Guys… focus on SWIM. Why are we making the same mistake we made with Daesang?
SWIM should be our priority, like wtf 😭 We’re in an OT7 era, and Spaghetti isn’t even Hobi’s solo song, it’s a collab.
I’m sorry, but I’ll block anyone who isn’t voting for SWIM tbh. 😭
Posting the entire mv on twt is not helping anyone except your own engagement. There’s a reason the release strategy is set up this way, and ignoring that only hurts the numbers they’re trying to build. It sucks that some can’t access it on Spotify but they’re literally releasing
to any armys not deleting lastfm out of nostalgia, lastfm was aiming to align their update with arirang’s release and made it clear they deeply resent seeing “bts/bts adjacent artists” on their lists. your continued use of that app will only be used against you and your artist.
Magic Shop (2019) - Busan wouldn't allow BTS to use the main stadium for Muster.
Yet To Come (2022) - Busan initially wanted to hold the concert in an open field with nowhere near the infrastructure required to support an event of that scale. While others were focused on the economic benefits, ARMY were the ones raising concerns about safety, accessibility, transport, and crowd management. We made enough noise that the issue became impossible to ignore, and Busan Asiad Main Stadium ultimately became the alternative venue.
Unfortunately, the stadium itself was poorly maintained, with entire exterior panels missing from the structure.
On concert day, entry delays were so severe that BTS had to abandon their planned drive around the stadium because ARMY were still trying to get inside even into the 3rd song.
Arirang (2026) - The concert start was delayed by approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes because organisers once again couldn't get ARMY into the stadium on time because... who the fuck knows this time...
At this point, Busan and BTS concerts are developing a history............
I'll be honest, as someone who has professionally helped organise large-scale events, the issues being reported from Day 1 of Arirang in Busan (12 June 2026) don't point to failures by BTS or BigHit/HYBE. Instead, they appear to be failures in venue operations, crowd management, and local event execution.
Based on what we've seen from attendees, the primary failures appear to sit with:
• Government representatives
• Venue management
• Local event organisers
• Security contractors
Reports from the timeline include:
• Significant delays getting attendees into the venue
• Poor crowd management and queue control
• Gift distribution that appears to have been poorly planned
• Technical issues with NOL FacePass verification
• Reports of inadequate medical staffing, equipment, and emergency response resources
• Poorly managed entry points
• Reports of unprofessional conduct from some security staff towards attendees
• Public transport operating on normal schedules despite the event running significantly late
• Traffic police directing attendees away from the venue while tens of thousands of people were simultaneously attempting to access buses, trains, taxis, and rideshares
• Insufficient transport and crowd-dispersal planning for the volume of people leaving the stadium at once
Having attended Yet To Come in 2022, I still remember how difficult it was to leave the venue. At one point, the crowd density became high enough that I was genuinely concerned about crowd crush. That's why transport planning and crowd dispersal aren't minor operational details - they're critical safety measures.
BigHit/HYBE are renting the venue and producing the show, but venue operations, crowd control, security staffing, emergency services, transport coordination, and infrastructure are often managed locally through the venue, local organisers, contractors, and government agencies.
What stands out to me is that if this level of operational dysfunction were primarily a BigHit/HYBE issue, we'd expect to see similar problems at BTS concerts everywhere. Instead, we continue to see recurring concerns associated with this specific venue and its management.
Unfortunately, BigHit/HYBE are the most visible organisation attached to the event, so they're often the first to receive criticism when something goes wrong. However, based on the issues being reported, many of these failures fall within the responsibilities of venue management, local event organisers, security providers, transport coordinators, and government agencies.
As someone who has worked on large-scale events, I think it's important that accountability is directed at the parties actually responsible for each aspect of event delivery. Not every operational failure at a BTS concert is automatically a BigHit/HYBE failure, particularly when the same concerns continue to emerge around the same venue and local management structures.
now imagine the headlines “BTS gift song ‘come over’ debuts at #1 on the global Spotify chart surpassing all promoted new releases”
this is only possible if we push hard for it, let's make the music industry tremble again.
She passed us this week we can get this record back. Can we get in our buying era again we have versions wake up yall buy swim what are we doin. Letting records slip through our hands for what.
I'm NOT dropping YouTube
It COUNTS for IFPI, for total streams and stats for BTS historic records, for some countries' charts, for international awards.
I'm NOT dropping YouTube.
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Fastest albums to have all songs surpass 200M streams on Spotify (days):
TLOAS - 268 (projected)
Midnights - 318
Arirang is currently projected to reach this goal in a total of ~130 days.
Let's increase during Festa set an even more impresive record.
I-ARMYs, let's break our own record. 💪
Keep streaming SWIM with focused playlists while sending full reps of ARIRANG to play all week.
Buy the versions of SWIM you haven't if you can afford some. Or the OG on a platform you never used before.
🔥
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We had this exact same discourse when Savage Love Remix was releasing
Chances for #1 HOT100 were hard, many wanted to repeak Dynamite instead. I said we should consider giving BTS another #1 instead. Few hundred quotes jumped my throat for it and called me an anti who sabotages Dynamite. In the end BTS earned their second #1 HOT100 hit and Dynamite repeaked next
Support Come Over as a new release on its release day that it is, most will come around
will be fun if we increase our stream and make ARIRANG the album with all songs charting the longest on Spotify Global Chart (+100 days). ARIRANG is a stable hit, let's just not let it go after the record of 62 days. We can do this so easily
Albums to chart all their songs on Spotify Global chart for most days:
1. Un Verano Sin Ti — 61 days
2. ARIRANG — 59 days (NEW) 🔥
3 SOUR — 58 days
— GUYS 3 DAYS MORE TO TAKE OVER 😭
Albums to chart all their songs on Spotify Global chart for most days:
1. Un Verano Sin Ti — 61 days
2. ARIRANG — 58 days (NEW) 🔥
2. SOUR — 58 days
— GUYS 4 DAYS MORE TO TAKE OVER 😭