00:01Seoul is in the grip of BTS mania.
00:04Crowds gathered on Friday morning for an airing of their new music video, Swim,
00:09from their new release, Arirang.
00:14The band's first album in four years and a tribute to their Korean roots
00:19after its members put the music on hold for mandatory military service
00:22and the years have been long for the so-called army, their global fandom.
00:28We've been waiting four years for this comeback
00:31and it's amazing that the day has finally come and BTS kept their promise.
00:37They came back and then the army kept our promise. We stayed.
00:42To mark their triumphant return, Seoul's Hwang Amun Square is being set up
00:47to host 260,000 faithful fans on Saturday for a ticketed concert free of charge.
00:53And it has mobilized the army globally, who are descending on Seoul,
00:57like Alejandra, who used her time in the South Korean capital
01:01for a pilgrimage to the band's old haunts ahead of the concert.
01:04I travel from Colombia only to see my seven boys.
01:11Netflix have struck a deal to stream the one-hour-long BTS Arirang
01:14comeback concert across 190 countries.
01:17It'll be the platform's biggest live event of the year,
01:20but just the beginning for BTS as they kick off an 82-date world tour,
01:25set to bring in a billion dollars.
01:27I never took too much...
01:27It just was...
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