BTS: Larger Than Life
• Fresh off their well-received performance on last weekend’s American Music Awards, insanely popular Seoul, South Korea-based K-Pop band BTS recently set a Guinness World Record for the most Twitter engagements. According to a statement sent to the Huffington Post, the seven-member boy band now officially holds the records for 1) most Twitter engagements as well as the slightly more specific title of 2) most Twitter engagements for a music group.
To determine the record holder, the organization looked at average re-tweets an account receives per tweet. According to Guinness World Records, the group has amassed an average of roughly 252,200 re-tweets per tweet on Twitter to date.
Pictured with the guys are several members of the Red Music team, including Melanie Scull (4th from right), Jenn Liss (3rd from right) and Brent Battles (down in front). Brace yourself, as the band’s new single, “Mic Drop,” ft. Aoki and Desiigner impacts Dec. 5.