By now, most pop tradition and music followers know that the Korean pop icons BTS not too long ago visited the U.S. Immediately after their explosive general performance at the 64th Grammy Awards earlier this thirty day period, the K-pop sensations took to the sold-out Allegiant Stadium stage in Las Vegas for three again-to-back again days of “Permission To Dance On Stage” (or “PTD”) performances.
Although they did not earn the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Team Functionality, the band created it distinct that the awards ceremony just a pit quit onto the serious destination for their excursion: “We did not appear to Vegas for the Grammys. We came to Vegas for the ARMYs,” band chief RM said all through their April 9 functionality. “PTD” follows a earlier series of 4 Los Angeles-primarily based concert events in November and December of 2021. Irrespective of their residency lasting only four days, these concerts were so wildly well-known that they realized the most important solitary-location concert engagement by any act in pretty much a decade.
Amid a hectic and document-breaking year for the seven members — RM, Jin, Suga, J-hope, Jimin, and Jungkook — they concluded their “PTD” tour with a new album announcement. The very first teaser arrived at the conclusion of their ultimate concert on April 16, when RM exited the phase with the phrase “We Are Bulletproof” — the identify of the 18th keep track of from their 2020 “Map of the Soul: 7” album. These phrases were promptly followed by a black-and-white montage that highlighted the group’s earlier albums. The 50-next video clip concluded with a day: June 10, 2022.
Confident adequate, mere seconds after the announcement, BTS’s fanbase — nicknamed Military — blew up Twitter with trending hashtags like “BTS Is Coming.” Regarded for their eager notion when it comes to connecting BTS easter eggs, ARMYs cracked the code in no time at all. They were being certain a new album announcement experienced been designed hours before BTS’ administration, Large Strike Music, would officially affirm the release on WeVerse. Some admirers even went so far as to use clips from BTS’s 2015 audio movie “RUN” to crack the mathematical code guiding the album’s launch date.
Whilst Huge Strike Songs has still to launch any more data about the impending launch, that hasn’t deterred ARMYs from producing their personal predictions. Proposed hypotheses include that the title of the album will be “WE” to replicate “ME,” and that the album’s include will be purple to symbolize BTS’s advancement.
Regardless of what the long run may well provide, BTS is certain to have their loyal ARMYs at their back again — no make any difference which shade they pick for their cover art.
—Staff writer Alisa S. Regassa can be achieved at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter at @alisaregassa.