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The kings of K-pop, the BTS group, released a new album on Friday, which broke records by becoming the most pre-ordered album in South Korea and the first single to be released on Tiktok. BTS is a global musical phenomenon, it is the first K-pop group to have reached the charts in the United States and in Great Britain and has chained sold out concerts in Los Angeles, Chicago or London, or even ignited in June a packed Stade de France.

Their album Map of the Soul: 7 was released around the world at the same time, Friday at 6 a.m. in Seoul, a reference to the number of members of the group as well as the number of years that have passed since their beginnings.

Play the clip at my funeral, it's good, I'm dead
* share listen to the rest of the album * # BTSComeback2020 #ONchallenge https://t.co/XobLEXK6Xp

- EmyFrenchArrow (@EmyFrenchArrow) February 21, 2020

A world event and already records

The group presented a 30-second clip from their single ON exclusively on Thursday on the short video sharing application TikTok, causing a bug. BTS is the first group to present their single via TikTok and fans were invited to use the sound of the song to create their own videos. As of Friday morning, over 33,000 videos have already been made using this title. You could see fans dancing there in places such as classrooms.

#BTS 'Map of the Soul: 7' has just surpassed Map of the Soul: Persona's FIRST WEEK HANTEO SALES in UNDER 2 HOURS!

It is the FASTEST album in Hanteo History to reach 2M sales!

WORDS: 7 - 2,137,292 (as of 2/21 19:43 KST)
WORDS: Persona - 2,130,480 (1st Week) # BTSComeback2020 pic.twitter.com/yAYg2nVr0b

- K-Charts & Translations⁷ (@charts_k) February 21, 2020

Map of the Soul: 7 is already the most ordered album of all time, with more than 4.02 million copies sold. "We have actually expanded our musical range," said RM, a member of BTS. In 2013 we performed in front of 300-500 people, but now we are touring the stadiums, where everything is bigger and happier . "

MDRRR world trends it became the bts 7 playlist # BTSComeback2020 pic.twitter.com/dPDO7UwKGD

- Wanna be me⁷ 🏳️‍🌈💜 (@Shiropromise) February 21, 2020

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