Three songs on BTS's Jimin solo debut album, "FACE," which includes the songs "Face-off," "Like Crazy," and "Alone" were included in the list of songs that KBS is considering regarding broadcast worthiness. According to Xsports News, however, on March 22, the broadcasting station stated that the song "Face-off" was not fit for airing.

The song "Face-off" itself is a song that was directly written by Jimin together with RM BTS, Pdogg, GHSTLOOP, and EVAN. In particular, the song did not qualify for broadcast on KBS due to the lyrics containing swearing, swearing, and vulgar expressions. Meanwhile, Jimin's solo debut album "FACE" will only be released on March 24. 

The album consists of 6 songs including "Face-off," "Interlude: Dive," "Like Crazy," "Alone," "Set Me Free Pt. 2," and "Like Crazy (English Version). Jimin himself participated in the writing of five of the six songs. On March 17, Jimin released the pre-release song "Set Me Free Pt. 2" along with the music video. 

Through this pre-release song, Jimin surprised the public with his song flow which was completely different from what he usually performed when he was with BTS. Even so, Jimin still amazes with the flow of his new song. Only 24 hours after its release, "Set Me Free Pt. 2" has even achieved 4.8 million streams on the Spotify platform. 

With this acquisition, the song automatically becomes a song by a Korean artist with the most plays on its first day in 2023, beating the single "VIBE", which was also performed by Jimin and Taeyang. In addition, "Set Me Free Pt. 2" also set a record when becoming the fastest solo song to reach No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart in 100 territories just 5 hours after release. 

Five hours later or 10 hours after its release, the number of regions has increased to 110. To promote his solo debut album, Jimin himself will appear on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on March 23 and 24. In particular, Jimin's appearance this time will be the first time he has appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" without BTS. What do you think about KBS's decision not to air "Face-off"?

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