BTS’ memoir of past decade to be published in July

A book describing the K-pop boy band BTS’ 10 years of history will be published in July.

According to the New York Times and the Guardian, the US publisher Flatiron Books will publish a book “Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS" in Korea and the US on July 9.

The publishing industry is already excited, although the book is nearly two months away.

Earlier, Flatiron Books revealed that a famous musician will publish the book on July 9, hiding the author and title of the book.

Information on books such as authors was originally scheduled to be released on June 13.

Music fans speculated that it might be a memoir by American pop star Taylor Swift over the release date of the 13th. Because 13 is known as Swift's usual favorite number.

There was also a view that BTS would be the author. This is because June 13 is the day BTS debuted and July 9 is the official launch of the fan club "ARMY."

As fans flocked, the book was already on Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestsellers. Several bookstores even had to take active steps to secure inventory on the day of the book's publication.

Flatiron Books said the US translation copy consists of 544 pages and contains undisclosed photos.

Write to Si-Ook Ahn at siook95@hankyung.com