{"id":172353,"date":"2026-07-24T16:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=172353"},"modified":"2026-07-24T16:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:19:34","slug":"this-is-how-bts-honored-their-history-during-the-2026-fifa-world-cup-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/this-is-how-bts-honored-their-history-during-the-2026-fifa-world-cup-halftime-show\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how BTS honored their history during the 2026 FIFA World Cup halftime show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BTS<\/strong> took center stage during the halftime show of the<strong> 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/strong> final on July 19, 2026, delivering one of the most-talked-about performances of the tournament. The championship match between Spain and Argentina took place at the New York New Jersey Stadium, where a star-studded lineup with Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira, Burna Boy, Gustavo Dudamel, Coldplay\u2019s PS 22 Chorus, the Muppets, and Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso brought music and festive vibes before the second half of the game. Meanwhile, BTS decided to capture the attention of fans around the world with a performance that celebrated both their music and South Korean culture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BTS-World-Cup-2026-looks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BTS-World-Cup-2026-looks.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BTS-World-Cup-2026-looks-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BTS-World-Cup-2026-looks-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BTS-World-Cup-2026-looks-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BTS-World-Cup-2026-looks-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BTS-World-Cup-2026-looks-860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The members wore outfits inspired by South Korea\u2019s national soccer team, sporting black, red, and white colors throughout their section of the show. Knee-eye fans quickly noticed several meaningful \u201cEaster eggs\u201d hidden in the jerseys and accessories worn by the members. For example, Suga showed off the emblem of the Red Devils, the country\u2019s official soccer supporters group. Then, Jimin and J Hope both wore the number \u201c7\u201d as a tribute to BTS\u2019s seven members. In addition, Jin, V, and Suga wore silver whistle necklaces, while J-Hope attached a similar whistle to his belt. Even though their outfits followed a shared pattern, each artist still managed to show his own personal style.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">190726 \u2726 PERFEITOS DONOS DO MUNDO TODO!!!<\/p>\n<p>BTS acaba de apresentar \u2018Dynamite\u2019 no intervalo da Copa do Mundo 2026!!!<\/p>\n<p>BTS AT WORLD CUP 2026<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BTSxWORLDCUP2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTSxWORLDCUP2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BTSHALFTIMESHOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTSHALFTIMESHOW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/68MDWRAhDa\">pic.twitter.com\/68MDWRAhDa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MYG TEAM BR (@mygteambr) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mygteambr\/status\/2078935669515211093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the halftime show ended, FIFA uploaded the group\u2019s performance to YouTube, where it received more than 2.2 million views within its first four hours. Fans filled the comment section with praise, especially after BTS performed their global hit \u201cDynamite\u201d as their song of choice. The track is widely recognized as one of BTS\u2019 biggest global hits, reaching the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, the UK Singles Chart, and South Korea&#8217;s Circle Digital Chart. Following the performance, the 7-member team took a short break from their massive ARIRANG World Tour. The global run will resume on August 1, with the boyband visiting North and South America throughout August, September and October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS took center stage during the halftime show of the 2026 FIFA World Cup final on July 19, 2026, delivering one of the most-talked-about performances of the tournament. The championship match between Spain and Argentina took place at the New York New Jersey Stadium, where a star-studded lineup with Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira, Burna Boy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":172363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-172353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-news","tag-bts"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172353"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172365,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172353\/revisions\/172365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}