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K-pop stars, BTS, hailed as the world\u2019s biggest band, have announced their highly-anticipated newest chapter with their new album ‘MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA’ due for release Friday, April 12, 2019.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Following on from their hugely successful ‘LOVE YOURSELF’ series, that topped the Billboard chart, the upcoming album marks the beginning of a new era for the septet.<\/p>\n

Currently on the last leg of their ‘LOVE YOURSELF’ world tour, the announcement of the album comes after news of a spring tour \u2018Speak Yourself\u2019 -spanning eight stadiums across North and South America, Europe, and Asia- with two sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium on June 1 and 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

K-pop stars, BTS, hailed as the world\u2019s biggest band, have announced their highly-anticipated newest chapter with their new album ‘MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA’ due for release Friday, April 12, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[11379,394,12839,11018,19948,144,77,103,1632],"class_list":["post-47896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","tag-bts","tag-concerts","tag-k-pop","tag-malvika-padin","tag-map-of-the-soul-persona","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-tour","tag-wembley-stadium"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-csw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56997,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/bts-and-k-pop-are-driving-a-resurgence-in-the-cd\/","url_meta":{"origin":47896,"position":0},"title":"BTS And K-pop Are Driving A Resurgence In The CD","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"06\/11\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Over recent years, K-pop has had an increasingly influential role in the music industry, even in western markets. 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