Seize your headphones as a result of Suga, lead rapper of BTS, is about to drop a new album.
The 30-year-old Okay-pop star, also called Agust D, is releasing his debut solo album D-DAY on Friday (April 21) together with a Disney+ documentary that explains how he created the LP.
The album consists of 10 tracks and consists of collaborations with fellow BTS member j-hope, queen of Okay-pop IU, and the Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. It is going to spherical out Suga’s solo music profession which started along with his mixtapes Agust D and D-2, launched in 2016 and 2020, respectively.
“The album delves into the private journey of SUGA as Agust D, providing an intimate portrayal of his life as an artist,” stated a assertion (hyperlink in Korean) on social media platform Weverse.
If that wasn’t sufficient to hype followers up, the teaser images launched this week (suppose: moody poses, flames, and Hawaiian shirts) have added to the anticipation.
Expectations are additionally excessive for D-DAY’s efficiency on the charts. “Individuals Pt.2,” a single off of D-DAY, was launched on April 7 and hit the primary spot on three completely different music charts, in keeping with Billboard: Digital Tune Gross sales, Rap Digital Tune Gross sales, and World Digital Tune Gross sales. The tune is at present primary on Billboard’s Digital Tune Gross sales chart, a private report for Suga who has now made the listing beneath three completely different names, Forbes reviews.
Following D-DAY’s launch, Suga will hit the street, turning into the first BTS member to go on a solo world tour. He’ll carry out in cities throughout the US and Asia, with the primary live performance set for April 26 in New York.
The complete D-DAY monitor listing
1. D-DAY
2. Haegeum
3. HUH?! (feat. j-hope)
4. AMYGDALA
5. SDL
6. Individuals Pt.2 (feat. IU)
7. Polar Night time
8. Interlude : Daybreak
9. Snooze (feat. Ryuichi Sakamoto, Woosung of The Rose)
10. Life Goes On
Followers are buzzing concerning the teaser for D-DAY monitor “Haegeum”
Yesterday (April 19), BTS’s label Hybe dropped a 30-second teaser trailer for a tune off of D-DAY titled “Haegeum 해금” (that means, to carry a ban or restriction).
With gritty aesthetics and a grinding bass, the monitor has already racked up over 2.6 million views on YouTube, and is producing hype throughout social media. Enterprising BTS followers, identified formally as ARMY (an acronym for “Lovable Consultant M.C. for Youth”), even tracked down the precise road in Bangkok, Thailand the place the video was shot.
In line with Billboard’s Sizzling Trending Songs chart, which makes use of Twitter knowledge to seek out the platform’s “most mentioned” music, “Haegeum” is trending because the primary monitor , whereas one other tune off the forthcoming album, “AMYGDALA,” is trending at quantity three. Two different unreleased songs on the album, “Snooze” and “D-DAY,” are ranked as ninth and sixteenth, at time of writing.
BTS and Disney have paired up once more
Disney+ will launch the documentary, SUGA: Highway to D-DAY on Friday (April 21). The movie offers followers an inside have a look at Suga’s writing course of, following the star as he travels to cities together with Los Angeles, Seoul, and Tokyo. The movie may also be accessible on Hybe-owned social media platform, Weverse.
It joins a set of different collaborations between Hybe and Disney, together with the documentary j-hope IN THE BOX; BTS: Permission to Dance On Stage—LA; and Within the Soop: Friendcation. Disney+ additionally plans to launch the docuseries, BTS Monuments: Past the Star, in 2023.
Solo works from J-Hope, RM, Jin, and Jimin have smashed information
Since occurring hiatus in June, different BTS members have revealed solo works to chart-topping success. J-Hope launched Jack within the Field in July, which Rolling Stone ranked as quantity 9 on its listing of the very best albums of 2022.
In the meantime, BTS chief RM’s album Indigo reached quantity three on the Billboard 200, promoting over 600,000 copies the week it dropped in December, in keeping with Hanteo, South Korea’s main music chart. Jin’s single “The Astronaut” additionally broke a variety of Billboard information and bought over a million copies in simply over two weeks from its launch.
Most lately, Jimin’s album FACE bought over a million copies worldwide when it debuted on March 24, setting a brand new Hanteo report.
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