Complete List Of Musicians Who’ve Carried The Olympic Torch: Jin, the oldest member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, broke the internet as he became the torchbearer of the Olympic flame on Sunday in Paris. Jin carried the iconic Olympic torch near Paris’ Louvre Museum after recently completing his mandatory military service in South Korea.
Pictures and videos of the singer from the event have gone insanely viral on social media. Fans were waiting anxiously for the BTS band member at the Louvre Museum with the Olympic flame.
Check out the viral video and images:
11 days to go until #Paris2024! 🇫🇷
👀 Watch the Torch get closer and closer with @bts_bighit Jin 🔥@Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/zZ2rHiTTRX— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 14, 2024
2024 파리 올림픽을 밝히는 BTS Jin 🇫🇷🔥
화합과 평화의 메시지를 담은 성화봉송은 7월 26일 2024 파리 올림픽 개막식까지 이어집니다.#파리2024 #RoadToParis2024 pic.twitter.com/r9kysr7rnW
— 올림픽 (@Olympic) July 15, 2024
However, this isn’t the first time that a musician has served as the torchbearer ahead of the biennial Olympic Games. From BTS’ Jin in 2024 to John Legend in 2012, over the decades, some of the world’s biggest musicians have had the golden opportunity to become the torchbearer.
From popular bands and pop stars to producers and instrumentalists, several musicians have helped carry on the prestigious torch-bearing tradition of the Olympic Games.