BTS’ online concert ‘Bang Bang Con 2021’ surpasses 2.7 million concurrent viewers

BTS’ online concert “Bang Bang Con 2021” surpassed a whopping 2.7 million concurrent viewers on Saturday.

According to Big Hit music, this is the largest number of users simultaneously watching since the “Bang Bang Con” was launched in April last year.

“As BTS faced the ‘untact (non-face-to-face) era’ due to the Corona 19 pandemic, they led a new performance culture with an online streaming festival,” they said in a statement.

“Bang Bang Con 2021” also ended with 22,248,241 views from ARMYs who tuned in to watch their favorite boys’ performances as well as more than 3 million tweets, according to World Music Awards.

#BANGBANGCON21 trends at #1 Worldwide for hours with over 3 Million tweets as 22,248,241 MILLION #ARMY virtually shined their purple lights for #BTS, tuning in to watch the BIGGEST online concert which broke the Internet and Twitter!????????????????????3?????????2??2???????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/CARk0yEN1G

— World Music Awards (@WORLDMUSICAWARD) April 17, 2021

During this year’s eight-hour long concert, the K-Pop group made their fans reminisce by streaming three of their past concerts: “BTS Live Trilogy Episode I: BTS Begins,“ "BTS 5th Muster [Magic Shop]” and the BTS World Tour "Love Yourself: Speak Yourself.”

The Bang Bang Con is a free virtual event in which BTS streams their past concerts and fan meets. This is the group’s third session, amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

The first Bang Bang Con happened in April 2020. — Franchesca Viernes/LA, GMA News