On this week's show: An online concert weekend is announced, BTS makes South Korean history again, and more.

Intro song: Intro: 2 Cool 4 Skool ft DJ Fiz (Spotify)

Featured image: Photo by Kon Karampelas on Unsplash

• Data Drop
• News
  • Online concert weekend announced
  • BTS makes South Korean history again
  • New ARMY bomb coming
• Next Week
• Last Word: Should we care about radio play anymore?

Data Drop

Run BTS Ep 99 (Weverse)

Learn Korean with BTS Ep 5: Numbers (Weverse)

BT21 Universe Animation - BTS Reaction (YouTube)

BTS Debut Five Songs On The World Chart This Week—And They're All Seven Years Old (Forbes)

BTS's 'Map Of The Soul: 7' Is Already The Fourth-Longest-Charting K-Pop Album In U.K. History (Forbes)

Blood Sweat & Tears (YouTube)

ON Kinetic Manifesto Film (YouTube)

Chicken Noodle Soup ft Becky G (YouTube)

No More Dream (YouTube)

ON Official MV (YouTube)

Black Swan Official MV (YouTube)

Outro: Ego (YouTube)

Who (feat. BTS) Official Visualizer by Lauv (YouTube)

Love Yourself: Tear (Spotify)

Love Yourself: Her (Spotify)

Black Swan (Spotify)

Home (Spotify)

Just One Day (Spotify)

Awake (Spotify)

Lights (Spotify)

My Time (Spotify)

Etc

K-pop is changing, too: The world's most successful boy band make perfect posterboys for the new Korea (The Economist)

"Map of the Soul: 7": An Extremely Long Album Review by Lenika Cruz (Medium)

For K-Pop Fans, Learning Korean Is About Connection (MTV News)

The Weeknd May Have Beaten BTS On The Billboard 200, But Not When It Comes To Sales (Forbes)

New Bangtan TV Videos

[BANGTAN BOMB] Who's This Unexpected Guest? - BTS (방탄소년단)

[BANGTAN BOMB] Mischievous Boys - BTS (방탄소년단)

[BANGTAN BOMB] Photographer Jin! - BTS (방탄소년단)

News

Bang Bang Con tickets by Twitter users

BTS Announces Bang Bang Con, a Huge Concert Streaming Marathon (Teen Vogue)

BTS Announce At-Home Concert Streaming Series, "BANG BANG CON" (Grammy)

World Music Awards FB post about BTS Gaon album sales record

BTS Becomes 1st Artist To Receive Quadruple Million Certification From Gaon; Red Velvet, IZ*ONE, + More Go Platinum (Soompi)

Official Light Stick Map of the Soul Special Edition Teaser Video (Twitter)

Next Week

13 Apr, Mon: Learn Korean with BTS Ep 6, 9PM KST 14 Apr, Tues: Run BTS Ep 100 Special, 9PM KST 15 Apr, Wed: BTS World Tour Love Yourself Japan Edition release 16 Apr, Thurs: BT21 Universe Season 3 begins 18 Apr, Sat: Bang Bang Con D1, 12PM KST

Last Word

Should we care about radio play anymore?

DJ saying ARMYs should develop relationships with radio stations (Twitter)

Media speaks up for 5SOS chart issues but fell silent for BTS. Why? by K-Ci Williams (Medium)

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