BTS Drops New Pics

BTS has dropped the first batch of concept photos for their upcoming album, Love Yourself: Answer. The photos come from versions “S” and “E” of the album and show the seven members – RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook – in fantasy-like settings.

In the “S” set of photos, the members pose in front of a red backdrop and wear clothes of different colors and patterns, including floral for V and J-Hope, striped for Jimin and Suga, checkered for RM, holographic for Jin and an embellished jacket for Jungkook. The members also pose for individual portraits, which show them mid-air surrounded by various objects, such as stretched-out hands, open eyes and pointing cameras.

The photos for the “E” version are much softer, depicting the guys wearing pastels and enclosed in magical terrariums. Their group photo also gives off a mysterious vibe, as the BTS members all have their hands tied to strings on a wall.

Love Yourself: Answer is the final portion of BTS’ 2017-18 Love Yourself series, which began last year with September’s Love Yourself: Her and made history when Love Yourself: Tear debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. BTS is the first-ever Korean act to top the chart, and Tear was the first predominantly non-English album to hit No. 1 since 2006.