BTS Announces Month-Long THE CITY ARIRANG Experience Across Singapore
The group’s longest-running THE CITY edition will bring music, art, light installations and immersive experiences to major Singapore landmarks throughout December.
The Desk · filed 2026-10-18
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BTS is bringing THE CITY ARIRANG to Singapore for a month-long celebration spanning December 1–31, marking the project’s first and only Southeast Asian stop and its final edition of 2026.
Announced October 19 by HYBE and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), the initiative will transform major attractions and public spaces across the city into experiences inspired by BTS and their ARIRANG album and world tour.
At 31 days, Singapore will host the longest-running edition of THE CITY to date.
A citywide celebration
The announced program extends across some of Singapore’s best-known cultural, entertainment and tourism destinations.
Highlights include:
* Jewel Changi Airport: An ARIRANG-themed light and music show at the Rain Vortex. * Mandai Wildlife Reserve: A themed takeover of its Exploria attraction. * National Gallery Singapore: An art trail pairing BTS music with works from Pop After Pop: Art Around Us. * National Museum of Singapore: Themed light and sound installations. * Universal Studios Singapore: Fireworks choreographed to BTS music, alongside additional themed experiences. * Sentosa: A BTS-music rave and drone show, a themed race and immersive installations. * The Kallang: Interactive experiences across multiple zones. * Zouk Singapore: Opening and closing night takeovers featuring dedicated music and experiential programming.
Singapore’s cityscape will also become part of the celebration. From December 8–22, landmarks around Marina Bay and the Singapore River will be illuminated in ARIRANG red each evening.
Participating landmarks include Gardens by the Bay, Singapore Flyer, The Helix Bridge and The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, among others.
A partnership with Singapore Tourism Board
STB has described the collaboration as its largest citywide destination project involving a recording-artist partner.
The Singapore edition follows earlier THE CITY ARIRANG activations in Seoul, Las Vegas, Busan, London and New York, extending the project’s approach of connecting BTS’s music with the distinctive cultural spaces of each host city.
The month-long program will accompany BTS’s separately scheduled ARIRANG World Tour concerts at Singapore’s National Stadium on December 17, 19, 20 and 22.
Those concerts were previously announced. The new development is the additional citywide experience surrounding them, rather than an expansion of the concert itinerary.
HYBE has confirmed that further details about individual programs will be released through subsequent official notices.
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Filed by The Desk · filed 2026-10-18 · verified by The Desk (Editorial Desk). Verified against HYBE’s official October 19 Weverse announcement and contemporaneous Singapore reporting on the STB partnership, schedule and planned activities.
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HYBE / BTS Weverse — Official event announcement
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CNA Lifestyle — October 19 Singapore announcement and activities
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The Straits Times — Singapore’s month-long THE CITY program
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-to-host-bts-the-city-arirang-first-and-only-stop-of-city-wide-fan-experience-in-se-asia - 04
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https://www.starnewskorea.com/star/2026/10/19/2026101910040241438