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BTS's comeback livestream ranks in top three in Netflix's film category for 77 countries

Published: 23 Mar. 2026, 12:36

BTS performs at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on March 21. [AP/YONHAP]

BTS’s comeback performance has topped global charts, with the livestream of the show ranking No. 1 worldwide on Netflix, according to FlixPatrol data on Monday.

“BTS The Comeback Live: Arirang,” the livestream of the group’s comeback performance at Gwanghwamun Square on Saturday, ranked No. 1 globally in the streaming platform’s film category on Monday. BTS performed tracks from its fifth full-length album “Arirang,” including the title track “Swim,” for the first time during Saturday’s show.

The livestream peaked on charts in 77 countries, including Korea, the United States, Japan and Britain, and placed within the top three in every tracked country, including New Zealand.

The event marks Netflix’s first live event produced in Korea.

Major international media outlets have also published reviews of “Arirang.”

Rolling Stone wrote that BTS pushed its music into “adventurous new territory.”

Billboard highlighted the lead track “Swim,” noting, “Seven scattered rivers flowing back into a single ocean is not a subtle conceit, but subtlety was never the point.”

The BBC wrote, “The return of BTS is a big deal,” and The New York Times described the group’s impact as “a feat almost unprecedented.”

Following the Gwanghwamun show, BTS began its overseas schedule and left for New York on Sunday. The seven members are set to record a performance organized by Spotify on Monday.

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
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