In addition to his collabs with BTS members, Jin has also taken part in sub-unit collaborations with external artists, such as “Dream Glow” with Charli XCX alongside Jimin and Jungkook for the BTS World mobile game soundtrack, as well as “Bad Decisions,” a collaboration between Benny Blanco, Snoop Dogg, and the BTS vocal line members. Map of the Soul: 7 was originally intended to be BTS’s final release before they began their compulsory military service (but the pandemic interfered with their plans), and so “Moon” would have likely been intended to serve the same reassuring function as “The Astronaut” is now (the same could be said for Jin’s co-written unit track “Stay,” which came in between his two space solos at another point in which BTS intended to begin military service before their plans changed once again). The same year, Jin also had a solo song featured on the soundtrack for K-drama Jirisan, a soft ballad called “Yours.” Jin got to perform “The Astronaut” at Coldplay’s concert in Argentina the day after the song was released, and it was a fitting first performance as well as a farewell (for now) — which you can watch in full in the video above.
