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On July 6, 2024, Tommy Brown aka TBHits, the co-producer of BTS Jimin's latest single, Smeraldo Garden Marching Band, posted a reel on Instagram. The American record producer, songwriter, and rapper worked on the BTS idol's pre-release track from his forthcoming album, MUSE, which will be released on July 19, 2024.
Smeraldo Garden Marching Band featured South Korean rapper, LOCO, and was released on June 28, 2024. Meanwhile, in his Instagram post, Tommy Brown shared a clip featuring the BTS member where they manifested the song's success. The producer also expressed his gratitude towards the BTS ARMY as the song surpassed 50 million streams as of July 6. He wrote in his caption:
"Manifesting is a real thing don’t sleep on it… Jimin new song over 50 million streams first week... thank you for listening #bts #btsarmy"
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The pre-release single from Jimin's upcoming solo album was loosely inspired by The Beatles’ pop-contemporary album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in 1967. HYBE music producers Pdogg, GHSTLOOP, and Evan co-produced the song alongside Tommy Brown. The three HYBE music producers and songwriters also made a cameo appearance in the song's music video.
Park Jimin's upcoming album, MUSE, brings Grammy-winning musician Jon Bellion onboard
Jimin's upcoming album, MUSE, marks his second solo set after FACE, which was released on March 24, 2023. Grammy-winning musician Jon Bellion has reportedly worked alongside BTS' music producer Pdogg, and other prominent composers on the album's lead single, WHO. The title track is a hip-hop and R&B according to BIGHIT MUSIC's press release.
Meanwhile, Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (Feat. LOCO) is based on the smeraldo flower—a fictional flower from the BTS' popular song The Truth Untold (Feat. Steve Aoki)’ from the band's Love Yourself album. The new single's official music video accumulated over 13 million as of July 6, 2024.
Additionally, on July 6, BIGHIT MUSIC dropped new concept photos of the MUSE SERENADE version. The Billboard Hot 100 topping K-pop soloist flaunted a buttoned-down royal suit with a bouquet of artificial smeraldo flowers in a picture.
In another picture, Jimin wore a classic black-tie suit and stood holding an electric guitar with smeraldo flowers scattered on the floor. The BTS star appeared in the other three photos wearing a navy blue marching band jacket with gold thread details.
A snippet of the MUSE SERENADE version concept picture segment, in which the Like Crazy singer-songwriter approached a small circular pedestal under the spotlight, was also released by BIGHIT MUSIC. Fans' excitement was increased when they heard an electric guitar tune playing in the backdrop of the video.
In other news, BTS' Park Jimin enlisted in the South Korean military in December 2023 alongside Jungkook, Namjoon, and Taehyung. They will return in June 2025 to resume group activities.
Meanwhile, the Promise singer-somgwriter's upcoming solo album was pre-recorded before he enlisted. The ongoing album promotion and release is overseen by BIGHIT MUSIC.
