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# BTS Announces Release Date for New Album _Map of the Soul: 7_

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## Video: 2019 Time 100 | BTS

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## Kat Moon


Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:04 PM UTCPublished: Jan 7, 2020 10:03 PM UTC

by 

[Kat Moon](https://time.com/author/kat-moon/)


## Kat Moon


Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:04 PM UTCPublished: Jan 7, 2020 10:03 PM UTC

Members of the avid BTS fan base army, a.k.a. ARMYs around the world are marking a much-anticipated occasion on their calendars: Friday, Feb. 21 — the newly announced date K-pop juggernaut [BTS](https://time.com/collection-post/5414052/bts-next-generation-leaders/) is dropping their upcoming album. The news was shared on [WeVerse](https://twitter.com/bts%5Fbighit/status/1214562779648028672) along with the name of the new project: _Map of the Soul: 7_. Immediately, terms related to the comeback began to dominate Twitter’s worldwide trends, with the hashtag [#7isComing](https://twitter.com/search?q=%237isComing) surpassing a million tweets just hours after the announcement.

And they dropped the first single “Black Swan” off of Map of the Soul with an accompanying art film featuring some elaborate choreography.

_Map of the Soul: 7_ follows BTS’ album from 2019, _Map of the Soul: Persona_. Fans were not expecting the new title. ARMYs had studiously searched for Easter eggs in previous releases, and speculated that the upcoming album be named [“Shadow”](https://twitter.com/xCeleste%5F%5F%5F/status/1110936929330040832) or [“Ego”](https://www.elitedaily.com/p/will-bts-next-album-be-called-ego-this-theory-will-blow-your-mind-19416150) based on the writing on a [blackboard](https://www.buzzfeed.com/ikrd/the-bts-comeback-trailer-subtly-hints-at-them-coming-full) in [leader RM’s “Persona” music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Uy0opVF3s). But yet again, BTS surprises. The number seven carries special significance for the group. This year is BTS’ seventh anniversary, after debuting back in [June 2013](https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8455612/bts-takeover-timeline-bbmas) with the album _2 Cool 4 Skool_. Seven is also the number of members in the supergroup. “The 7 years we have been together, always exists in 7 members of BTS,” RM says in the septet’s [intro video](https://youtu.be/lFMXk0L4kG8?t=127) at the 2019 MAMA show in December.

BTS has already started the new decade in the most majestic fashion — [ringing in 2020](https://time.com/5752407/bts-new-years-eve-2020/) at New York City’s Times Square following a dazzling performance at _Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve._ The group’s company [Big Hit Entertainment](https://time.com/5681494/bts-bang-si-hyuk-interview/) has also [teased an upcoming tour](https://twitter.com/BigHitEnt/status/1209307746367090688) that will take place in a few months. “April 2020\. Stay tuned,” the caption read.

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