So that we’re not focusing too much on what’s happening in the next few *days*, why not talk about the next twelve *months*? What are your BTS predictions for 2024?

I had a pretty mixed record with my 2023 predictions ([https://www.reddit.com/r/bts7/comments/znrzoz/bts\_predictions\_for\_2023/](https://www.reddit.com/r/bts7/comments/znrzoz/bts_predictions_for_2023/)), but let’s give it a shot!

* J-Hope has already confirmed that his *On the Street* OST will be six songs: [https://www.nme.com/en\_au/news/music/bts-j-hope-teases-new-music-to-come-in-2024-3471004](https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/bts-j-hope-teases-new-music-to-come-in-2024-3471004). It *might* be the next project to come out, depending on how long Namjoon’s album takes to produce and master. But either way: I think it’s going to be very fun and funky, and might sound more like *Hope World* than some of the darker, more contemplative material on *Jack in the Box*.
* Namjoon’s mini album (which might even be an album by now) will come out in the first half of 2024. It’s going to be a collaboration with Balming Tiger – either explicitly branded as such (“RM X Balming Tiger”) or just with a heavy role for Balming Tiger’s producers behind the scenes.
* What will Namjoon’s new album sound like? My wild guess is that this might be Namjoon’s *”Awaken, My Love”* \- that is, based on his performance of “Pain Divine” at Suga’s last concert, I think we’ll see more of Namjoon’s singing than his rapping, with a focus on funk and soul. (Shining through the city, etc.) And given “Pain Divine” and Namjoon’s verses in “Sexy Nukim”, “Smoke Sprite” and “Don’t Ever Say Love Me”, I think there’s going to be a lot of English in it.
* Jimin has obviously been working on something! He’s worked with Ryan Tedder, he took a mysterious trip to Budapest, and of course there’s a lot of producers he worked with for *Face* whose work didn’t end up on the album. I don’t think we’re going to get a full album from him during his enlistment, given that *Face* was relatively brief. But I think we’ll at least get a digital single or a single album. In light of Ryan Tedder’s track record, it might be more straightforwardly “pop” than some of the darker introspective material on *Face*.
* After Jin’s enlistment we might get a mini album from him in the second half of the year. Given “Awake”, “Epiphany”, “Moon” and “The Astronaut”, I think it’s a pretty good bet that it’ll focus on pop rock ballads. (As much as we all love “Super Tuna”, this will be the first post-enlistment album from a BTS member – I think they’ll play it reasonably safe.)
* And finally…*I think that 2024 is the year that Ddaeng will be uploaded to streaming, maybe as a Festa 2024 gift*. There. *I said it*.

So. What do you think is coming up in 2024 for BTS?

by EyeforError