{"id":2338133,"date":"2026-03-20T05:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2338133"},"modified":"2026-03-20T05:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:27:16","slug":"bts-new-album-arirang-is-finally-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bts-new-album-arirang-is-finally-here\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217; New Album &#8216;Arirang&#8217; Is Finally Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"auto-tag_bts\" href=\"http:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/t\/bts\/\" data-tag=\"bts\" target=\"_blank\">BTS<\/a>\u2018 highly anticipated fifth studio album, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/bts-album-tour-comeback-everything-we-know-1235498818\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arirang<\/a><\/em>, is finally here. For the past five-and-a-half years, the group\u2019s members have either worked on solo releases and\/or served his mandatory military service in South Korea. But now they\u2019re coming back in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bts-arirang-track-list-1235524160\/\" target=\"_blank\">14-track record<\/a>, the group is releasing a video for the song \u201cSwim.\u201d On March 21, they\u2019ve planned a free concert at Seoul\u2019s Gwanghwamun Square, which Netflix will livestream. On March 23, the group will perform in the U.S. for the first time in nearly four years for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bts-first-us-performance-4-years-sportify-fan-event-1235530147\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify x BTS: SWIMSIDE<\/a>, for 1,000 fans, in New York. A documentary, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bts-the-return-doc-trailer-1235532079\/\" target=\"_blank\">BTS: The Return<\/a><\/em>, will arrive on Netflix offering a behind-the-look at everything on March 27. Then on April 9, they\u2019ll embark on an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bts-2026-comeback-stadium-tour-1235498726\/\" target=\"_blank\">82-date world tour<\/a>, slated to run through March of next year. Screenings of two concerts, officially titled <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bts-arirang-concerts-livestream-theaters-1235515230\/\" target=\"_blank\">BTS World Tour \u2018Arirang\u2019 Live Viewing<\/a><\/em>, will take place on April 11 (showing the septet\u2019s Goyang, South Korea gig) and April 18 (Tokyo).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: ARIRANG\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3ukkRHDHbN8tNRPKsGZR1h?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>To make the album, RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook all moved to Los Angeles where they lived together in a house for two months. It was the first time all seven of them had lived in the same place since 2019. Songwriters and producers for the album included Pdogg, Diplo, Kevin Parker of Tame Impala, Flume, JPEGMAFIA, Mike WiLL Made-It, Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, El Guincho, and Teezo Touchdown, among others. \u00a0Ultimately, they created <em>Arirang<\/em>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bts-comeback-album-title-1235500483\/\" target=\"_blank\">named after a Korean folk song<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring my time in the military, I couldn\u2019t work on music even when I wanted to,\u201d Jung Kook recently told <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.co.uk\/music\/features\/jung-kook-bts-interview-rolling-stone-photos-57298\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rolling Stone UK<\/a><\/em>. \u201cThat built up a sense of longing. It made me want to do better and deliver something great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to make music as a team in a healthy way, as each of us are making their own music, we each go through personal growth and growing pains that come with it,\u201d J-Hope said on the\u00a0<em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9KWPjeXGuRE\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Sang Show<\/a><\/em> last year. \u201cWe learn many things. And then when we reunite after doing our own things, these experiences will fill us with new strength and energy. And now that\u2019s very soon. Everyone has grown while pursuing their solo projects. I think that will contribute to the music we create as BTS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, they have said that the album they created was very personal. \u201cDrawing on the emotional depth of \u2018Arirang\u2019\u2014 its sense of yearning, longing, and the ebb and flow of life, the band ultimately chose the title for its strong resonance with their current journey,\u201d they said in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bts-arirang-concerts-livestream-theaters-1235515230\/\" target=\"_blank\">a statement<\/a>. \u201cThe new release explores universal emotions of longing and love and will resonate with the worldwide audience as a timeless legacy across generations and cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Arirang\u00a0<\/em>Track List:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cBody to Body\u201d<br \/>2. \u201cHooligan\u201d<br \/>3. \u201cAliens\u201d<br \/>4. \u201cFYA\u201d<br \/>5. \u201c2.0\u201d<br \/>6. \u201cNo. 29\u201d<br \/>7. \u201cSwim\u201d<br \/>8. \u201cMerry Go Round\u201d<br \/>9. \u201cNormal\u201d<br \/>10. \u201cLike Animals\u201d<br \/>11. \u201cthey don\u2019t know \u2019bout us\u201d<br \/>12. \u201cOne More Night\u201d<br \/>13. \u201cPlease\u201d<br \/>14. \u201cInto the Sun\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>From <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bts-arirang-album-out-now-1235534191\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rolling Stone US<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS\u2018 highly anticipated fifth studio album, Arirang, is finally here. For the past five-and-a-half years, the group\u2019s members have either worked on solo releases and\/or served his mandatory military service in South Korea. But now they\u2019re coming back in a big way. In addition to the 14-track record, the group is releasing a video for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2338134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[24133],"class_list":["post-2338133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-bts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTS-New-Album-Arirang-Is-Finally-Here.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2338135,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338133\/revisions\/2338135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}