POR QUÉ NO LAS VEO GRITANDO POR ESTO???? Hoy #BTS hace HISTORIA al convertirse PRIMER GRUPO DE TODOS, PRIMER ACTO ASIÁTICO y el SÉPTIMO ARTISTA EN GENERAL EN LA HISTORIA en superar los 100 BILLONES de streams de audio bajo demanda en todas las plataformas. EL PODER DE LOS REYES😭💜🔥
CONGRATULATIONS BTS
BTS 100 BILLION AUDIO DSPS
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BTS PAVED THE WAY
#BTS100Billion_AudioDSPs
#BTS7thMostStreamedArtistOfAllTimes
#BTSMostStreamedGroupOfAllTimes
I had the best time in Korea honestly 🥰
Don't believe the racist haters you see online, all the K Armys I've met in real life were so wonderful, helpful and thankful that we foreigners learn the language and culture 💜
Don't give a platform to bad apples online who bark loud 🫂
ESTO ES ENORME! Oficialmente Rolling Stone nombra a #ARIRANG como uno de los MEJORES ALBUMES del 2026! 🤯🔥👇
"Estamos a mitad de 2026 y ya ha sido un gran año para la música. La noticia MÁS IMPORTANTE es sin duda el regreso de BTS que demostró sus raíces coreanas con ARIRANG."
ARIRANG ALBUM OF THE YEAR
CONGRATULATIONS BTS
#BTS_ARİRANG
📊 I BTS hanno ufficialmente superato i 100 MILIARDI di stream audio on-demand complessivi su tutte le piattaforme, il primo gruppo nella STORIA a raggiungere questo traguardo.
Sono anche il primo artista asiatico e il settimo artista in assoluto a ottenere questo risultato! 🎉
The boat metaphor gives us one way to trace their journey from Map of the Soul: 7 to AIRANG. During Break the Silence (Ep.1) RM described the group as “the 7 of us are on a boat, looking in different directions, but going the same way. That’s how I describe BTS”
By Right Place, Wrong Person, RM said, “The ship’s already sailed, and I can’t go back anyway.” The previous way of being BTS & perhaps the previous way of being RM inside BTS, can no longer simply be resumed
The ARIRANG images suggest that they are still in the process of discovering what BTS 2.0 will be & what shape their renewed commitment to one another might take. Their ask seems to be to KEEP SWIMMING
In the 1st image, the 7 are walking together, but RM is looking at the members. In the 2nd image, all 7 are in life preserver. The 6 are moving left while RM is looking towards them. They are not yet back in the boat. They are in flotation, in transition. Swimming
This makes sense considering they created it immediately after military service & their years apart. It also resonates with their reference to 7 other Koreans who came before them in the late 1800s & documented their own diaspora with an unfamiliar Arirang
ARIRANG is searching for the sound & emotional register through which they can return home. Their Korean roots, the memory of Arirang, the humility of remembering they are still 촌놈 & the practical reality of 7 members making music together all become part of the same foundation
This also clarifies RM’s leadership. His style is metacognitive because it keeps asking the questions beneath the questions: who are we now & where are we going?
These questions have been present since the school era. BTS’s music has always been a journey of self-inquiry: who they are under pressure, who they are in youth, who they are in love & before their shadows, who they are as 7.
ARIRANG does not begin that inquiry. It returns to it after break. The album documents a group, treading water together before finding their way back into their new vessel
BTS’ “ARIRANG” becomes the FIRST and ONLY 2026 album to have 6 songs surpass 200 MILLION streams on Spotify.
— Achieving this in just 86 days, a level not yet reached by other 2026 albums.
I visited Busan for YTC in 2022 and have met so many beautiful ARMY from local and from around the world. A K-ARMY saw me having trouble with a locker at train station and even swiped her 💳 to help me. That's why I still really love Busan and will cherish the memories forever.
There are wonderful armys all around 💜 The K-army who gave us oreos as snacks before the concert started and the other K-army who translated the announcement for us about the show starting in 15 minutes. The J-army who offered to take my photo when I was inside the stadium. My mexican army friend who brought some Mexican chocolates for me to try. The Filo army who helped me find the gate for Facepass audiences. Let's choose to see the good that's around us. 💜
좋은 아미님들 많아서 세상은 아직 살 만 하다. 택시 같이 타고 부산역가자 먼저 손 내민 호주 아미님. 꺼진 폰에 보조배터리로 생명을 주신 베트남 아미님. 기차 콘센트쓰게해주신 서울 아미님. 옆에 앉았던 베이징 아미님. 꽉차게 함께 가는 길 서로 조심하며 걷던 수많은 아미님들. 모두행복하세요