"The craziest album ever." BTS' BTS "Hot Shot DNA" again. 1

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Hot Shot Debut. A word that means entering the top of the chart upon the release of an album or music. After the comeback announcement, artists with strong fandom expectations and high public interest often achieve it. And the K-pop artist who became the epitome of this "hot shot debut" on the Billboard chart is BTS (BTS, RM Jin, Jimin, J-Hope, Suga, V Jungkook).

BTS will release its new album "ARIRANG" on the 20th and announce the K-pop god "The Return of the King" through a comeback performance at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on the 21st. With ARMY (BTS fandom), all fans at home and abroad, as well as the entertainment and securities industries, the attention of so many people is focused on major music charts, Netflix, SNS platforms, and Gwanghwamun, it is becoming increasingly curious what kind of impact BTS's comeback will have.

Attention is also focusing on the record of BTS, which naturally wrote the best, first, and most history. The "BTS Power" on Netflix, which will broadcast the performance live on the 21st, is expected to fluctuate the domestic or global viewing rankings, and the 86-year-old Billboard chart "Hot Shot Debut" (first record chart calculated in 1940) has also been booked early.

BTS's first Billboard Hot Shot debut dates back to 2018, eight years ago. The LOVE YOURSELF 轉 "Tear," which was the third full-length album, achieved the great feat of becoming the first Korean singer to top the Billboard 200 chart with its first hot shot debut. At that time, even the word BTS was unfamiliar, and the popularity or recognition did not reach the current level, so there was a view that it was a technological success of mobilizing powerful fandom firepower. Nevertheless, this "hot shot debut" was a record that Psy never achieved, and for a generation who highly appreciated Billboard's tradition and authority, it was surprising in terms of arousing curiosity about an artist called BTS and a new leap forward in Korean pop song.

Based on this "hot shot debut," BTS worked harder to expand ARMY's power, raising public awareness by establishing its position as a hot artist, and naturally succeeded in inducing the topic of its next album or new song comeback.

◇ List of Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 chart hotshot debut albums and songs of all time BTS

"Tear," the 3rd full-length album of 2018 LOVE YOURSELF, and the repackaged LOVE YOURSELF 結 "Answer."

2019 6th mini album MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA

2020 album mini 6th album MAP OF THE SOUL: 7, mini 7th album BE, "Dynamite", "Life Goes On"

2021년 'Butter', Permission To Dance'

"My Universe" in 2022, "Proof", an anthology album

2023 "Like Crazy" (Jimin) and "Seven" (Jungkook)

Attention is now focusing on whether "ARIRANG" and the title song "SWIM" (Swim) will make their 14th and 15th hot shot debuts.

Meanwhile, after entering the comeback countdown, the comeback atmosphere has been on the rise. A total of 14 tracks, led by "SWIM," were written by all the members, along with Big Hit CEO Peedock, Diplo, who is also well-known as an EDM new tycoon, and Grammy-winning OneRepublic member Ryan Tether.

"ARIRANG is the craziest album of all time and will shock the world," Diplo, who worked on five tracks including "Body to Body," "FYA," "One More Night," "Like Animals" and "Into the Sun," told TMZ. Also, "I've been doing music for 30 years and I feel very lucky to work with such a great group and to have them believe in me and make great music. BTS is really active and creative. I can't believe it," he praised.

Member Suga also said of "Arirang" through a GQ cover story released on February 13, 2025, "It contains various genres," adding, "It will be quite different from the BTS albums you have heard so far," adding, "In this album, you will see a more mature BTS." RM also said, "ARIRANG is really an album with everything."

As Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said, "We need to prepare for the return of the king by seeing the entire city as an event venue," strict control of the site is also implemented on the day of the performance, which is expected to attract up to 260,000 people.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency is fully prepared, judging that it cannot rule out the possibility of terrorism in consideration of the unstable international situation such as the Middle East situation ahead of the Gwanghwamun performance in BTS.

Sign vodka, bucket barricades, and police buses will be placed on major roads and back roads to prevent sudden acceleration or rushing accidents of vehicles in the venue, and door-type metal detectors (MDs) will be installed at 30 visitor entrances on the day of the performance to prevent dangerous goods from being brought in, and search will be greatly strengthened.

The experience available to the police commandos will be mobilized as much as possible for the preliminary safety inspection of all areas of the venue. It plans to establish a preemptive response system, such as operating a joint analysis response team for related functions and analyzing the risk of the report, in case reports of explosion threats are received on the day of the event.

On the day of the event, a monitoring team will be operated to determine the density of crowds, and related organizations, including the Seoul Metropolitan Government, will work together at 31 gates to determine the timing of crowd control.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said, "It may take a long time to enter due to strengthened search such as MD operation, so portable items should be simplified. We will thoroughly prepare for the entire event by mobilizing all available experience and equipment," he said.

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