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Arirang Explained: The Sad 600-Year-Old Song Behind BTS’s Album
I almost cried in a stadium full of strangers. I was at a concert in LA, surrounded by tens of thousands of fans — most of them not Korean, most of them probably unable to order food in Korean — and they were all singing Arirang. A 600-year-old Korean folk song. A sad one. And…
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Who Is Kim Gu? The Korean Hero BTS Name-Dropped (And Why It Explains the Grammy Boycott)
So you’re playing BTS’ Arirang on repeat — again, we’re not judging — and somewhere in “Aliens,” RM suddenly addresses someone by name. Respectfully. Almost reverently. Kim Gu. If you’re not Korean, that name probably slid right past you between two bass hits. If you are Korean, congratulations: you just got emotionally ambushed by a…