{"id":323082,"date":"2026-03-10T21:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/323082\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:35:09","slug":"bts-to-open-arirang-pop-ups-to-celebrate-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/323082\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS to open \u2018Arirang\u2019 pop-ups to celebrate new album"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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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

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Early sales for select items will open on the Weverse Shop on Thursday, while all merchandise will become available March 20. The Mud:s 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

Earlier, it was reported that global icons BTS had revealed<\/a> the full track list for \u2018Arirang\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pop-ups, titled “Arirang,” will open at 1 p.m. on March 20, the day of the album’s release,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-323082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}