Intro song: Seoul Town Road

Featured image: Seoul Town Road cover

On this week's show:

• • Data Drop
  • News
    • BigHit acquires Source Music
    • RM takes a trip down Seoul Town Road
    • VMAs further prove their irrelevance
  • Next Week
  • Last Word: Getting ready for a possible comeback

Data Drop

Run BTS ep 81

Billboard 200 album chart

Billboard Hot 100 singles chart

Billboard Artist 100

Billboard Social 50

Billboard World Albums

Billboard World Digital Song Sales

Billboard Soundtracks

Billboard Canadian Hot 100 singles chart

Billboard Canadian Albums

Billboard Japan Hot 100 singles chart

UK Singles

UK Albums

Amazon US Bestsellers

Amazon US Bestsellers of 2019 (So Far)

Amazon US Soundtrack New Releases

N.O. MV (YouTube)

Spotify Global 200 weekly

Spotify Philippines 200 Weekly

Wings (Spotify)

2 Cool 4 Skool (Spotify)

Agust D, the album (Spotify)

Just One Day (Spotify)

Airplane by J-Hope (Spotify)

Ddaeng (SoundCloud)

BTS on Twitter

BTS' V Live channel

News

Big Hit takes over music label of K-pop girl band GFriend (Korea Herald)

Lil Nas X and RM of BTS drop new 'Old Town Road' remix (CNN)

Lil Nas X Taps RM Of BTS For New 'Old Town Road' Remix, Essentially Secures History-Making Chart Record (Forbes)

Lil Nas X and BTS’s RM Release “Seoul Town Road” (Vogue)

‘Seoul Town Road’ Has BTS’ RM Joining Lil Nas X, and Now K-Country-Pop is a Thing (Variety)

So It's Come To This: BTS Rapper RM Leads Lil Nas X Down 'Seoul Town Road' (NPR)

Lil Nas X Teams Up With BTS' RM for New Remix 'Seoul Town Road' (ET)

The ‘separate but equal’ rules of American music awards (Washington Post)

BTS fans left annoyed with the band's lack of MTV VMA nominations (BBC)

MTV VMAs' New K-Pop Category Is Another Way to Marginalize Successful Non-White Artists Like BTS and BLACKPINK (Teen Vogue)

MTV added a K-pop award to the VMAs. BTS fans think it’s a way of excluding the band. (Vox)

Let’s Talk About The Western Music Scene & K-Pop (Affinity Magazine)

Is MTV’s snub of BTS xenophobic? (gal-dem)

Philip DeFranco - Suing Google For $50 Million, BTS vs VMAs, Implant Recall, Trump Veto, Mueller, & More (YouTube)

Fox5 (DC) Like It or Not

Next Week

30 Jul, Tues: Run BTS ep 82

Where to find BTS This Week

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