of 2019" records.

Charli XCX, after meeting BTS in Seoul in 2017, presented an unreleased base track to them for a collaboration. And that’s how ‘Dream Glow’ happened, an endearing song about love at first sight which has a mixture of both BTS’ and XCX’s musical chords.