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BIGHIT MUSIC released the behind-the-scene practice clip of BTS Jimin's WHO on July 21, 2024. The Grammy-nominated musician dropped his second solo album, MUSE, on July 19, and took over music charts.
The official music video of the album's title track, WHO, was lauded globally. It entered the iTunes Worldwide Song Chart at No.1 across 112 countries within 10 hours of its release. Meanwhile, fans were stunned to see the Instagram reel of Jimin's WHO practice video, where he was singing live.
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The clip went viral online as ARMY praised the artist for his stable vocals even during his rehearsals. One fan wrote on X:
"NEVER SPEAK ON HIS VOCALS"
BTS ARMY flooded social media and showered compliments on the singer-songwriter for his baritone and for creating the choreography of WHO.
"He's singing live during a dance practice. my god. THE STANDARD. LITERALLY," one fan wrote.
"The amount of space Jimin has to use in this entire performance. And OMG HIS MIC IS ON," another fan added.
"Live Vocals in perfection while dancing like a god! PLUS He made the choreography himself, truly the MAIN POP BOY! Very proud of our super talented, organic and creative Artist!" one fan wrote on Instagram.
Others praised him on X for his commitment to his work and willingness to go above and beyond during rehearsals.
"The BTS boys are amazing and crazy talented. Even after years im in awe of their talent and hard work. I'm so proud to be a fan of such devoted artists," one fan wrote on X.
"No bc u don’t understand how wild I'm feeling rn because they released this now just when the song and jimin himself have been receiving backlash for using autotune and people questioning as if he can sing the song live? He rly said “say what now?"" a fan commented.
"The live vocals. I hope they release the dance practice with vocals rehearsal too," another person said.
BTS Jimin drops MUSE and debuts at No.1 on both the iTunes Album Chart and Worldwide Song chart
On July 19, MUSE entered No. 1 on the UK iTunes Album Chart and became the first album by a K-pop act to achieve this feat in 2024. The album topped 63 countries on the iTunes Album Chart the same day, including Russia, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, and, France, among others.
Moreover, the title track WHO reached No. 1 in over 100 countries within 10 hours of its global release and took over 112 countries by July 20 on the iTunes Worldwide Song Chart. With this, he became the first and only K-pop act to record the fastest charting number on this list. The only other artists to reign the chart in 2024 are BTS' RM with Come back to me and Lost!, and EMINEM.
Along with WHO, the other B-side tracks of Jimin's album made it into the top 10 on iTunes, including Be Mine at No.5, SLOW DANCE (feat. Sofia Carson) at No. 6, Rebirth (Intro) at No. 7, and Interlude: SHOWTIME at No. 10. As of July 21, he spent a second day on the top of this global chart.
In other news, BTS' Park Jimin pre-recorded MUSE before his military enlistment and filmed MMM (Mini & Moni Music)—Jimin album-exchange edition with RM. The video was released on July 20, 2024, on BTS' YouTube channel, BANGTANTV. He enlisted in the South Korean military on December 12, 2023, and will return in June 2025.
