The worldwide K-pop group is dominating the K-pop fandom once again!
On June 26, BTS released the music video for its fourth album "Map of the Soul: 7~THE JOURNEY" title track "Stay Gold" in Japan, which immediately captured the netizens and fans' attention with its hopeful and light-giving lyrics.
With the idol group's incredible music abilities and vocals, fans worldwide were moved by their single, which kicked off prior to the release of their studio album, raising everyone's expectations for another hit track.
As soon as the MV was dropped, "Stay Gold" immediately rose to charts and ranking, which surpassed 1 million likes in just 42 minutes since the music video was released. In addition to this, "Stay Gold" also debuted at #10 on UK official singles, breaking the record of the highest-charting Japanese song dropped by a K-pop group.
Furthermore, BTS was able to sell out 200,000 copies as of now via China Netease Cloud's chart, not to mention that they debuted in over 16 countries as No.1 in iTunes-just proving how powerful and influential BTS is.
"Stay Gold," also serves as an official soundtrack of the Japanese drama, "Spiral Labyrinth-DNA Science."
Meanwhile, their music video receives several praises from K-pop enthusiasts and netizens not only because of their song and its lyrics but because of Taehyung (V) and Jungkook's interaction in the MV, hyping up the hearts of #TaeKook shippers. Due to this, the members and #TaeKook trended in Twitter real-time search, as fans conveyed their delighted heart with the aesthetic beauty created by the members' interaction.
In light of this, a rumor about their sub-unit debut also rises; however, there is no official statement from Big Hit Entertainment that could justify the claims.
On the other hand, "MAP OF THE SOUL:7~ The Journey", which is the fourth Japanese album of one of the most prominent K-pop groups worldwide, is set to release on July 15. Aside from their new Japanese tracks, "Your Eyes Tell" and "Lights," fans are also expecting to hear the Japanese version of "Boy with Luv," "On," and "Fake Love," which are some of their hit songs.
WATCH "STAY GOLD" MV HERE:
