ARIRANG
BTS's tenth studio album is a 14-track hip-hop and pop record exploring identity, burnout, reunion, and cultural heritage after the group's military hiatus. Content is largely accessible, with mild language, suggestive imagery on a few tracks, and candid lyrical passages about emotional struggle.
Explicit sexual contentGraphic violence & goreSubstance abuse
Track by track
Lyrics contain suggestive physical closeness imagery; also includes a brief lyrical reference to guns and knives framed as a call to put conflict aside.
Contains a reference to suggestive dance moves and an invitation to the crowd to join in.
A repeating lyrical device uses the word 'pop' to evoke gunshot imagery as metaphor for intensity and power; no literal violence.