ARMY in Singapore, December is yours: BTS are bringing ‘The City Arirang’ to the city for a full month, and the whole island is getting lit up in red.
The band unveiled the details of ‘BTS The City Arirang - Singapore’ on Weverse on Tuesday, Korea JoongAng Daily reported. Organized in collaboration with the Singapore Tourism Board, the citywide project runs from December 1 to 31, making it the longest installment yet, after earlier editions in cities such as London and New York. The timing is no accident: BTS play four shows at the National Stadium on December 17, 19, 20 and 22, the most shows in a single city on the Asian leg of their ‘Arirang’ world tour.
A month of red lights and big nights
At Jewel Changi Airport, a light show with red lights flashing in sync with BTS’s songs takes over the Jewel Rain Vortex at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. every day from December 1 to 26. Over on Sentosa Island, a bust of a character inspired by ‘Keep Swimming,’ the central message of the album’s lead track ‘SWIM’, will be installed at Palawan Beach with a festive Christmas makeover, a drone show will send some 1,500 drones into the night sky from December 18 to 20, and an ‘Arirang Run’ will welcome 5,000 participants.
Universal Studios Singapore joins in on December 21, staying open late into the night with an immersive media facade on its Ancient Egypt zone and a dance party, plus a fireworks show synchronized to BTS’s music that runs over 16 days and continues through January 2, 2027. And every night, 15 locations, including the Merlion, the Singapore Flyer, the Fullerton Hotel Singapore and the bridges along the Singapore River, will be illuminated red from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
While you count down to December, the official MV for ‘SWIM’ is in the Watch section below.