BTS’s “Arirang” Sets A Record For Opening Day Pre-Saves On Spotify Countdown Chart/Pushes “The Life of A Showgirl” to 2nd Fastest/Surges Past 1.8 Million

without any concept teaser or visuals released yet

dang.

May be I should stop underestimating bts😅😂

Literally, two months in advance...

The impact is undeniable, the event of the year for sure

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Possibly one of the most useless records I've seen ever. Did anyone know who had the previous before this?

It is digital equivalent of album preorders tbh🙄🙄. So how is it useless.

Taylor had 5M for her whole time period and spotify themselves posted this record for her. For kpop stray kids had 1.02M with their previous album. It clearly shows the fandom strength and possible streaming success for album (more than physical preorders)

Bts did 1.4 M in just 2 days and we still have 2 months left

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Literally, two months in advance...

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The impact is undeniable, the event of the year for sure

And to say soo many in kpop convinced themselves that bts are has been now 🙄

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Following a release for free is the equivalent of paying money okay

But we all know how much inflated kpop sales are in reality, seventeen has the most sold kpop album in history but their streaming nunvers are less than stray kids and enhyphen and many girl groups🙄.

Anyways you do you. In the end atleast its a better record than fastest song to reach number one on melon 5 minute chart😒

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Possibly one of the most useless records I've seen ever. Did anyone know who had the previous before this?

This is Kpop, everything can be a record.

I find this one less useless than the type of:

Best performing song by a boy group in the month of September from midnight until 2 in the night that has more than 8 members.

I'm exaggerating of course but only a little.

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And to say soo many in kpop convinced themselves that bts are has been now 🙄

The anticipation level I see in all kinds of circles is high.

It's been years since BTS had a proper cb as a group. Funny to see how obsessed the haters still are

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Possibly one of the most useless records I've seen ever. Did anyone know who had the previous before this?

Lol, sure…….. so useless that when Taylor Swift’s album came out and she had the record, it was mentioned in most American news network 😂😂😂 Don’t think she minded given the massive success of her new album now 😂😂😂

I take it as just one indicator of this album’s potential and that BTS will be doing well for this comeback.

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But what irk me is that there is a group of antis that try to promote the narrative that BTS will flop, they will not achieve success as before yada yada

And then indicators that disproves their assumptions LOL - and so they are just in denial that they were wrong. Some are even spiraling too… I hope they will be okay as things will be ramping up since we are still 2 months away

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I take it as just one indicator of this album’s potential and that BTS will be doing well for this comeback.

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But what irk me is that there is a group of antis that try to promote the narrative that BTS will flop, they will not achieve success as before yada yada

And then indicators that disproves their assumptions LOL - and so they are just in denial that they were wrong. Some are even spiraling too… I hope they will be okay as things will be ramping up since we are still 2 months away

i just know they will do well despite all the antis and haters because they will be tuned in as well...also fans have been waiting for years...

i've been seeing a lot of them in news and social media so I know my country is hyped for them for sure...

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I take it as just one indicator of this album’s potential and that BTS will be doing well for this comeback.

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But what irk me is that there is a group of antis that try to promote the narrative that BTS will flop, they will not achieve success as before yada yada

And then indicators that disproves their assumptions LOL - and so they are just in denial that they were wrong. Some are even spiraling too… I hope they will be okay as things will be ramping up since we are still 2 months away

anyone saying BTS will flop with this comeback is utterly delusional lmaooo, anyways breaking a Taylor Swift record is HUGE, she's THE #1 female popstar of this generation AND has the biggest fandom, actually ARMYS are the only fandom who has any possibility of competing against swifties when it come to pure core fandom numbers, and BTS is the only artist capable of coming close to the eras numbers (if they add even more dates and tour for a long time on stadiums over the world like she did).

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anyone saying BTS will flop with this comeback is utterly delusional lmaooo, anyways breaking a Taylor Swift record is HUGE, she's THE #1 female popstar of this generation AND has the biggest fandom, actually ARMYS are the only fandom who has any possibility of competing against swifties when it come to pure core fandom numbers, and BTS is the only artist capable of coming close to the eras numbers (if they add even more dates and tour for a long time on stadiums over the world like she did).

They most probably would, middle east and more japan dates are coming according to announcement. Probably one or two days in India too.

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They most probably would, middle east and more japan dates are coming according to announcement. Probably one or two days in India too.

I really hope Indian ARMY will get it. They're super supporters.

Same goes for Middle East and other areas they haven't been much.

Whyknock cooking up conspiracy theories to prove how Korea was holding back BTS as we speak.

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But we all know how much inflated kpop sales are in reality, seventeen has the most sold kpop album in history but their streaming nunvers are less than stray kids and enhyphen and many girl groups🙄.

Anyways you do you. In the end atleast its a better record than fastest song to reach number one on melon 5 minute chart😒

Seventeen is having 4 consecutive comebacks reaching #1 weekly. Almost all girl groups couldn't do the same, even top gg like aespa and LSF only got #1 ONCE.

You are picking a wrong group to drag streaming power.

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Seventeen is having 4 consecutive comebacks reaching #1 weekly. Almost all girl groups couldn't do the same, even top gg like aespa and LSF only got #1 ONCE.

You are picking a wrong group to drag streaming power.

come on how is it a drag🙄. I was talking about their international streaming numbers (mainly Spotify) which are good but less than stray kids and some gg which is evidently because gg have gp behind them. Seventeen do have great Fandom power.

You can say all bts solos except jk's tanked on main Korean streaming platforms and I will never be mad, facts are facts after all😅.

I was just explaining and comparing streaming power of groups, it was not a drag nor it was my intention to drag anyone

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It's funny when people say, "well, when Taylor Swidt had it." They never mention any other person that had it, just Taylor Swift with her most recent release.

It just goes on to show the point of how "prestigious" this record is, which is to say not at all.

Hahahaha, oh you do make me laugh. Look I’m sure you’re not a kid and I’m not going to do your homework for you. It doesn’t matter who else was on it, the record was held by Taylor Swift, no one ever remembers everyone who’s held a record, no matter how big or prestigious the record is. I think you severely overestimate the human capacity to remember things. That’s what Google is for, and why when they televise a broken record, they always say who held the record before 😂 I can’t even name who won the top awards for the Grammys last year, or who held the highest grossing tour before Taylor Swift without Googling. Stop being so bitter, and appreciate records being broken, you clearly care otherwise you wouldn’t have spent time commenting 😂 Just say well done and move on

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This is the mind of a mindless stan is a sight

"We beat Taylor Swift, so this is important now!"

Lol, oh you crack me up, was that the best come back/response you had 😂😂😂 Oh my, haha my sides hurt from laughing 😆 Good luck in life 🙌🙌🙌

Pre-saved, I hope they get past the 2 million mark 🙌🙌🙌

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Possibly one of the most useless records I've seen ever. Did anyone know who had the previous before this?

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This is the mind of a mindless stan is a sight

"We beat Taylor Swift, so this is important now!"

yeah now breaking a record held by the biggest female popstar of the 21st century isn't big or important at all

hey user thv needs to post the pre save link on his ig story so his 70 million followers can see it... Tae where are you

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The only reason this record is even talked about is because she had it. Prior to her having, no one really cared about it, which is a point I've already made enough timea in this thread.

The record is meaningless.

A record don't need to be ancient to have significance, if a big artist like Taylor got this record broken by BTS this means the anticipation for the album is high, so let's agree to disagree.

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come on how is it a drag🙄. I was talking about their international streaming numbers (mainly Spotify) which are good but less than stray kids and some gg which is evidently because gg have gp behind them. Seventeen do have great Fandom power.

You can say all bts solos except jk's tanked on main Korean streaming platforms and I will never be mad, facts are facts after all😅.

I was just explaining and comparing streaming power of groups, it was not a drag nor it was my intention to drag anyone

Most album sales came from China, Korea and Japan so I don't think spotify is not a good source to infer that a group doesn't have stream matched sale numbers.

SVT's kchart is better than most top boy groups and top girl groups so they definitely have big GP support.