The wait is over! Grammy-nominated supergroup BTS is back with their new anthology album Proof out today. It’s been 400+ days since their last album BE was released in 2020…but who’s counting?
Their lead single “Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)” is accompanied by a new music video that pays homage to their nine-year career. The new video includes references to past music videos including their debut song “No More Dream” which was released June 13, 2013. “Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)” is described by Big Hit Music as “a medium-tempo, alternative hip-hop track.” Big Hit Music goes on to say, “Through this song, BTS take the past difficulties and challenges they faced in stride, and composedly sing that your best moment is yet to come and your tomorrow will shine brighter. The hearty melody and hopeful message sung in BTS’s soothing voices warm the hearts of listeners.”
The “Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)” music video debuted at midnight and has already gathered 34 million views and counting in its first 12 hours. In addition, the lead single and album have already reached number one on US iTunes. “Yet To Come” also reached number one on iTunes in 92 other countries.
Proof also contains two other new songs: “Run BTS” and “For Youth.”
“Run BTS” is the opening song on disc 2 in the 3-disc album. “A powerful up-tempo hip-hop genre track. It narrates the seven members who have been there for one another throughout their journey as a team, and the determination of BTS to keep running as they always have. The lyrics unfold as if BTS are telling a story of their own passage of time, and well-reflect the unique characters of BTS, growing together as one team, and moving forward without settling,” per Big Hit Music.
“For Youth” finishes off disc 3 and is dedicated to their fans, ARMY. The track takes a trip down memory lane, beginning with audio of fans singing “EPILOGUE: Young Forever” from BTS’s 2016 album. Big Hit Music says, “The song expresses BTS’s gratitude to their ARMY for giving them a brilliant youth.”
As Showbiz Junkies previously reported, Proof comes with three CDs that contain songs each member picked out from past albums over their nine-year career as well as unreleased demos from past songs. The demos are available on CD only. The other songs are available on digital and streaming platforms.
Upon the album’s release, members of BTS expressed their thoughts and feelings:
RM said, “I feel thrilled every time we release new music for the first time. I hope many people will enjoy the album. Proof is a special album that closes the first chapter of BTS before going into our 10th year. We especially paid more attention to the lyrics as our message to our fans, ARMY who have been with us for nine years, is the key to this album.”
“Proof walks through BTS’s history, so it reminds me of nine-years of memories. This will be one of those albums I listen to a lot,” said Jin, adding, “It will be fun to listen to the unreleased tracks.”
SUGA said, “We carefully finalized the order of the tracks as the album speaks of BTS’s history. My suggestion would be to listen to the album in the order.” He also mentioned, “We are honored to capture our nine-year journey in this album. Listening to the album will trace you back in memory and the paths BTS have walked.”
“I’m happy and excited that we are finally releasing a new album after a long time,” stated j-hope. “I just want to enjoy the album with our ARMY. Proof is a chronicle of BTS and ARMY, and it is a special album as it contains all our memories together. It is the soul of BTS, so I hope many people like it!”
Jimin said, “I feel happy and strange at the same time as it’s been a while since we released a new album. Proof holds a special place in our hearts as it includes the past lead singles and previously unreleased tracks. While creating this album, we spent meaningful times together looking after one another and deeply connecting with one another.”
“As the album represents our past nine years, this is a gift for our fans who have been supporting us and creating our history together,” said V.
And Jung Kook said, “It feels like we just finished writing a big book. As always, we gave a lot of thoughts into every detail of this album while working on it. It is a reflection of the time we spent together as BTS and the emotions we felt throughout our nine-year journey.”
PROOF TRACKLIST:
CD #1
1. Born Singer
2. No More Dream
3. N.O
4. Boy In Luv
5. Danger
6. I NEED U
7. RUN
8. Burning Up (FIRE)
9. Blood Sweat & Tears
10. Spring Day
11. DNA
12. FAKE LOVE
13. IDOL
14. Boy With Luv (Feat. Halsey)
15. ON
16. Dynamite
17. Life Goes On
18. Butter
19. Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)
CD #2
1. Run BTS
2. Intro: Persona
3. Stay
4. Moon
5. Jamais Vu
6. Trivia 轉 : Seesaw
7. BTS Cypher PT.3: KILLER (Feat. Supreme Boi)
8. Outro: Ego
9. Her
10. Filter
11. Friends
12. Singularity
13. 00:00 (Zero O’clock)
14. Euphoria
15. Dimple
CD #3
1. Jump (Demo Ver.)
2. Young Love
3. Boy In Luv (Demo Ver.)
4. Quotation Mark
5. I NEED U (Demo Ver.)
6. Boyz with Fun (Demo Ver.)
7. Tony Montana (with Jimin)
8. Young Forever (RM Demo Ver.)
9. Spring Day (V Demo Ver)
10. DNA (j-hope Demo Ver.)
11. Epiphany (Jin Demo Ver.)
12. Seesaw (Demo Ver.)
13. Still With You (Acapella)
14. For Youth
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