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BTS kicked off their tour with a wild LA show and their fans were in heaven

Human-sized bubbles, a bouncy house, and giant panther statues — oh my!

Rachel Kraus

on May 5, 2019

BTS kicked off their tour with a wild LA show and their fans were in heaven

BTS can't be stopped Credit: Shutterstock / Featureflash Photo Agency

The K-Pop boy band BTS rode the ever-stronger wave of popularity breaking on U.S. shores straight to the Rose Bowl on Saturday. From the looks of their tricked out performance, the boiz gave their mega-fans a night to remember.

BTS kicked off their “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” tour with a sold-out show at the Pasadena, CA stadium in front of a crowd of 60,000. With a Saturday Night Live appearance and a record-breaking collaboration with Halsey, the group is being hailed as one of the first K-Pop stars to break out in the US.

At the Rose Bowl on Saturday, there were giant panther statues, a bounce house, fireworks, holographic hearts, and a human-sized plastic bubble — along with singing, rapping, dancing, and levitating group members.

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Fans did not take pains to contain their excitement on social media for the wild show that BTS put on.

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Even Nick Jonas was in the audience, bopping along from on high. Boy bands gotta support boy bands!

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It also caused a fair amount of FOMO and appreciation from afar for people not lucky enough to attend.

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The Rose Bowl will clearly never be the same.

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Rachel Kraus

Rachel Kraus is a Mashable Tech Reporter specializing in health and wellness. She is an LA native, NYU j-school graduate, and writes cultural commentary across the internetz.