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FILE -In this April 24, 2019, photo, members of South Korean K-Pop group BTS arrive to attend The Fact Music Awards in Incheon, South Korea. BTS will reveal their gradual journey to becoming K-pop superstars through a new Apple Music weekly limited series. The streaming service announced Thursday, May 26, 2022 that BTS will launch their new show BTS Radio: Past & Present on Apple Music 1. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

LOS ANGELES โ€“ BTS will reveal their gradual journey to becoming K-pop superstars through a new Apple Music weekly limited series.

The streaming service announced Thursday that BTS will launch their new show โ€œBTS Radio: Past & Presentโ€ on Apple Music 1. The three-episode limited series will air weekly, leading up to the release of the bandโ€™s new album โ€œProof,โ€ which arrives on June 10.

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The inaugural episode will air May 28 at 6 am PDT.

The Grammy Award-nominated band will take listeners on their quest to stardom while sharing stories and songs that helped shaped them. The group is known for hit songs such as โ€œDynamiteโ€ and โ€œButter.โ€

โ€œWe wanted to use this radio show to celebrate nine years of BTS with you guys and with our ARMY all over the world,โ€ said RM of the seven-member boy band โ€” which also includes J-Hope, Suga, Jungkook, V, Jin and Jimin.

โ€œEvery episode is dedicated to you,โ€ RM continues. โ€œAnd we wanted to share the BTS songs that help tell our story.โ€

In the first episode, BTS explains the beginning of the group with songs that inspired their sound and style. The second episode โ€” which airs June 3 โ€” has the band pick some of the BTS ARMYโ€™s favorite songs.

BTS shows how the group ultimately achieved fame as global music sensations in the final episode on June 10.