On this week's show: Yoongi proves again he has the magic touch, 7 continues breaking records, and more.

Intro song: eight by IU ft SUGA (Spotify)

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• Data Drop
• News
  • Yoongi proves again he has the magic touch
  • 7 continues breaking records
  • Japanese album details announced
  • Superstar BTS soon to be no more
• Next Week
• Last Word: Move in silence

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Data Drop

Run BTS Ep 103 (Weverse)

Learn Korean with BTS Ep 09: Our ARMY (Weverse)

BT21 Universe 3: Busking Chimmy (YouTube)

Once Again, BTS's Album Sales Rise In The U.S. Following Their Online Concert Series (Forbes)

BTS Claim Four Of The Five Bestselling World Albums This Week (Forbes)

Etc

BTS, 'Parasite' and Now Baseball: South Korean Pop Culture Is Having a Moment (Wall Street Journal)

[Herald Interview] Designing cover of BTS' 'Map of the Soul: 7' (The Korea Herald)

New BangtanTV Videos

BTS (방탄소년단) 'BREAK THE SILENCE: DOCU-SERIES' Message from BTS

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[CONNECT, BTS] Interview with Jakob Kudsk Steensen @ London

[CONNECT, BTS] Interview with Stephanie Rosenthal @ Berlin

[CONNECT, BTS] Interview with Tomás Saraceno @ Buenos Aires

[CONNECT, BTS] Interview with Ann Veronica Janssens @ Seoul

[CONNECT, BTS] Interview with Antony Gormley @ New York

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'Catharsis' by Jin @ London

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'Fly with Aerocene Pacha' by SUGA @ Buenos Aires

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'Catharsis' by V @ London

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'Rituals of Care' by Jung Kook @ Berlin

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'Rituals of Care' by Jimin @ Berlin

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'Rituals of Care' by j-hope @ Berlin

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'Fly with Aerocene Pacha' by RM @ Buenos Aires

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'Green, Yellow and Pink' by RM @ Seoul

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'Green, Yellow and Pink' by Jin @ Seoul

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'Green, Yellow and Pink' by Jung Kook @ Seoul

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'New York Clearing (2020)' by RM @ New York

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'New York Clearing (2020)' by V @ New York

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'New York Clearing (2020)' by j-hope @ New York

[CONNECT, BTS] 'Catharsis' @ London, Serpentine Gallery

[CONNECT, BTS] 'Green, Yellow and Pink'& 'Beyond The Scene' @ Seoul

[CONNECT, BTS] 'New York Clearing' (2020) @ New York

[CONNECT, BTS] Press conference @ London

[CONNECT, BTS] Connect with 'Catharsis' @ London, Serpentine Gallery

[CONNECT, BTS] Connect with 'Rituals of Care' @ Berlin, Gropius Bau

[CONNECT, BTS] Connect with 'Fly with Aerocene Pacha' @ Buenos Aires

[CONNECT, BTS] Connect with 'Green, Yellow and Pink' & 'Beyond The Scene' @ Seoul, DDP

[CONNECT, BTS] Connect with 'New York Clearing (2020)' @ New York, Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier3

[CONNECT, BTS] A Glimpse of the Global Public Art Project

[CONNECT, BTS] Secret Docents of 'Catharsis' by SUGA @ London

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News

[MV] IU(아이유) _ eight(에잇) (Prod.&Feat. SUGA of BTS) (YouTube)

eight (Prod. & Feat. SUGA of BTS) (Spotify)

IU & SUGA's "Eight" Debuts At #4 On Global YouTube Music Videos Chart Despite Late-Week Arrival (Headline Planet)

IU and BTS Member Suga Release Timely Pop Song "Eight" (Teen Vogue)

IU drops collaboration single with BTS' Suga (The Korea Herald)

BTS's 'Map Of The Soul: 7' Is The First Album Of 2020 To Sell 500,000 Pure Copies (Forbes)

BTS's 'Map Of The Soul: 7' Is Just The Fourth Korean Album To Chart In The U.K. For Double-Digit Weeks (Forbes)

BTS's Latest Breaks The Record For The Fastest Certification Of A Korean Album In The U.K. (Forbes)

BTS Join Eminem And Dua Lipa In Earning One Of The Biggest Honors In The U.K. This Year (Forbes)

BTS's Latest Is Just The Fifth Korean-Language Album To Be Certified In The U.K. (Forbes)

BTS's New Album Is The Fifth Korean Release To Chart For Double-Digit Weeks In Canada (Forbes)

BTS to release Japanese album 'Map of the Soul 7: The Journey' (UPI)

BTS-Themed Video Game, 'Superstar' Is Being Discontinued, and Fans Are Devastated (Distractify)

Next Week

May 11, Mon: Learn Korean with BTS Ep 10, 9PM KST May 12, Tues: Break the Silence Ep 1 & 2, 9PM KST May 14, Thurs: Break the Silence Ep 3, 9PM KST

Last Word

Move in silence

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