Recently, sports channel ESPN Mexico shared a moment when Korean singer Jimin (BTS) imitated famous Norwegian football player Erling Haaland in a performance.
This memorable moment started from the soundcheck before BTS's concert taking place on July 11, at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.
During the general rehearsal, a fan raised a poster ghép hình 3 blonde characters placed next to each other, respectively Thor in Norse mythology (played by actor Chris Hemsworth in Marvel movies), Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and Jimin.
On the poster, 3 characters are captioned as: "God of Thunder", "God of Football" and "Our God".
After discovering the sign, Jimin looked towards the stands, sat down on stage and then successively pointed to Thor, Haaland and himself to read the words. As soon as he understood the meaning of the poster, he burst out laughing brightly, making the atmosphere at the stadium more exciting.
Coming to the official performance, Jimin continued to surprise the audience when imitating Erling Haaland's signature gait. This reenactment made the whole stadium resound with cheers and hearty laughter.
Videos and images recorded by the audience were quickly spread on social networks. Jimin's imitation of Haaland also attracted the attention of international sports media.
Sports channel ESPN Mexico posted a video on its official social media account and wrote: "The Haaland fever has spread to BTS".
Not only sports media, international music channels also quickly responded.
The famous Top 40 radio network LOS40 Chile has posted an article on its official account, mentioning both Jimin and Haaland.
Using Jimin's solo song "Who" as background music, LOS40 Chile posted 2 close-up photos of Jimin and Erling Haaland with blonde hair, with the caption "Blonde time!", and invited followers to guess their identities.
Fans are particularly excited about the image of a football star and a globally influential Kpop artist being combined into a humorous "chopping scene".
On the X platform (Twitter), the keyword "Jimin" is in the trend top in the sports section, while "Haaland" appears in the trend list in the music section.
Just from a moment at the concert, the event simultaneously attracted the attention of both music and football fans communities, creating an interesting intersection between the two fields.
