Our guests tonight are some of the biggest stars on the planet, and Tonight they are back together right here in New York City.
They're a five-time Grammy-nominated group whose songs have been streamed over 45 billion times worldwide.
Their new album, Arirang, is available now.
And the BTS World Tour kicks off April 9th.
Please welcome...
Together, once again, BTS.
Together again!
Yes!
Together again!
Yes!
Welcome.
Welcome.
Enjoy yourself.
Guys, sit down.
Thank you.
Move around.
All right.
Welcome.
Thank you.
Oh, my.
Oh, my God.
Welcome back.
Hello.
Welcome back to your home away from home.
It's our home, yeah.
I just want to tell you that we missed you.
I thought it was Avatar or something.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It is like that.
Are you all wearing slippers?
Yes.
We're not empty-handed.
We got you some slippers as well.
Because in our country, when you come to somebody's house, we have to wear slippers.
Take your shoes off.
Ah, Korean culture.
Yeah.
All right.
I am honored.
Ready to fly to Korea?
Let me feel how they feel.
Ooh, they feel nice.
All right.
Yeah, these are stylish.
Oh, yes.
Thank you for my slippers.
I appreciate that.
You're back together.
I got to ask you what was the moment like when the seven of you were together in a room for the first time after all these years.
Finally, yeah.
In military, like, literally, time stops.
Yeah.
Right?
Like, time stops.
And after, time just flows by.
We just can't believe that it's been, like, nine months that we all were discharged.
So, yeah.
Did it get emotional?
Did you know what to say?
Did it get quiet?
Yeah, it was like...
It was like family again.
Yeah, the family's back together.
I thought it would be nice if we went down the line and said what you missed about the other person sitting to your right the most.
Oh!
Not me.
More the band.
Not me.
I miss you all, but I would rather hear from you.
Yeah, yeah.
Let's start with you, Jimin.
What do you miss most about Suga?
Okay.
I miss your 1% battery life.
Battery life?
1%?
No energy.
No energy.
No energy.
Yeah.
You miss his low energy?
Suga, what did you miss most about J-Hope?
Uh, I missed J-Hope's, um... I missed J-Hope's, um... 100% bitter love.
J-Hope, J-Hope, what did you miss most about Jin?
I miss Jin's worldwide handsome face.
Jin, what did you miss most about RM?
I missed RM.
Smart.
Brain.
Brain, brain, brain.
His plane's perfect.
R.M.!
R.M.!
R.M., what did you miss most about V?
Actually I missed his um, I missed his when he was really skinny because he got.
I mean he became like 86 kilograms in the military like.
You're looking good, man.
And now he's got skinny again, so... I got it.
You look good.
You look good.
You look good.
V, what do you miss most about Jungkook?
Come on.
I miss Jungkook teasing me.
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
Annoying me.
I thought for a second you said kissing me, right?
Oh, kissing.
No, no kissing.
Teasing me.
Sorry, teasing me.
Sorry, sorry.
Sorry, I couldn't hear.
I didn't hear!
You're too far away!
Teasing you.
He teases you.
Jungkook, what did you miss most?
Let's go all the way back.
Jimin.
Hey, my man.
I spent time... in military service with Jimin.
They were in the same troop.
Oh, so you didn't really miss anything?
No, no, no.
What?
I miss Jimin's gochujang stew.
And this is food right now.
Yeah, he's cooking.
Wow.
You never cooked anything for me.
I will cook to you.
For me?
Yeah, for you, for you.
Yeah, come on.
Come on.
That's good.
That's good.
Next time, I want to see your skills and have some of the good food.
This is the new era of BTS.
It starts with your first full-length album.
Since 2022.
Arirang.
Arirang.
Arirang.
Arirang.
Arirang.
Arirang.
Arirang.
Yeah.
What is Arirang?
It's a Korean traditional song.
So every Koreans just know it when they just get to know it when they grow up.
Oh, really?
Yes, mouth to mouth, they just get to know it.
How did you all decide that this would be the title of the album?
I think it's the song that represents the Koreans the most.
It includes lots of emotions in it.
It could be joy, it could be sorrow, longings, sadness, whatever.
Resistance.
So we hope that- There's a lot of emotions on here.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So we just hope that our new songs could be also universal, like the Arirang, which is the Korean traditional song.
Thank you.
We just figured out that.
You know, our roots is in Korea.
You know, like all in the military, and after all it's like we have to, you know.
Come back to where we started from.
Yeah, of course.
Wow, can't forget your roots.
Never forget your roots.
You actually lived together as roommates in Los Angeles while recording this album, just like you did when you first started music together.
What was the best part about living together while making this album?
Okay.
Eat together?
Yeah, eat together.
Just eating together, because we actually lived together for, like, six, seven years.
But it... Six, seven...
I know 6-7.
What on earth is this?
I don't know.
What is this thing?
6-7 is it?
6-7, what is this?
I don't know how to decide.
Don't worry about 6-7.
I don't know how to describe it.
I know what it is.
I know what it is, but it doesn't make, it doesn't have a definition.
There's no explanation for six, seven.
And I think you won't have to worry about it in a couple of months.
I think it's good.
Be honest.
Out of all of you, who was the messiest roommate?
I think Jungkook.
I can agree.
So, I told you we spent two months together, and he had the biggest room.
Yeah, we all had our rooms, and he had the biggest room.
And he had, like, two luggages, but it's open up on the floor for two months.
Never unpacked?
Yeah.
So, when we went to his room, we always have to, like, lug his shoes and, like, chuckle.
Yeah, like that.
Saturday night was a giant night for ARMY all over the world.
You did a live performance on Netflix.
At one of the, At one of uh, At one of Seoul's biggest landmarks.
There were over 100000 people in attendance in the audience.
It was the first time the seven of you We're together again on the stage in front of the giant crowd.
Talk to me.
What did that feel?
How did that feel to be back together on stage performing?
I wanted to show you a variety of performances, but now I have more.
Now that you're performing together again, do you think that your solo albums have made you stronger as a group?
This is just the beginning of a huge, huge year for you guys.
You're about to go on a massive world tour starting on... April 9th.
Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Australia.
Describe what ARMY should expect on this tour.
For this concert.
We've prepared every single section with our best effort, so I think everyone will get goosebumps.
I like that.
I like that.
Is there any city in particular that you're excited about playing?
Oh.
Next question.
New Jersey, of course.
New Jersey!
That's going to be big.
Yeah, please come.
You're coming, right?
But you're the busiest person in the world, no?
Are you kidding me?
I will be there tomorrow.
Thank you.
Of course I'll be there.
I'll wear my slippers.
Yeah, absolutely, yeah.
Is this sold out?
Oh.
Please, MetLife Stadium.
Do you guys know where I can get one ticket?
Of course, of course.
Please?
Please?
Excuse me, please.
You've done so many iconic performances on our show, and I'm very thankful.
You've performed here in the studio.
You performed in Grand Central Station.
You remember that?
That's our favorite.
All of you guys are just amazing performers.
Tonight, you're performing from the Guggenheim Museum.
It is giant.
It is beautiful.
What song will you be doing tonight?
We're going to do, of course, Swim.
Yeah.
We can't wait for that.
I want to listen to a few of my favorite tracks from the album when we come back, everybody.
More BTS.
Let's go!
