BTS have shared the tracklist for their upcoming album ‘ARIRANG’, and some huge names are listed in the production credits.
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Two months ago, the K-pop icons announced their comeback by sharing plans for a new album and a global run of dates. ‘ARIRANG’ is set for release on March 20, and will be the group’s first album since 2020’s ‘Be’ and their first release since their anthology LP ‘Proof’ in 2022.
The group shared the tracklist and credits today (March 3), revealing that the likes of Diplo, Kevin Parker, JPEGMAFIA, Mike WiLL Made-It, Ryan Tedder, Flume and El Guincho have worked on the tracks.
In terms of the members themselves, RM is credited on every track excluding the interlude, while Suga and J-hope have contributed to almost all of them, Jungkook worked on four, and Jimin and V contributed to ‘They Don’t Know ‘Bout Us’ and ‘Into The Sun’ and ‘2.0’ and ‘Into The Sun’ respectively – check out the full tracklist and credits here.
Diplo confirmed that he was working on the album last month, telling TMZ that the record would “shock the world” and explaining: “I just feel so lucky because I’ve been working for three decades and to link up with a group like that, and have them trust me and do some awesome music… honestly, it’s gonna shock the world. Craziest album ever.”
‘ARIRANG’ is set to draw on a similar emotional depth of the folk song it is named after and “take a dive into the sense of yearning that rises up at different points in life, as well as the ebb and flow journeys we all take”, per a press release earlier this year.
The ‘ARIRANG’ tracklist is:
‘Body To Body’
‘Hooligan’
‘Aliens’
‘FYA’
‘2.0’
‘No. 29’
‘SWIM’
‘Merry Go Round’
‘NORMAL’
‘Like Animals’
‘They Don’t Know ‘Bout Us’
‘One More Night’
‘Please’
‘Into The Sun’
The day after the album comes out, the group will play their first concert in over three years. The show, at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, will be exclusively streamed live on Netflix. It’ll then be followed by the documentary BTS: The Return, premiering on the streaming service on March 27.
A statement described it as “an intimate documentary film chronicling the making of the band’s new album” that “offers fans a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the journey behind BTS’s highly-anticipated return.”
It comes ahead of their huge 2026 and 2027 world tour. Set to cover 34 regions and 79 live shows, it will be their biggest tour yet.
Dates kick off this April with multiple concerts in Goyang, South Korea, and Tokyo, Japan, before following with dates in North America and Europe. Only two UK shows are lined up, taking place in London on July 6 and 7 2026 – find ticket information here.
From there, the band head back to North America, before embarking on more shows in South America, Asia, and Australia.
When the tickets went on sale, many fans expressed their joy, frustration and disappointment.
The K-pop stars reunited last July for the first time since 2022, with all seven members having completed their mandatory military service in South Korea. During a special livestream, BTS confirmed rumours that they were preparing to release new music. In August, RM said the band were “working diligently” on their upcoming material.
Last month, Suga revealed that the band want to stay together until they’re in their 50s or 60s, despite RM admitting that they considered disbanding “thousands of times” due to stress.
BTS went on hiatus in 2022, so that its members could also “explore some solo projects”, while juggling their mandatory military service.
