{"id":287278,"date":"2026-01-16T09:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/287278\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:13:08","slug":"bts-unveils-name-of-new-album-arirang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/287278\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS unveils name of new album: &#8216;Arirang&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/af27983a-496a-4205-a931-c804953e5c3c.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1279; width: 100%\" alt=\"Korean pop band BTS appears at the 2019 Variety's Hitmakers Brunch in West Hollywood, Calif., Dec. 7, 2019. AP-Yonhap\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Korean pop band BTS appears at the 2019 Variety&#8217;s Hitmakers Brunch in West Hollywood, Calif., Dec. 7, 2019. AP-Yonhap<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\"> K-pop megastar BTS&#8217; upcoming full-length album will be titled &#8220;Arirang,&#8221; named after Korea&#8217;s most famous folk song, the group&#8217;s label BigHit Music said Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">&#8220;Arirang&#8221; is scheduled to be out March 20 as the group&#8217;s fifth studio album and first since the 2022 anthology album &#8220;Proof.&#8221; The new record will include 14 tracks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">BigHit said the album captures BTS&#8217; identity as a group that began in Korea, along with &#8220;the longing and deep love that lie within their hearts.&#8221; The label described the word &#8220;Arirang&#8221; as a symbolic expression of the emotions the group seeks to portray.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">&#8220;As BTS prepares for its long-awaited return, it naturally looked back on its roots, beginnings and inner stories,&#8221; BigHit said in a statement, adding that the album explores universal emotions expected to resonate globally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">After the release, BTS is set to embark on a world tour April 9, starting at Goyang Sports Complex near Seoul. The tour will span 34 cities and 79 shows \u2014 the largest in K-pop history \u2014 and will feature a 360-degree stage design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Korean pop band BTS appears at the 2019 Variety&#8217;s Hitmakers Brunch in West Hollywood, Calif., Dec. 7, 2019.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,337],"class_list":{"0":"post-287278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115904014261296635","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}