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 Some information is outdated, and before attending the BTS Arirang tour live.*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.

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⁠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 Some information is outdated, and before attending the BTS Arirang tour live*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/

Welcome to another part of the BTS Arirang Extravaganza! In this episode, we talk about the promotion strategies used for Arirang, the true history of Arirang, and the controversies that surround this comeback with Howard University, and people questioning BTS's Koreaness. Thank you to our lovely guest, Shay, for joining us this episode!

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Resources

https://weverse.io/bts/notice/32916

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Arirang

https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/bts-how-howard-university-helped-elevate-korean-culture-and-how-black-culture-influenced-k-pop

https://boundarystones.weta.org/2020/02/12/k-pop-there-was-arirang-first-korean-students-howard-university

CALLING ALL BTS ARMY! THE COMEBACK HAS FINALLY ARRIVED! To celebrate, we are bringing a series of episodes to talk all things Arirang! Enjoy part one, where we break down and talk about the Comeback performance, the most recent documentary, BTS: The Return. We also want to thank our special guest, Shannon, for joining us this episode!

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Follow Shannon on Tiktok @shnoonie and Twitter/X @minimoanie

Resources

https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/bts-arirang-comeback-costumes-jay-songzio-lyrical-armor-1238685143/

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bts-the-return-interview-with-bao-nguyen

New Year. New Podcast. (not really)

Happy 2026, everyone! We're back with the podcast, but we have some changes that will be happening for the time being. Listen as we talk about those changes and things we are looking forward to this year, the main one being BTS's COMEBBAACCKKK.

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Happy 5th year anniversary! Can you believe we've been doing this podcast for five years? Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the years

To celebrate, we go through the whole podcast so far and share our top five episodes. Tell us what your top five are!

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This isn't goodbye. We hope to be back stronger and with more exciting episodes. Thank you everyone for listening to us.