With barely eight hours to go until the release of BTS’ new album Arirang (at the time of writing this story), ARMYs around the world are already busy with the live chats on both BANGTAN TV’s and Hybe Labels’ official YouTube channels.
The album is set to drop on March 20, 2026 at 10am and here’s everything fans need to know!
Tracklist:
The track listing for the album contains a total of 14 songs and they are as follows;
- Body to body
- Hooligan
- Aliens
- FYA
- 2.0.
- No. 29
- SWIMMING (main single)
- Go around happily
- NORMAL
- Like Animals
- they know nothing about us
- One more night
- Please
- In the sun
There’s also a preview available in the form of a visual prologue to the YouTube video, and it’s been available for six days now.
According to the video’s caption, “his video was inspired by the story of seven young Koreans as documented in The Washington Post on May 8, 1896 (“Seven Koreans at Howard”), some of whom made the first known audio recordings of Koreans in Washington DC on July 24 of that same year. As a modern reinterpretation, this work draws on the deep cultural significance of these historical documents, which feature the authentic voices of young Korean men and the very first recording of “Arirang.” This production may differ from actual historical events and does not serve as a formal evaluation or interpretation of any historical event or person.”
Check it out below:
For those unfamiliar, the meaning behind the name ‘ARIRANG’ refers to the traditional Korean folk song, which symbolizes national identity, resilience as well as the theme of reunification.
But that’s not all, fans even have a Netflix special to look forward to as it streams a day later on March 21, 2026. On the 27th, a week later, a behind-the-scenes documentary titled BTS: THE RETURN also comes to the small screen.
