“BTS COMEBACK”: Netizens excited as BIGHIT Music announces ‘BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE’ live album with 22 tracks

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BIGHIT Music has announced BTS' comeback with an all-new live album, complete with 22 tracks.

The K-pop phenomenon is set to release Permission to Dance on Stage – Live, as well as a digital piece, BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul. Per the outlet, the new album will feature live renditions of the band's dominating hits, such as Dynamite, Butter, Life Goes On, Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey), and On.

According to Variety, the live album features the highlights of the band's famed Permission to Dance on Stage tour, which debuted as an online concert back in October 2021 before it became a massive global tour. It eventually went on to span 12 shows, raking in over 4 million attendees and viewers, the outlet has reported.

Fans have already begun flocking to X, partly to gush over the band and partly to squeal with excitement over what is to come. Here's how one user reacted, for instance:

"My ghasted is flabbered!!! Finally a LIVE ALBUM?!"

The comments didn't end there:

"you don’t get it i’ve been waiting for stage versions of these songs with all the dope instrumentals not even knowing we’d get them," one fan penned on social media.
"I have no money but AYEEEEEE," someone else quipped.
"Omggg live album im seated," another added.
"i’ll take this as army’s bday present," yet another chimed in.

A few other fans chimed in:

"THIS IS THAT CONCERT WHICH I WATCHED LIVE IN THEATRE N THEY ARE RELEASING ON MY BIRTHDAY OMGGG," one fan exclaimed on X.
"The way I burst into tears. Oh @bts_bighit we’ve waited for a live album for so long. This will be so awesome," someone else shared.
"Their FIRST live concert album??? FINALLY [string of purple hearts]," yet another exclaimed.
"SO U R GOING TO RELEASE THE ALBUM ON STREAMING PLATFORMS RIGHT ????!!!!! WHAT A GOOD DAY TO BE ALIVE !!!!!" an online user shared.

Fans are visibly teeming with excitement upon learning the news.


The setlist of BTS' Permission to Dance On Stage — Live explored below:

Permission to Dance On Stage — Live marks the band's first live album ever, and Billboard has reported that it is expected to drop on July 18. As for the digital package, BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul, it will showcase videos of RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook during their performance at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul in March 2022. It will also feature behind-the-scenes moments.

Find the setlist below, as reported by Uproxx. As of this writing, the 22nd track remains unclear.

  1. On
  2. Fire
  3. Dope
  4. DNA
  5. Blue & Grey
  6. Black Swan
  7. Blood Sweat & Tears
  8. Fake Love
  9. Life Goes On
  10. Boy With Luv
  11. Dynamite (Remix)
  12. Butter
  13. Telepathy
  14. Outro: Wings
  15. Stay
  16. So What
  17. Idol
  18. Home
  19. Anpanman
  20. Go Go
  21. Permission To Dance

The announcement comes weeks after SUGA got discharged from the South Korean military, which now makes him the first member of BTS to have completed his duty.

Edited by Sroban Ghosh