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  • BTS announces new album, to be out on June 10

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: South Korean music group BTS will release their new album on June 10, their management agency BigHit Music announced Sunday.

    The development of the new album comes as BTS complete their ‘Permission to Dance On Stage’ tour at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, US.

    BigHit Music took to Weverse, the global fan community forum, to share the news. “BTS will be back with another new album on June 10, 2022,” the agency said in a statement. Details on the new album will be provided in a separate notice at a later date, they added. “We look forward to your love and support for BTS’ new album,” BigHit said.

    The official BTS Twitter page also dropped an announcement teaser covering the journey of the band that started in 2013.

    The 50-second-long video flashed ‘WE ARE BULLETPROOF’ and ‘2022.6.10’ towards the end of the clip. Many members of the ARMY, the fan group of the Grammy-nominated band, took to social media and asked if the name of the new album was ‘WE ARE BULLETPROOF’.

    [공지] #BTS (+ENG/JPN/CHN)https://t.co/Pxb2rZbyCc pic.twitter.com/qkuPPA4cmx
    — BTS_official (@bts_bighit) April 17, 2022
    BTS released the song “We Are Bulletproof: Part 2” in 2013 and followed it up with “We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal”, as a continuation of the previous track.

    The septet, comprising RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook, released their last album ‘BE’ in December 2020. Post ‘BE’, BTS released two back-to-back English singles “Butter” and “Permission to Dance” in May and July 2021, respectively.

    They were nominated for the second time for the best pop duo/ group performance Grammy for “Butter”, but lost out to Doja Cat and SZA’s “Kiss Me More”.

  • BTS member Jimin shares health update, assures fans he’s ‘recovering well’ 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Days after Jimin tested positive for COVID-19 and underwent emergency surgery for acute appendicitis, the BTS member shared a health update early Thursday morning assuring fans that he is on the road to recovery.

    The 26-year-old singer-dancer told ARMY, the fan group of the South Korean music sensation BTS, that he will be discharged from the hospital soon.

    “I’m sorry for the concern. I’ll be able to leave the hospital soon! I’m recovering well,” Jimin said in a post on the fan community forum Weverse.

    “I also ate three meals of rice,” he wrote, promising fans that he will also recover “my skills” soon.

    BigHit Music, the management agency of the group, on Monday, said Jimin experienced sudden abdominal pain along with a mild sore throat on January 30 in the afternoon.

    “He visited a hospital emergency room for thorough examination, and also took a PCR test. Jimin was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and was tested positive for COVID-19. He underwent surgery following physician advice early morning on Monday, January 31,” the agency had said in the statement.

    The member, whose full name is Park Ji-min, will receive a few days of in-patient treatment for COVID-19 in conjunction with postoperative care, BigHit Music had said.

    Jimin had “no contact” with the other six members during the infectious stage, they added.

    In December 2021, fellow BTS members Suga, group leader RM, and Jin also tested positive for the virus.

    The trio recovered from COVID-19 earlier this month.

    BTS are currently on an ‘extended period of rest’ after performing at four in-person concerts in Los Angeles, US late last year.

  • BTS member Suga recovers from COVID-19

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: BTS member Suga has made a “full recovery” from COVID-19, the management agency of the popular South Korean music septet BigHit Music said on Monday, January 3, 2022.

    Suga, who tested positive for the virus on December 24, will now resume his day-to-day activities.

    “We would like to inform you that BTS member SUGA has made a full recovery from COVID-19 and his quarantine has concluded as of today at noon, January 3. SUGA who had been receiving treatment from home for the past ten days from Friday, December 24 is now able to return to his daily activities,” BigHit Music said in a statement shared on the fan community forum Weverse.

    Suga, whose real name is Min Yoon-gi, did not exhibit any particular symptoms during his quarantine.

    The 28-year-old rapper is currently recuperating while resting at home, the agency said.

    “We would like to thank all fans who have shown concerns for the artist’s health as well as those in the medical field who are doing their best to overcome COVID-19. We will continue to place the health of the artists as our top priority, and to vigilantly follow the healthcare guidelines,” BigHit Music further said in the statement.

    Suga had tested positive for the virus during his self-quarantine, after taking the PCR test upon his return to South Korea from the US on December 23.

    “I’m very good. Don’t worry too much,” he had written in an update for the band’s fan group ARMY on Weverse on December 27.

    A day after Suga’s diagnosis was made public, the management agency announced group leader RM (Kim Nam-joon) and Jin (Kim Seok-jin) had also tested COVID-19 positive after coming back from the US.

    RM, 27, and Jin, 29, are currently undergoing self-treatment at home as per health authority guidelines.

    After performing at four in-person concerts in Los Angeles, US in December, BTS had announced that they will be taking an “extended period of rest” to enable the group to get “re-inspired and recharge with creative energy”.