"It feels extraordinary.""BTS BTS RANG" tracklist reveals ARMY's reactions around the world." [K-EYES]

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News of the release of the tracklist of BTS's fifth studio album "ARIRANG" hit the world. Big Hit Music released the full track list of the album, which is scheduled to be released on March 20, on its official SNS on the 4th. As soon as the title of a total of 14 songs, including the title song "SWIM," was released, related posts on X (formerly Twitter) exceeded 1.4 million, topping the global entertainment trend.

앨범은 'Body to Body', 'Hooligan', 'Aliens', 'FYA', '2.0', 'No. 29', 타이틀곡 'SWIM', 'Merry Go Round', 'NORMAL', 'Like Animals', 'they don't know 'bout us', 'One More Night', 'Please', 'Into the Sun' 순으로 구성됐다. Big Hit Music said, "BTS contains honest stories that they have wanted to tell ARMY for a long time." The title song "SWIM" is an upbeat alternative pop song that sings about swimming without stopping in the waves of life, and RM was in charge of the overall lyrics. Last summer, all members participated in the songwriting session in Los Angeles, USA, with Suga posting 12 tracks and J-Hope posting 11 credits.

Global fans' reactions were explosive. The post shared by Brazilian music account @SeriesBrasil with the full track list received 265,000 views, and the pop account @ThePopBase received more than 250,000 views, saying, "It's a song that starts the album personally, and my heart is shaking."

Jungkook's fan account @jungoldenlight said that what Jungkook said in the past "Merry Merry" was an indication of the tracklist's "Merry Go Round," and cheered, "We knew it." Hashtags such as "#BTS_ARIRANG" and "#BTSComback2026" dominated X real-time trends in Mexico, France, and India at the same time, and Spotify's presave exceeded 3 million.

Various interpretations poured out among fans about the song title. Titles such as "Body to Body," "Like Animals," and "FYA" sparked a response that "the mood of this album is unusual," and the phrase "This era is different" became a sentence penetrating the fandom. As a large number of collaborations between Suga and Jungkook were confirmed, fans cheered, saying, "The Yoon Kook duo combination is back." Indian media Outlook India said, "Fans are looking forward to a more mature and experimental direction by analyzing the title of the song before listening to a single note," while Malaysian media outlet Malay Mail reported, "ARMY has entered all-round detective mode."

Netflix also released a preview video of 'BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE ｜ ARIRANG' on the same day, adding fuel to fans' expectations around the world. Netflix's official Indonesian and Malaysian accounts each posted previews, drawing responses from local fans, and related posts racked up hundreds of thousands of views. The performance, which will be held at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul at 8 p.m. on March 21 (Korea time), is expected to attract up to 200,000 people, and the documentary 'BTS: THE RETURN' will also be released on Netflix on March 27.

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