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Daily BTS⁷ 💜

@dailybts.bsky.social

A beautiful breakdown of Arirang & ARMYrang by user zarahgeeh— Filipino librarian, folklorist, writer & ARMY. Sharing this here for those not on Threads because this love, history, and meaning deserves to be heard. 💜

(🔗: www.threads.com/@zarahgeeh/p...)

I have been sitting with this for hours now, trying to steady myself because, my goodness, BTS has done something sublime, yet again.
Because, to name the comeback album, “Arirang” is not just an album title. And for them to send ARMY a message on Apple Music, calling us ARMYrang is not just a message.
As a librarian, as a folklorist, as a writer of folk tales, and as ARMY, this moment reaches far deeper than fandom. It touches the part of me that understands how culture survives;
how stories of ordinary people make the fabric of sovereignty and nationhood.
Arirang comes from folk tradition. It is not a song you own. It is a song you carry. It is a story you offer.
It has no single author. It belongs to farmers and migrants, to those who labored and waited, to people who crossed mountains and borders with grief in their pockets and hope folded carefully into song. Arirang has always been sung at thresholds, when leaving, when returning, when words are not enough.
So when BTS name their comeback album, Arirang, this is not nostalgia.
This is not branding. This is not a trend.
This is inheritance. This is heritage. A cultural artifact brought back to consciousness.

BTS is not saying we are back. They are saying we endured. They are saying we crossed. They are saying we remember who we are and where we come from.
And then, ARMYrang.
That word undid me.
In folk traditions, the refrain of song and story exists so others can join in.
The song lives because someone answers back. To be named inside a song and story is to be acknowledged as part of its survival.
ARMYrang is not a term of endearment. By using folk literature, BTS is addressing us as kin and community.
BTS says: you are not the audience.
You are not just a market. You are not merely a number.
You are part of the refrain.
As a librarian, I know this as second skin: for culture to survive it needs to be remembered and to be lived.
Because someone must keep on singing, retelling, passing it on with care.

As a folklorist, I know what it means to step into collective authorship; to speak with humility, to carry a story without flattening it, to trust the people who receive it to hold it well.
As ARMY, I know what it has meant to wait. As a mother, I learned how to hold joy and sorrow together. Being a woman, I know how to sing quietly when shouting would break us.
And now, ARMYrang. It feels like love eternal not
because it promises forever but because it promises continuance.
Eternity, in folk culture, is not endless time. It is unbroken transmission.
A song passed hand to hand.
A name spoken with care.
A people who show up, again and again, to sing. To tell stories.
This comeback does not ask us to scream. It asks us to listen.
It does not demand attention.
It asks for reverence.
Putang ina. Paiiyakin tayo ng Bangtan. (Fuck, Bangtan will make us cry!)

Not because this is dramatic.
But because this is true.
This is what it looks like when artists return not as products, but as people. And when they call their listeners not fans, but kin.
I am still gathering my wits. Really. I think I will be for a while.
But I know this much:
To be ARMY in this moment, to be called ARMYrang, is to stand inside a very old song to be held and to belong there.
Apobangpo! Purple and true! 💜

January 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

YEEEEESSSS! Bring me the Cypher Pt. 5! BRING IT!
#BTS #ARMY

Stay Golden⁷💜 ⊙⊝⊜ @staygold613.bsky.social · 3d

Members joking about "Pt 5"... We know exactly which "Pt 5" we'd like! 🖤💜

a group of young men are singing into microphones in front of a crowd of people .

ALT: a group of young men are singing into microphones in front of a crowd of people .

media.tenor.com

January 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM

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⊙⊝⊜ Carrieee ⊙⊝⊜

@carrieeemca.bsky.social

Wowwww this is AMAZING!!
#BTS

For the first time in their career, their 5th album has been officially categorized under the Pop gemreif Apple Music. This means every single track will debut directly on the Pop charts of Apple Music.

January 15, 2026 at 10:37 PM

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TK

@tkinsights.bsky.social

So... what is arirang?

Now available for everyone! Feel free to share/screenshot/repost/etc. w/ credit.

💜🫰🏻

ARIRANG (아리랑)

What does ARIRANG mean???

so-what.ghost.io

January 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

"Let's hold hands and go, let's go together" 💜

Nuala⁷ - 방탄이랑 🏳️‍🌈 @ladynuala.bsky.social · 3d

youtu.be/zFyndK9VOCk?...

ARMY, share your favourite Arirang versions?

This one is mine, outside BTS's.
Oh god all the shivers. She's stunning. And I love that so many will have an unconscious relationship to Arirang after kpop demon hunters last summer.

#bts #bts_arirang

So Hyang - Arirang Alone [Immortal Songs 2 #1]

YouTube video by KBS WORLD TV

youtu.be

January 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM

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Claire⁷ 🦋💜 ⊙⊝⊜

@clairus.bsky.social

Arirang! It's been 10 years 🥹

[KCON 2016 France×M COUNTDOWN] Opening Performance _ Arirang Medley(아리랑 연곡) M COUNTDOWN 160614 EP.47

YouTube video by Mnet K-POP

youtu.be

January 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

This makes me so irrationally happy. Their voices, the new album, the fact that they chose Arirang as the title. APOBANGPO! #BTS #ARMY

winyyy⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ • ☀︎ @winyyy.bsky.social · 4d

There's a message on 🍎

January 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

ARMY have such sharp eyes! I am always amazed at what ARMY manage to spot.

sara⁷💫ᵇᵗˢ ʸᵉᵃʳ @hobahope.bsky.social · 4d

crazy thought but what if this is yoongi literally having and sharing the idea of a 360 stage so there's fans seated all over the stadium

January 14, 2026 at 9:55 PM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

#BTS #ARMY For the tour announcement, a helpful time zone note below. So for my fellow West Coast ARMY, we get the details at 7 AM tomorrow. I'm so excited! 🎉

Krystara⁷ @krystara.bsky.social · 6d

Ok so for those of us, who like me, are having time zone issues, that is:

10:00 am est (New York)
9:00 am cst
8:00 am mst
7:00 am pst
5:00 am hst (Hawaii)

3:00 pm gmt (London)

All on Tuesday, January 13

Krystara⁷ @krystara.bsky.social · 6d

So all morning I've been in and out of bsky and seeing people post that BTS tour info is tomorrow and being REALLY confused because I thought it was coming on the 14th and tomorrow is the 13th.

Korea time Krys... It's coming on the 14th in Korea!

Ohhhhhhhhhh 💡

January 12, 2026 at 8:03 PM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

it's not an artist protection sticker, it's an ARMY protection sticker

Noodle Soop 💜 🇨🇦 @noodlesoop.bsky.social · 13d

There. Fixed it.

For the sake of ARMYs everywhere, an RJ sticker is provided.

January 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

Seriously?

Kim Seokjin is seated in a car. He is wearing a striped shirt and holding a sandwich. He looks off to the left, aghast. Inserted text says, "Right in front of my sandwich."

January 6, 2026 at 2:40 AM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

NO, NO I DID NOT!
Namjoon, come get your boys, please? The oldest and the youngest are out here wilding

Daily Jung Kook ✨ @dailyjungkook.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats. You survived the first Monday of 2026. #jungkook

Jungkook in jeans, a black wife beater, and a leather jacket posing with his arms up.

January 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

pls send help 😍😵💀

moni⁷ :) ㉧㉣㉣ @moninomimon.bsky.social · 13d

KIM SEOKJIN EXPLAIN YOURSELF

Kim Seokjin with his back exposed and a necklace dangling down his back

January 6, 2026 at 2:26 AM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

This is good advice! I panic-bought during the presale for D-day (my first IRL concert experience) and paid a stupid amount of money when I probably didn't need to. Tickets will be out there somewhere, even for a sold out show. #BTS #ARMY

D’Alice⁷ ⟭⟬E ARE B⟬⟭CK 💜 @dalicecraig.bsky.social · 14d

Final thoughts before I have to do chores and errands and shit…

Please dont fret too much about tickets. Yes all the bad things you don’t want to happen will (solos, scalpers, TM WILL fail you) but better things happen

ARMY comes through for one another, I’ve seen it time and time and time again +

January 4, 2026 at 8:24 PM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

Let's get this for Jin! We're so close, and our Seokjinnie has worked so hard for ARMY. If I could figure out the stupid voting process, you can too. Fighting! 💜

BTSxARMY VOTING TEAM @btsxarmyvotingteam.bsky.social · 16d

📢 TAKE THE LEAD, ARMY!

END: January 5 | 12:00nn KST
Guide: bit.ly/AVT_GDA2025
Vote: buff.ly/ZfEIwgG

January 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM

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Anika⁷ ⟭⟬🐋💜

@abusra16.bsky.social

250103 an official page labeled '2026BTS' is showing the countdown to March 20, 2026!

omg what are they planning✨

🔗 2026bts.com

#BTS

January 3, 2026 at 12:57 AM

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Heyydaah ⟬⟭

@heyydaah.myatproto.social

Remember to vote for Jin today!

global.prizm.co.kr/story/gda25

Proof of voting for the Golden Disc Awards showing 4 votes for BTS Jin.

January 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

Dear Borasky, Happy New Year! I offer as a gift the big Bangtan hug that is Lights
"Let's walk forward without fear, you and I"
youtu.be/eaUpme4jalE?...

BTS 'Lights' Official MV

YouTube video by UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN

youtu.be

January 1, 2026 at 2:26 PM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

It's already the new year for the Tannies! Happy Bangtan Year to them and to ARMY! I'm so glad they were all together being their goofy selves in Namjoon's house with the crazy tree. 🎆🎇🎆🎇

December 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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TK

@tkinsights.bsky.social

💜👀🫰🏻because I was asked!

BTS Handwritten Greetings

That image going around... idk

so-what.ghost.io

December 31, 2025 at 5:51 AM

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ying {夢希望前進前進}

@centuryeggtears.bsky.social

all i can see is these:

1. a taiji/taegeuk (central to the korean flag), representing yin and yang, perfect duality, order of nature

2. the bagua symbol for heaven (power, assertion, creativity)

3. and the bagua for fire (clarity, passion, creation - next year also starts a 20-year fire cycle)

The original design of taiji/taegeuk, yin and yang

Chart explaining all 8 basic bagua trigrams, with a taiji/taegeuk in the middle

Explanation of the taegeuk and bagua symbols on the korean flag

December 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM

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BipolarChef⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ 💜 🐳

@bipolarchef.bsky.social

‼️‼️‼️

We are at #2 again! 😮‍💨

Please, don't forget to vote.

Let's get this for Jinnie!!

Fighting!!!! 💜💪

December 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM

875_camellia ⊙⊝⊜

@harthad.bsky.social

Reposting to make sure it hits the Bangtan OT7 feed #BTS #ARMY

cypherstate⁷ @cypherstate.bsky.social · 20d

Does anyone here have connections with @oneinanarmy.bsky.social ? A few of us noticed they didn't post a campaign for Tae's birthday, then checked and all their accounts are inactive. Hoping to find out what's going on and see if they need help. Any info or possible connections welcome!

December 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM

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BTSxSouthwest

@btsxsouthwest.bsky.social

Celebrating V’s Bday by giving back 🐾💜
Yeontan’s Legacy can feed TWO senior dogs their special diet for a whole year with The Grey Muzzle Organization.
Let’s spread the love!

greymuzzle.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/ye...

#YeontansLegacy #CelebratingBangtan
#HAPPYVDAY
#HappyBirthdayV
#V #Taehyung

Yeontan's Legacy

Your support makes a difference. Help us continue the work that matters most in our community.

greymuzzle.app.neoncrm.com

December 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM

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Bangtan Greenhouse⁷

@btsgreenhouse.bsky.social

Happy Taehyung Day!

Tae’s birth flower is Wintersweet/Chimonanthus praecox. The perfect snow flower for our Winter Bear, they bloom in winter and symbolize tender love.

#HAPPYVDAY
#HappyBirthdayTaehyung

Branches of yellow wintersweet flowers against a bright blue sky.

Tae wearing a blue shirt and dark jacket leans against a window.

December 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM

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