{"id":62038,"date":"2026-04-09T17:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/see-bts-arirang-tour-kickoff-videos\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:24:52","slug":"see-bts-arirang-tour-kickoff-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/see-bts-arirang-tour-kickoff-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"See BTS&#8217; &#8216;Arirang&#8217; Tour Kickoff Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tTens of thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bts\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bts\" data-tag=\"bts\">BTS<\/a> fans braved what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cq59qzzg93jo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the BBC<\/a> described as torrential rain on Thursday to see the group\u2019s official <em>Arirang <\/em>tour kickoff at Goyang Stadium, near Seoul, South Korea. Fan-shot video of the concert shows that the weather did not deter the septet, who put on a spectacle for the massive crowd performing all but one song from their new <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/bts-album-review-arirang-1235534697\/\">Arirang<\/a> <\/em>and a selection of past hits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhile performing the remix version of <em>Wings\u2019 <\/em>\u201cNot Today,\u201d they strutted around the stage as lasers beamed around them and dancers came out with fluorescent lights, raising them as they all said \u201cHey!\u201d after repeating \u201cNot today.\u201d They even added spires of pyro to the production by the end of it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FANCAM 260409 Not Today Remix BTS World Tour Arirang Goyang Day 1 Concert Live \ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8 \uace0\uc591 \ucf58\uc11c\ud2b8\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mb-92uQk0WI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSimilarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ApReXVqtgB4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">their performance of \u201cFire\u201d<\/a> featured even more pyro. They flexed their choreography skills on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2zv5G-onGMg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cMic Drop\u201d remix<\/a> (but didn\u2019t drop their mics at the end.) And they kept moving in the round for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zZmb-URXhrY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cRun,\u201d<\/a> so that all of the 40,000 people gathered for the first night could see one of them at a time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMost impressive, they did all of this in the rain. The BBC\u2019s concert review reported that V laid his body down on the stage and mimicked doing the breaststroke, while performing \u201cSwim.\u201d \u201cWatch out,\u201d RM commented. \u201cYou might get hurt like me.\u201d (The artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bts-rm-ankle-injury-comeback-concert-1235534814\/\">hurt his ankle<\/a> during tour rehearsals). Suga likened the venue to \u201ca water park.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBy the end of the main set, Jimin was joking about just how rainy the concert was. \u201cI\u2019m soaked down to my underwear, but the most important thing was getting to see you all,\u201d he said, according to the BBC. \u201cFor four years, I couldn\u2019t see you and it was tough, but it\u2019s an honor that I got to see you again.\u201d (The group members paused their activity together for four years so each musician could serve his conscripted service in South Korea\u2019s military.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOne fan, identified on YouTube as TheUltimateDodo, who seemed to get some of the best video of the concert, caught a close-up of Jimin drying Taehyung\u2019s hair.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FANCAM 260409 Jimin drying Taehyung\u2019s hair BTS World Tour Arirang Goyang Day 1 Concert Live \ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8 \uace0\uc591\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DcE81tbOtUU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBut the rain couldn\u2019t deter the BTS Army, some of whom waited for the show to begin as early as 6:30 a.m. Fans were so excited about it that half a million of them tuned into to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/UjzR07bpVR4?si=uscFzqo4KeUEzLZ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">three-hour livestream of the outside of the stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBTS, who marked their comeback with a free concert in Seoul attended by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bts-comeback-concert-record-breaking-audience-seoul-1235535298\/\">a reported quarter of a million fans<\/a> in March, have concerts planned in South Korea through the weekend and have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bts-2026-comeback-stadium-tour-1235498726\/\">dates scheduled in the U.S.<\/a> beginning with a two-night stand in Tampa, Florida on April 25.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BTS ARIRANG Goyang Concert Day 1 Highlights @BTS | \ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8 \uc544\ub9ac\ub791 \ucf58\uc11c\ud2b8 1\ud68c\ucc28 \ubb34\ub300 \ubaa8\uc74c \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w-dETw9vw0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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