BTS is officially celebrating their 10th anniversary, an incredible feat for the group that debuted from a small company and reached unprecedented global heights through a decade of consistent hard work and dedication.
As part of BTS’s 2023 FESTA celebrations for their 10th anniversary, multiple landmarks around Seoul, South Korea, shined purple lights in honor of the groundbreaking group’s special day. Advertisements and banners were also hung along the streets and in Seoul’s subway station, proving how incredible BTS’s impact is.
An 11-hour livestream video from SBS News showed five landmarks honoring BTS while playing news clips of the group’s many accomplishments.
Check out the list below for the five landmarks featured!
1. Sevit Island
Sevit Island is a cultural complex on a manmade island in the Han River. The complex shined purple lights out of its many windows, showing love for BTS’s 10th anniversary.
This isn’t the first time the cultural complex shined purple for BTS. In 2021, Jimin snapped a photo in front of the manmade island to share with fans the special moment the complex glowed purple for the group’s 8th anniversary.
The place in the photo behind Jimin is Han river (한강) and the buildings in purple lights are ‘Sevit som (Sevit Islands)’ with the meaning ‘three shining islands brightening the Han River’ It’s the world’s first floating cultural space.https://t.co/c7kKnMcmW8 @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/V4ak2HaMqG
— Soo Choi
(REST) (@choi_bts2) October 13, 2021
2. N Seoul Tower
Standing at around 776.57 ft tall, N Seoul Tower soars high above Seoul and is covered in bright purple light as a citywide reminder of BTS’s 10th anniversary.
3. Seoul City Hall
Seoul City Hall also lit up in purple for the 2023 FESTA celebrations.
4. Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)
Dongdaemun Design Plaza is a popular tourist destination, and it also showed love for the global group by lighting up in purple.
5. World Cup Bridge
Finally, SBS News showed the World Cup Bridge, which crosses the Han River, was also lit with purple lights.
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