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This episode was recorded on September 5th, 2026 Join us for the final installment of our BTS Arirang Extravaganza series! The host, Simone, is joined by her lovely guests, Gina and Shay, as they sit down and talk about their experiences attending the Arirang Tour in North America. So much goes into concert day aside from the actual show, and they are here to break everything down, from ticketing to traveling and every experience in between. They also discuss entertainment news that happened during the tour as well. Let us know if you also attended the Arirang Tour and what city you went to! Email - [email protected] Social Media - IWasThinkNPod Resources https://magazine.weverse.io/article/view/1899?artist=BTS&lang=ko http://magazine.weverse.io/article/view/1903?artist=BTS&lang=ko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDu9XC9xiJs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea https://laseoulite.substack.com/p/the-korean-flag-what-it-represents https://jtak.scholasticahq.com/article/88777-negotiating-religion-tradition-and-modernity-in-post-19th-century-korean-seungmu-dance If you or anyone you know is in a domestic violence situation, help can be found at: http://thehotline.org/

*This episode was originally recorded on April 11th, 2026. Some information is outdated, and before attending the BTS Arirang tour live.* We're back with our extravaganza to break down the album! Shay is back to help Simone talk about their favorites, producers and writers that participated, and their interpretation of each song. email - [email protected] Social Media - IWasThinkNPod ⁠https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/arirang/⁠ ⁠https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/k-pop/20260321/ancient-bell-sound-enters-bts-album-after-museum-chiefs-inspiration⁠ ⁠https://genius.com/Bts-swim-lyrics⁠ Zane Lowe Interview - ⁠https://youtu.be/LB01v___wO4?si=19kbYI9zUI5sehCd⁠ Studio Notes I Arirang - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/live/K0kr5E8AY6U?si=h99zkQAcrFpkCaa2⁠ Swim MV - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4iVv91Z6lY⁠ 2.0 MV - ⁠https://youtu.be/_gyultVTesk?si=meMUsxLWm_aUL3VX⁠ Jinwoo Park’s TikTok videos ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gJjTpD/⁠ ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gJ9LEk/⁠

*This episode was originally recorded on April 11th, 2026. Some information is outdated, and before attending the BTS Arirang tour live* We're back with our extravaganza to break down the album! Shay is back to help Simone talk about their favorites, producers and writers that participated, and their interpretation of each song. email - [email protected] Social Media - IWasThinkNPod https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/arirang/ https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/k-pop/20260321/ancient-bell-sound-enters-bts-album-after-museum-chiefs-inspiration https://genius.com/Bts-swim-lyrics Zane Lowe Interview - https://youtu.be/LB01v___wO4?si=19kbYI9zUI5sehCd Studio Notes I Arirang - https://www.youtube.com/live/K0kr5E8AY6U?si=h99zkQAcrFpkCaa2 Swim MV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4iVv91Z6lY 2.0 MV - https://youtu.be/_gyultVTesk?si=meMUsxLWm_aUL3VX Jinwoo Park’s TikTok videos https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gJjTpD/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gJ9LEk/

Welcome to another part of the BTS Arirang Extravaganza! In this episode, we talk about the promotion strategies used for Arirang, the true history of Arirang, and the controversies that surround this comeback with Howard University, and people questioning BTS's Koreaness. Thank you to our lovely guest, Shay, for joining us this episode! email - [email protected] Social Media - IWasThinkNPod Resources https://weverse.io/bts/notice/32916 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Arirang https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/bts-how-howard-university-helped-elevate-korean-culture-and-how-black-culture-influenced-k-pop https://boundarystones.weta.org/2020/02/12/k-pop-there-was-arirang-first-korean-students-howard-university

CALLING ALL BTS ARMY! THE COMEBACK HAS FINALLY ARRIVED! To celebrate, we are bringing a series of episodes to talk all things Arirang! Enjoy part one, where we break down and talk about the Comeback performance, the most recent documentary, BTS: The Return. We also want to thank our special guest, Shannon, for joining us this episode! Email - [email protected] Social Media - IWasThinkNPod Follow Shannon on Tiktok @shnoonie and Twitter/X @minimoanie Resources https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/bts-arirang-comeback-costumes-jay-songzio-lyrical-armor-1238685143/ https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bts-the-return-interview-with-bao-nguyen