D-DAY
Release date: 21 April 2023
Announcement
Announcement notice, pre-order notice
Official page
Promotion Schedule
D-DAY Calendar: April week 1 (eng), week 2 (eng), week 3 (eng), week 4 (eng) May week 1 (eng), week 2 (eng), week 3 (eng), week 4 (eng) June week 1 (eng), week 2 (eng), week 3 (eng), week 4 (eng)
Tracklist
Glitch film
Concept Photo: being, exister (see below)
SUGA | Agust D 'Road to ARMY' (see below)
Weverse live
Special picture: Spotify and Melon (HD), QQMUSIC
Melon page with exclusive pictures
Naver posts:
Something is finally here (eng)
SUGA | Agust D 'D-DAY' activities behind the scenes revealed!
BANGTAN BOMBs:
SUGA's POV Naver Posting
'Haegeum' Challenge Video Shoots Sketch
Spotify Hero Film (Behind the Scenes)
SUGA’s Instagram post: D-2, D-DAY
SUGA is the fifth member to have a solo release in Chapter 2. This album also concludes Agust D’s career after Agust D and D-2.
The army film club account posted a Twitter thread showing several parallels between the whole Agust D trilogy and the movie Scarface (1983) by Brian de Palma.
Tracklist
D-Day
Lyrics
Doolsetbangtan’s translation
해금 (Haegeum)
Lyrics
Doolsetbangtan’s translation
An haegeum is a traditional string instrument. it can also mean “to lift a ban” in some cases
The beat is similar to the one in the video SUGA 의 Maschine mk2 review (src). It was also used in “The Last” in the first Agust D mixtape
HUH?! (feat. j-hope)
Lyrics
Doolsetbangtan’s translation
AMYGDALA
Lyrics
Doolsetbangtan’s translation
SDL
Lyrics
Doolsetbangtan’s translation
사람 Pt.2 (feat. 아이유)
Lyrics
Doolsetbangtan’s translation
극야 (Polar Night)
Lyrics
Doolsetbangtan’s translation
Interlude: Dawn
SUGA explained in his Weverse live that he used a part of the track for “Snooze” and reversed it to obtain this interlude
Snooze (feat. Ryuchi Sakamoto, 김우성 of The Rose)
Lyrics
Doolsetbangtan’s translation
Life Goes On
Lyrics
Doolsetbangtan’s translation
“Life Goes On” is also the title of BE’s main track
The description of each track is available in Korean here.
“사람 Pt.2 (feat. 아이유)”
Release date: 7 April 2023
Poster
DJ Syub radio show form (eng translation)
DJ Syub's kkul FM is back
SUGA’s Instagram post: lyrics (eng translation), album cover, on the set
Official Photo on Melon (archive)
MV Photo Sketch
Episode of the MV Shoot Sketch
This song is the second collaboration between SUGA/Agust D and IU, after “eight(에잇) (Prod.&Feat. SUGA of BTS)” released in May 2020.
The MV was filmed at South Cape (cr. btsmap1). They used one of the cliff houses for the part in the home and the music library for the part in the studio. During this first part, you can notice decorative fake books and a Danish springy-toy called Hoptimist (src). Thanks to Instagram stories from Nam Hyunwoo and the brand Entre d’eux, we know some of their products were in the bathroom: the nkumba flos or the verte grez hand wash as well as the bitter vitae hand cream.
The black dog appearing in the MV is Nam Hyunwoo’s, the director of photography who’s been working on pretty much every BTS MVs and CFs. Nam himself did a cameo in “The Astronaut” MV.
A Danish ARMY also caught sight of an Hoptimist, a little springy-toy designed by Danish designer Gustav Ehrenreich in 1968 (src).
Glitch Film
Release date: 14 April 2023
The film starts with a calendar from 2016, moving from January to August, passing July twice. The first Agust D mixtape was released on the 16 August, 2016.
The following part mixes extracts of the previous videos so “Agust D” MV, “give it to me” MV and “Daechwita” MV. There are also new elements that seems to relate to D-DAY, including a recorder, birds, dollar bills, and an eye. The video also connects the three human shapes to an MV:
rectangle shape: “Agust D” MV
spiky shape: “Daechwita” MV
particle shape: “give it to me” MV
Concept Photo
Release date: 17-18 April 2023
Being
Exister
Outfits and accessories: tropical shirt identified by BangtanStyling
In the Being concept photo, SUGA stands in front of a fake police station, the APC (Asia Pacific Police Union).
@Lmyjj noticed that these pictures fits with the shapes seen previsouly, notably on the promotion schedule and on the main poster for the documentary SUGA: Road to D-DAY.
“해금”
Release date: 20 April 2023
Teaser
Jacket Shoot Photo Sketch
Episode of MV & Jacket Shoot Sketch
Dance practice
Outfits and accessories: tweets from BangtanStyling, Tailorable’s Instagram post about the custom suit
The MV was filmed in Bangkok, notably in a place known as the thieves' market (src). The street scenes were filmed here (src), the hideout of criminal Agust D was here and the tangerine scene happened in a nearby street.
The team also used popular filming locations, namely this deserted building (src) already seen in Jeff Satur’s “Dum Dum” MV and in the Hidden messages video teasing Kinneporsche, as well as the sports complex Nightingale Rama Inthra Club (src) famous for being a shooting location of F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers. Director Lumpens shared his storyboard for the video on Instagram. MU:E did too (#1, #2, #3).
The dragon on SUGA's jacket is a symbol of royalty in Korea (src). It could a nod to "Daechwita" MV. Be it in the MV or in the choreography, SUGA is accompanied by 6 extra, reminding of the 6 other members of BTS.
Nam Hyunwoo, director of photography for all BTS MVs and some CFs, makes a cameo as a policeman in the background.
chloë and army film club noticed parallels between the MV and the movie Oldboy.
“AMYGDALA”
Release date: 25 April 2023
MV & Jacket Shoot Photo Sketch
Episode of the MV & Jacket Shoot Sketch
SUGA’s Instagram post
Outfits and accessories: tweets from BangtanStyling
Thanks to the Episode, we know the video features the book The Logo Design Idea Book by Gail Andersen and Steven Heller, the issue 39 of Magazine B titled “Breville”, and the frontpage of two international editions of The New York Times, the one from the 17th of May 2022 and the other from the 16th of May 2022.
As for the filming location, it was at the basketball court of the Juam-dong Sports Park and in a street nearby.
@btswingsjm7 noticed that one of the shirt Agust D wears is from Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s collection, about the duality between one’s self image and the public preconceptions..
During the scene in front of the 202 flat, we can see custom-made flyers with phone numbers that mix the digits of SUGA’s birthday (9th March, 1993). The flyers on the door advertise delivery for Korean chicken, food and Hit Shopping products, with special promotions for Chuseok (Hit Shopping could be a nod to Big Hit). The flyer on the whole is for internet contracts and the one below is for a washing service. Concerning the little stickers they’re all locksmiths’ name and phone number.
SUGA | Agust D TOUR D-DAY
Announcement (additional dates)
Get Ready for the Day
Get Ready for D-DAY
Official Trailer
Official Merch
TOUR DIARY in: NY (eng), Chicago (eng), LA (eng), Oakland (eng), Jakarta (eng), Japan (eng), Bangkok (eng) Singapore (eng), Seoul (eng)
[EPISODE] SUGA | Agust D TOUR 'D-DAY' in the USA
[EPISODE] SUGA | Agust D TOUR 'D-DAY' in Asia
[SUGA VLOG] D-DAY TOUR in: Chicago, Jakarta, Phuket
Stage Photo Sketch
SUGA’s Instagram post: playing guitar, tour, Chicago, Chicago 2, LA, Oakland, Jakarta, #2, Japan, Bangkok, Singapore, #2, Seoul, #2, thanks
MAX’s tweet about his appearance on May 11 at the Kia Forum
Halsey’s Instagram post about her appearance on May 14 at the Kia Forum
NME: “Suga live in New York: a show-stopping statement of artistic intent at the BTS rapper’s debut solo tour”
Weverse Magazine: SUGA | Agust D ‘D-DAY’ world tour report
MAX, Halsey, and PSY made guest appearances for some dates. They respectively sang “Burn It”, “SUGA’s interlude”, and “That That” (src).
THE FINAL: poster
[EPISODE] SUGA | Agust D TOUR 'D-DAY' THE FINAL
An encore concert on August in Seoul was announced at the end of the tour, through a meme-like poster (a style they used several times for comebacks live show).
This time, it’s the members who made guest appearances. Jung Kook came to sing “Burn It” and “Seven”, Jimin performed “Tony Montana” and “Like Crazy”, and RM did “이상하지 않은가 (Strange)” as well as an unreleased song he was working on.
THE MOVIE
Official tweets
Announcement
Main Trailer (English, Korean)
IMAX Trailer (English, Korean)
Ticket Announcement
'SUGA: Road to D-DAY'
Mood Teaser
Poster teaser
Official Trailer
Official Photo 1
Main Poster
Official Trailer 2
Highlight
'People Pt.2 (feat. IU)' Live Clip (60")
'People' Live Clip (90")
'해금 (Haegeum)' Live Clip (full ver.)
'대취타' Live Clip (full ver.)
Starnews: “BTS SUGA on fire... 'SUGA: Road to D-DAY' live still released”
Youtube playlist on Disney+ Korea
Steve Aoki’s tweet with pictures
This documentary follows SUGA during a road trip in the United States, while he was creating the album.
Concerning the main poster, you can notice seven song titles written, probably the ones that will be performed live in the documentary:
“People” and “Daechwita” are from D-2 while all the other tracks are from D-Day.
Press releases, interviews, and promotion
[IU's Palette🎨] IU X SUGA Palette (With SUGA) Ep.19
Billboard: “BTS’ Suga Returns as Agust D to Tackle Loneliness, Humanity & Being Acknowledged”
Weverse magazine: “From Agust D with love”
Apple Music Radio: Episode 1
"D-DAY" album introduction
슈취타 EP.9 RM with Agust D
Rolling Stone: “‘I Poured My Soul Into This Album:’ How Suga Let Go of the Past and Stepped Into His Future”
NME: “Suga of BTS: “You have to find what makes you happy, what brings you joy””
NME: “Agust D – ‘D-DAY’ review: lessons and liberation reign on final part of BTS rapper’s trilogy”
CINE 21: “Interview in commemoration of the release of the last album of Agust D’s trilogy <D-DAY>”
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Standoff with BTS' SUGA & Agust D, SUGA Gets Ready for His Tonight Show Solo Debut, Imposter Challenge with SUGA, SUGA Spills on His Album D-DAY and Attempts to Play the Haegeum, tweets
Los Angeles Times: “BTS’ Suga on going solo, his love of hip-hop and the band’s future: ‘We’re real brothers, period’“
The Atlantic: “Suga of BTS’s World Tour Is Pop Subversion at Its Finest”
SUGA’s All Night Nippon Gold (interview translation)
K-pop ON! Track: “BTS’ SUGA Drops His Official Solo Album, D-Day” (archive of the video)
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