ARIRANG is back at number one — and BTS keeps turning whole cities into concert venues. Welcome to BTS Daily Fancast. I'm already losing my mind, and honestly, it feels like a pretty good Monday for it. Seven weeks in Spotify's top three, Las Vegas about to get transformed, and fifty thousand fans showing up at a presidential palace in Mexico — we've got all of it. A presidential palace. Jungkook really said, 'heads of state, step aside.' Here's Han haesun at STARNEWS:
BTS's 'Arirang' (ARIRANG) has reclaimed the number one spot on Spotify's weekly album chart.
'Arirang' rebounded one position from the previous week to reach number one on Spotify's 'Weeekly Top Albums' (collection period: May 1–May 7), the global audio and music streaming platform.
Seven weeks in the top three on Spotify global albums — ARIRANG is not going anywhere. And SWIM has been hanging in the top three on the daily chart for 49 straight days, which is just ridiculous staying power. And the UK charts too — physical, vinyl, streaming, all of it at once. This album is eating every format it can find. What gets me is thirteen tracks charting for seven straight weeks. That is the whole album moving, not just one song carrying everything. ARMY is really streaming front to back, week after week. Here's Lee Yiseul at The Asia Business Daily:
From May 20 to 31 (local time), BTS will host "The City Las Vegas," transforming the entire city into a festival space in connection with their BTS World Tour "Arirang in Las Vegas" concerts.
Las Vegas is where "The City" project first began in 2022.
Okay, this is official from BigHit — BTS is bringing 'The City' back to Las Vegas from May 20 through 31, tied to the 'Arirang in Las Vegas' world tour dates. Not a rumor, not a tease, this is a confirmed city-wide festival setup. Las Vegas was built for this. They are not coming to a venue, they are coming to an entire entertainment ecosystem and just... absorbing it. I'm devastated I have to watch from my couch. And BigHit is pitching this as a new model for fan engagement. Which makes sense, because The City started in Las Vegas back in 2022, so there's real history here. They're going back to where this idea started. This one's from Tempo:
Members of mega K-pop group BTS greeted tens of thousands of fans crowding the public square in front of Mexico's National Palace on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
Alongside Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, BTS members RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook, stood on the balcony of the presidential headquarters, where about 50,000 fans stood below, according to Korea Joongang Daily and Billboard, citing figures from the capital's government.
All seven members — and I want to stress all seven — were on the balcony of Mexico's National Palace last Wednesday with President Claudia Sheinbaum, while fifty thousand ARMY packed Constitution Plaza below them. That is bigger than a pop star moment. That is a diplomatic event. Fifty thousand people showed up with zero notice — Sheinbaum announced it that same morning. ARMY really said, 'drop everything, we're going to the presidential palace.' They were only on that balcony for five minutes, but the boys were pulling out their own phones to capture it. Suga standing there photographing fifty thousand people photographing him back — I'm not okay. And RM opening with 'Muchas gracias' to the crowd? Leader behavior. Jungkook looking down at that plaza had to be a full out-of-body experience, and I need those fancams immediately. If you want to dig deeper, we’ve put the links for every story from today’s show in the notes, so you can check the official sources and read more on anything that caught your ear.
That’s BTS Daily Fancast for today. This is a Lantern Podcast.