BTS released their fifth full-length album, Arirang, on March 20, with Swim as the title track. It has broken records at Apple Music.

The 14-track album has drawn strong praise for its ambition and its aggressive first half, alongside more divided responses to its back end.

Some works of art reveal themselves more fully once they’re given context, and BTS’s long-awaited fifth full-length album, “Arirang,” appears to be one of them, its significance to the boy band becoming clearer when put into perspective.

BTS’ “Arirang,” the group’s first studio album in six years, appears to be living up to its commercial promise, based on first-day streaming results on Spotify. The album bowed with a reported 110 million streams on the service globally,

The big BTS comeback concert in Seoul, South Korea had a special attendee. Singer Becky G, who had previously worked with j-hope on his 2019 single Chicken Noodle Soup, was in the audience cheering on the K-pop boy band.

The seven-member group is back with their first album in nearly four years, ‘Arirang,’ a hip-hop heavy, Korean folk-infused experimental exploration of how the biggest group in the world can move forward.

The seven members of the superstar (former) boy band, now (man) band are reuniting to perform live in Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square for the first time in nearly four years. (They’ve been off fulfilling

BTS leader RM performed with limited movement during FYA at the Arirang concert after suffering an ankle injury during rehearsals.

From bold energy to beautiful reflections, BTS crafts a layered sonic experience with global pop and personal storytelling.