{"id":162029,"date":"2026-03-18T06:11:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=162029"},"modified":"2026-03-18T06:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:11:58","slug":"hybe-demands-that-btss-red-theme-not-be-interpreted-politically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/hybe-demands-that-btss-red-theme-not-be-interpreted-politically\/","title":{"rendered":"HYBE demands that BTS\u2019s \u201cRed\u201d theme not be interpreted politically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BTS<\/strong>\u2019 comeback with <em>\u201cARIRANG\u201d<\/em> has become one of the most talked-about topics online in the past few weeks. As the idols create anticipation over the release of the album, the red concept might be controversial for some K-Netizens.<\/p>\n<p>On March 18, BigHit Music<strong>, BTS\u2019s music agency, stated that the red color featured in the upcoming event at Gwanghwamun Square exclusively reflects the key visual theme for<em> \u201cARIRANG,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> and it\u2019s purely artistic, aligning with the album concept rather than any other interpretation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btschartsxdaily\/status\/2034197676263113130\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[INFO] HYBE has released an official statement regarding the symbolic color for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BTS<\/a>&#39;s concert at Gwanghwamun Square. <\/p>\n<p>HYBE stated &quot;The red color for the Gwanghwamun Square concert is an application of the key color from the &#39;Arirang&#39; album, The Seoul Metropolitan Government is\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6q3vteTct5\">pic.twitter.com\/6q3vteTct5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BTS Charts News (@btschartsxdaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btschartsxdaily\/status\/2034197676263113130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, the color decision has sparked criticism among some fans, as they argue that BTS and their fanbase are traditionally associated with the <strong>color purple<\/strong>. In addition, they emphasized that red may carry unintended political connotations.<\/p>\n<p>HYBE has been pretty vocal about it, reiterating that<strong> the red color is solely tied to the album\u2019s visual identity and urged the public not to interpret with political senses<\/strong>. There might be some controversy as the performance approaches on March 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS\u2019 comeback with \u201cARIRANG\u201d has become one of the most talked-about topics online in the past few weeks. As the idols create anticipation over the release of the album, the red concept might be controversial for some K-Netizens. On March 18, BigHit Music, BTS\u2019s music agency, stated that the red color featured in the upcoming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":162030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2264,16],"tags":[49],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-162029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-kpop","10":"tag-bts"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162033,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162029\/revisions\/162033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162029"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=162029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}