{"id":367512,"date":"2026-04-07T08:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367512\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:05:12","slug":"bts-swim-dips-one-spot-to-no-2-on-billboard-singles-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367512\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217; &#8216;Swim&#8217; dips one spot to No. 2 on Billboard singles chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a36ffff4-8167-4329-81e8-99fa2337db77.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1281; width: 100%\" alt=\"K-pop boy group BTS \/ Courtesy of BigHit Music\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>K-pop boy group BTS \/ Courtesy of BigHit Music<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">&#8220;Swim,&#8221; the lead track from BTS&#8217; fifth studio album &#8220;Arirang,&#8221; has slipped one spot to No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard&#8217;s main singles chart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The upbeat alternative pop track came in behind chart-topper Ella Langley&#8217;s &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of April 11, according to a Billboard preview released Monday (U.S. time).<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Meanwhile, the 14-track album ruled the Billboard 200 albums chart for two consecutive weeks, making history for a K-pop act to achieve the feat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">&#8220;Arirang&#8221; explores the identity of BTS as a group that began in Korea and the universal emotions its members have encountered throughout their lives. &#8220;Swim&#8221; is an upbeat alternative pop song about navigating life&#8217;s challenges, with lyrics co-written by the group&#8217;s front man, RM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"K-pop boy group BTS \/ Courtesy of BigHit Music &#8220;Swim,&#8221; the lead track from BTS&#8217; fifth studio album&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-367512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367512","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=367512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}