By Kim Eun-young and Kim Minji
Photos = Big Hit Entertainment

The K-pop super group Bangtan Boys aka BTS on April 9 unveiled the track list for upcoming album "Map of Soul: Persona," with its management agency Big Hit Entertainment making the announcement on the group's official Twitter account and online fan communities.

"Persona" is the first album of the group’s new series that started 2.5 years after the previous series "Love Yourself."

The new album's seven songs include "Intro: Persona," a solo track by BTS leader RM introduced in its video for the new album, and the main track "Boy With Luv."


BTS is famous for its albums that tell stories infused with humanity elements. The new album is influenced by "Jung's Map of the Soul," a book on the essential theories of analytical psychology founder Carl Jung. The word "persona" is defined by Jung as a mask a person wears in public to present a certain image.

The global release of BTS' new album will come on April 12, and the group will perform the following day on "Saturday Night Live," a popular American comedy TV show.

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