SEOUL, March 4 (UPI) — K-pop supergroup BTS on Wednesday unveiled the tracklist for its upcoming studio album Arirang, offering the first detailed look at the band’s long-awaited full-group comeback following the members’ military service.<\/p>\n
The group’s label, BigHit Music, released the tracklist<\/a> through official channels, confirming that the album will feature 14 songs, including opener “Body to Body” and title track “SWIM.”<\/p>\n The remaining songs include “Hooligan,” “Aliens,” “FYA,” “2.0,” “No. 29,” “Merry Go Round,” “NORMAL,” “Like Animals,” “they don’t know ’bout us,” “One More Night,” “Please” and the closing track “Into The Sun.”<\/p>\n The album, scheduled for release March 20, will mark BTS’ first major group project in nearly four years and their first since the members completed mandatory military service.<\/p>\n BigHit said the album’s 14 tracks share “the honest stories BTS has long wanted to tell ARMY, who have been waiting for their full-group comeback.” ARMY is the name of BTS’s official fandom.<\/p>\n “The members were deeply involved throughout the songwriting and production process, infusing their own thoughts and identities while expressing the emotions and reflections they experienced along their journey,” the label said.<\/p>\n BigHit also unveiled producing and songwriting credits for Arirang, with BTS members represented on every track alongside star producers including Diplo, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, El Guincho, Mike WiLL Made-It and Ryan Tedder.<\/p>\n “Was a journey and so much fun working with these guys and an honor to be involved in this,” Tedder, who collaborated on several songs, wrote<\/a> on the social media platform X after the tracklist was released.<\/p>\n Title track “SWIM” is an upbeat alternative pop song about navigating life’s turbulent waves, with group leader RM taking a lead role in the lyrics, BigHit said, according to<\/a> news agency Yonhap.<\/p>\n The album announcement comes ahead of “BTS The Comeback Live: Arirang,” a major reunion performance scheduled for March 21 at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul that will be streamed globally on Netflix.<\/p>\n Seoul city officials said this week they have conditionally approved a safety management plan for the large-scale event, which is expected to draw massive crowds to the downtown plaza.<\/p>\n