The group BTS's new album will be released simultaneously worldwide today (12th) at 6 PM KST.

BTS's new album 'MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA' is the first album in a series that follows the 'LOVE YOURSELF' series released over the past two years and six months.

It contains the honest stories they want to tell to their global fans who have helped them reach their current position.

The new album includes a total of 7 tracks, such as the title track 'Boy With Luv feat. Halsey' and RM's solo song 'Intro : Persona'.

American pop star Halsey, who topped the Billboard charts within two years of her debut, is featured on the title track, and global singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran also participated in the production of 'Make It Right'.

The new unit song 'Jamais Vu', composed of J-HOPE, JIN, and Jungkook, and the hip-hop track 'Dionysus', with its intense beat from beginning to end and JIN's impressive ad-lib vocals, will also be released.

BTS's new album has maintained the #1 best-seller spot in the AMAZON CDs & Vinyl category for 30 days from its pre-order release date until yesterday (11th), with a total of 3,021,822 orders recorded.

BTS, who departed for the U.S. on the 10th, will reveal their comeback stage for the first time on the American NBC comedy show 'Saturday Night Live (SNL)' on the 13th (local time).

After completing their U.S. promotions and returning to Korea, they will hold a global press conference at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul on the 17th, and will hold the 'LOVE YOURSELF : SPEAK YOURSELF' stadium tour in 8 countries and regions worldwide, starting in Los Angeles, U.S. on May 4-5, followed by Chicago and New Jersey, then São Paulo, Brazil, London, UK, Paris, France, and Osaka and Shizuoka, Japan.

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