--- title: BTS Took Over Grand Central Station for The Tonight Show description: The K-Pop legends performed "On" in an empty train station on The Tonight Show. canonical: https://time.com/5790272/bts-on-fallon/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-02-25T15:41:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:01.561Z og:title: There's No Takeover Quite Like a BTS Takeover og:description: The K-Pop legends performed "On" in an empty train station og:url: https://time.com/5790272/bts-on-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91329ba8749f6b0c/698a0aa2656a3f5f26bd9b67/BTS-Disc-Awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: The 34th Golden Disc Awards - Photocall og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There's No Takeover Quite Like a BTS Takeover twitter:description: The K-Pop legends performed "On" in an empty train station twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91329ba8749f6b0c/698a0aa2656a3f5f26bd9b67/BTS-Disc-Awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There's No Takeover Quite Like a BTS Takeover ## Video: 2019 Time 100 | BTS [Watch (HLS stream): 2019 Time 100 | BTS](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uMa8fPWx.m3u8) (2:54)  _Published 2019-04-17. K-Pop band BTS is on the 2019 Time 100 list_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 25, 2020 3:41 PM UTC  BTS arrives at the photocall for the 34th Golden Disc Awards on January 05, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. BTS arrives at the photocall for the 34th Golden Disc Awards on January 05, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea.The Chosunilbo JNS—Imazins/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 25, 2020 3:41 PM UTC As K-Pop icons [BTS](https://time.com/collection-post/5414052/bts-next-generation-leaders/) promote their new album _Map of the Soul: 7_, which was released on Friday, they took over New York’s Grand Central Station for a performance for _The Tonight Show_. The band took over the late night talk show, riding the subway around the city with host Jimmy Fallon for Monday night’s episode of _The Tonight Show._ To cap off the evening, the iconic main hall of New York’s busy train station was cleared out for a special performance by [the beloved band](https://time.com/5570948/bts-time-100-2019-reader-poll-winner/). The seven band members played their [song](https://time.com/5786954/most-underrated-bts-songs/) “On” once again delivering a perfectly polished song and dance routine in the empty transit hub. In other segments, the late night host also took the band on a subway tour of New York landmarks, including Katz’s Deli where they ordered [pastrami sandwiches](https://youtu.be/w1wA22Sx0kE), and interviewed the band as they rode the rails. It’s a big week for the band, as they make the late night rounds to build interest in their new album—not that [BTS](https://time.com/5681494/bts-bang-si-hyuk-interview/) needs to drum up more press, as they are already one of the biggest bands in the world. [According to _Billboard_](https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bts/8551847/bts-tonight-show-nyc-grand-central-station-on), their new album is set to debut at No. 1 on charts around the globe. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5790272/bts-on-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5790272/bts-on-fallon/"},"headline":"There's No Takeover Quite Like a BTS Takeover","datePublished":"2020-02-25T15:41:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:01.561Z","description":"The K-Pop legends performed \"On\" in an empty train station","url":"https://time.com/5790272/bts-on-fallon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","The Tonight Show","Late Night Television","onetime","bts","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91329ba8749f6b0c/698a0aa2656a3f5f26bd9b67/BTS-Disc-Awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91329ba8749f6b0c/698a0aa2656a3f5f26bd9b67/BTS-Disc-Awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 34th Golden Disc Awards - Photocall","caption":"The 34th Golden Disc Awards - Photocall","creditText":"The Chosunilbo JNS—Imazins/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5790272/bts-on-fallon/","name":"There's No Takeover Quite Like a BTS Takeover"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"2019 Time 100 | BTS","description":"K-Pop band BTS is on the 2019 Time 100 list","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/uMa8fPWx/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2019-04-17T10:04:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uMa8fPWx.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5790272/bts-on-fallon/","duration":"PT2M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5790272/bts-on-fallon/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```