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BTS to drop new 'Dynamite' music video to feature on Fortnite

BTS in collaboration with Fortnite. [BIG HIT ENTERTAINMENT]


BTS will premiere a new choreography music video for its latest single "Dynamite" in the virtual social space within the game Fortnite on Sept. 26, the agency announced on Tuesday.

An online video game developed by Epic Games, Fortnite offers various game modes for players: battle royale, party royale, creative, and save the world. Under the party royale mode, players can watch virtual live concerts and movies with other players and it will be in this mode that the video will be released.

Following the release of the official music video of "Dynamite" on Aug. 21, BTS dropped the B-side version of the music video on Aug. 25 which included bloopers. In collaboration with Epic Games, the new music video will feature new choreography to the song.

The official music video of "Dynamite" has garnered more than 3 million views on YouTube in a month and has broken three Guinness World Records: the most viewed YouTube video in 24 hours, the most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours and the most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a K-pop group.

BTS also released four other remix versions of “Dynamite” titled “Slow Jam,” “Midnight,” “Retro” and “Bedroom” on Sept. 18.

BY KIM YEON-AH [kim.yeonah@joongang.co.kr]