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BTS talks to Rolling Stone about using "Arirang" for "Body To Body." RM says: "First time? 'Nahhh.' Second time? 'Okay, I'm getting convinced.' Third time? 'I think this version should be like this.'"

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00:00It seems like making this album was to include Ararang on Body to Body.
00:06How did that become part of that song?
00:09Hinden Bang, which is our head director,
00:13he came up with that idea and he and his producer edited it into one song
00:18and then gave us a listen.
00:20And then first time, nah.
00:23Second time, okay, I'm getting convinced.
00:26Third time, I think this version should be like this.
00:30Good book, wow.
00:31People may forget, but you have actually sung that,
00:35it's of course not on the album,
00:36but you have sung that whole song in the past.
00:3810 years ago, K-Kong Paris.
00:43No, K-Kong Paris.
00:45It's a haunting song, a beautiful song, 600 years old.
00:49If you're a Korean, everyone knows the song.
00:51Yes.
00:52Just, you know, mouth to mouth.
00:54It's not in the textbook or from the school.
00:57Everyone just somehow gets to know the song in Korea.
01:02And I told you before,
01:04we were not a,
01:08we couldn't reach a specific consensus
01:12even after the military.
01:14But I told you there was one thing that we all know,
01:19that we are all rooted in Korea.
01:22And the label also talked a lot about the things,
01:28what we want to do next for the 2.0.
01:32And they taught us all the histories about Howard.
01:36It was in 1896, exactly 130 years ago.
01:43The funny thing is that there were seven guys
01:46took the ship to record the first song
01:50with the Korean lyrics and Korean voice.
01:54So I think it's very,
01:56we felt like this is a kind of destiny
01:59and like a time machine
02:01like they were sending to us maybe.
02:03So if we claim ourselves,
02:05our next chapter as,
02:07you know, like a new Arirang,
02:10then I think it could symbolize us very well.
02:13And it's going to be really,
02:16really cool.
02:17So let's go.
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