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\n\tThe Guggenheim in New York City is one of the most famous art museums in the world, and on the morning of Wednesday (March 25),\u00a0BTS\u00a0descended on the landmark to add a little performance art to its galleries ahead of the band\u2019s\u00a0Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u00a0<\/em>appearance.<\/p>\n Billboard\u00a0<\/em>was on the scene as RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook sang and danced to two tracks from their new album,\u00a0ARIRANG<\/em>, which dropped earlier in March. One of them was \u201cSWIM,\u201d the project\u2019s lead single, while the other was \u201c2.0.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThere were about 150 fans invited to the top-secret performance, and no phones were allowed. The septet performed the two tracks in the Guggenheim\u2019s striking multi-story round in the main lobby \u2014 and while RM was able to dance for \u201cSWIM,\u201d he sat on a stool during \u201c2.0\u201d as he recovers from\u00a0the ankle injury\u00a0he suffered shortly prior to BTS\u2019 March 21 comeback show in Seoul.<\/p>\n \n\tAs\u00a0previously announced, the Bangtan Boys will appear on\u00a0The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u00a0<\/em>on Wednesday night for their first full-group late-night interview since reuniting. One of BTS\u2019 Guggenheim performances from Wednesday morning will air during the episode, while the second will be shown to\u00a0Fallon\u00a0<\/em>viewers on Thursday (March 26).<\/p>\n \n\tThe Guggenheim showcase and\u00a0Fallon\u00a0<\/em>interview come as BTS has been promoting\u00a0ARIRANG\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 the group\u2019s first full-length since 2020\u2019s\u00a0Billboard 200-topper\u00a0Be\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 in New York City. A few days prior, the members answered ARMY questions and performed for an immersive Spotify fan event.<\/p>\n \n\tCheck out BTS\u2019 interview and the first of the band\u2019s two Guggenheim performances when\u00a0Fallon\u00a0<\/em>airs at 11:35 p.m. on NBC.<\/p>\n Reporting by Danielle Pascual.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/k-pop-band-bts-performed-two-songs-new-album-arirang-guggenheim-1234778934\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2267670703.jpg?w=1024″] The Guggenheim in New York City is one of the most famous art museums in the world, and on the morning of Wednesday (March 25),\u00a0BTS\u00a0descended on the landmark to add a little performance art to its galleries ahead of the band\u2019s\u00a0Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u00a0appearance. Billboard\u00a0was on the scene as RM, Jin, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,226],"class_list":["post-1848193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-artnews-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1848193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1848193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1848193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1848193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}