A 22-year-old wrote this after watching a leaf fall and it went on to become one of the nation's most treasured songs. Nobody's touching Namjoon's pen game bruh.
my favorite thing about the surprise songs is that the tannies see that we really do listen to their music. not just the title tracks, not just the most recent album. all of it. the old stuff, the b-sides, every single song. i think that's really special 🥹
Only BTS could have referenced
Tupac, Britney Spears, Rakim, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, independence activist KimGu and a 600 year old Korean folk song all in one album and still have it sound 100% cohesive.
Another reason why Arirang is Album of The Year.
you can pay millions of dollars so your song is forced down the throats of 50M people over the radio, but god forbid a fan listen to bts music all day long
ARIRANG by BTS: Notable Recognitions Received in 2026 So Far.
1. NME — Best Albums of 2026
2. Rolling Stone — Best Albums of 2026
3. Billboard — Best Albums of 2026
4. Complex — Best Albums of 2026
5. The Telegraph — Best Albums of 2026
6. Genius — Best Albums of 2026
7. Salon — Best Albums of 2026
8. Eric Alper — Best Albums of 2026
9. Consequences: Best songs — Swim
10. Consequences — Best Albums of 2026
11. Genius Korea — Best B-Side of 2026
12. Genius Korea: Best MVs of 2026 — 2.0
13. Billboard Philippines: Best MVs of 2026 — Swim
14. WatchMojo: Best MVs of 2026 — 2.0
15. Yahoo: Best Work Out Songs — Swim
16. Genius Korea: Best K-pop songs — Body To Body
17. Billboard: Best Songs of 2026 — Swim
It doesn’t matter what last fm or any other site that we made relevant says. The album is superior. The tour is sold out. The impact has been made and is continuing to spread. Nothing can stop BTS and anyone that tries looks stupid and ends up broke.
imagine having a friendgroup last for over 13+ years, yall rich as shit, happy as fuck, crazy successful & FAMILY AS FUCK
oh bangtan your friend group is PEAK 🧿🧿🧿
i think one of the nicest things about growing up with bts has been seeing them grow into the versions of themselves they were meant to be and that their past selves would absolutely love and admire
Kpoppies will be like "lol nobody knows BTS outside of their massive culture & age demographically diverse fandom who gathered a total of 50k attendance on a last minute notice in a foreign country and have never had empty stadium seats while carrying the nation's market share"