Korea's Idol group BTS, which has grown into a World star, will complete the Love Yourself (LOVE YOURSELF) series with the World Tour. In addition, with the release of a new album, he has renewed various records and rewrites the history of K-pop.
BTS held a Love Yourself concert at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, Songpa-gu on the 25th and 26th. Starting with the Seoul concert, which was held shortly after the release of the new album Love Yourself-Reveal Answer on the 24th, it will perform 33 times in 16 cities in the United States of America, the UK and Japan.
BTS' solo performance at the Seoul Olympic Stadium became the twelfth domestic singer to perform here for the first time since his debut in 2013. At the Olympic Stadium, only the best artist, who boasts a strong fandom such as Cho Yong-pil, TVXQ, Seo Taiji and Exo, started with H.O.T. in 1999. Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and Elton John performed as overseas singers; the four previous bookings were sold out for two days at the same time as the opening. Big Hit Entertainment, a subsidiary company, also made additional reservations for some seats when fans asked to sell tickets for millions of won and sell tickets for limited views.
BTS is also the first Korean singer to take the United States of America Stadium stage. It will be held on October 6th at the New York City City Field concert with 40,000 viewers. Tickets for performances at New York City City City Field and Los Angeles Staples Center are also known to sell out and sell millions of won.
The new album title song Idol (Idol) topped the iTunes Top Song charts in 66 former World regions shortly after its release. This album featured World female rapper Dolph Ziggler Minaj. BTS offered to have Dolph Ziggler Minaj's rap in the title song, and Dolph Ziggler Minaj readily accepted. This version, released as a digital special track, topped nine iTunes, including Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
Idol Music Video set a new record on YouTube with 56 million views in 24 hours. The previous number one was Look What You Made Me Do (about 43 million views), which was released last year by United States of America's national singer Taylor Swift.
It is also a hot topic that the new song 'Idol' and Music Video are filled with Korean colors. BTS in hanbok and tiger computer graphics (CG) in ink painting tone will appear in the background of music that mixes hip-hop and electronic dance music (EDM) in traditional Korean music rhythms. It also included a message from the Love Yourself series, Love Yourself, which shows pride as a K-pop Idol by putting Chuimsae such as I'm Too Good, Jihwaja Good, and others in the lyrics, and Love Yourself series, Love Yourself is the beginning of true love.
Foreign media are also very interested. Billboard praised "BTS is clearly at the top of the music World in 2018," and explained, "Idol shows hybrids in all aspects, including song lyrics, music, and Music Video." MTV said, “Idol shows a movement with Ami (BTS fandom name) based on creativity and passion, not a temporary phenomenon of BTS.” Famous overseas The Artists, including Ad Sheeran, also sent a message to social media to celebrate their comeback.
The album has surpassed 1.51 million pre-orders in Korea, and it is also interested in selling 2 million copies, which became a dream figure in the 2000s. Attention is focusing on whether it will be able to achieve the # 1 Billboard 200, which was set up by Love Yourself former tier, which was released in May.