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ANNYEONG YEOREOBUN!

Welcome to the latest edition of BTS News Updates blog. Today we have some more good news and more highlights from the new BTS docies "Break The Silence".

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Netmarble has given an update about their exciting, new BTS game.

On May 13, Netmarble shared their new release schedule during an announcement conference call about their first-quarter earnings for 2020. Their new BTS game (in partnership with Big Hit Entertainment), BTS Universe Story, will be released to the global market in the third quarter of the year (July to September).

Details about the game’s genre and contents will be released at a later date, but here’s what we know about it so far.

The game will be based on the BTS Universe storyline, which began in 2015. The official concept art teaser, released in August 2019, includes details from several music videos that make up the BTS Universe, as well as references to BTS’s current Map of the Soul era.

When all our trials seem to be over, despair always awaits us. A new contract and fate shrouded in pitch darkness. Who is to be saved?  Where is the Map of the Soul to open the future?

— Narrator, BTS Universe Story concept art teaser

Like Netmarbles’s BTS WORLD, this game will likely include live-action cut scenes, such as the ones shown in the teaser.

The concept art teaser also introduces an element of mystery, suggesting that the game could involve puzzle-solving in its gameplay.

If you haven’t seen it yet, watch the teaser here:

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As BTS begins work on what will be their next album (according to those in the group themselves), the also appear to be busy with their solo efforts. In the past few months, there have been teasers of future projects and one or two singles from individuals, and this week one more hit comes from a BTS singer-songwriter who has partnered with another Korean artist.

Suga and IU’s “Eight” debuts at No. 1 on the World Digital Song Sales chart this week, giving both acts their first ruler, at least as soloists.

“Eight” is Suga’s initial leader as Suga and his second top 10 under that moniker. With another win with that name, the rapper has now landed top 10 hits with three different titles, proving that his fan base doesn’t seem to care what the music is labeled as.

As a member of BTS, Suga has now scored an incredible 88 top 10 hits, by far the greatest accumulation among Korean acts in the tally’s history, but even that number doesn’t tell the full story when it comes to his prolific output.

Back in 2016, Suga released a self-titled mixtape, only it wasn’t called Suga. The rapper shared it under his alter ego’s moniker Agust D, and it racked up several hits on the World Digital Song Sales chart. Four cuts from the project reached the 25-spot list, including “Give It To Me,” which rose as high as No. 4, becoming his first solo smash.

In 2019, he missed landing his first chart-topper on the World Digital Song Sales tally as a featured guest on Lee So-ra’s “Song Request,” which stalled in the runner-up rung. While it must have been a bit disappointing that he didn’t collect a No. 1, the track still managed to become Suga’s first top 10 on his own (as Suga, at least).

Other of BTS have broken into the World Digital Song Sales chart’s top 10 without the other six, but never under three different names. While many of the septet’s tracks actually only feature one or a few performers (instead of all seven on the same tune), they are all released as BTS compositions, and thus they don’t count toward each individual’s own placements.

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Less than a week ago, fans of the Korean acts BTS, member Suga and singer-songwriter IU were treated to a new collaboration between the latter two artists. The song, titled “Eight,” was immediately greeted warmly by listeners the world over, with millions rushing to stream and even purchase the track, and enough followers of the musicians decided to actually buy the tune that it has now become a big win for the stars.

“Eight” debuts at No. 1 on the latest World Digital Song Sales chart, Billboard’s weekly ranking of the bestselling titles deemed “world” by the organization. The song is the first champion for IU and for Suga (when looking solely at his solo output). When taking into the music he’s released as a member of BTS, the musician has now lifted to the highest rung on the list an incredible 20 times.

The fact that IU and Suga’s “Eight” starts its time on the World Digital Song Sales chart at No. 1 is impressive for both acts, but it’s even more astounding considering it only had half a tracking week in which to rack up sales. The cut was released in the middle of a period (on Wednesday, May 6), which can sometimes hurt a tune’s chances of charting well. Every tracking week (followed by Nielsen Music and Billboard) runs from Friday at midnight through the following Thursday.

After just two days of sales, “Eight” managed to sell just under 7,000 copies in the U.S. alone (6,965, to be exact). That figure likely would have been much higher had the musicians chosen to release it on a Friday, and the song probably would have entered the highest tier on the all-genre Digital Song Sales list had it dropped on a different day.

As it is, with just two days of activity to count, IU and Suga’s “Eight” opens at No. 13 on the Digital Song Sales chart, becoming one of the highest-charting Korean-language tunes in U.S. history. Depending on how the next few days pan out, it’s possible that the new cut could rise on next week’s ranking of the bestselling songs in the country, though it’s tough to predict if it will or not. Most superfans purchase a just-released single in the first day or so, meaning the majority of sales have already taken place.

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Recently, BTS maknae Jungkook earned the title of having the fastest tweet to reach over 1 million likes when he posted a cover of himself covering Lauv‘s “Never Not” and hit the record in 10 minutes. This post has also since become the sixth most-liked tweet ever on Twitter.

He had also matched a record with past U.S. President Barack Obama himself when he had 3 of his tweets hit 2 million likes back in April, already proving just how influential he is on the platform.

Now, however, he’s broken that record even further.

As of May 14, Jungkook has had a total of 5 of his tweets on BTS’s official Twitter hit 2 million likes!

Along with the “Never Not” cover, the other tweets to hit this milestone include a clip of him singing his own “Decalcomania”, a video of him dancing to Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy”, a series of selfies of him wearing glasses, and him showing off a new haircut.

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Along with this milestone, however, Jungkook also has another accomplishment he can brag about. As of the first quarter of 2020, the golden maknae is the most-searched for K-Pop idol on Google and YouTube, a record that he also had in 2019 as well.

With all of these accomplishments, Jungkook basically only has himself for competition on internet record-breaking these days! It will be interesting to see if he can earn the title of most-liked tweet ever, which is pretty much the only title he hasn’t gained yet. Maybe ARMYs will help make it happen!

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When you meet someone, there’s no way to know how they will affect your life’s story. Was BTS‘s formation chance or fate? Suga believes it’s the latter.

In the first two episodes of BTS’s Break The Silence docies, the shared words of wisdom, opened up about why they once considered disbanding, why they are choosing to stay together, what would happen if they didn’t, and much more.

In Episode 2, “You Can Call Me Idol”, Suga talked about what it means to be a team, and why BTS is a special one.

In a team, one person’s exhaustion and stress can weight the rest of the team down, but the reverse is also true. If someone is feeling down, the other can raise him back up.

"Just being there for each other is a source of strength, even if we don’t say anything. It’s not about picking one specific person. We know each other so well, even without words."

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According to Suga, BTS has the ideal synergy. “Even if I had put a team together myself,” he said. “it wouldn’t have worked out this well.”

“When you travel, there are some people you travel with from the start, and some you meet along the way. I think the reasons would all be different.”

“Whether it was done voluntarily or not, we started our journey together.”

“As we continue, I can’t think of anything better than this.”

“Rather than doing something on my own, the seven of us doing it together has a more synergistic effect.”

“‘Could there have been a better match? We must have been destined to meet.’ I think that a lot.”

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Every songwriter has a different creative process, and V‘s is intimately connected to his photography.

In Episode 2 of BTS‘s new docies, Break The Silence, RM helped Jimin write lyrics for his solo song “Promise” while V brainstormed lyrics for his own music.

“I’m not really good at expressing myself eloquently,” V confessed. “I won’t be able to write poetic lyrics like Namjoon [RM], but I’d like to write lyrics that convey my true feelings.”

V’s photography helps him to channel those feelings from specific moments in his life.

“It’s been five years since I took up photography,” he said. “The way I look at the world when I take photos, and the emotions I feel while taking them are the things I wanted to express in my lyrics.”

“When I take photos, the people I see through the lens…”

“…the scenery…”

“…the streets…”

“…and the sky…”

“…I wanted to write about what those things mean to me.”

“They’re not just photos, but a real source of strength for me.”

“The things I felt then are still within me. I can feel them even now. “

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Big Hit Entertainment‘s building underwent a deep sanitation through the entire interior, to prevent the spread of Coronavirus after the building next door had a confirmed case.

According to an exclusive report from News1, an employee who is working at Yanolja, a mobile application similar to AirBNB, tested positive for Coronavirus. Yanolja is located on the 8th and 17th floors of the Dongil Tower in Samseong-dong, Seoul. Right across the street is Big Hit Entertainment’s building.

Due to the confirmed case of Coronavirus in the building, the Dongil Tower was shut down for disinfecting in order to prevent the spread of the virus. As Big Hit Entertainment’s building is directly across the street from Dongil Tower, the building will also implement preventative measures to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus. As of now, the building is not scheduled to be shut down.

Health authorities are scheduled to carry out a disinfection of the MDM Tower on the 13th. Big Hit will faithfully follow the measures and guidelines provided by the authorities.

— Big Hit Entertainment

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