{"id":167596,"date":"2026-05-25T20:02:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T03:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=167596"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T03:02:53","slug":"bts-swim-won-song-of-the-summer-at-the-american-music-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-swim-won-song-of-the-summer-at-the-american-music-awards-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217; &#8216;SWIM&#8217; won &#8216;Song Of The Summer&#8217; at the American Music Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few moments ago, <strong>BTS<\/strong>&#8216; &#8216;SWIM&#8217; won &#8216;Song Of The Summer&#8217; at the <strong>American Music Awards 2026<\/strong>, making history for their genre and career in the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>On May 25th, the boy group attended the prestigious award ceremony amid their busy schedule for their &#8216;ARIRANG World Tour&#8217; to make a <strong>special appearance<\/strong> to present the award for Best Female R&amp;B Artist and commemorate with fans their own nominations.<\/p>\n<p>During this night, BTS was announced to be the winner in the category <strong>&#8216;Song Of The Summer&#8217;<\/strong> for their hit new song &#8216;<strong>SWIM<\/strong>&#8216; from their new album &#8216;ARIRANG,&#8217; becoming the first K-Pop act to achieve this milestone.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;SWIM&quot; is our anthem for Summer 2026 \ud83d\ude0e\u2600\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p>Congratulations on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AMAs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AMAs<\/a> Song of the Summer win, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bts_bighit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@bts_bighit<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vklbn8IqLS\">pic.twitter.com\/Vklbn8IqLS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; American Music Awards (@AMAs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMAs\/status\/2059092650758967803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After receiving their award, their leader, RM, addressed the fans, saying, <em><strong>&#8220;First things first, big shout-out to all the ARMYs all over the world!&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> He then expressed his gratitude for this recognition and support:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;Thank you so much for giving all the love for SWIM! When we made this album, we had a lot of pressure, and we tried to figure out what kind of music felt like us right now. But the only thing we believed in was that you have to keep challenging and keep moving forward!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Their member V even took the opportunity to share some words showing his gratitude for their team and company: <em><strong>&#8220;Thank you to everyone at Big Hit, including our producer Hitman Bang.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> He concluded with a moving message for fans:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;And to everyone out there who keeps swimming no matter what! We send you our love and support! So keep swimming! Let\u2019s go! Thank you!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BTS accepts the award for Song of the Summer for &quot;SWIM&quot; at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AMAs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AMAs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UjTe8Lor11\">pic.twitter.com\/UjTe8Lor11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/2059093478811066673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few moments ago, BTS&#8216; &#8216;SWIM&#8217; won &#8216;Song Of The Summer&#8217; at the American Music Awards 2026, making history for their genre and career in the music industry. 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