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RAP LINE OF BTS

The rap line of BTS, composed of RM (Rap Monster), Suga, and J-Hope, is a powerhouse trio within the globally acclaimed South Korean boy band. Their exceptional rap skills, unique styles, and dynamic chemistry have played a significant role in shaping BTS’ music and contributed to the group’s immense success. Let’s take a closer look at the individual members of the rap line and the collective impact they have made.

BTS experimented with other styles of music besides hip hop in The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1, released in 2015.BTS wanted to express the beauty and anxiousness of youth and settled on the title of (Korean: RR: Hwayangyeonhwa), loosely interpreted to define “youth” metaphorically as “the most beautiful moment in life”. The album served as an introduction to their youth trilogy, a triptych of albums dedicated to the struggles of young people.The single “I Need U” was a top-five hit in South Korea and garnered the group a win on SBS MTV’s The Show. The second single “Dope (Korean: ; RR: Jjeoreo)” reached number three on Billboard’s World Digital Songs Sales Chart and its music video was viewed over 100 million times on YouTube.The group began the world tour extension of their Red Bullet Tour in June, titled 2015 Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet, visiting cities throughout Asia, Oceania, North America, and Latin America.“For You”, in Japanese, was released together with Japanese versions of “War of Hormone” and “Let Me Know” on June 17, 2015, and immediately topped Oricon’s daily chart.

In November, BTS commenced their third concert tour, 2015 BTS LIVE “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: On Stage”, which began with three sold-out shows in Seoul, and was extended to Japan. Thematically, the EP focused more on the serious and speculative aspects of youth, touching on the pursuit of success, loneliness, affection for their origins, and the suffering of the younger generation due to unfavorable conditions in current society.The album topped the weekly Gaon Album and Billboard World Albums charts. It also marked their first appearance on the Billboard 200 chart, making it for one week at number 171, and eight of the tracks appeared on Billboard’s World Digital Songs Sales Chart.

VOCAL LINE OF BTS

BTS’s vocal line consists of Jin, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. They each bring unique vocal styles and ranges to the group, contributing to their overall sound and harmonies.

Jin has a rich and stable voice, Jimin has smooth and agile vocals, V has a deep and soulful tone, and Jungkook has a wide vocal range with powerful high notes. Together, they create a dynamic vocal ensemble for BTS.

2014–2017 Skool Luv Affair and first

The last entry in BTS “school trilogy”, the Skool Luv Affair EP, was released in February 2014. The release topped the Gaon Album Chart, and appeared on Billboard’s World Albums Chart for the first time, peaking at number three. The EP was supported by two singles: “Boy in Luv” and “Just One Day”.Following Skool Luv Affair’s release, BTS played at their first fan meeting in Seoul, selecting the name A.R.M.Y. for the fan club. In July 2014, BTS hosted a concert in West Hollywood, their first show in the United States, and in August, they appeared at KCON in Los Angeles.

In August 2014, BTS released the album Dark & Wild, which reached number two in South Korea. It was supported by two singles: “Danger” and “War of Hormone”. The group embarked on their first concert tour, 2014 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet, which lasted from October to December 2014. The band launched their first Japanese studio album, Wake Up, in December 2014; the release peaked at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart. After the album’s release, BTS held their 1st Japan Tour 2015 Wake Up: Open Your Eyes in February 2015.The Red Bullet Tour that had begun on October 17, 2014, in South Korea was resumed on June 6, 2015, in Malaysia and toured Australia, North America and Latin America before ending in Hong Kong that August. In all, the entire tour attracted 80,000 spectators at 18 cities in 13 countries.

concert tour

BTS Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Artist 100 Chart

BTS vaults from No. 50 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated June 25), returning as the top musical act in the U.S. for a 21st total week on top, and for the first time since last August, thanks to the opening week success of the South Korean superstars’ new release, Proof

Billboard is a music chart publication that ranks the most popular songs and albums in the United States. BTS has had remarkable success on the Billboard charts. They became the first K-pop group to enter and top the Billboard 200 chart with their album “Love Yourself: Tear” in 2018. They repeated this achievement with subsequent albums, including “Love Yourself: Answer,” “Map of the Soul: Persona,” “Map of the Soul: 7,” and “BE.”

BTS has also achieved multiple number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Their collaborations with artists like Halsey on “Boy With Luv” and “Butter” have garnered immense popularity and topped the chart. “Dynamite,” their first all-English language single, also debuted at number one on the Hot 100, making them the first Asian act to achieve such a feat.

Aside from the Billboard charts, BTS has received recognition and accolades from various award shows and organizations worldwide. They have performed at prestigious events like the Grammy Awards and have been recognized for their positive impact on global culture and philanthropy.

BTS’s success on the Billboard charts and their global influence have contributed to their status as one of the most popular and influential musical acts of the current era. Their music, performances, and messages of self-love and empowerment have resonated with millions of fans around the world.

Billboard Music Awards (2017-2021):

>Top Social Artist (2017-2021)

American Music Awards (2017-2020):

>Favorite Social Artist (2017-2020)

MTV Video Music Awards (2019):

>Best K-pop for “Boy With Luv” ft. Halsey

Seoul Music Awards (2014-2021):

>Bonsang (Main Prize) (2014-2021)

>Daesang (Grand Prize) (2018-2020)

V Live Awards:

>Global Artist Top 10 (2017)

>Global Artist Top 12 (2018)

>Global Artist Top 5 (2019, 2020)

Gaon Chart Music Awards (2016-2021):

>Artist of the Year - Digital Music (2017-2021)

>Album of the Year4th Quarter (2017-2020)

>World K-Pop Rookie Award (2013)

> World Hallyu Star Award (2015)

iHeartRadio Music Awards:

>Best Fan Army (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

>Best Music Video for “Boy With Luv” ft. Halsey (2020)

>Best Duo/Group of the Year WW(2020, 2021)

Golden Disc Awards (20162021):

>Disk Bonsang (2016-2021)

> Disk Daesang (2017-2021)

Grammy Awards (2021):

>Best Pop Duo/Group

Performance for “Dynamite”

Japan Gold Disc Awards:

>Best 3 New Artists (2014)

>Best Asian Artist (2015, 2016)

>Best 3 Albums (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)

>Best Music Videos (2016, 2018, 2019)

Korea Popular Music Awards:

>Best Dance Male (2017)

>Best Album (2019)

>Best Male Group (2020)

MTV Europe Music Awards (2018-2020):

>Best Korean Act (2013, 2014)

>Best Worldwide Act (2015)

>Best Korean Act (2016, 2017)

>Biggest Fans (2018)

>Best Group (2018-2020)

>Best Live (2020)

>Best Virtual Live (2020)

Melon Music Awards (20162020):

>Album of the Year (2016, 2018- 2020)

>Artist of the Year (2018-2020)

>Song of the Year (2018-2020)

>Top 10 Artists (2016-2020)

>Artist of the Year (2018, 2019, 2020)

>Album of the Year (2018, 2019, 2020)

>Song of the Year (2018, 2019, 2020)

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So You Thought BTS Was Going on Break? LOL.

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By Zoe Guy, a news writer who covers film, TV, music, and celebrities

It all happened so fast. Off the back of their anthology album’s release in June, BTS shared a prerecorded dinner with the fans. Amidst a delicious-looking display of shrimp and meat and side dishes, the boys announced that they were taking a break from making music as a group to pursue solo projects. Looking back, the announcement wasn’t surprising — BTS spent the last decade living and making music together, so a break to find their own personal sounds and stories was perhaps overdue. But in the immediate aftermath of the announcement, the news of BTS’s break elicited a kind of hysteria: Hybe’s stocks tanked (this would be BTS’s management company), many observers speculated that the “hiatus” would look like One Direction’s (namely, BTS would never return as a group), and fans began to plan for their lives without constant updates from the Tannies (some resolved to work on themselves).

The dinner was a harbinger of an announcement that led many to self-identify as a military wife: BTS is now on a three-year hiatus to complete mandatory service.

Off the heels of their October concert to promote Busan’s bid for the 2030 World Expo, the band announced their intention to serve in the military sequentially until a planned reunion in 2025. (Korean men are required to begin their 18-month service by the time they turn 28, though BTS was granted a two-year extension for their cultural achievements.) Jin, who turns the big 3-0 in December, is the first member to enlist.

So far, a BTS break to pursue solo projects hasn’t meant a curtailing of activities. Instead, it’s multiplied all of their activities by seven, making it nearly impossible to keep track of it all. But let’s try to anyway — below, a handy little list of their group and solo activities:

Jimin

After months of lying in wait for Jimin’s album announcement, the label confirmed that his solo debut album, Face, arrives on March 24. BTS’s Instagram account gave us a taste of what’s in store on February 21.

“Reflection of vulnerable minds and unexposed wounds,” the text, titled “Circle of Resonance,” read. “Waves originated from the deepest invisible inner world, pass through the face on the surface and reach others to resonate while transmitting the inner voice.” A video dropped an hour later, confirming the album’s title and release date. We fall into a dark, watery abyss in the 35-second-clip, only to find ourselves suddenly above a still pink pool as water droplets fall onto the surface.

He has had studio sessions with damn near every producer under the sun to make the record. In the past few months, Jimin met with frequent Ye collaborator Hudson Mohawke, TBHits and Mr. Franks (the engineers behind Ariana Grande’s biggest hits), and Taylor Hill, to name a few. He was also pictured recording with a full choir overseen by musician Duane Benjamin days .

In an interview with Weverse Magazine, Jimin says the solo album will be “raw” and “explicit.” “I just think I can show something a little more raw about me. That might include a more mature side, too, but what I’m really interested in is showing something closer to my real, personal rawness directly in a format like music or music videos,” he says. “I want to be better and cooler.”

In the run-up to Jimin’s solo studio debut, the “Serendipity” singer got to live out his wildest dreams. He featured on Taeyang’s R&B track “Vibe,” making good use of his honey falsetto on the smooth track that dropped January 13. “Taeyang is an idol to me,” he told W Korea in a cover story, which arrived in January, the same month Dior made him its brand ambassador and sent him to its Paris Fashion Week show. “You can say that working with him is one of the goals that I’ve been longing for. Ever since I was young, I’ve followed his career and learned a lot from him … Working with him made me realize that I want to be an artist who is an amazing singer as well as a performer.”

J-Hope

Everyone: Happy Hobiuary. Last July, J-to-the- jumped out the box with a new album. And now, during his birthday month, he released a documentary on Disney+ that chronicles the making of his first studio album and the promotions that went along with it. J-Hope in the Box hit streaming on February 17. The documentary’s release might signal the end of the rapper’s first solo era, but that doesn’t mean he’s going off the grid. Last month, J-Hope made his Paris Fashion Week debut at three separate shows — Louis Vuitton, Dior (with Jimin), and Hermès — perhaps kicking off some fashion-related globe-trotting. Plus, he teased a reboot of Hope on the Street, a show where he performs street dance and sometimes brings a guest along.

Prior to the documentary’s debut, J-Hope capped off 2022 with multiple musical appearances. He performed a medley of songs for Ryan Seacrest’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve in Times Square: “Equal Sign,” “Chicken Noodle Soup,” and “Butter (Holiday Remix).” He also did his rounds at Korean awards shows, performing an intricately staged,

large-scale rendition of “More,” “Arson,” and “Future” at the MAMA Awards on November 30.

The rapper featured on Crush’s “Rush Hour,” a groovy hip-hop track dropped on September 24. Along with the song came a ’90s-inspired music video with exuberant choreography (obviously, the dance aficionado expertly hit every step). The virtuoso made his solo stage debut at Lollapalooza Hobipalooza on July 31, an hour-long showcase of his skills as a seasoned entertainer, performing tracks from Jack in the Box, his mixtape Hope World, and various BTS albums.

J-Hope concluded Hobiuary by making one final announcement: he’s officially enlisting for mandatory military service, per his record label. While he begins the process of enrollment, music is still a priority; his latest single “on the street” dropped on March 3. He enlisted on April 18.

Suga

Suga and his alter ego Agust D are hitting the road, he announced on February 14 as a Valentine’s Day gift to me. He will make history as the first BTS member to embark on a solo tour, but more importantly, as the first member to hit the stage, in Hannah Montana fashion, as two people at once. Will he have a wig to differentiate between Suga and Agust D? He better!

Before the tour announcement, the “Daechwita” rapper also made his Paris Fashion Week debut at Valentino’s couture show last month after being named a brand ambassador. His other ambassadorship? An unofficial partnership with the NBA. The league invited him to Japan for a game last year, where he got to kick it with the Golden State Warriors and look tiny.

In April 2023, we finally got an update on his musical output. Suga’s first solo record, D-Day, will come out April 21. It’s technically not Suga’s album, since D-Day is credited to Agust D.

RM

After months of teasing new music with unsubtle pics of album files and Logic Pro screenshots, RM released his ten-track debut solo album, Indigo, on December 2. “Indigo recounts the stories and experiences RM has gone through, like a diary,” a press release states. He kicked off his colorful new era with a music video for “Wild Flower,” which features youjeen (also known as Cherry filter vocalist Jo Yujin). NPR also booked him for a Tiny Desk concert, which premiered the same day the album dropped.

RM performed groovy renditions of new tracks and old favorites for an intimate Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, which was likely filmed at a Tiny Desk look-alike set in Seoul. He fittingly opened the three-track set with “Seoul,” a poetic cut from his 2018 mixtape mono that describes the ambivalent feelings he has about the metropolis where he found fame. After a short introduction to the new record Indigo, he dived straight into the album’s opening song, “Yun,” a neo-soul tribute to his favorite artist Yun Hyong-keun, an abstract painter belonging to Korea’s Dansaekhwa art movement, who inspired the lyric “I wanna be a human / ’fore I do some art.”

RM doubles down on the allusions to art and exhibitions in “Yun” during his preamble to the last track on the set list, “Still Life.” “My life is like a canvas,” he began. “I’m exhibiting my life to the world … but a still life is still, you know, stuck in the canvas, but it is alive and eternal and still moving forward.”

“I’ve worked hard on it for four years,” RM said of the album on November 10, per a fan translation. “It’s very different from my previous works, and fun people are included in it.” The full tracklist features Erykah Badu, Anderson .Paak, Tablo, Paul Blanco, Mahalia, Kim Sawol, youjeen, Colde, and Park Jiyoon. Despite fan predictions, Pharrell was not one of the fun people in question. Pharrell previously said he wanted to make a song for RM’s upcoming album in the duo’s Rolling Stone “Musicians on Musicians” interview (the producer already cut a different track with the group for his own upcoming album, Phriends). Others had speculated that Jungkook and J-Hope would also make an appearance, alongside Korean R&B singer BIBI, but none of them showed. Hey, there’s always the conspiracy theory that RM has a secret second album on the way.

RM’s last solo release arrived in September, when he featured on alternative K-pop group Balming Tiger’s hip-hop track “Sexy Nukim.” (“Nukim” means “feeling” in Korean … We suggest you watch the many angles of RM’s first live performance of the song,

where he embodies the track’s ethos to a terrifying degree.) He previously released two solo mixtapes — mono in 2018 and RM in 2015. Meanwhile, he’s slated to host the Korean variety show The Dictionary of Useless Human Knowledge, where the show’s expert panelists discuss literature, physics, forensics, and astronomy. It airs weekly beginning December 2. Oh, and aside from all that, he’s still doing art things. The art philanthropist–slash–influencer was named one of 35 innovators in the art scene by Artnet on November 30. “RM, the leader of global K-pop sensation BTS, has made no secret of his love for art,” reads his introduction. “He’s an avid collector, buying works by Korean artists […] He’s also a savvy art patron with an enormous reach on social media, inspiring droves of BTS fans to seek out exhibitions ranging from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s Philip Guston show to presentations of traditional Korean white porcelain moon jars in Hong Kong and Korea.”

Jung Kook

The youngest was the first to release a track in the post-BTS-break world, and now, he’s the first member and first Korean to perform at the World Cup’s opening ceremony on November 20, debuting a new single, “Dreamers.”

“Proud to announce that Jung Kook is part of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Soundtrack & will perform at the World Cup opening ceremony. Stay tuned!” BTS said on Twitter. While fans expressed their pride for the 25-year-old pop star, some online found the decision to participate in the event controversial due to Qatar’s human-rights record, which includes criminalizing homosexuality. Days after Jung Kook was added to the slate, Dua Lipa said she refused to perform at the event and looks “forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights pledges.”

Earlier this summer, Jung Kook featured on Charlie Puth’s summer earworm “Left and Right,” singing about how he can’t get a vague lover out of his head because they “did things to me that I just can’t forget.” The song is cute and very fun to drive to.

The music video is the second one to depict Jungkook both getting hit by a car and perhaps having a gay lover. Otherwise, he is currently working on his debut album.

Jin

Fresh off the release of his first solo single, “The Astronaut,” on October 28 — the song earned Jin his first solo Hot 100 hit, debuting at No. 51, along with a top spot on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart — the eldest has been working the variety-show circuit. As of writing, he made appearances on Running Man, Halmyungsoo, and rapper Young-ji’s talk show Nothing Much Prepared (the latter gets chaotic and real about the cost of fame … plus, the host passes out drunk in the bathroom, so Jin has to close the show alone). He also became the spokesperson for the ramen brand Jin Ramen in November. You’d think he would have already earned that gig, but, yeah, his dream collab only just came true.

Jin also hosts a new variety show with famous Korean chef Baek Jong-won. The series is centered on two things: making alcohol and eating food, with special guests and random activities sprinkled in to keep it spicy. Jin’s Traditional Alcohol Journey premiered November 12 on BTS’s YouTube channel.

Before leaving for the military on December 13 to complete his mandatory service, Jin got the ball rolling on plans to distribute the alcohol he learned how to make in the variety show with the famous chef. “Jin is preparing a brewery under his name,” Baek said in an interview with OSEN. “He’s been filling oak casts with alcohol, which should be ready to drink by the time he’s discharged from the military.

I want to add oak scents and flavors to soju, similar to whisky. There’s no official name of this drink we’re creating just yet.”

VThe cool shade stunner has a starring role in a new variety series. Jinny’s Kitchen takes Taehyung and his famous friends, Park Seo-joon (Itaewon Class), Choi Woo-shik (Parasite), and Jung Yu-mi (Kim Ji-young: Born 1982), to Mexico, where they open up a Korean eatery run by popular actor Lee Seo-jin. Everyone except the BTS member has participated in show’s previous iterations — Minari’s Youn YuhJung used to run shops in Spain and Bali for Youn’s Kitchen and a traditional hotel for Youn’s Stay — so naturally, the green pop star is the intern-slash-dishwasher for Lee’s establishment. It hits Amazon Prime Video weekly starting February 24.

Before Jinny’s Kitchen, V landed on the cover of Vogue Korea in September, teasing music that would show a new side of the artist. “I want to present a kind of music that I’ve never tried before, something that sets apart from the style BTS’s V has shown,” he told the magazine. “

Being able to pursue one’s own music style lights the passion and enthusiasm in us. That’s what keeps us in love with what we do.” Though nothing has been confirmed, outlets report his debut solo album will arrive sometime next year (Tae’s been teasing his solo stuff for a while, but has admittedly deleted everything that doesn’t make the cut).

Over the summer, he featured in Disney +’s In the Soop: Friendcation, a variety show that follows a four-day friendcation to a seaside town with Choi Woo-shik, Park Seo-joon, Park Hyung-sik (Strong Woman Do Bong Soon), and musician Peakboy. The show premiered on July 22.

The rumor mill also teases a return to acting — he had a part in the K-drama Hwarang: The Warrior Poet in 2016 — though there’s really been no confirmations in that department. People really want to see him in Squid Game 2.

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