BTS is back on late night! After years away, RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook — fresh off the release of their comeback album ARIRANG — appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday (March 25) for their first late-night interview as a band since reuniting.
Rather than walking out from backstage as guests traditionally would, the Bangtan Boys made a special entrance by coming in from the back doors so that they could walk through the audience of screaming fans and touch people’s hands. After hugging the members and offering them seats on the couches next to his desk, Fallon had each one go down the line and share what they missed most about each other, with Jin saying of getting back together after their respective military enlistments and solo projects these past few years, “I felt like I had reunited with my family.”
RM also explained why they named their new album ARIRANG, which borrows its title from a traditional Korean folk song. “It’s the song that represents Koreans the most,” he told viewers. “It includes lots of emotions in it — it could be joy, it could be sorrow, longings, sadness, resistance.”
ARIRANG dropped on March 20, marking the group’s first full-length since topping the Billboard 200 with 2020’s Be. Since the album drop, the band has been all over the map, playing a massive comeback concert in Seoul before traveling to New York City for press. The morning before appearing on Fallon, the group performed tracks “SWIM” and “2.0” at the Guggenheim art museum to air live on the talk show that night and Thursday (March 26).
In April, BTS will embark on a sprawling world tour, which V teased on Fallon. “For this concert, we have prepared every single aspect like a secret weapon,” he said. “It’s going to give you chills.”
Check out BTS’ full interview with Fallon above.
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