Earlier today, Kpop sensations BTS released the tracklist for their album ‘Arirang’. Due to be released on March 20th, the 14 track album will be BTS’ 10th and is highly awaited by fans, having already received over 1.5 million likes on Instagram.
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The original Arirang song is a Korean traditional folk song. A symbol of Korean culture and history, ‘Arirang’ for BTS is something of an emotional return to their devoted fans, known widely as ARMY. A group hiatus owing to mandatory military enlistment in South Korea between December 2022 and June 2025, saw the members release their own individual albums. The group reunited following the completion of their service on July 1st 2025 and six months later, on January 1st 2026, ‘Arirang’ was announced.
Notably, each song also includes writing credits for the BTS member’s with leader RM credited for writing on every song. It also includes the writers and producers for each song with notable inclusions from Diplo, Flume and One Republic’s Ryan Tedder.
‘Arirang’ is set to be released on March 20th, almost six years after their last, ‘Be’ which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. ‘Be’ was the groups fifth to debut at number one, which made them to quickest to repeat the feat in the US since the Beatles.
The seven member group made up of RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook was formed in 2010 and have become one of Kpop’s greatest exports, becoming the first non-English speaking act to sell out concerts at Wembley. Known for their high energy performances and charm, BTS were consistently awarded the Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist between 2017 and 2021 and were the first Kpop act to receive both Grammy and Brit Award nominations. They have similarly reached extraordinary heights in Korea, with their seventh album ‘Map of The Soul: 7’ becoming the fourth best-selling album of all time in South Korean and receiving 50 total awards at The MAMA Awards.
BTS are also set to embark on a world tour to support the album, scheduled to begin in April 2026 and continue until March 2027. It is set to be their largest world tour to date with a 360-degree stage set-up to showcase their performance skills. Ahead of the album’s release, BTS are also scheduled to perform for the first time in three years which will be exclusively streamed on Netflix on March 21st which fans eagerly await.
