The members of BTS are not to be messed with in the new music video for their ARIRANG single “Hooligan,” with the visual serving up dystopian fantasy vibes ruled by RM, Jimin, Jin, j-hope, SUGA, V and Jung Kook.
Posted Tuesday (April 7), the video finds the septet serving up intricate, powerful choreography in a variety of dark, barren landscapes shrouded in fog and dust. At one point, the Bangtan Boys unite atop a stark red platform as masked dancers weave around them, a stony palace looming behind. Elsewhere in the clip, the members walk through a dark and windy passage as gravity-defying civilians float overhead.
“Watch this, watch this beat goin’ hooligan/ We pop out, we actin’ a fool again,” RM raps. “Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, hooligan/ Watch this, watch this beat goin’ hooligan.”
“Hooligan” is just the latest track on new album ARIRANG — which dropped in March and recently notched its second consecutive week atop the Billboard 200 — to get a music video. The boy band has also unveiled sleek visuals for Billboard Hot 100-topping lead single “SWIM” and “2.0.”
The new video comes just two days ahead of the kickoff show on BTS’ highly anticipated world tour, which is launching with three performances at Goyang Stadium in South Korea. The trek is scheduled to run through March of next year and will take the members through cities in North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia and other parts of Asia, performing numbers from the new album — including a hidden track produced by SUGA, as teased by RM in a recent Weverse livestream.
Check out the “Hooligan” music video above.
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