{"id":457662,"date":"2026-02-06T13:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457662\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:32:24","slug":"bts-to-hold-events-at-seoul-landmarks-as-it-gears-up-for-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457662\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS to hold events at Seoul landmarks as it gears up for comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/936256c3-0495-4223-b417-99098f4a319d.png\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1280; width: 100%\" alt=\"BTS \/ Courtesy of BIGHIT MUSIC\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BTS \/ Courtesy of BIGHIT MUSIC<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">K-pop supergroup BTS will hold a &#8220;The City&#8221; cultural project at key sites in the  Korean capital to mark its highly anticipated return after a nearly four-year hiatus, the group&#8217;s agency BigHit Music announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The event, titled &#8220;BTS The City Arirang Seoul,&#8221; will run from March 20 to April 12, featuring a 23-day program combining music, media art, and urban installations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The seven-member act is set to release its fifth studio album, &#8220;Arirang,&#8221; named after the famous Korean folk song, on March 20. It will be its first release since &#8220;Proof&#8221; in June 2022 and the first since all members completed their mandatory military service. The group is scheduled to hold a free concert the following day to mark the reunion at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, where organizers expect approximately 150,000 to 200,000 fans to gather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">On the day of the new release, the city&#8217;s major landmarks, including the Sungnyemun gate and Seoul Tower, will light up a large-scale media facade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">&#8220;Adding contemporary media expressions to cultural heritage sites like Sungnyemun will present symbolic scenes where tradition meets the present, and highlight the value of Korean heritage to global audiences,&#8221; BigHit Music said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">A lounge-style program will open at Yeouido Han River Park through March 22, allowing visitors to relax and experience BTS&#8217; music together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">In April, walls, stairways and tree-lined streets in central Seoul will turn into outdoor exhibition spaces, projecting lyrics of the group&#8217;s hit songs as media art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">BigHit said the project is being organized in partnership with the Seoul metropolitan government to allow both tourists and locals to &#8220;experience culture and art in a new way and enjoy BTS&#8217; comeback.&#8221; Related events will also be held across various sectors, including food, beverages and mobility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The band previously staged similar &#8220;The City&#8221; festivals in Las Vegas in April 2022 and in Busan that October to mark its concerts in those cities, drawing massive crowds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Detailed schedules for the upcoming project will be released later via BTS&#8217; channel on Hybe&#8217;s K-pop fan platform Weverse. Following the Seoul event, the &#8220;BTS The City Arirang&#8221; will expand to other major cities worldwide later in the year, the agency said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BTS \/ Courtesy of BIGHIT MUSIC K-pop supergroup BTS will hold a &#8220;The City&#8221; cultural project at key&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-457662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}