PRODUCER JIMIN bagged Gaon Nomination, Japanese Hot 100, Bubbling Under Hot 100, song played in The Voice Spain and now is going to be the Soundtrack of Marvel Movie. Jimin did all that with his iPad 😭
— 😼 (@pjmsdoII) October 17, 2021
On October 17, news started going around that BTS' song 'Friends' was in the lineup for the soundtracks included in the upcoming and highly anticipated Marvel movie production, 'Eternals,' expected to premiere on November 5, 2021. 'Friends' was written, composed, and produced by Jimin. The KOREA MUSIC COPYRIGHT ASSOCIATION (KOMCA) lists Jimin in Classification A for song-writer, and Classification C for Composer, under the songs Friends. Additionally, Jimin is credited as a producer in the song.
Credit for images: @BUSANBOY___TWT
Marvel Studios is one of the biggest and most reputable film production entities in existence, and the movie's cast includes award-winning big names in Hollywood, such as Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kit Harington, Richard Madden, and Ma Dong Seok (also known as Don Lee) to mention a few. Therefore, this news spread like wildfire.
To put into context, the American film and entertainment studio Walt Disney Studios, a Walt Disney Company studios content segment, is the parent company to Marvel Studios among many other prominent film production companies. Of note is that the Walt Disney Studios ranks fourth among the oldest companies in the industry and is also one of the 'Big Five' companies considered to be major film studios. In fact, the company recorded $13.2 billion at the global post office in 2019, which was an industry record that does not seem like any other company will record any time soon. Additionally, the company is responsible for the production of 6 of the top 10 highest-grossing films of all time globally and 2 of the highest-grossing film franchises of all time. This data shows how big of a deal it is to be a part of the company's production, in any capacity, hence the excitement about 'Friends' being part of the 'Eternals' production.
It all started when a Brazilian Marvel fanbase posted a list of songs saying that they would be included in the upcoming Marvel movie. The fanbase claimed to have gotten the information from an official document but was unsure as to whether they were at liberty to disclose this source. However, they did say that the source had previously posted news regarding a previous Marvel movie, and the songs listed as soundtracks all turned out to be accurate.
According to a Brazilian Marvel fanbase "Friends," produced by Jimin and performed by Jimin and Taehyung, is featured as one of the tracks in the OST of the anticipated Marvel Studios film 'Eternals'
— JIMIN DATA • Jimtober (@PJM_data) October 16, 2021
The movie's release is on November 5 pic.twitter.com/xNcoWAHRyV
The same fanbase also claims the information came from a document Disney released but they are not sure if they can disclose said document.
— JIMIN DATA • Jimtober (@PJM_data) October 17, 2021
They claim the source is the same as the source of a previous Marvel movie, where all the songs included were later 100% confirmed pic.twitter.com/Nl55DEaICM
Later on in the same day, a leading independent entertainment news outlet 'The Direct' published an article authored by Matt Roembke, reporting the same news that the song 'Friends' would be a soundtrack in the 'Eternals' movie. This outlet covers news regarding Marvel Universe. The author says that 'Friends' was one of only two contemporary hits on the list of soundtracks, which was the type of familiarity that gives Marvel movies the trademark age-inclusive vibe.
contemporary hits on this list. This is the type of familiarity that gives Marvel movies that trademark age-inclusive vibe.”
— JIMIN DATA • Jimtober (@PJM_data) October 17, 2021
PRODUCER JIMIN pic.twitter.com/xveRrozgyl
Writer of the article on The Direct https://t.co/Q18FjnxsXg
— JIMIN DATA • Jimtober (@PJM_data) October 17, 2021
WARNING- MINOR SPOILERS IN LINK:#Eternals' music tracklist has been revealed, featuring songs from Lizzo and BTS! Full list of 10 songs: https://t.co/9rLQZ6KOL7 pic.twitter.com/2ooskHE5X6
— MCU - The Direct (@MCU_Direct) October 17, 2021
On October 18, the Korean media outlet Newsen revealed that Walt Disney Company Korea had indeed confirmed that the song would be a soundtrack in the movie, therefore making the news official. The outlet further reported that the song would be 'on a certain scene' in the film. It explains how the song first drew attention as Jimin's debut release as a producer and also for its honest story of friendship. Notably, the film depicts the friendship between immortal superheroes, who have protected the earth against humanity's oldest enemy for thousands of years. This storyline is in alignment with the song.
Walt Disney Co. Korea has confirmed to media Newsen that the song 'Friends' written, composed and produced by Jimin will be part of Marvel's 'The Eternals' soundtrack.
— JIMIN DATA • Jimtober (@PJM_data) October 18, 2021
📎 https://t.co/0ok0n9p505
PROUD OF PRODUCER JIMIN pic.twitter.com/1ogqZlz1Q4
BTS ‘Friends’ will be in the Eternals from Marvel … “Will be on a certain scene” [Official]
— 박지민기록계🎂 (@traceofjimin) October 19, 2021
“[…] Friends drew attention as a song Jimin produced for the first time and especially includes a honest story of friendship. The song will be on a certain scene in the movie Eternals.” pic.twitter.com/ECr5VhsA5S
With this official confirmation, Jimin once again makes history as this would be only the second time that a Korean song is included in a Hollywood blockbuster movie, following the featuring of Psy's 'Hangover' in Black Panther.
[NEWS] @BTS_twt
— Dalbit Bangtan⁷ (@dalbitbangtan) October 18, 2021
It's been confirmed by Walt Disney Company Korea to Newsen that "Friends" by BTS will be included in the OST of the upcoming Marvel movie "Eternals".
This is the 2nd time a Korean song is included in a Hollywood movie OST after Psy's "Hangover" in Black Panther. pic.twitter.com/tpYvGnssBr
On October 20, one entertainment journalist and TV/film editor said she had seen the film and that the song opens up a scene and is in the entire scene. A good chunk of it is played. It is fully audible at first, then slowly fades to the background with the beginning of the dialogue.
I've seen the thing and it's true, BTS is mentioned in #TheEternals and "Friends" opens up a scene 🥲
— Gretchen 🌻 (@gretchen_smail) October 20, 2021
yes it's a pretty good chunk of the song and it's in an entire scene!
— Gretchen 🌻 (@gretchen_smail) October 20, 2021
yes, and it's fully audible at the start! and then slowly fades into the background as the dialogue starts
— Gretchen 🌻 (@gretchen_smail) October 20, 2021
Friends was previously nominated for Song of the Year on Gaon Music Awards, which saw Jimin set a record as the first and only BTS member to have a self-produced song under the BTS discography to be nominated for SOTY on Gaon Music Awards. This category also included his solo song 'Filter,' which was the first time that a solo BTS track was being nominated for SOTY for the awards, thus setting another record.
Don't forget to keep on streaming Friends!https://t.co/kvY9qIthNu
— JIMIN DATA • Jimtober (@PJM_data) October 17, 2021
Jimin took over Twitter trends with various keywords with all the excitement as fans expressed their pride in him for this massive milestone in his career, praising his song-writing, composition, and production skills. There were 10 trending keywords in total, with some entering the worldwide trends and the mentions for 'Friends' surpassing 1 million tweets.
Twitter Trends 🌎
— JIMIN DATA • Jimtober (@PJM_data) October 17, 2021
10 Jimin-related keywords are trending on Twitter across the world:
▪PROUD OF PRODUCER JIMIN
▪CONGRATULATIONS PRODUCER JIMIN
▪PROD JIMIN
▪ COMPOSER JIMIN
▪SONGWRITER JIMIN
▪SOTY
▪Friends with 1.05M tweet
▪Marvel
▪#ParkJimin
▪️Vmin pic.twitter.com/4uHWOStJ35
The reactions by Korean netizens on the online community platform 'the qoo' were no different. The comments asked Jimin to make more pretty songs. Some said it was their favorite song in the album and hoped more people would discover it through the movie, and others said they would now watch the 'Eternals' movie even though they were not big fans of Marvel movies, among other sweet comments. They all sang praises for Jimin and his song-writing and production abilities.
[K-Community] Korean Netizens reacts to 'Friends’ the first song Jimin produced being part of Marvel’s ‘The Eternals’ OST
— JIMIN NEWS (@PJiminNews) October 18, 2021
"Jimin, please make more pretty songs for us" pic.twitter.com/lcXmnGvJ8e
INFO • K-netizens expresss their excitement over "Friends" being included in "Eternals" OST:
— TJC | JIMTOBER (@thejimincrave) October 18, 2021
- Friends? Wow! This is crazy! I’m not a huge fan of the Marvel movies, but I’ll have to watch this
- Daebak it’s a song produced by Jiminㅠㅠ
- It’s my favorite song from that album! pic.twitter.com/wpHXlzCi1m
K-netz reacted to the big news of "Friends" PRODUCED and COMPOSED by JIMIN for the Marvel OST 'ETERNAL'. "JIMIN, please make more pretty songs". "WoW JIMIN PRODUCES it, the song is so good"."Marvel's OST Producer, JIMIN is really cool".
— 지민₁₃ 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑵 🍂 October=Happiness💛✨ (@BusanKing_13) October 18, 2021
PRODUCER JIMIN 🔥 pic.twitter.com/8WuHq378iV
knetizens reaction to 'Friends' being part of Marvel's 'The Eternals'
— daily jimin (@pjmfilmz) October 18, 2021
"....Jimin composed a good song"
"Daebak, it's a song produced by Jimin ㅠㅠㅠㅠ"
they love jimin and they love his song 🥺
CONGRATULATIONS LYRICIST, COMPOSER AND PRODUCER JIMIN 🥳🥳 pic.twitter.com/5RoBwnGEXf
So far, various media outlets have reported on the news of Jimin's self-written, composed, and produced song 'Friends' being a part of the 'Eternals' movie soundtrack, terming Jimin's involvement in the song's production as a hot topic. All official articles covering the news of the song being featured in the movie mention that Jimin wrote and produced the song.
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— 박지민기록계🎂 (@traceofjimin) October 18, 2021
SBS 모닝와이드 <친구> 이터널스 OST 발탁 소식 언급
SBS Morning Wide featured Friends being included in the Eternals#지민 #JIMIN pic.twitter.com/1fA1wZ7cQe
this morning, SBS 'Morning Wide' reported the news of 'Friend', which was selected for 'Eternals' OST: 'Friend' is a song from BTS' 4th album 'MOS:7' released last year, and is the story of Jimin&V. Jimin's participation in the production was a hot topic.pic.twitter.com/WaVQDHwUH1
— 복근탐구가🎂 (@NoAbsNoLIfe) October 18, 2021
INFO • Elle Korea has shared that Marvel information media "The Direct" has confirmed that "Friends" produced by Jimin will be featured on the "Eternals" OST on their official instagram.
— TJC | JIMTOBER (@thejimincrave) October 18, 2021
The news is spreading everywhere!
View here: https://t.co/D24hvJPKCw pic.twitter.com/uUKCL5lxDD
Korean newspaper National Defense Daily reported on BTS’ song “Friends,” written, composed and produced by Jimin, being included in the soundtrack for Marvel’s new film ‘Eternals’
— JIMIN DATA • Jimtober (@PJM_data) October 20, 2021
The article also mentions the song receiving a great response in Korea, as well as its achievements pic.twitter.com/TVz1O452p9
since Walt Disney Korea confirmed it, many k-media repeatedly reported that 'Friends' being featured in the OST of Marvel's 'Eternals'. most of them paid attention to Jimin's participation in writing, composing and producing. some mentioned that Lizzo is a long-time Jimin stan🙌🏽 pic.twitter.com/SmETXZazab
— 복근탐구가🎂 (@NoAbsNoLIfe) October 19, 2021
“A song Jimin produced for the first time” in every official article☺️ pic.twitter.com/JxvlduVCsZ
— 박지민기록계🎂 (@traceofjimin) October 19, 2021
Credit for images @bratzd0ll_Jimin
One fun fact about all this is that Jimin is actually a big fan of Marvel movies. He once said that his favorite Marvel character is 'Hulk' because of his simplicity and honesty. He finds Hulk cool because he does not play tricks and overpowers everything in his sight. In 2019, while he was in Los Angeles, he went to the theatres to watch 'Avengers: End Game' one of Marvel's productions.
#JiminQuotes
— 박지민기록계🎂 (@traceofjimin) October 18, 2021
“I like Hulk the most among . Usually people like Iron Man, aren’t they? But I like the way Hulk smash everything, simple and honest. It’s cool that he doesn’t play tricks and overpower everything in his sight.”#지민 #JIMIN pic.twitter.com/v7apJ4sb4u
Bringing this back 😁😁
— PJM STREAM 🐥| JIMIN day 🎂 (@pjm_streaming) October 18, 2021
Baby Jimin saying his favorite marvel superhero is Hulk 😁
Imagine telling this baby Jimin that one day his own produced, written, composed and performed song will be in Marvel movie 😭😭
SO PROUD OF OUR PRODUCER JIMIN 🥺🥺💛❤pic.twitter.com/Vq8ZvRGrv5
Little throwback from AHL:
— TJC | JIMTOBER (@thejimincrave) October 17, 2021
Nate: I like Spider-Man!
🐥: Me too!
Nate: Who’s your favorite superhero though?
🐥: Hulk!
Tony: Hulk? Good, lemme see!
🐥: *Imitates Hulk*
🐥: I’m angry!
How adorable! PRODUCER JIMIN pic.twitter.com/ycUVdOvdkV
Little reminder that Jimin loves the Marvel franchise and has seen Avengers: End Game back in 2019 in LA!
— TJC | JIMTOBER (@thejimincrave) October 17, 2021
He said that the movie was fun and he enjoyed it! If confirmed, he must be so happy and proud to see his first produced song on this movie franchise!
PRODUCER JIMIN pic.twitter.com/YbjSFdJwBW
Regarding the song's production process, Jimin had prepared 3 songs which he presented to PD Bang Shi Hyuk for feedback. They were already written and recorded before this presentation. The PD selected 'the third song, 'Friends,' which Jimin had felt was the least ready. Later on, the PD contacted him and asked how he felt about the song being included in the album. The song was to be a subunit, and among the three possible options of RM, Suga, and V, as the rest of the members were already in a sub-unit for a different song, V ended up being selected for this sub-unit.
Credit for images: @marvellyjimin
Here are some reactions to the news from proud fans, some reminiscing over how everything Jimin has worked on has made an impact.
PROD JIMIN snatched a Gaon nomination and the song he made in his ipad is about to be part of a marvel movie soundtrack. And it was just his first work we love a talented man
— £u¹³ (@pjmsing) October 17, 2021
Whatever Jimin touches turns into gold. He puts so much effort in his work, never rushing things up and ends up releasing masterpieces.
— °Zahra•Happy 1013° (@eversjmn) October 17, 2021
Perfect example of "work in silence,let your success make the noise" pic.twitter.com/FwDAYbbX9m
The Power Jimin holds..
— BabyJ(slow) (@jiminpark02) October 17, 2021
First self written and composed song became biggest song in SoundCloud platform
First Produced song became OST for Marvel
Imagine what His first solo album will bring…
PRODUCER JIMIN bagged Gaon Nomination, Japanese Hot 100, Bubbling Under Hot 100, song played in The Voice Spain and now is going to be the Soundtrack of Marvel Movie. Jimin did all that with his iPad 😭
— 😼 (@pjmsdoII) October 17, 2021
keep in mind that jimin does not have his own studio or equipment at hybe's previous or current buildings; he composed #Friends from scratch on his tablet and phone and continued writing and producing it as well. nothing and no one can stop park jimin's power, talent and impact🔥
— hourly jimin (@hourlyjimin) October 17, 2021
thinking about how jimin wrote 3 title tracks, made the melody for blood sweat & tears, wrote the dis-ease bridge in 3-4 minutes and produced a song which is about to be featured in a marvel movie… DONT PLAY WITH JIMIN
— sobok sobok (@pjmvelvets) October 17, 2021
Songs Jimin has wrote, composed or produced:
— Producer Jimin | Jimtober ♡ (@dailyjimn) October 17, 2021
◾️ ‘Blood, Sweat & Tears’ Melody
◾️ ‘Lie’
◾️ ‘Promise’
◾️ ‘Friends’
◾️ ‘Dis-ease bridge
◾️ ‘ Christmas Love’
◾️ ‘Fake Love’ demo version (Kajjafeeluv)
Cannot wait for more 💛
PROUD OF PRODUCER JIMIN
CONGRATULATIONS PRODUCER
jimin's first song he produced getting a marvel movie soundtrack deal... like you dont understand this is HUGE im so incredibly proud of him
— hourly jimin (@hourlyjmn) October 17, 2021
The fact that the melody of 'Blood Sweat & Tears' was made by Jiminpic.twitter.com/8q9fZPafRr
— Angelus (@ANGELUS_XIII) October 17, 2021
Based on the compensation metrics for featuring this song in the movie, Jimin should be receiving compensation both as the song-writer and producer.
.Image credit: @liIjiminvert
Congratulation to lyricist, composer, and producer Jimin for this considerable career milestone. Here is the trailer for the movie.
Here’s the trailer of the movie, for those who haven’t seen it yet!
— TJC | JIMTOBER (@thejimincrave) October 17, 2021
"Friends" would blend in so well with the movie! pic.twitter.com/SXsHjychg8
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