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Lea Salonga attends ‘Arirang’ concert of BTS in Busan

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Lea Salonga

E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Lea Salonga was one successful fangirl after attending the Busan leg of the <em>Arirang</em> concert of BTS on Friday, June 12.</p><p>On her Instagram Stories, the Broadway star shared a photo of herself attending the event.</p><p>&quot;Feet hurt... legs are rubbery... but boy what a day! Seeing [BTS] in Busan was worth it!&quot; she wrote.</p><div><br/></div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17814251916321781425337126.jpeg" style="width:500px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><br/></div><p>On her Instagram page, she also posted a photo of herself holding the BTS official light stick inside the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.</p><p>&quot;Plenty to unpack… but here&#x27;s this for now. Happy Festa!!!&quot; she said in the caption.</p><p>Fans online were quick to react to Lea&#x27;s post.</p><p>&quot;Happy Festa @msleasalonga! I&#x27;m a fan! So nice to be in the same fandom as our national treasure,&quot; one fan commented.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m so happy for you! Happy Festa!! 💜&quot; another fan wrote.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-18" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZiPK5DPGbB/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=768&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A18%2C%22os%22%3A28027341.299999997%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="889" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-18" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>In a recent interview on the <em>What A Life! podcast,</em> Lea recalled how BTS helped save her mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>“2020. COVID, and everybody’s stuck at home. I don’t know, I was just going through quite a bit in my life. The isolation, even though my friends and I were making an effort to stay in touch with each other. Watching my kid navigate that kind of isolation from friends — that’s a big ask of somebody that young and impressionable and vulnerable,” she shared. </p><p>Lea said she discovered BTS through their hit song &quot;Dynamite.&quot;</p><p>“I’m watching YouTube, as most everybody does to try and get through the day, and I’m like what is this? What is this on my social media? I watched the video and the minute I saw V in that bottle green Gucci waistcoat and flared trousers, like pushing his hair back, I’m like–– and I’m done, this is it,” she stated.</p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2026/3/29/lea-salonga-listens-to-bts-before-performing-on-stage-1759"><strong><u>READ: Lea Salonga listens to BTS before performing on stage</u></strong></a></div><div><br/></div><p>From there, she began exploring more of the group&#x27;s music and content.</p><p>“It just pulled me out of this sad, not quite hopeless, but this sad state of affairs that my brain found itself in. I’m like, I’m gonna live here in a minute because I don’t know when this pandemic is gonna end, but I’m gonna open YouTube or open the internet every day, and I’m gonna watch what these guys are doing,” she added.</p><p>As a fellow artist, Lea also expressed her admiration for the group and their artistry.</p><p>“I have such great respect for them as songwriters, as performers, as musicians, just as artists, and discovering who writes so much of their material. Just how they relate to one another and how they are with their fans,” she stated.</p>

<p>Lea Salonga was among the thousands of fans who attended the BTS' 'Arirang' concert at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium on June 12. </p>

Lea Salonga was among the thousands of fans who attended the BTS' 'Arirang' concert at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium on June 12.