About the Upcoming Japanese Album of BTS.
Stay Gold
is being true to yourself, innocent, uncorrupted, unblemished etc.
Not conforming to what society dictates, but in a sense marching to the beat of your own drummer
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tay Gold
Comes from the Robert Frost poem, "Nothing gold can stay." Often can refer to staying true to yourself and your own character.
More literal meanings can be to stay where you are, in whatever figurative meaning (ie: relationship, city, state, country) you can conjure up.
"Stay gold, Ponyboy."
Employs a variety of meanings, all of which gravitate around themes of maintaining self, integrity, and youth. Used extensively in the straight edge doctrine of pure living to mean "stay free of drugs, alcohol, and other vices."
Derived from the last line of Robert Frost's acclaimed poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay".
"Stay--stay gold. Stay--true to yourself, to your friends, and never let go."
About the Album
BTS has released a new single aimed at the Japanese market just as news comes that the Korean band made sales history in the region.
“Stay Gold” is BTS’ focus single off the group’s forthcoming Japanese-language album Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~. The soothing, uplifting track opens with youngest member Jungkook softly cooing, “In a world where you feel cold, you gotta stay gold, baby” before the song kicks into the blend of bouncy hip-hop beats on the verses and power-pop production on the choruses. Like some of the gems of BTS’ past discography, the song is a comforting pop blanket with its scaling, surging hook encouraging listeners to “stay gold,” delivering empowering words at a time when many need it. You can stream the song now.
On June 19, Japanese music chart Oricon revealed its mid-year sales statistics sharing that BTS topped its overall album-sales rankings for the first half of 2020. That feat comes thanks to the group’s latest K-pop album Map of the Soul: 7 selling 429,000 copies in the region since its February release, according to Oricon.
While the feat is impressive for BTS, Oricon also shared that this marks the first time in 36 years that a foreign artist has topped their albums chart for the first half in the year. The last artist to accomplish this was none other than Michael Jackson, who managed to do so with his iconic, mega-selling Thriller album in 1984. It’s further notable as Japan has a very healthy album and record industry particularly for its local artists with physical albums and DVDs still major sources of revenues for artists and labels.
The Oricon news and “Stay Gold” all come ahead of BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~ album that will be released in Japan and digitally worldwide on July 14. There will be a CD version available in the U.S. on August 7. The album will include new original songs (including the previously released “Lights,” below) as well as Japanese remakes of past Korean singles (like their Billboard chart hits “On,” Boy With Luv,” “Fake Love,” “Idol,” “Make It Right” and more).
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