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[chart data @chartdata]

BTS’ 'ARIRANG' is now certified Gold in the UK.

[ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 @urmisope]

LET'S GO BACK TO NO. 1 PLEASE 😭😭😭😭

[BRIT Awards @BRITs]

‘ARIRANG’, the album by @BTS_twt, is now #BRITcertified Gold.

[K⁷ | 13TS @tksovers]

"SWIM" rises to #3 on Spotify Global with 4.93M streams [+64K] ⬆️

— It returns to being the most streamed 2026 song on the chart, released 10 weeks ago !!

[🐻‍❄️⁷ 🇸🇳🇧🇷🇨🇮🇨🇩🇬🇭🇩🇿🇨🇻🇫🇷 @userbfIy]

Coco Gauff (🎾2023 US open winner and 2025 French Open winner) posted a TikTok using Black Swan by BTS 🦢

https://t.co/KBNtdTogaa

[American Music Awards @AMAs]

ARMY‼️
You guys made @bts_bighit 3x #AMAs WINNERS! 👏

[Daf⁷ saw Boyz With Fun ^_^ @Smhdaf]

WHAT JUST HAPPENED

[K⁷ | 13TS @tksovers]

OMGG ALL THESE QUEENS RISING 😭👏

[palak paneer⁷ is seeing BTS in India 2027 @psc_sus]

any indian army who is going to the busan concert? can you volunteer to bring the lightstick and the cradle from there since its a lot cheaper there and ofc i will pay you in advance
rt pls

[mon⁷ @knjgIoss]

i’m glad joon talked about how he really cares about lyrics and how important it is to read/understand them. i genuinely think everyone should take a trip to doolset’s page and read the lyrics for arirang and their other works

[♡ @amlysbang]

I think this namjoon's live should be an eye opener for the majority of yall who prioritize give a clapback to kpop stans. Im SICKK of such accs. We have been telling yall to talk about arirang's artistry. Its soo much more fun to dive into this brilliant body of music. FOCUS.

[⁷ @bangtanharu]

🐨living as BTS made me question what 'normal' even is for me. one day people say they love me the next they tell me to disappear. people who love us, people who dont keep switching up one day they put u on a pedestal, the next they tear you down.somehow that became my normal

[a 🍉 @stillwithjin]

namjoon baby i promise you there are still people who care about lyrics. there are still many armys who spend hours and days analyzing your words, chasing the references, mulling over a single syllable. i promise you so, so many of us love bts' music because of your stories.

[christa⁷ 💜 아리랑 @ryuminating]

🐨 The original title for Aliens was Endless. But "endless" sounded a bit empty. "We have no end." It was too abstract. The phonetics were delicious. But "we have no end." So we changed it to "aliens." We were saying, "Hi guys, we are aliens from Korea." We thought about doing it that way. The two words, "aliens" and "endless", sound similar phonetically and we could keep the existing flavor of the words. And this way the song could reflect our originality.

[Dior @Dior]

JIMIN wears Dior at the 52nd American Music Awards in Las Vegas.

[Lizz💤🥢⊙⊝⊜ taegi enthusiasts ᯓᡣ𐭩 @polarnight613]

'Merry go around' was about the military,

"I wish that I could tell you that it's over
I wish that I could walk away from pain
My life is like a broken roller coaster
But maybe I'm the only one to blame"

The lyrics, oh Namjoon :(

[Nush⁷ 💜 @yoongiptdass]

Namjoon about Normal

🐨: Normal is a very sad song. I wrote the lyrics in Korean and then changed it to English for radio and stuff, but yeah, there is a Korean version of Normal. The guys have even recorded the Korean version. Idk if it will ever be out tho. Anyways, kerosene is oil that lights the bulbs. One day you love me, one day you say you hate me fine make me bulletproof, so that I won't die even if you shoot me. There was this keyword of Normal. But what is normal for us? As we live as BTS what is the normal for me? Someday ppl tell me that they love me and the other day they tell me to get lost just like a very toxic couple. Ppl put us high 1000 times and pull down 1000 times too.
"Two sides of a coin and they both ain't true"
Both sides aren't true. Why? Coz both sides are true and both sides are fake at the same time. There's no one who can explain this team called BTS.
"Wish I had a min just to turn me off"
Fine this is the life that I've chosen and all mistakes are mine but I can think about having a min of shutting off from the ppl. This doesn't mean that I wanna give up on my life but I can hope for ppl to forget me for a moment. I think that's the feeling behind writing this lyrics. Now that I see this song is really sad too.
"Fantasy and fame yeah the things we choose"
We're accepting that we've chosen this fame. When we sing this song on stage we sing it as a happy song coz we're singing it together, coz this is the other side of the coin.

[bts memeories⁷ @btsmemeories]

🐨: The song 'Body to Body' was originally supposed to be titled 'Body on Body.' If I remember correctly, it was a song with a very sexual nuance, like 'I need somebody on body.' You get the general vibe…bodies overlapping and all that. So it was a pretty sensual song.
🐨: Of course, it's not like we can't do sexual songs anymore; after all, we are in our 30s now. However, I just felt that putting out a highly sexual song right now without a clear reason wasn't the right direction for us.
🐨: So, I thought about 'Hand in Hand'—the theme song for the 1988 Seoul Olympics by Koreana…and shifted the concept to 'Body to Body,' playing on the idea of holding onto each other's bodies instead of just hands. I really wanted it to become an anthem.
🐨: There was a lot of debate in the documentary about whether or not we should include 'Arirang' (to sample the folk song). Since some of the context was edited out, it might look a bit sudden, but after listening to it for the third time, I finally understood the reasoning behind it.
🐨: We had been listening to the version without 'Arirang' for a long time, so when it was first added, it felt a bit unfamiliar. Some people might even look at it and think, 'Isn't this trying too hard to push forced Korean patriotism (Gukbong)?' To be fair, that's a perfectly valid perspective.
🐨: But ultimately, when you think about it in the context of live concerts, that part hits differently. Seeing so many international fans waiting for that exact moment and singing along to a traditional Korean folk song perfectly... that is not a scene you can just artificially manufacture or stage.
🐨: I actually really like the GIF of that moment. J-Hope is dancing and grooving excitedly right next to me, while I'm standing there looking deeply serious and thinking to myself, 'Oh man, this is huge. We might be in trouble.'

[⁷ @bangtanharu]

+ 🐨 I still believe in the power of lyrics. at least for BTS, I hope we continue to be a group that tells stories through our music. that’s the side of BTS I want to protect and keep alive.