BTS will be a special guest at the White House next week for the last day of the Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month in the United States, where they will get the opportunity to speak with US President Joe Biden.

BTS and Biden will discuss the increasing incidence of anti-Asian hate crimes and prejudice in the United States, as well as Biden’s attempts to prevent them from occurring in the future.

According to a White House statement, “President Biden has previously spoken about his commitment to combating the surge of anti-Asian hate crimes and signed into law the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act in May 2021 to provide law enforcement with resources to identify, investigate, and report hate crimes and ensure that hate crime information is more accessible to AANHPI communities.”

Last year, the group gave their own statement regarding anti-Asian discrimination where they too “endured expletives without reason and mocked for the way they look” and such experiences make all Asians “feel powerless and chip at self-esteem.”