No wonder they were shocked to get the bare minimum from western industry that the host listened to their album, the ignorance and xenophobia is so loud.
🔴📰Best news of the year so far. I want K-media to implode. After K-media was caught mocking Son and debating the military service of their country's best player, players united and refused to give interviews and reporters and media executives resigned.
And I hope citizens in South Korea watch this happen and think twice before loudly expressing their resentment, hatred, and persecution of public figures in their country—or successful people in general—as if that is somehow going to make their own lives less miserable.
BTS didn't give K-media any special attention, interviews, or exclusive material during this comeback either. All the media got were press releases sent by BigHit's PR team via email. And I'm thrilled.
I could be even happier when they finally accept in their hearts that they don't owe that country anything as a whole. But for now, I'm already happy seeing the media without any special access to them.
And now get silent treatment from Son too and his friends. Let's go boys !!!
NME names BTS' "ARIRANG" one of the Best Albums of 2026 so far.
— "An apt characterisation of what they've always done – mixing the cultural heritage of their home country with global influences. BTS are back doing what they do best."
Most streamed albums on Spotify this week:
#1 ARIRANG
#2 ICEMAN
#3 Thriller
#4 DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
#5 Un Verano Sin Ti
#6 Dua Lipa
#7 The Great Divide
#8 The Art of Loving
#9 Bad
#10 Teenage Dream