‘BTS Week’ on ‘Tonight Show’ kicks off with performances of ‘Dynamite’ and ‘Idol’

The K-pop sensation turned international superstar group BTS made it to Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show� — restaking their claim as American “Idols.�

BTS performed “Idol,� from their 2018 album “Love Yourself: Answer,� on Monday night to kick off “BTS Week� on “The Tonight Show� — in front of the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea, no less.

The seven-member boy band prefaced “Idol� (a rare treat for fans) with “Dynamite,� their first all-English song, which smashed YouTube records and nabbed 101.1 million views in 24 hours.

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Musical guests BTS performs “IDOL� to kick off a special week of performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The “Dynamite� performance also featured appearances by Questlove and Black Thought (members of the show’s house band, The Roots) beatboxing and Fallon himself lip-synching with gusto.

The color-blocked music video introduced each BTS member — RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook — to the audience by name. (Though the move was arguably not needed; the group is big enough these days in fan appreciation to be compared to the Beatles.)

Monday night’s performances marked only the beginning of the talk show’s “BTS Week.� Still to come: More performances, virtual interviews and BTS’ signature choreography, all leading up to the release of the new “BE� album on Nov. 20.

In related BTS news (a standalone industry at this point), all of the band members recently became multimillionaires. Their producer, Bang Si-Hyuk, became a billionaire.

The group’s label, Big Hit Entertainment, also run by Si-Hyuk, became South Korea’s biggest stock market listing since 2017 on Monday. The company is now valued at $4.1 billion, with shares issued at $115 each.

The Big Hit Entertainment shares that Si-Hyuk gave the seven band members back in August now clock in at a whopping $7.9 million each.

“You can call me idol,� BTS crooned on Monday night. “I don’t care, I’m proud of it.�