{"id":338106,"date":"2026-03-10T04:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/338106\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T04:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:12:08","slug":"bts-to-launch-arirang-pop-ups-to-mark-new-album-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/338106\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS to launch ‘Arirang’ pop-ups to mark new album release"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A piece of merchandise to be sold at a pop-up store in Seoul to mark the release of BTS’s fifth studio album, “Arirang” \/ Courtesy of HYBE<\/p>\n

K-pop supergroup BTS will open special pop-up stores to celebrate the release of its fifth studio album, “Arirang,” the group’s agency said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The pop-ups, titled “Arirang,” will open at 1 p.m. on March 20, the day of the album’s release, and run until April 12 at The Heritage in Shinsegae Department Store’s main branch and at HYBE’s headquarters in Seoul.<\/p>\n

In collaboration with the National Museum Foundation of Korea, the band will showcase merchandise that reinterprets traditional Korean aesthetics with a modern touch in keeping with the album’s theme.<\/p>\n

The products will be produced jointly with Mu:ds, the foundation’s cultural goods brand, to help promote Korean culture to a global audience. Other products, such as hoodies and ball caps, will also be available.<\/p>\n

Early sales for select items will open on the Weverse Shop on Thursday, while all merchandise will become available March 20. The Mu:ds collaboration goods will also be sold at the National Museum of Korea’s gift shop beginning the same date. Visitors must book in advance through the Weverse Spot reservation system.<\/p>\n

Described as an album that embodies BTS’ identity and explores profound feelings of love, “Arirang” has already surpassed 4 million pre-saves on Spotify.<\/p>\n

Following the album’s release at 1 p.m. on March 20 (Korean time), BTS will stage a free comeback concert at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square at 8 p.m. the next day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A piece of merchandise to be sold at a pop-up store in Seoul to mark the release of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-338106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}