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BTS to release new album, 'Map of the Soul: 7', on Feb. 21
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Boy band BTS arrive for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AFP/Valerie Macon)
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ust 10 months after setting multiple records with “Boy With Luv”, BTS announced the upcoming release of a new album in February.
On Tuesday, the seven-piece K-pop juggernaut told its global fan community Weverse that it would drop a new album, Map of the Soul: 7, on Feb. 21. The album is the sequel to the act’s Billboard 200 chart-topper EP Map of the Soul: Persona, released in April last year.
“With Map of the Soul: Persona, BTS sang about reaching out to the world and finding joy in love. Anticipation remains high as fans are eager to find out what Map of the Soul: 7, the second series of Map of the Soul, will offer,” said BTS’ agency, Big Hit Entertainment, in a statement.
The exciting news drove the band’s global fan base into a frenzy and almost immediately dominated Twitter, with hashtags such as #BTScomeback and #7isComing rising to the top of worldwide trending lists. Many fans began analyzing the significance of the lucky number seven -- pointing out, for example, that this year is BTS’ seventh anniversary and the band has seven members.
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After ringing in 2020 in New York City with a New Year’s Eve performance on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2020”, BTS shows no signs of slowing down. While the act hasn’t released another project as a group since Map of the Soul: Persona, the bandmates have kept busy collaborating with other artists, appearing on TV and performing in year-end award shows.
Big Hit also recently hinted at an upcoming tour, writing on Twitter: “April 2020. Stay tuned.”
Preorders for Map of the Soul: 7 begin Thursday.
This article appeared on The Korea Herald newspaper website, which is a member of Asia News Network and a media partner of The Jakarta Post
