The South Korean group BTS _who is currently in a rest period_, announced this Friday second try, their new single, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the formation.

The single is a nod to BTS’s “second chapter” and an “ode to their fans,” affectionately known as army.

The song “symbolizes both the group’s journey forward and a promise to their most loyal fans, who have shared every moment to date. to continue walking together in the future”, says BigHit Music, the band’s label, in a statement.

This ballad has an acoustic basis and mixes the voices in sweet tones of several of its members with the rapping of three of them, Suga, RM and J-Hope.

In fact, the song, sung mainly in Korean and occasionally dotted with phrases in English, was mainly composed by Suga with the participation of the other two main “rhymers” of the South Korean team.

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Before the song was released, second try topped Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart and dominated the June 10 chart despite not yet being commercially available.

The song marks the group’s fourth No. 1 on Hot Trending Songs since its formation in 2021. and BTS’s first since “Is yet to comein June 2022.

second try is also BTS’ second song of 2023 as a group after that the planetwhich appeared on several Billboard charts on May 27, including Digital Song Sales, where it leaned at #6.

the new theme it arrives just a week early BTS 10th Anniversary FESTA will be held on June 17 in Seoul, South Korea to celebrate the debut of the group (June 13, 2013).

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BTS announced some time ago that it would take a break until at least 2025, a period that the seven members would use to focus on personal projects and fulfilling mandatory military service.