On April 9 in Goyang, Seoul, South кσяєα, BTS will kick off their largest-ever world tour, ARIRANG, marking their return to touring after more than four years since their last tour. The tour is scheduled to visit 34 cities, with a total of 82 shows across North αмєяι¢α, Europe, South αмєяι¢α, and Asia over the course of one year. At the time of ticket sales, 41 shows in the North αмєяι¢αn and European legs were sold out in a short period.
Fans—and even the BTS members themselves—are more excited and eager than ever for the day of the opening concert. In that atmosphere, in the early hours of April 8, Jungkook υиєχρє¢тє∂ly went live to chat with fans. Naturally, discussions about preparations for this important performance became a central part of the conversation.
During the livestream, Jungkook did not hide his disappointment when mentioning that BTS’s rehearsal videos had been leaked on social media just hours earlier. He said: “These days the phone camera quality is so good… I saw videos of us rehearsing today got uploaded already. This shouldn't have been revealed early. They should've let this one slide, seriously! Man, we haven't even done the first show yet, and they're already filming and posting this...argh, for real!!!!!?”
As Jungkook mentioned, on the afternoon of April 7, a fan account uploaded several videos labeled “D-2” and “rehearsal,” filmed from a high angle overlooking Goyang Stadium—where the stage for the opening concert had already been fully set up. These clips quickly spread online, revealing parts of the audio as well as BTS’s performances during rehearsals for songs such as Fake Love or Swim.
At the time these videos were shared, many fans asked the original poster to delete them to avoid spoiling the concert’s content. However, the clips continued to spread rapidly. Even BTS and Jungkook themselves became aware that their rehearsal had been leaked on social media. Jungkook’s regretful reaction—seeing the group’s carefully prepared efforts revealed too early and worrying about how it might affect ARMYs’ full experience—only made fans more upset at those who had shared the footage prematurely.
Although the rehearsal “leak” incident somewhat affected the artist’s emotions, Jungkook quickly regained his composure during the same livestream and shared heartfelt messages with fans: “We prepared really hard for the concert. members also said it’s cool (to themselves). If you saw our previous concerts, it may be a fresh? concert this time. Hope you enjoy it.”
Before ending the broadcast, he once again reαѕѕured fans and expressed his affection: “Anyways I will do well on the concert! Please look forward to it. I will do the rehearsal tomorrow (today) well too. And once again I like you armys. I love you! Be healthy”.
Hearing these words from Jungkook, fans felt somewhat reαѕѕured and are fully anticipating an explosive opening night, marking the beginning of BTS’s ARIRANG world tour journey. However, fans could not stop expressing their dissatisfaction with those who ruined the artist’s mood and this important event. One fan wrote: "So disrespectful! BTS work way too hard to have to put up with people filming and posting spoilers. And people who share their posts are just as bad".
Others expressed similar reactions: "This is so embarrαѕѕing, can yall stop spreading spoilers", "I was so mad when I saw that yesterday. I mean I just logged in and closed the immediately app when I saw that. I mean can people wait. We don't need no spoiler 4m any1 except when they do it themselves. It's so fcking embarrαѕѕing when they called out their fans like this", "I didn't come across any of those but if I see the spoiler videos, I'm going to report all the accounts posting the concert spoilers", "Those uploading it really wants to ruin the mood both for army and bts", "Seriously, can’t people wait until the concert?",...
