BTS upcoming new album recently reached an impressive milestone ahead of its launch date. Pre-order numbers for the Kpop group's "You Never Walk Alone" album surpassed the record set by "Wings" at the time of its release.
It appears that BTS might have another hit with "You Never Walk Alone." The seven-member Kpop group's new album already exceeded the 700,000 mark on pre-order transactions, according to All Kpop.
The said milestone is 200,000 units higher than the pre-order numbers posted by the South Korean boy band's second studio album "Wings." Released in 2016, pre-order transactions for the said BTS album only reached 500,000.
Meanwhile, "You Never Walk Alone" features extended versions of several tracks from the Kpop band's second album, such as "First Love," "MAMA," "Lie," "Stigma," "Reflection" and more. Of the 18-piece track list, only four are new songs namely "Not Today," "Outro: Wings," "Spring Day" and "A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone."
Recently, BTS unveiled teaser clips for some of its upcoming tracks. Released through the group's social networking sites, the short music video for "Spring Day" even contained a mash-up of scenic scenes and interesting locations such as the beach, a roadside motel, a room with a long hallway and more.
The Kpop group is also set to perform "Spring Day," as well as "Not Today," during the band's upcoming Seoul concerts. Scheduled on Feb. 18 and Feb 19, the said performances will mark the start of BTS' world concert tour.
In other news, "Wings" reached a new milestone on Gaon Chart and even broke its own record, eNews24 reported. For the month of January, sales figures for BTS' second studio album increased more than 50,000 to a new high of 773,356 copies from its 2016 record of 710,000 copies.
BTS' "Wings" was released in October 2016, while the launch date for Kpop group's upcoming new album "You Never Walk Alone" is set on Feb. 13. Watch a teaser clip for the boy band's new track "Spring Day" below: