BTS: The Return' Director Bao Nguyen on being a "fly on the wall" on the group's comeback, 'ARIRANG,' and handling the pressures of documenting it all.

If you just hit play on BTS’s new album ARIRANG and thought your phone was broken around the six-track mark, you’re not alone.

One of the most interesting successes of BTS: The Return is the questions it leaves behind about where BTS is now and where they’ll go next.

The seven singers are reuniting for their first performance together in years as they celebrate the release of their new album.

The K-pop superstars’ new album, “Arirang,” comes with huge commercial expectations. The group made room for artistic experimentation, too.

The seven-member group is back with their first album in nearly four years, ‘Arirang,’ a hip-hop heavy, Korean folk-infused experimental exploration of how the biggest group in the world can move forward.

The Chosun Ilbo’s March 21, 2026, edition (including the weekend section “Anyway, BTS” on page 16) and March 23, 2026, edition, which document the global idol group BTS’s March 21 live performance “BTS Comeback Live: Arirang” at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square,

The concert in Seoul’s historic center was a grand homecoming for a pivotal force of South Korean soft power. RM, the group’s leader, performed through an ankle injury.