Max Reveals BTS’ SUGA’s Collaboration on ‘Blueberry Eyes’ for 4th Anniversary: “I Wanted Him on This Project Badly”

On Thursday, September 19, 2024, American singer Max Schneider revealed the story behind BTS member SUGA’s collaboration on his song Blueberry Eyes, which was released in 2020. To commemorate the fourth anniversary of the track, Max shared photos and a video on his official Instagram account.

In the video, Max recounted his first encounter with BTS’ SUGA, highlighting their mutual love for basketball. He shared how special it was to take SUGA to his inaugural NBA game in the United States.

During their time together, SUGA requested Max to sing on his song Burn It from the Agust D project. Subsequently, Max invited SUGA to be featured on his album Colour Vision, and he accepted. Ultimately, Max disclosed how BTS’ SUGA ended up being featured in Blueberry Eyes, stating:

“The first song I sent him was actually a song on the album called ‘New Life’ but he wasn’t really into that one. I wanted him to be on this project badly, so I sent him the whole album and said whichever song you want to be on is yours. It’s crazy because I wasn’t even going to send him ‘Blueberry Eyes’ but he ended up choosing that song to be a part of.”

BTS’ SUGA Reunited with Max During His Solo World Tour for D-Day Album

In March 2024, BTS’ SUGA embarked on a 28-show solo world tour titled D-DAY, covering 10 cities across the United States and Asia. The K-pop superstar welcomed several celebrity guests on stage, including fellow Korean artists PSY and American singers Max and Halsey.

In a behind-the-scenes video titled ‘SUGA | Agust D TOUR ‘D-DAY’ in the USA – BTS’, Max introduced his wife, Emily, to Min Yoongi. This video was uploaded to the BANGTANTV YouTube channel on March 10, 2024.

Emily helped Max choose a personal gift for SUGA. Although the first gift, which was custom-made in New York, wasn’t shown on camera, she mentioned that the second gift was a bottle of The Balvenie PortWood 21-year-old single-malt whiskey.

Burn It is a track by Agust D, a.k.a. SUGA, featuring Max. It premiered on May 22, 2020, and stands as the sixth single from his second mixtape, D-2. Below is the tracklist for BTS’ SUGA’s second mixtape:

Moonlight
Daechwita
What do you think?
Strange (feat. RM)
28 (feat. NiiHWA)
Burn It (feat. Max)
People
Honsol
Interlude: Set me free
Dear my friend (feat. Kim Jong Wan of NELL)

As of now, Min Yoongi is fulfilling his mandatory military service, having enlisted in September 2023. He is expected to complete his 21-month term and be discharged around June 2025.

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