YouTube to stream original documentary series on K-pop act BTS

March 15, 2018
A promotional image for YouTube's upcoming BTS documentary series, "BTS: Burn The Stage" (Yonhap)

A promotional image for YouTube’s upcoming BTS documentary series, “BTS: Burn The Stage” (Yonhap)

SEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) — An original documentary series featuring K-pop group BTS will be made available on YouTube’s paid service this month, according to the U.S. video streaming company Wednesday.

The series, titled “BTS: Burn the Stage,” will consist of eight episodes, with the two first episodes to be available May 28 on YouTube Red, YouTube’s paid service. Episode 1 will be made available for free.

The weekly series, which will last until May 9, will feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews of BTS members during the band’s “2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour.”

It will also share stories from their win at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards and their performance at the American Music Awards in November of last year.