K-pop icons BTS just unveiled a new documentary series coming exclusively to Disney+, BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star. The eight-part docuseries launches on December 20, 2023.
The documentary series will take audiences on an in-depth journey across the band’s 10-year career, offering a glimpse into the countless obstacles and challenges the band encountered in reaching their global career-defining milestones, as well as the members’ daily lives and inner thoughts.
The teaser released on November 20th reveals memorable moments from an in-depth interview with the members, along with clips of each member.
Disney+ released the following episode titles and premiere dates for the eight-part docuseries:
Episode 1 – The Beginning, airs on December 20, 2023
Episode 2 – Adolescence, airs on December 20
Episode 3 – Pursuit of Happiness, airs on December 27
Episode 4 – Disconnected, airs on December 27
Episode 5 – Welcome!, airs on January 3, 2024
Episode 6 – Begin and Again, airs on January 3
Episode 7 – Still Purple, airs on January 10
Episode 8 – Promise For Tomorrow, airs on January 10
When news hit last year of the upcoming BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star docuseries, the group’s fans – known as ARMY – took to social media to express their excitement. The official announcement of the partnership between Disney+ and HYBE Corporation came in July 2022. The agreement includes global distribution of five major content titles from HYBE, one of which was BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA which hit the streaming platform in September 2022.
Included in the deal are previously released documentaries of members J-Hope and Suga, focusing on their solo activities. J-Hope in the Box captures the creative process of the making of his hit album Jack in the Box and his journey to headlining Lollapalooza in 2022. The documentary was released on February 17, 2023.
Suga: Road to D-DAY chronicles his musical journey following his road trip around the world. The film takes the viewers through the ins and outs of his creative process working on his solo album D-DAY. Suga: Road to D-DAY premiered on April 21, 2023.
The septuple group are no strangers to documentaries. They released their first, Burn the Stage, on March 28, 2018 on what was formally known as YouTube Red. The eight-episode docuseries followed the group on their epic Wings World Tour that took place throughout 2017.
Next came Burn the Stage: The Movie, their first documentary which arrived in theaters on November 15, 2018. The movie played in theaters for a limited time, but due to popular demand, it was re-released in December.
BTS’s musical journey launched on June 13, 2013, in Seoul, South Korea. In the past decade, the global group has smashed records around the world and have earned 5 Grammy nominations, making them the first and only Korean act to do so.
Disney+’s Official Synopsis:
Featuring never-before-seen interviews, performances and behind-the-scenes moments with RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook, BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star will take audiences on an in-depth journey across the band’s 10-year career, highlighting their highs and lows for the first time ever in a captivating docuseries format.
Also featuring appearances from HYBE Chairman Bang Si-Hyuk, and BEYOND THE STORY : 10-YEAR RECORD OF BTS author Kang Myeongseok, BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star looks back on the band’s key moments over the years, showing how the band came to be, what it was like preparing for their debut, what it was like winning best new artist at the 2013 Melon music awards, highlighting their struggles during the “Danger” period, discussing their first concerts, their debut at the American Music Awards and the Billboard Music Awards, what it was like becoming stars in America, speaking at the UN, performing at the Rose Bowl Stadium, the excitement of performing at London’s Wembley Stadium and more.
The upcoming docuseries also shines a spotlight on highly personal moments from their past, including how they felt about meeting each other for the first time; their initial contract renewal process; the difficulties of isolating during COVID; as well as other more lighthearted moments including j-hope’s surprise birthday party and Jung Kook’s high school graduation ceremony.
