BTS Members Share Reasons For Releasing Anthology Album: 'Theme Is Love For Our Fans'

BTS members have revealed why they chose to release a compilation album to celebrate their ninth year in the music industry.

The global sensation is once again on top of the charts after its latest musical project, "Proof," was dropped Friday. As part of the group's anniversary celebration this month, the band pulled off a live, soulful performance of the album's lead single, "Yet to Come," on its official YouTube page Monday.

The septet also recounted their best memories with the band and the reasons for releasing an anthology instead of an album full of new songs.

Group leader RM and Jungkook agreed that the coronavirus lockdowns changed most of their plans and it taught them to be flexible with the content they want to release.

"After our 'ON' promotions, the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. Over the two years since then a lot of things have changed for us as well as for ARMY, right? We've done many unthinkable projects. I guess a lot of things have happened," Jungkook said.

RM replied, "Right, we can say this now but most of the things we've done since 2020 were not planned in advance… The same goes for this project. We've done most things spontaneously based on the best decision we could make each time. Everything was flexible."

The band's oldest member, Jin, said they decided to compile all their hits in one album because they already have a good number of songs.

"We thought it'd be great if you could listen to all these great songs at once. That's another reason," he said. . "We wanted to take a moment to sort out what we've released so far so we put them all in one album."

J-Hope underscored the importance of fans for the group's success and added, "BTS is nothing without our fans, right? So the theme is our love for our fans."

Another BTS member, Kim Tae-Hyung aka V, pointed out that releasing a compilation of old hits was a good way to wrap up their "first chapter."

During the "Proof Live" broadcast, Silk Sonic's Anderson .Paak joined BTS members in the desert-themed set and played the drums.