"The final solo album is coming!" — ARMYs excited as BTS' Jin's debut solo record is reported to release in November

On October 14, 2024, Ten Asia reported that BTS' Kim Seok-jin's upcoming debut solo album may be released in November. The Grammy-nominated artist was discharged from his mandatory military service on June 12, 2024, and has been working on his solo music since then. Recently, he dropped the full version of his popular track, Super Tuna, on October 11.

Daily Sports reported that BIGHIT MUSIC confirmed the idol's upcoming album release in a statement:

"Jin is currently preparing an album with the goal of releasing it in November. We will reveal more details as soon as they are finalized."

Fans were thrilled with the news and flooded social media with compliments. The forthcoming album will mark his debut solo release although he released his debut solo single, The Astronaut, on October 28, 2022. After that he enlisted in the military on December 13, 2022, to fulfill 18 months of mandatory service. The Astronaut was co-written by Jin and Coldplay.

Meanwhile, a fan excitedly wrote on X,

"This final solo album is coming!! Jin is coming back!!"

The BTS ARMY trended several phrases on X such as "KSJ1 IS COMING," "KSJ1 IN NOVEMBER," and more. Fans expressed how excited they are over the upcoming album release.

"I will seriously cry right now. I'VE WAITED YEARS FOR THIS," a fan wrote.

"Just in time for the holiday takeover. Jin never takes the easy road. I think he knows how much we love him," another fan wrote.

"Omgg it's official now, we are getting ksj1 next month!" another fan said.

A few fans mentioned that they would wait for BIGHIT MUSIC to announce the release date while others joined the online celebrations.

"I will only believe it when the announcement finally comes this week. Or maybe I'll just wait for big hit to deny," one fan commented.

"OMFG?!?!??!?!?! SO THEN ANNOUNCEMENT SHOULD BE REALLY SOON!!!!!! OMG OMG I CAN'T WAIT YESSS!!!!!" another fan reacted.

"Hobi coming back this month and we will be getting jin's solo album next month..armys are being fed well," another fan added.

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BTS' Jin drops Super Tuna (Extended Version), takes over No. 1 on iTunes worldwide charts

Super Tuna (Extended Version) was dropped on October 11 and has been reigning at No. 1 on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart and the European iTunes Song Charts for two days in a row. Star News reported that the song climbed to No. 1 on the iTunes Top Song Chart across 57 countries and regions, including the US, Japan, Brazil, and Australia.

Additionally, on October 11, Super Tuna (Extended Version) peaked on Japan's Oricon 'Daily Digital Single Ranking' list. This is significant for the BTS ARMY as the singer asked them to not share or stream the song often during a Weverse live stream on October 10, 2024. This is because of the inside joke between him and his fans where ARMYs trended the original Super Tuna globally in 2021.

The original 1-minute song, Super Tuna, was released on December 4, 2021, on Jin's birthday. The original track was released on South Korea on kids' channels like Teletubbies, Pororo, and Baby Shark Pinkfong. The song entered the Top 10 Hot Trending Songs of the Billboard Hot 100 charts and amassed over 29 million YouTube views on the track's MV in 2021.

Following his military discharge on June 12, 2024, he re-recorded the full-length version and released it with an official music video. In the music video, the artist could be seen singing about his wish to find a tuna fish, mackerel, or even a shark.

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