BTS member RM sends K-pop fans into a frenzy with new solo releases

After Sunday’s announcement of BTS member RM’s new mixtape, the K-pop idol officially dropped seven new solo numbers.

Along with the release of the mixtape Mono, the leader of BTS also released a music video for the tune, Forever Rain. Fans of BTS were predictably thrown into a frenzy and dominated Twitter’s worldwide trending topics with #monoishere, #monoiscoming and #namjoon (RM’s real name), as well as the titles of new tracks such as like Seoul and Moonchild.

Mono soon topped the iTunes albums charts in almost 90 countries and regions, setting a new record for Korean artists with the most No 1s on the iTunes Top Albums charts around the globe.

The series of self-produced songs also features an impressive line-up of collaborators, such as English electronic music duo Honne, Korean singer eAeon – a friend of RM’s and a member of the indie duo Mot – as well as Nell, one of Korea’s biggest indie rock bands.

A couple of the artists also took to Twitter to announce the arrival of the new material. eAeon wrote: “RM’s Mono has been released. I took part in the song Badbye by doing the featured vocals. Please listen to it.”