And Stephen Colbert paid homage to his own legendary predecessor: Ed Sullivan.
BTS channels the Beatles on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” By Bethonie Butler Bethonie Butler Reporter covering television and pop culture Email Bio Follow May 16 at 11:26 AM On Wednesday night, as Stephen Colbert prepared to welcome the wildly popular South Korean boy band BTS, he noted that the K-pop phenoms are “the first group since the Beatles to earn three No. 1 albums in less than a year.
Colbert offered his own tribute to a beloved predecessor: Ed Sullivan, who hosted his variety show across several decades from the very theater where Colbert helms his late-night show. The theater, of course, now bears Sullivan’s name. “And now for the performance you’ve been waiting for,” Colbert began. “These fabulous young lads from Seoul — really impressed all of us here — performing their song ‘Boy With Luv,’ from their EP ‘Map of the Soul: Persona,’ ladies and gentlemen, BTS.”The show flashed to hysterical young men and women in the audience, sporting sleek ’60s hairstyles and vintage fashion.
bts paying homage to the beatles in the same theater where beatlemania started back in 1964 is making me feel so many things 🇰🇷☺️ pic.twitter.com/NlB9PdZJLhWhat's interesting is that it, on paper, was the most gimmicky US performance they've done.
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