A few moments ago, BTS surprised fans by announcing their long-awaited new album name, ‘ARIRANG.‘ Find out its symbolic meaning that maks reference to his roots.
On January 15th, BigHit Music shared a Weverse report, titled “BTS The 5th Album ‘ARIRANG’ Pre-Order” which confirmed the boy group new era with this meaningful name beside revealing that the pre-order starts on Friday, January 16.
[공지] BTS (방탄소년단) 정규 5집 'ARIRANG' 예약 구매 안내 (+ENG/JPN/CHN/ESP)
🔗 https://t.co/CST1HCVKVC#BTS #방탄소년단 #BTS_ARIRANG pic.twitter.com/4RMRBBXshG
— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) January 15, 2026
‘Arirang’ is the name of the most famous folk song in Korea, which symbolizes the nation’s spirit, identity, and emotions of love, loss, and suffering. This word possible meaning is “my beloved one” that come from ari (beautiful) and rang (beloved).
This song is a cultural treasure, and BTS has demonstrated their love for it by making their own version of it, which has made it recently rumored to become the boy group’s 5th album due to symbolic hints from the members.
Now, fans have reacted to this announcement with comments like, “ARIRANG makes so much sense for BTS?!!!!!” “OMG ARIRANG 😭😭,” “LET’S GOOOOOOO!” “Having flashbacks with ARIRANG,” “I know that’s right!” “ARIRANG?! 🥺 We are going back to our roots,” “ARIRANG is such a beautiful title – this has actually just made me tear up!😭🥰💜.”
ARIRANG??? NOW I CAN’T STOP SINGING THIS WTH😭pic.twitter.com/SfN04006YV
— sneha⁷ ᥫ᭡. | ⊙⊝⊜ (@taexdec) January 15, 2026
