This episode was recorded on September 5th, 2026

Join us for the final installment of our BTS Arirang Extravaganza series! The host, Simone, is joined by her lovely guests, Gina and Shay, as they sit down and talk about their experiences attending the Arirang Tour in North America. So much goes into concert day aside from the actual show, and they are here to break everything down, from ticketing to traveling and every experience in between. They also discuss entertainment news that happened during the tour as well.

Let us know if you also attended the Arirang Tour and what city you went to!

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Resources

https://magazine.weverse.io/article/view/1899?artist=BTS&lang=ko

http://magazine.weverse.io/article/view/1903?artist=BTS&lang=ko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDu9XC9xiJs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea

https://laseoulite.substack.com/p/the-korean-flag-what-it-represents

https://jtak.scholasticahq.com/article/88777-negotiating-religion-tradition-and-modernity-in-post-19th-century-korean-seungmu-dance

If you or anyone you know is in a domestic violence situation, help can be found at: http://thehotline.org/

*This episode was originally recorded on April 11th, 2026. Some information is outdated, and before attending the BTS Arirang tour live.*

We're back with our extravaganza to break down the album! Shay is back to help Simone talk about their favorites, producers and writers that participated, and their interpretation of each song.

email - iwasthinkingpod@gmail.com

Social Media - IWasThinkNPod

⁠https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/arirang/⁠

⁠https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/k-pop/20260321/ancient-bell-sound-enters-bts-album-after-museum-chiefs-inspiration⁠

⁠https://genius.com/Bts-swim-lyrics⁠

Zane Lowe Interview - ⁠https://youtu.be/LB01v___wO4?si=19kbYI9zUI5sehCd⁠

Studio Notes I Arirang - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/live/K0kr5E8AY6U?si=h99zkQAcrFpkCaa2⁠

Swim MV - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4iVv91Z6lY⁠

2.0 MV - ⁠https://youtu.be/_gyultVTesk?si=meMUsxLWm_aUL3VX⁠

Jinwoo Park’s TikTok videos

⁠https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gJjTpD/⁠

⁠https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gJ9LEk/⁠

*This episode was originally recorded on April 11th, 2026. Some information is outdated, and before attending the BTS Arirang tour live*

We're back with our extravaganza to break down the album! Shay is back to help Simone talk about their favorites, producers and writers that participated, and their interpretation of each song.

email - iwasthinkingpod@gmail.com

Social Media - IWasThinkNPod

https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/arirang/

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/k-pop/20260321/ancient-bell-sound-enters-bts-album-after-museum-chiefs-inspiration

https://genius.com/Bts-swim-lyrics

Zane Lowe Interview - https://youtu.be/LB01v___wO4?si=19kbYI9zUI5sehCd

Studio Notes I Arirang - https://www.youtube.com/live/K0kr5E8AY6U?si=h99zkQAcrFpkCaa2

Swim MV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4iVv91Z6lY

2.0 MV - https://youtu.be/_gyultVTesk?si=meMUsxLWm_aUL3VX

Jinwoo Park’s TikTok videos

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gJjTpD/

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gJ9LEk/