As Suga, a member of the group BTS, is taking over Korea and overseas with his solo album “D-Day,” attention is focused on whether he will be able to write K-pop history once again. Suga of BTS is writing various records at home and abroad through his first official solo album ‘D-DAY’ released on the 21st. Attention is focusing on whether it will change the history of Korean popular music, which was newly recorded by Jimin, a member of the same group. According to his agency Big Hit Music on the 23rd, Suga’s solo album ‘D-Day’ sold over 1.07 million copies on the Hanteo Chart on the same day. ‘D-Day’ sold 1,072,000 copies in one day alone, and in particular, Jimin’s first solo album ‘FACE’ released on the 24th of last month recorded the highest number of sales on the first day of a K-pop solo singer (1,021,000 copies). ) and attracts attention.
This album was released under Suga’s active name, August D, and is the first album released in three years since the 2020 mixtape (irregular album) ‘D-2’. The haegeum of the Korean musical instrument and the ambiguous expression of “resolving the forbidden” (解禁) conveyed the message of “freedom” to those bound by various restrictions and restrictions in society. He said, “I wanted to convey the message that we should focus exclusively on ‘me’ and ‘now’ in an era overflowing with excessively fast and vast amounts of information. It is the direction of life,” he explained. As attention was focused on Suga’s musical ability and perfection, it sold more than 110,000 copies and topped the Japanese Oricon daily chart. The title song ‘Haegeum’ ranked 3rd in the ‘Daily Digital Single Ranking’. The album reached the top of the iTunes ‘Top Album’ chart in 67 countries around the world. As of 3:00 pm on the 24th, the music video in which Suga appears in two roles has exceeded 16.13 million views.
Source: sports.donga.com
