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BTS opened their ARIRANG World Tour with a packed Goyang Stadium show, delivering a mix of songs from the new ARIRANG album and longtime hits like Dynamite and Butter as fans cheered on; Jin said on Weverse that they’re back home with ARMY, and the tour will head to Tokyo before continuing across North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia and more through next year.
BTS kicked off the ARIRANG World Tour with a show at Goyang Stadium in South Korea, and Jin wrote on Weverse that he had a blast performing with ARMY and felt like he was back home. The tour continues with two more Goyang shows before moving to Tokyo, and spans through next March with stops in North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. In parallel, BTS has promoted ARIRANG with new videos and TV appearances, and the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Tens of thousands of BTS fans braved torrential rain at the Arirang tour kickoff at Goyang Stadium near Seoul, as the group delivered almost the entire Arirang set plus past hits with lasers and pyro on a round stage; Jimin was soaked, RM teased the crowd, and Suga joked the venue was a water park, while a three-hour livestream outside the stadium fed fan energy ahead of U.S. dates in Tampa beginning April 25, following their March free Seoul concert.
K-pop powerhouse BTS kicked off their ARIRANG World Tour in Goyang, South Korea, drawing thousands of fans after a hiatus and signaling the start of a highly anticipated global run.
Billboard interviews Chairman Bang about BTS’s ARIRANG comeback after nearly four years, detailing the LA-based pre-song camps led by Diplo that produced hundreds of prototypes and helped define a new artistic identity. Bang explains BTS 2.0 as a shift away from the traditional boy-band formula toward authentic artistry, with Arirang serving as a living Korean legacy. The plan includes a deliberate visual and performance rethink, a vinyl-forward strategy, a Netflix-backed global stage at Gwanghwamun, and a broader push to expand K-pop’s horizons as BTS continues to lead the genre.
BTS dominates Billboard charts for a second week with their ARIRANG album, remaining No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Top Album Sales; their track SWIM stays No. 1 on Digital Song Sales; the group becomes the first Asian act to have 10 songs on the Hot 100 simultaneously for multiple weeks, as ARIRANG tracks also rank highly on the Global 200 and Global Excl. US.
RM thanked fans after BTS’s comeback album ARIRANG led both Billboard charts, with lead single SWIM debuting at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and the 200, marking BTS’s seventh Hot 100 No. 1 and seventh 200 No. 1. ARIRANG posted 641,000 equivalent album units (532,000 pure sales), the largest week for a group since the chart began, while BTS also dominated the Global 200 top 10 and achieved a first on Global Excl. U.S. as ARIRANG held all top 10 spots. RM shared the news on Instagram with “Sendin my luv and gratitude.”
BTS’s new ARIRANG album powers the track ‘Swim’ to No. 1 on both Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S., marking the group’s eighth No. 1 on each chart and delivering a historic global debut for ARIRANG with multiple tracks landing in the top 10.
BTS’s Swim debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the group’s seventh chart-topper and their first since 2021; the track, from the ARIRANG album—their first new material since 2020—also helps ARIRANG debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, driven by strong streaming, airplay and sales.
BTS earns its seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Arirang, opening with 641,000 equivalent album units (532,000 pure sales) and a vinyl push of 208,000 copies across 17 variants, delivering the biggest week for a group in more than a decade and the largest vinyl‑led boost since 2013; the release follows BTS completing mandatory military service and was promoted with a Seoul concert and a Netflix documentary.
BTS’s comeback album Arirang, their first full-length in six years, moved 641,000 total copies in its first week (532,000 pure album sales), the biggest first-week figure for a group since Billboard started tracking streaming in 2014, with record single-day streams on Spotify and Apple Music as the members returned from military service and solo projects. Jin is absent from the songwriting credits due to tour obligations, and the album features a slate of collaborators including Ryan Tedder, Flume, Diplo, and others.
ARIRANG debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 641,000 equivalent album units in its first week (532,000 pure album sales), the largest week for a group since the chart began tracking units in 2014, aided by a strong vinyl sales push; Luke Combs’ The Way I Am enters the top 10 at No. 2.
BTS performed '2.0' on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, following a 'SWIM' appearance at the Guggenheim, as part of the ARIRANG era that includes a Netflix documentary and a major world tour; the album has set streaming records and topped charts worldwide.
The Netflix documentary BTS: The Return, directed by Bao Nguyen and produced with Jane Cha, follows BTS as they craft the comeback album Arirang, offering unprecedented access to the group in Los Angeles and Seoul, exploring the weight of fame, personal reflections, and the brothership that sustains them through a high-pressure comeback, with an intimate, cinema-inflected visual approach.
BTS returns to No. 1 on Australia’s ARIA Albums Chart with ARIRANG (their third ARIA chart-topper), while the group’s new single “Swim” debuts at No. 4 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Bad//Dreems enter the Albums Chart at No. 5 and Morgan Evans at No. 17, with Luke Combs debuting at No. 3 on the Albums Chart. Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” remains No. 1 on the singles chart for a 19th week, and BTS has announced an Australian tour stop in Melbourne and Sydney next year to support ARIRANG.