Seo Taji asking them to perform with him at his 25th anniversary concert really was like him passing the torch to BTS, which is SUCH an honor! This was such a special concert!

I hope you will check out the other performances from this concert with BTS or even watch the whole concert, it's such a fun concert to watch. I believe BTS performed like 7 songs with him. Yes, Seo Taiji is 50 now and he was 45 in this performance. One of Seo Taiji's songs was actually in the 90's movie 3 Ninjas Kick Back (he performs it with RM and Suga during this concert). I watched this concert for the first time last year and I knew I recognized one of the songs. Who knew I was exposed to kpop for the first time as a young kid in the US during the 90's.

I love this. Seo taji is the reason kpop exists. He started it all. O G Grandfather! The man, the legend!

Taeji is a songwriter who writes all songs(+lyrics) for his album. Although he had debuted as a dance group with other two members, his origin is more like rock-based. He was the youngest base guitarist of the greatest Korean rock band before his debut. And since his debut as Taeji boys, he was a sensational of K-pop in 90’s. Taeji is a pioneer and it is really meaningful to have him and BTS on stage together!

Great choice! This was Seo Taiji's 25th anniversary concert (father of KPop) in 2017. He never seems to ages💜 He was 45 at the time of this concert. You need to watch the entire concert so you can see the rest of the guys. It seemed like he was passing his mantle to BTS.

He changed the whole Korean music history. He was our BTS at that time. We have bts today because he was there before. He is the president of korean music.

Seo Taiji was 45 years old at this concert! Same age JK’s Dad! (He’s a legend…young forever!) You should watch his entire 25th anniversary concert! It’s on his KZfaq channel!It’s awesome.

참고로 서태지는 대중음악에 데뷔하기전 한국의 최고 메탈밴드 시나위에서 베이시스트를 했어요...음악적 자질이 굉장히 다분했지요..모든곡을 만들고 프로듀싱까지.. 그리고 지금은 백댄서가 BTS지만 그때 서태지와 아이들 멤버중 한명인 양현석은 한국 KPOP스타 2NE1,BIC BANG, BLACK PINK를 만든 기획사의 회장입니다... 한국의 음악역사의 큰거장인 서태지를 소개해줘서 고맙네요..아마 저기 콘서트에는 나이많은 옛날 팬들도 많이 갓을겁니다.

SEO TAIJI is pronounced SUH TAE JEE. he is the pioneer of k-pop, bringing rap, heavy metal, to Korea in the early 90s. He is in his 50s now. You should watch the rest of the concert. I sent you a link in one of your other videos. SeoTaiji is a heavy metal guy for sure

Seo TajJi is a legend from the early 90’s in SK and he is like BTS’s parents age and told them to call him dad which they do! Seo TaiJi told his fans during this concert to support BTS because he believes they are they next big hit for this generation and he was right! Seo TaiJi also wrote a song for IU and they performed live on MAMA 2014 and love this song! You should check it out to see how diverse and genius he is!

Seo Taiji was 45 years old at the time of this performance, but he looks like 18!! He sure could move and dance!! He’s 50 today. Love this performance so much!👍🏼👏🏼🫶🏼

Seo Taeji is legendary.

BTW, the t-shirt Seo Taiji is wearing is a mash up of President Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. Let that sink in for a sec. He's been doing heavy political commentary for 40 years and it's one of the reasons he was so impressed by BTS.

That collaboration is epic, but you still need to react to the best song, for my taste, from that concert, "Classroom idea". It is surely my favorite for my many years as a faithful follower of heavy metal music and I assure you that it does not disappoint.

Watching people watch this concert makes me so happy, it’s like getting the surprise, the joy, the awesomeness of seeing it the first time. The whole concert is well worth watching. And the rehearsal video, our boys so excited, and Seo Taiji having fun with them, just happiness all around.

If you haven't done Classroom Ideas or Come Back Home, those ones are great. Classroom Ideas is straight up metal with metal screams and everything. It's amazing. My inner rocker chick is very happy when I listen to these songs. *Turn on Subtitles* Seo Taiji X BTS - Come Back Home Live - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eZaEabCHvt6naKc.html Seo Taiji X BTS - Classroom Ideas Live - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/esqjqtt4uriynaM.html BTS's Remake of Come Back Home Live - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bMqJq8qBrMzOm5s.html

He is 50.....a legend

Seo Taiji is 51 years old. You go my brother. Age is just a number

Hi John! The instrument you were wondering about in the last song is the taepyeongso (태평소) and it's a traditional Korean double reed instrument. As someone else mentioned, it was also used in Daechwita music. I'm an instrument nerd haha I hope you find this helpful :D

Finally!!! The Time Traveller concert is a masterpiece!!!! Seo is a legend!

to be honest, at first, I only planned to watch the performances where Seo Taiji was with the boys....but after a while I got really into his songs and was impressed with how he performs! I mean he's like BTS himself! he can dance, sing, rap, play guitar and groooowl!! I ended up watching his 2 hours+ concert in full! he's amazing, and it this age??!! c'mon! you'll be mesmerized with how good his vocals are when he sings his melodic songs / love songs, then get hyped with his rap songs and THEN get blown away when he performs his face melting metal / rock songs!!! like I've never seen such a diverse artist like him other than BTS! so I really do think that he is THE GODFATHER of KPOP, I mean if he were the same age as the current Kpop groups, I would even dare to say that he would be at par with BTS in terms of talent, musicality, fanbase and stage presence. Aaaaaaand just like BTS, his songs are also very deep with lots of realism against socio economic situations and messages of loving yourself and standing up against oppression. So yeah, hope you react to the other performances with BTS and maybe even watch the whole concert at your own time :)

He is 50 years old. Looking good for his age, all of our bts members look younger.

I never in a million years thought I’d hear John talking about In Living Color! 😂 That show was my absolute fave in the 90’s! But I 100% see what you mean! It definitely gives me 90’s nostalgia. Seo Taji is incredibly talented and versatile, like BTS…can do every genre and do it really well. Hope you’ll watch the other performances from this concert (especially Come Back Home!) because you’ll love all of it!

Who can tell BTS to be background dancers, vocals and rappers? "Hey~ J hope and Jimin ~~ dance behind me on my 25th anniversary concert." only Seo Tai ji can. Mutual respects.

the boys are half Seo's age during this concert. The fact that he chose BTS over other KPOP groups says how he recognizes the boys as his successor. BTS calling him abeoji (father) is next level

This mam is the reason kpop exists. Seo taiji being the icon that he is, also named bts his successors, telling them its your generation now. Bts musical themes in songs like no more dream is the modern version of what seo taiji did during his time in songs like classroom idea. Bts are the perfect musical successors to seo taiji.

Good evening all :) that was a great suggestion!!

Tell Roscoe about this. I think he would love it.

Wasn't this whole thing such a vibe? I had no idea it existed, like no one suggested it nor did I see it anywhere or hear about it in my BTS journey for the longest time. Somehow it just randomly showed up in the KZfaq suggestions and I very nearly didn't click on it because I had no idea what it was. It was such a fun concert to watch! Loved it!! Such a great reaction from you, too!!

Per google, he's 50'! Thanks for finding this, I have missed this one in BTS journey. So cool, great singing and of coursel dancing! If Seo Tajii can still do this at 50, so can BTS!!💜

Seo Taiji and The Boys are considered the pioneers of Kpop. In Korea Seo Taiji is called Cultural President. That concert was in 2017 celebrating the 25th anniversary of Seo Taiji and the boys' debut; he invited some artists to share the stage with him in 2 songs each. Months before, as a tribute, BTS made a cover of one of their songs, which earned them to be invited and participate in 8 songs. The good interaction between them and how well Seo Taiji expressed himself about BTS, was seen as the postage pass as kpop icons (and it was fulfilled). I share some links: Cover by Class Idea (The cover made at the end of 2016) -which by the way has a message similar to the one given by BTS in No More Dream and N.O.- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9yafdqclr_WhX0.html All participation in the concert kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbWclcKetsCqook.html BTS version of Come Back Home live (2018) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bMqJq8qBrMzOm5s.html

You NEED to watch classroom idea seo taiji and BTS you will love it. If you like his metal scream pls watch classroom idea! 💜

Seo Taiji is the god of music and the history of Korea!!

하여가는 일렉기타 연주하다가 태평소 연주는 지렸다... 얼마나 시대를 앞서간 퍼포먼스인가? 1993년도에 락메탈 댄스와 국악기 태평소 조합은 상상이상의 조합이었다.

Watch the performance of Come Back Home from this concert and then BTS's cover of that, and the live performance! Jin is epic!

Yeah there's another song where all bts members together with him singing, was so cool

Thank you, thank you for reacting to this. Seo Taiji was my first South Korean musician I liked. After that it was BTS. I'm 62. This concert was in 2017 (if I'm not mistaken, correct me if I'm wrong) This concert was called; Seo Taiji 25 time traveler feat. BTS. The whole concert is great. Please, react to the other songs that they did too. There are even backstage interviews with BTS and practices together. You made my day!!!!! I'm happy you enjoyed it. Warm greetings from The Netherlands 👍💜🍀🤘💪🇳🇱🌷🤗

Seo Taiji is like 50 yrs old and he literally started kpop 30yrs ago… i mean LITERALLY. He started it all. And here by asking BTS to join him in his 25th anniversary concert… he basically pass the torch to BTS. 💜🥹✊🏼

I think he doesn’t even realize it was Jungkook when JK was dancing solo sooooooo good. Seo tae ji is our Korean’s legend and also the instrument the guy played was Korean traditional instruments. Bts respct him so much and inspired by Seo Tae Ji.

The whole 2.5 hour concert is on Seo Taiji's channel at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r7tmm5Np2NispGw.html. The best part is watching RM & Suga as backup dancers. 🙂 If you read a little of the history of Kpop & Seo Taiji you'll have a real appreciation for the crowd & how excited they were to be at this concert. Very meaningul.

Classroom ideas is my favorite from this performance! If you want straight rock that song is it.

14:31 well yes he was actually in a metal band called sinawe before forming the group seotaiji and boys in 1992 🤩

you need to see the other sets. your rock fanboy will be activated

BTS cover of "Classroom Idea" is up your alley!💜

He is 50 years old, and a great entertainer!

I definitely need to know what this dude eats breathes and sleeps to look this young!! I don’t know what is more exciting this performance or Johns reaction!!!

I haven’t seen these songs. Just the “Come Back Home” performance. Nice to see something new!

Seo Taji & The Boys was 1997 In Living Colour dancers were called The Fly Girls

I'm sure I've mentioned this before to you but Seo Taiji got his start in Metal. He was a bass player in a succesful SK metal band called Sinawe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinawe

FOR SURE you need to see Come Back Home and Classroom Ideas!! Even more hype!!

The concert is called Seo Tai ji Time Traveller!

Come Back Home is amazing! Seo Taji is a legend and that concert is like he is passing the torch to BTS 💜

That was his band 25th anniversary. Taiji was like JK, the maknae of the band. I watched an old video and, it's awesome, BTS is dancing like the backdancers did in the past!!! They have a lot more of performances together in this concert... Comeback Home here is legendary!!! Please, react to more!!

Man, you got to see Come Back Home song they did in the concert.

The whole concert is amazing. My favourite performance in the set is Come Back Home.💜

Sooo fun, never saw this, just "come back home"... Everyone was great, on scene and the audience, but I whoul mention V for his wish to rap and finnaly done so, and for that dance, so much effort hard to see from V :)))

I’d forgotten about this collaboration and had not seen this performance (I’d seen some of the other parts of this Seo Taiji Concert. Yay for all the people giving you great recommendations. 💜

Espero que reacciones al resto del concierto con los chicos. Aún te faltó la parte del rock que actuaron Suga y RM. Te recomiendo que lo veas completo

Please watch the song production "Come Back Home" in that same concert of Seo Taji's 25th year anniversary. SeoTaji was backed up by Jungkook & Jhope and rest of the BTS members join the dancing.

I knew who he was but hadn't listened to any of his music. Then sometime last year I stumbled upon his Time Traveler concert and since BTS was in it, I watched it. Now I wish I could time travel back to 2017 to see it in person! As others have said, watch the whole concert. It is definitely worth it. My favorite is Classroom Idea ( which the guys did a cover of.) It makes me want to see BTS experiment with a hard rock sound. You'll love the guitar in it!

YOU HAVE TO SEE COME BACK HOME FROM THAT SAME CONCERT!!!!!

Others songs with BTS during his 25th anniversary concert ☺️ Sooooo gooood. And yessss he is a legend 🤩

Seo Taeji = rhymes with “go edgy”. 💜. Please do more from this concert. At the end of the song with JK & V, was that dude playing a Daechwita horn?? Some kind of traditional horn. 🤯

Look up this concert: Seo Taiji, featuring BTS: classroom idea. (Same concert, but this section is called classroom idea). Think you said you wanted to see BTS do heavy metal, this is heavy metal-Seo Taiji with RM & Suga, but all the members are backup.

You have to watch "Classrom Idea" by BTS, "Classroom Idea" by BTS and Seo Taiji and "Come Back Home" by BTS, "Come Back Home" by BTS and Seo Taiji😁

You must see “come back home” 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Seo Taiji is legend. He was born 1972. I believe BTS did perform 8 songs.

Seo Taiji was basist of top rock band when he was 17-18 and band age was finished. Management doesn't make rock album anymore. So he made black sound for his 1st album then put rock sound for 2nd album, bit more for 3rd. fight for rivial of rock age, this is the origin of Kpop sound. Bad thing is he was totaly new for black music so he needed to bring source from somewhere, that makes many argues.

Saow Taeijee is how I believe his name is pronounced. Like a lot of Korean letter sounds the actual pronunciation is somewhere in the middle of English letter sounds. So for instance Saow (as a phonetic spelling) would be with pronunciation of the (a) and the (o) as one vowel sound that is partway in between. Taei would be like the first syllable in Taehyung but with a slight short i sound blended into the vowel at the end. And the final syllable pronounced with a long ee sound like in the word see. I hope that made sense. It’s hard to explain Korean letter sounds because they are often a blend of our own letter sounds.

You need to react to Come back home in this concert… BTS have a solo cover but the version with the original is superb

12:03 V : "Taiji, Your have to show it here." Taiji : “Me? No no, it’s you guys times. Show me!”

Wow I was just about to lay down because I wasn't feel great and saw this. Yes seo taiji in this concert is almost 50 if you can believe that. He is one if not the pioneers ok kpop especially being outspoken about social injustices . Seo taiji were only around for 4 years or so in the 00s but that didn't stop them gain a huge following and becoming well respected in the industry. My favorite of the concert ( which i did watch last Christmas day and I was blown away) is come back home. It has an amazing message and actually a lot of the run aways did come back home. He also passes the torch to BTS during this concert which again is amazing. Thanks for this surprise reaction I loved it.

legend meets legend

John Reaves - So glad to see you enjoy this concert.......As you see from previous comments, this is the man who is thought to be one of the creators of K-pop. He's had his own following that don't look over look around for over a decade. John it's really worth your time to spend watching the whole concert performance..... I'm sure you'll find yourself both exhausted and invigorated at the same time. In this video was just a brief introduction to the amazing band that backs the artists. They truly are phenomenal in their own right! I'd love to see your response to another video from this concert with BTS. I'm sure you'll be just as impressed!

I love this concert - thank you for viewing and reacting to the video. This is the concert where Seo Taiji passed the baton to BTS as they are continuing Seo Taiji's legacy of creating socially-relevant and inspiring music.

The full version of this show with them all is so freaking epic…SUCH a mood ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 The rock sound suits them all so well and nothing beats the long black coats 😍 you HAVE to watch it!, The guys were so amazed by all the guys in the audience lol

A tidbit of info.: JLO started out as an In Living colour fly dancer!!!

You should definitely react to 'COME BACK HOME' which is a song BTS covered in 2017. One of my favorites... and the original was by....you guessed it, Seo Taiji and the Boys. 😁😁👍👍So follow this reaction with the iconic performance BTS and Seo Taiji did of 'COME BACK HOME' together at this same concert. It is just fantastic!!

John no tenía este video,gracias me voló la cabeza AA...

Yes! In Living Color! And the dancers were called The Fly Girls. Yeah, I was surprised to learn that Jennifer Lopez was a Fly Girl back in the day also. LOVE that BTS did metal!!!!

thank you for reaction for one of the '90s legendary k-pop band, and i'd like to recommend you some '80s legendary k-pop singers, below 1. [고화질] 김완선 KIMWANSUN 팩스뮤지카 - 리듬속의 그 춤을 2.[1988] 박남정 - 널 그리며 3.[1988] 30년의 역사를 도도하게 관통하는 명곡 응원가 무한궤도 - 그대에게

this entire concert is on seo taji's youtube. would love to see you react to the entire show. youd love it

There is a KZfaq abt SeoTaiji practicing with Bangtan for this concert...and yes...he is in his late 40s at this time...and he so enjoyed learning the choreo wt the boys that SEO Taiji said he thanked them for making him feel young again....so sweet!...then u see them preform and your jaws drop!!

Love this concert! The whole BTS team were part of this concert. It’s really amazing! He kind of passed the baton to them. And damn- in living color! The wayan brothers! 😂 yeah, Jlo was a dancer but I think she was bullied then. Look at her now! 💜

That blew my mind!! So awesome!

I love the opening number with jhope and jimin. Loved jimins voice here - perfect for that song

The facet whit Seo Taijis of BTS is unic in this full concert thenks for the reaction

Seo taiji do have some metal background in the late 80s

Thank you so much for reacting to this, this was so awesome! please check out come back home and classroom idea.

You have to watch the rest of this concert, especially the other parts with BTS! I spent a really unholy amount of money to buy the DVDs off of Ebay... but no regrets. It's amazing! 😄

Seo Taiji has his own label with 3 rock groups signed to it, he also founded the biggest rock festival in SK ETPFEST

The Legend, Seo Taiji with BTS. He was 45 years old at that concert.

Yeeessss!!!! 💜💜💜💜 Please do the other performancesss ((my fav is Come Back Home)) but ALL is awesome!!!! You'll love it!!!! Thank youuu 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Before becoming an idol, seo was the bas guitarist of a metal band, which was one of the legendary in korean rock history. When he started as an idol, he couldn't put that influence right out to the audience. But later, because he was so famous and influential(even called as 'the president of culture'), he openly put metal sounds in his music. Experimental songs came out(hybrid of metal, traditional korean music, hiphop Etc.)

You ought to deep dive into Seo Taiji!!!

Ok I will go on patreon and request but I think you missed two parts, my favorite….they did come back home, both with seo taiji (and on their own separately)and they are both amazing. Plus classroom idea is THE ONE…THE ONE THATS MEANT FOR YOU, also from this concert. Please go back and watch those two 💜💜💜

Plese check "Come Back Home". This is Seo Tai Ji's song, but BTS made cover, and sing together in Seo Tai Ji concert.

You should really listen to Come Back Home from this concert it is soooooo good.

O my gosh!!! Loved it!

All this concert is awesome, Seo Taiji did mix of music like every genre...