'BTS Set' officially launches at McDonalds

Customers purchase ″The BTS Set,″ McDonald's latest offering in collaboration with BTS, at McDonald's Coex branch on Thursday. [YONHAP]

McDonald’s collaboration with BTS launched at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

“The BTS Set” consists of 10 McNuggets, French fries, a beverage and sweet chili and Cajun sauce.

The color of the box which contains the McNuggets and the beverage cup is purple, the band’s representative color.

From 8 a.m. on Thursday, McDonalds also released special merchandises in HYBE’s fan community app Weverse Shop. The products include t-shirts, hoodies, bags, beach towels, umbrellas and purple bath robes.

The menu will be available nationwide in McDonald’s stores, drive-throughs and via McDelivery until June 30.

“The BTS Set” is not only available in Korea but in a total of 50 countries including in the United States. It’s the first time the fast food chain has globally released a set menu in collaboration with a celebrity. Social media, such as Instagram and Twitter, has been flooded with pictures of the set taken by the ARMY, the band's fan club.

BY LEE JAE-LIM [lee.jaelim@joongang.co.kr]