IU and RM BTS: The 'golden hearts' of K-pop

IU and RM (BTS) are praised for regularly doing charity work every year - Photo: Naver

Instead of holding lavish parties, singer IU always chooses to celebrate holidays and anniversaries by donating to social organizations in Korea.

On September 18, the female idol made the audience admire when she donated 225 million won to four charities on the occasion of her 16th debut anniversary.

Similarly, the leader of BTS also used his birthday to do charity work as a way to thank life.

IU has a tradition of donating every year.

It can be said that IU is one of the most successful solo artists in K-pop today. The female idol's IU her world tour concert in early 2024 quickly "sold out" tickets in 18 major cities around the world.

Besides, she is also known as a "digital music monster" when her newly released songs quickly sweep the charts.

For example, in January 2024, IU made history with the song Love wins all when it topped the Melon Top 100 just 1 hour after its release.

MV Love wins all has guest V (BTS) - Source: IU Official

Not only shining in her career, IU also makes fans proud when she diligently does charity work every year.

Recently, to celebrate 16 years of singing, the female artist donated 225 million won under the name "IUAENA" (IU's name combined with the fandom's name) to four major Korean social organizations and projects.

"National sister" IU has always been diligent in doing charity work since her debut - Photo: Naver

According to Allkpop , the donations were divided between the Korea Rare Disease Children's Association, the "Senior Care Milk Delivery" campaign, Hansarang Village, and Hansarang Infant Nursery.

IU's support is considered "right on time, right place" when targeting the most needy people, the elderly and children.

On the Theqoo forum, many people praised the female idol's beautiful actions: "Not only simply donating, but IU also contributes to specific necessary causes, so it's even more awesome", "IU donates every year, it must be more than 5 billion won", "A singer is so amazing to be able to run such a long distance"...

In 2021, to celebrate her 28th birthday, IU donated 500 million won to charity funds in Korea. The action of the "national sister" made many people admire because few artists can do such a precious thing.

IU makes fans proud of her beautiful actions every year - Photo: Naver

RM with a warm heart behind the “cool” appearance

Contrary to his cold demeanor when performing on stage, in real life RM - leader of BTS - always scores points for his warm heart towards everyone.

The Korea Times reported that RM celebrated his 30th birthday on September 12 by donating 100 million won to the "Everyone's Veterans Dream" initiative, which will support the military service gratitude campaign of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Korea.

RM (BTS) always spends his birthday every year doing charity work - Photo: HYBE

Besides, he also did not forget to send sweet messages to his fans through Weverse.

“Thank you so much for sending me your heartfelt birthday wishes. You know I'm holding on thanks to all of you, right?

"Stay healthy, live good days, speak good words with a kind heart. I love you" - RM wrote.

This isn't the first time RM has done charity work on his birthday. On his 2023 birthday, he donated to the Korean Forensic Science Association.

With a kind heart, BTS leader donated 100 million won on his birthday in 2020 to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Korea.

The money will be used to reprint rare art-related books, some of which will be sent to schools in 400 remote areas.

RM is a good example for his fans - Photo: Naver

Idols are considered role models for fans, so BTS's fandom (Army) is always active in charity activities.

Recently, the BTS fan community in Vietnam called for donations of more than 866 million VND to support people to overcome the effects of storm No. 3.

Contrary to the general level of K-pop idols, both IU and RM (BTS) are famous for their ability to compose music.

Debuting in 2008 with the single Lost Child , IU now owns a "fortune" of up to 70 songs composed by herself.

Not to be outdone, with 228 songs (as of August 2024), RM was honored by the Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) as the second young artist with the most compositions in the association's history.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/iu-va-rm-bts-nhung-tam-long-vang-cua-k-pop-20240919101610023.htm