BTS to perform Proof live on 9th anniversary with ‘special guest’; ARMY finds clues in announcement poster

BTS members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook will perform their album Proof live on Monday, June 13, to mark the ninth anniversary of the band’s formation. The live performance will take place three days after the release of the new album. BTS will also be joined by a ‘special guest’ on the occasion. Also Read| BTS: Jungkook says ARMY gave them energy ‘to dance, sing and breathe’, Jimin calls fans ‘my love’ in new message

BigHit Entertainment shared a new poster featuring the band as they announced the performance on social media on June 6. The poster showed the K-pop stars in blue and white outfits sitting on chairs with musical instruments behind them. They wrote alongside the poster, “BTS Proof Live Official Poster. 2022.06.13. 9PM KST | 8AM ET @ BANGTAN TV.” The poster also carried the same information, along with the mention of a ‘special guest’ who will join the band for the performance.

ARMY gushed at the new poster and praised the looks of the BTS members. Meanwhile, they also tried to guess the special guest who will be joining BTS. Some spotted hidden clues in the poster, noting that the musical instruments in the picture might be a hint about the guest. Some fans also believed that not one, but two guests will be joining the performance, as two vacant chairs could be seen behind the group in the picture.

Most fans were convinced that the special guest will be Silk Sonic, R&B duo consisting of Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak. A fan wrote, “For the special guest I wish it would be Bruno Mars & Anderson Paak (I love the style of Silk Sonic). Aren’t there two empty chairs behind JK and Jin?? And the amplifier behind Suga and the bass?” Another fan shared a picture that Anderson had shared of him posing with Jimin, Suga, and RM, which he had captioned, “To be continued.” The fan wrote, “And this is the PROOF! Anderson Paak literally confirmed it..I think I connected the dots.”

BTS will be dropping their new album Proof on June 10. The anthology album features three new tracks — Yet to Come, Run BTS, and For Youth, and a number of unheard demo versions of their biggest songs.