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2020 is a year that has impressed everyone living in the 21st century around the world. A global village in a pandemic due to a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). Much has stopped, but nevertheless life goes on (‘Life Goes On’).
The group BTS, the protagonist of this song, has seen the best fruit since its debut, taking the misfortunes that Corona 19 brought in 2020 as a phone call. The world tour, which was scheduled after the release of the fourth regular album ‘MAPA DEL ALMA: 7’ in February, was canceled due to Corona 19. It sparked a celebration with a monumental record of being number one on the Billboard ‘Hot 100’ .
And on the 20th, after three months, they released their new album ‘BE (Deluxe Edition)’ and returned to the music industry.
Bulletproof Boy Scouts’ new return, showing a restless musical journey even in Corona 19, is even more charming with a number of accomplishments this year.
In fact, BTS’s 2020 year was hotter than any other year. Billboard’s ‘Hot 100’ took fourth place with the title track ‘ON’ from the fourth regular album ‘MAP OF THE SOUL: 7’, and those who broke the previous highest rankings took first place on ‘Billboard 200’ for the first 4 albums of Korean singers. Including 2 albums in a row, it ranked 1st on the UK’s Official Top 100 Albums chart.
The achievements through the digital single ‘Dynamite’ announced in August were literally a ‘global top’. Through this song, BTS was the first Korean singer to write the top spot on the Billboard ‘Hot 100’. This song took first place for a total of three weeks, including one after two weeks in a row, and even rose to second place for four weeks, showing a long history on the most prestigious music charts in the world. This song remains number one on Korea’s biggest music chart (melon) three months after its release, and is loved for being ranked at the top of ‘Hot 100’.
With such a global record, BTS, who has been reborn as a ‘national treasure class’ global musician, has shown that ‘Dynamite’ is making a comeback on a new album while the firepower of ‘Dynamite’ remains.
‘BE (Deluxe Edition)’ is not a regular series album that has been released so far, but a special album that was born in the Corona 19 pandemic. With this album, BTS is the honest feelings and thoughts that they feel right now. , and furthermore, ‘we’ tells a story about the existence of ‘.
The song title ‘Life Goes On’ is an alternative hip hop genre song with an emotional acoustic guitar sound. “It contains a consoling message.
The bulletproof Boy Scouts said, “It was a very unfortunate but happy year” around 2020, reminiscent of the global press conference commemorating the launch of ‘BE’. Member Jin said, “The pleasure of our life is the tour, but because of the crown, the tour was canceled, we fell into a depression and were very disappointed. Now we can reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 ‘.”
Jin added, “With Corona, this unscheduled album of ‘Life Go’s On’ came out, and it was a very unfortunate but happy year.”
J-Hope said: “I think it is a year that I worked tirelessly. It was a good year from the first button.” We have achieved many achievements when we announced Map of the Soul 7, but since we suffered from the crown situation, we also have I thought a lot about my work, “he said. Then, “I met a fateful song called ‘Dynamite’ and I made great achievements, and since I released the album ‘BE’, it turned into a good period, so I think it’s a really unforgettable year personally.” It has become a great turning point, ”he said.
BTS’s 2020 is not over yet.
They will first reveal the setting for the title track of their new album ‘Life Goes On’ at the ‘2020 American Music Awards’ held on the 23rd (Korean time). Most of all, BTS has been nominated for two categories of ‘Favorite Pop / Rock Genre Duo / Group’ and ‘Favorite Social Artist’ during the awards ceremony.
On the 25th, the candidates for the ’63rd Grammy Awards’ to be held in February next year are also ahead of the announcement. There is no case that a Korean singer has been nominated for the Grammy Awards yet, but many foreign media are positively hoping that BTS’s entry will be nominated, so it is noteworthy if they will write a new story again.
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