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Map of the Soul: 7 – The Journey (stylized as MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 ~THE JOURNEY~) is the fourth Japanese and eighth overall studio album by South Korean boy band BTS.The band's first full-length Japanese offering in two years since Face Yourself (2018), the album was released on July 14, 2020, through Universal Music Japan and Big Hit Entertainment.
In March 2021, "Stay Gold" became BTS' first Japanese song—second song overall after "Dynamite"—to surpass 100 million on-demand streams in Japan. BTS is the first foreign artist in the chart's history to have two songs achieve this. [36] In the United States, "Stay Gold" debuted at number one on the World Digital Song Sales chart. [37]
The record marked BTS's first original Japanese single in two years since "Crystal Snow" (2017). [2] It was also the band's first Japanese single in four years to receive a music video, after "For You" (2015). [3] "Lights" was written by Sunny Boy, Yohei and its producer UTA. The song was mixed by D.O.I, who also served as studio personnel. [4]
[3] [4] [5] A ballad number, [4] "Film Out" was eventually revealed as the opening track on BTS' then upcoming Japanese-language compilation album, BTS, the Best; the album was released in June. [6] [7] The song was released for digital download and streaming in various countries on April 2, through Universal Music Japan. [8]
The video received over 71.6 million views in its first 24 hours of release to become the fifth-most viewed YouTube video within that period at the time. [27] Just over two days later, it became BTS' 27th music video to surpass 100 million views, extending the band's record as the Korean artist with the most music videos over 100 million views ...
The group now trails only BLACKPINK in subscribers on the video platform.
Idol" surpassed 100 million views on August 29 and became the fastest music video in YouTube history to reach the milestone [24] —Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" broke the record the following December when it reached the mark four days after release. [25] In September 2022, the music video became BTS' sixth to surpass 1 billion views. [26]
A video teaser released on May 18 offered the first preview of the song's lyrics; the line "Get it! Let it roll!" was briefly heard at the end of the clip. [16] Korean news media later reported that the lyrics to "Butter" "cutely confess a sweet, romantic love", and had "BTS' smooth-like-butter unrivalled charms melted into the song". [17] [18]