"BTS MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 will be released on Friday, February 21," BTS said in a statement uploaded onto the band's official smartphone fan community app Weverse.
BTS promised to unveil more information about its album through Weverse and official online fan communities in the future. The new album is the sequel to "THE MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA", released in April 2019, that contained "Boy With Luv" featuring American singer-songwriter Halsey.