Elton John Responds To BTS's 'Permission To Dance' Lyrics, The ARMYs Thank Him

JAKARTA - Elton John responded to BTS who made references to the musician in their latest song, Permission to Dance which was released Friday, July 9.

This song written by Ed Sheeran is the second English song released by BTS this year after Butter.

In the first part of the lyrics to Permission to Dance, rapper RM sings the lyrics, “When it all feels like it's wrong/ Just sing along to Elton John/ And to that feeling, we're just getting started”.

Saturday, July 10, Elton John wrote a tweet that bears a resemblance to the lyrics of a BTS song. “When it all seems like it's right, I sing along to @bts_bighit”, he said.

In no time, this tweet was liked and retweeted over 100.000 times. BTS fans, called ARMYs, have written their gratitude to Elton John.

The song Permission to Dance became a new track that was included on Butter physical CD. Previously, the title of this song was leaked by Ed Sheeran through a question and answer session on Instagram.

Currently, the Permission to Dance music video has 98 million views and the song occupies various music charts.