ONE of the members of the biggest South Korean boyband BTS will be releasing his solo album debut in late March.
In a WeVerse notice, BTS announced that Park Jimin, mononymously known as Jimin, will embark on his solo career journey with the release of his debut album called FACE on March 24.
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The album’s concept will focus on how BTS’ lead vocalist and main dancer faced himself head-on as he geared for his activities as a solo artist.
BTS also shared that Jimin will be meeting fans for the promotion of his solo album.
“Jimin will see the fans through various activities including the ‘FACE’ release so we ask for your continued interest and support for Jimin’s first official solo activity,” BTS wrote.
Pre-orders for the album will start on Wednesday, February 22.
READ: BTS’ Jimin to debut as solo artist
Face off?
While most fans are excited about Jimin’s forthcoming solo album release, some BTS fans, also called ARMYs, can’t help but compare his solo project to other Korean idols whose albums bear the same name.
Solar from MAMAMOO and Key from SHINee also released an album with similar titles in 2022 and 2018 respectively.
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ARMYs called out some SHINee fans, called Shawols, for hating Jimin over the similar album title. According to them, one SHINee member also released an album with the same title as BTS’ Life Goes On, but they did not make a big deal about it.
shawols hating on jimin for naming his album FACE because one shinee member has one album named like that it's sooo funny cause another shinee member released an album called life goes on and no army gave a single fuck like we didn't even know😭
— lilac lieutenant 🪞 (@btsprmanager) February 21, 2023
Meanwhile, another BTS fan threw hate on Solar and Key by implying that their albums were irrelevant as it accumulated low first day sales.
Less than 20k first day sales… you do not care abt these peole you’re namedropping in the quotes https://t.co/Z3YK7a1jzo pic.twitter.com/AdjHZDD2JH
— jmie 🪞 (@jmiemeee) February 21, 2023
On the other hand, a Twitter user noted that fans of the other two idols were “crying” over the fact that the FACE album will be remembered by the public because of Jimin instead of Solar and Key.
also i think it's hilarious how even solar from mamamoo (learned today too) has an album named face but they only started crying with jimin cause they know he's about to outsold and people will only remember face because of him, well sorry for your loss https://t.co/mMj6zcJTff
— 🎀 – FACE is coming (@verojmn) February 21, 2023