Everything We Know About The Upcoming BTS Album
Only nine more days to go!
K-Pop fans know there’s nothing more exciting than when their favorite group or soloist is due for a comeback—the deluge of content that accompanies a major release is almost impossible to catch up with, from variety show appearances to livestreams on social media.
Next Friday, BTS finally releases their highly-anticipated album, BE, out into the world—and we here at Metro.Style hope you’ve cleared your schedule for it. We sure have!
Everything We Know About BE
SWIPE LEFT OR RIGHT
TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN PAGES
The lead single is called “Life Goes On.”
The group’s first performance of the song will be via the American Music Awards on Sunday, November 22. In a tweet by BigHit Entertainment, what appears to be the lyrics of the song are written in cursive: “Life goes on / Like an echo in the forest / Like an arrow in the blue sky / On my pillow, on my table / Life goes on like this again.”
The album will feature eight songs.
The track list is as follows: “Life Goes On,” “Fly To My Room,” “Blue & Grey,” “Skit,” “Telepathy,” “Dis-ease,” “Stay,” and Billboard no. 1 hit “Dynamite.”
The concept photos for the album finds each member of the group in their own room.
Each room features a distinct and different look, based on each member’s artistic and aesthetic principles. Namjoon’s, for example, is minimalist; Jin’s is bright and airy; and Jungkook’s is dark and sophisticated.
Each member of the group has a significant contribution to the album’s production and creation.
In an interview with Teen Vogue, back in August, the group said: “Each member has a significant share for this upcoming album. An increase of direct participation in the album-making process allowed us to explore more aspects of our music and creativity.”
The COVID-19 pandemic has, in its way, influenced the album’s creation process.
In an interview with Rolling Stone India, Jimin said that the pandemic affected the group’s plans for this year. “The pandemic unexpectedly put a lot of our original plans to a halt. However, it provided us an opportunity to step back and focus on ourselves as well as our music,” he said. “We reflected the emotions that we felt during this unprecedented period into this album. We were also able to take a step further by taking roles in overall production, such as concept development, composition and visual design.”
For this comeback, it will mostly be six out of seven members promoting it.
Unfortunately, because of his shoulder surgery, Yoongi will sit out most of the album’s promotional activities, according to Big Hit Entertainment.
BE drops everywhere on November 20, and is available for pre-order.
