BTS 'Arirang' is expecting global fans to be classified into rock/pop genres. "Is 'Rock Carbon Years' playing guitar drums?" [K-EYES]

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BTS The word "rock" has emerged as a hot topic among overseas fans ahead of the release of BTS' comeback album "ARIRANG."

Recently, fans have spotted that major overseas online shopping malls such as overseas record distributor Accord and JB Hi-Fi, a large Australian record distribution chain, have classified "Arirang" as a "rock/pop" genre.

As the capture of the classification screen rapidly spread through SNS, global ARMYs entered an exciting mode all at once. "Rock, this must be for me!" "Pop punk and rocker BTS is coming..Comments popped up on the X (formerly Twitter) timeline. Among the fandom, the nickname "Rock Carbon Years," which BTS has used whenever he performs rock-like music, also surfaced again, and there was a series of reactions that "the era is finally coming."

The fans' imagination is concrete. "I want to see Jin again," "If Suga plays the guitar and Jimin's high-pitched combination, it's a dream stage," and even some fans imagined Jungkook's instant transition to drums while playing the electric guitar. Expectations poured out that "Rock gin came out of Happy and Echo, so even in Arirang," and fans summoned BTS's intense rock soundtrack in the past, saying, "Dionysus greets you."

On the other hand, fans who interpreted it from a different perspective were wary of expanding interpretation, saying, "Pop artists are often grouped into rock/pop on multiple platforms," and some fans asked the source, "Is this information reliable?"

Hive HYBE has never made any official comment on the genre. However, Suga said in a GQ interview, "There are various genres. It will be quite different from the BTS music that has come in so far," he said, and other members, including RM, have made similar comments, so expectations for "rock" music are not easily subdued.

"Arirang" is BTS' fifth full-length album and is the first full-length comeback in about four years since "Proof" released in 2022. It will be released on March 20 and will consist of a total of 14 tracks. On March 21, the day after the release, the comeback live performance at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul will be broadcast live around the world on Netflix, and more than 82 world tours in 34 cities will begin from April 9.

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