BTS’ Suga releases ‘Agust D’ mixtape in full on streaming services

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He’s got a big house, big cars and big rings. Suga’s net worth definitely lives up to the hype. BTS’ main rapper and producer just released his first full-length solo album and sold out his solo world tour within minutes.

Suga from K-pop boyband BTS has released his first studio album, ‘D-Day’.The record was released today (April 21), alongside a music video for lead single ‘Haegeum’. The thrilling clip follows two versions of Suga – one a cop, the other a gangster – as they prepare to face off against one another.“This song’s a haegeum, get on board now / The lively rhythm, perhaps this could be a new kind of haegeum,” he raps on the song’s chorus, in reference to the traditional Korean string instrument haegeum.Suga’s new studio album ‘D-Day’ also featured collaborations with his BTS bandmate J-hope on ‘HUH?!’, as well as Woosung of The Rose and late Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto on ‘Snooze’.

McKinley Franklin editor Piracy is projected to expand to new heights in one of the most popular forms of entertainment consumption — streaming services. By 2027, there is a projected loss of $113 billion for streaming video providers serving U.S. customers due to content theft, according to a report from research firm Parks Associates.  Parks’ latest forecast reveals piracy rates for U.S. streaming services in film and television programming will increase from 22% in 2022 to 24.5% in 2027. This increase will also bring an estimated $700 million value of fraudulent advertising delivered online to consumers that same year. 

Suga has released a new teaser for the next episode of his online talk show Suchwita.Yesterday (April 17), the K-pop idol unveiled a teaser for episode nine of his popular online talk show Suchwita, which previously guest starred Yeonjun and Taehyun of TXT.The teaser opens with Suga’s BTS bandmate RM chanting, “R-chwita, R-chwita, time to drink some alcohol, Suga is gone. An all new Suchwita,” followed by him opening the show as the host.RM then introduces the “guest” for the week, a “fresh new 4th generation artist” who he has known for 13 years – none other than Suga himself, though with a sugar cube superimposed over his face.The pair then go on to discuss Suga’s upcoming debut studio album ‘D-Day’ and their journey as members of BTS, among other topics.

Suga has spoken about his thoughts on a potential future BTS reunion.The K-pop idol recently spoke to Disney+ Korea in the lead up to his upcoming documentary film Suga: Road to D-Day. During the interview, he used a “brain map” to symbolise everything that has been on his mind recently, including reuniting with BTS.“This is about the whole team again, which is taking up a lot in my brain map these days,” Suga says. “Of course, the six of us could have done it together, but we said ‘we are perfect when we seven are all together.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor “Subscription fatigue” among consumers is only getting worse, making it even more challenging for direct-to-streaming video providers to retain customers, according to Deloitte’s latest Digital Media Trends survey. As streaming video competition continues to intensify, subscription growth rates across the industry have slowed — and churn rates have increased, according to the Deloitte’s 17th annual Digital Media Trends report. On average, U.S. consumers pay $48 per month for subscription-video services, Deloitte’s survey found. About half of those surveyed agreed that they “pay too much” for SVOD services, while about one-third said they intend to reduce their number of entertainment subscriptions.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor The world’s largest music company, Universal Music Group, is asking major streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music to block artificial intelligence companies from using its music to “train” their technology, according to a recent report in Financial Times. Confirming the report, a UMG spokesperson told the FT: “We have a moral and commercial responsibility to our artists to work to prevent the unauthorized use of their music and to stop platforms from ingesting content that violates the rights of artists and other creators. We expect our platform partners will want to prevent their services from being used in ways that harm artists.”

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Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled three tiers for its new Max service today. The pricing keeps Max in line with HBO Max, and at the top end of the entertainment streaming spectrum. A price hike several months ago by HBO Max made it the most expensive service among major streamers, and the new set of plans will keep it just ahead of Netflix’s most popular U.S. plan, which now costst $15.49 a month.

It was announced today at the Warner Bros Discovery streamer presser that this spring’s DC feature, Shazam: Fury of the Gods, would be hitting the newly revamped Max service on its relaunch date, May 23.

Suga has touched on how watching labelmates TXT reminded him of BTS‘ early days.Yeonjun and Taehyun of TXT recently made an appearance on the latest episode of Suga’s online talk show Suchwita, where the K-pop idols talked about their first impressions of each other.“My first impression of TXT was… When the company was in Samseong-dong, you guys had just debuted and you were so exhausted,” Suga said.“You’d be napping while you were on standby and that made me feel so bad,” Suga added, saying that it was “like looking at [BTS] when we were young”.Yeonjun responded by noting the tough road BTS initially took before achieving success, saying: “I think you guys had it much harder than we ever did. We heard so much about it.”Taehyun added that TXT have been “able to work in a better environment thanks to you”.Later, the TXT members revealed their first impressions of Suga, with Yeonjun saying that during their initial meeting, he thought the BTS member might have been “in a bad mood”.“But later, I warmed up to you, because one time you bought us fried chicken,” he added.

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IU and BTS member Suga have performed their 2020 collaboration ‘eight’ together for the first time since its release.Yesterday (April 10), IU released a new episode of her YouTube talk show IU’s Palette with Suga as a guest. Between discussions about Suga’s upcoming solo album ‘D-Day’, the pair took time to perform their 2020 single ‘eight’ together for the first time.For the performance, the pair trade the track’s upbeat pop instrumental for a live acoustic accompaniment.

Suga has discussed his thoughts on his 2016 debut mixtape ‘Agust D’.The BTS member recently spoke to Billboard where he reflected on some of his past releases, such as the mixtapes ‘Agust D’ and ‘D-2’. The interview came shortly after the release of Suga latest single ‘People Pt.

Suga, also a member of the K-pop boyband BTS, has released the tracklist of his debut album ‘D-Day’.Today (April 10), the K-pop idol unveiled the tracklist of his upcoming debut solo album ‘D-Day’, which is set to feature collaborations with four other artists. Those include his BTS bandmate J-hope on ‘HUH?!’, as well as Woosung of The Rose and Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto on ‘Snooze’.‘D-Day’ also includes the pre-release song ‘People Pt.

Zara Tindall certainly turned heads as she arrived at the royals' annual Easter Sunday service at Windsor Castle in a bright pink dress.The 41 year old granddaughter of the late Queen looked stunning in the fuchsia midi-dress as she eschewed the navy, light blue and cream dress code adopted by many of the royals for the Easter event. She arrived arm-in-arm with her husband, I'm A Celeb star Mike Tindall, 44, and their two eldest children, daughters Mia, nine, and four year old Lena, whilst baby Lucas was taken care of at home.

S Club 7’s Paul Cattermole.The musician, 46, is reported to have died at home on April 6, just weeks after the band announced details of their reunion. While the cause of death is currently unknown, police confirmed that there were no suspicious circumstances.S Club 7 were managed by former Spice Girls manager Fuller and he today (April 8) paid tribute to Cattermole in a statement to PA News.“Paul was a beacon of light for a generation of pop music fans and he will be greatly missed.“We’re all deeply shocked and saddened by this news,” he added.A statement from Cattermole’s management confirmed the news yesterday (April 7).

BTS member Suga as its newest ambassador.Today (April 6), the NBA released a video featuring Suga on its official Twitter account, where the K-pop idol revealed that he is “proud to announce that [he has] become an NBA ambassador”.“It is personally a great honour as I have loved basketball since I was young. Stay turned for more to come with the NBA,” he says in the video.

Naman Ramachandran After the relaunch of Epix as MGM+ in the U.S. in January, Amazon has revealed that its MGM international streaming service will relaunch as MGM+ International in key European countries. MGM+ has also concluded a content deal with Lionsgate for a package of premium films and television series and under this arrangement, MGM+ International will stream premier series from Lionsgate and Starz in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, at no extra cost to their current subscription, which is €3.99 ($4.36) per month. Beginning this weekend, series available will include the Power franchise, “Black Sails,” “Black Mafia Family,” “Mad Men” and “Nashville” with more new, first-run and exclusive Lionsgate titles titles to follow. Lionsgate+ subscribers who joined via Prime Video Channels will now get access to the MGM+ International streaming service and will be able to watch Lionsgate content alongside films from MGM Studios.