BTS ARIRANG Surprise Songs — Full Stats by City (2026)
Every night of the ARIRANG World Tour, BTS performs two surprise songs during the encore. This page turns all 52 tracked shows into statistics — which songs come back, which were one-night-only, and what the patterns suggest for the rest of the South America leg. Data through Lima Night 2 (October 9, 2026), on the South America leg; see the live night-by-night tracker for the full list.
Last updated: October 11, 2026
Headline Numbers
- Shows tracked
- 52
- Cities
- 22
- Surprise song slots
- 104
- Unique songs played
- 59
- Songs repeated
- 31
- One-night-only songs
- 28
Repeated Songs — All 31
| Song | First played | Second played | Third played | Fourth played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikrokosmos | Goyang N1 (Apr 9) | Madrid N2 (Jun 27) | Chicago N2 (Aug 28) | Bogotá N2 (Oct 3) |
| I NEED U | Goyang N1 (Apr 9) | Stanford N3 (May 19) | — | — |
| Spring Day | Goyang N3 (Apr 12) | Mexico City N3 (May 10) | Inglewood N4 (Sep 6) | — |
| Save Me | Tokyo N1 (Apr 17) | London N2 (Jul 7) | — | — |
| Dope | Tokyo N2 (Apr 18) | Stanford N2 (May 17) | Toronto N1 (Aug 22) | — |
| Permission to Dance | Tampa N1 (Apr 25) | Las Vegas N1 (May 23) | Arlington N1 (Aug 15) | — |
| Boy With Luv | Tampa N2 (Apr 26) | Brussels N1 (Jul 1) | Paris N1 (Jul 17) | — |
| Life Goes On | Tampa N3 (Apr 28) | London N1 (Jul 6) | — | — |
| ON | El Paso N1 (May 2) | Brussels N2 (Jul 2) | — | — |
| Outro: Wings | El Paso N1 (May 2) | Madrid N1 (Jun 26) | Toronto N1 (Aug 22) | Lima N1 (Oct 7) |
| Dionysus | El Paso N2 (May 3) | London N1 (Jul 6) | — | — |
| Best of Me | El Paso N2 (May 3) | Madrid N2 (Jun 27) | Baltimore N2 (Aug 11) | — |
| Airplane Pt.2 | Mexico City N3 (May 10) | Madrid N1 (Jun 26) | — | — |
| Anpanman | Stanford N1 (May 16) | Las Vegas N3 (May 27) | — | — |
| Silver Spoon | Tampa N3 (Apr 28) | Munich N1 (Jul 11) | Inglewood N2 (Sep 2) | — |
| Pied Piper | Tampa N2 (Apr 26) | Munich N1 (Jul 11) | Inglewood N3 (Sep 5) | — |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears | Stanford N2 (May 17) | Munich N2 (Jul 12) | — | — |
| So What | Mexico City N1 (May 7) | Paris N2 (Jul 18) | Bogotá N1 (Oct 2) | — |
| Run | Goyang N3 (Apr 12) | East Rutherford N1 (Aug 1) | — | — |
| Go Go | Las Vegas N1 (May 23) | East Rutherford N2 (Aug 2) | Arlington N1 (Aug 15) | — |
| No More Dream | Stanford N3 (May 19) | Foxborough N1 (Aug 5) | — | — |
| N.O | Stanford N1 (May 16) | Foxborough N2 (Aug 6) | — | — |
| Boy In Luv | Mexico City N1 (May 7) | Baltimore N1 (Aug 10) | Inglewood N1 (Sep 1) | — |
| Just One Day | Mexico City N2 (May 9) | Baltimore N2 (Aug 11) | — | — |
| DNA | Goyang N2 (Apr 11) | Arlington N2 (Aug 16) | — | — |
| Tomorrow | Brussels N1 (Jul 1) | Chicago N1 (Aug 27) | — | — |
| Magic Shop | Tampa N1 (Apr 25) | Inglewood N1 (Sep 1) | — | — |
| We Are Bulletproof Pt.2 | Mexico City N2 (May 9) | Bogotá N2 (Oct 3) | — | — |
| HOME | Inglewood N3 (Sep 5) | Lima N1 (Oct 7) | — | — |
| Paldogangsan | Busan N1 (Jun 12) | Lima N2 (Oct 9) | — | — |
| We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal | Paris N2 (Jul 18) | Lima N2 (Oct 9) | — | — |
Patterns We Found
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Two songs at four plays: Mikrokosmos reached its fourth play at Bogotá N2 (Oct 3) — after Goyang N1, Madrid N2 and Chicago N2 — and Outro: Wings matched it at Lima N1 (Oct 7), after El Paso N1, Madrid N1 and Toronto N1. 10 songs sit at three plays — Boy With Luv, Best of Me, Permission to Dance, Go Go, Dope, Boy In Luv, Silver Spoon, Pied Piper, Spring Day and So What. 19 songs sit at two plays each.
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Madrid was the first all-repeat city: all four surprise song slots across Madrid Night 1 and Night 2 were second plays.
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The Europe leg leaned on repeats: 9 of the 12 surprise song slots in Madrid, Brussels and London were second plays — only Tomorrow, For Youth and Epilogue: Young Forever were tour debuts.
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Busan's hometown picks: Paldogangsan and Ma City both debuted at Busan N1 (Jun 12). Ma City is still Busan-only; Paldogangsan returned at Lima N2 (Oct 9).
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Munich Night 2 featured the first-ever live performance of Louder Than Bombs — a MOTS:7-era fan favourite that had never been played live before.
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Repeats resurface legs apart, not back-to-back — e.g. Save Me went from Tokyo in April to London in July.
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East Rutherford opened the North America leg with one tour debut per night: Dis-ease (N1, first time on this tour) and Autumn Leaves (N2, first BTS performance of the song since 2016), alongside second plays of Run and Go Go.
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Foxborough paired a debut with a Stanford repeat each night: Paradise (N1, the first-ever live performance of the song — the tour's second live debut after Louder Than Bombs) with No More Dream, and Make It Right (N2, first performance since 2020) with N.O.
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Baltimore delivered the tour's 50th unique song: Telepathy made its ARIRANG tour debut on Night 1 alongside a second play of Boy In Luv, while Night 2 paired Just One Day's second play with Best of Me's third.
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Arlington delivered the 51st unique song: Butterfly made its ARIRANG tour debut at Night 2 (Aug 16) alongside DNA's second play, after Night 1 sent Permission to Dance and Go Go to their third plays.
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Toronto Night 2 (Aug 23) was the tour's first double-debut night: both surprise slots were tour debuts — 00:00 (Zero O'Clock) and Outro: Tear, the latter played live for the first time since 2019 — lifting the unique count to 53.
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Chicago paired a repeat with a debut each night: Tomorrow's second play with Hip Hop Phile (54th unique song, first BTS performance since 2017) on N1 (Aug 27), then 134340 (55th unique, first since 2019) with Mikrokosmos's third play on N2 (Aug 28).
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Inglewood closed the North America leg with a debut in three of four nights — Love Maze (N2, first since 2019), HOME (N3) and Whalien 52 (N4, first since 2019), the 56th–58th unique songs — while every night also sent one song to three plays, making SoFi Stadium the first venue to produce four third-plays in a single stand.
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Bogotá opened the South America leg (Oct 2–3) with three repeats in four slots: Night 1 paired I'm Fine — the 59th unique song, performed for the first time since 2021 — with So What's third play, and Night 2 paired We Are Bulletproof Pt.2's second play (first heard at Mexico City N2 on May 9) with Mikrokosmos's fourth.
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Lima's first two nights (Oct 7 and Oct 9) were all repeats, with no tour debut in four slots: Night 1 paired HOME's second play (first heard at Inglewood N3) with Outro: Wings's fourth, and Night 2 revived two one-night-only songs, Paldogangsan (Busan N1) and We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal (Paris N2).
One-Night-Only Songs — All 28
Take Two, Crystal Snow, For You, Black Swan, Spine Breaker, Attack On Bangtan, Danger, Boyz With Fun, Ma City, IDOL, Ddaeng, For Youth, Epilogue: Young Forever, Louder Than Bombs, Jump, Dis-ease, Autumn Leaves, Paradise, Make It Right, Telepathy, Butterfly, 00:00 (Zero O'Clock), Outro: Tear, Hip Hop Phile, 134340, Love Maze, Whalien 52, I'm Fine
What Will the Rest of South America Hear?
The South America leg opened at Estadio El Campín in Bogotá on October 2–3, 2026, and it leaned on repeats: three of the four surprise slots went to songs already played on this tour. Night 1 paired the tour debut of I'm Fine (the 59th unique song) with So What's third play; Night 2 paired We Are Bulletproof Pt.2's second play with Mikrokosmos — the first song to reach four plays. Lima followed with two all-repeat nights (October 7 and 9): HOME's second play with Outro: Wings's fourth, then second plays of Paldogangsan and We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal. The leg continues in Santiago (October 14, 16, 17), Buenos Aires (October 21, 23, 24) and São Paulo (October 28, 30, 31). With 31 of the 59 unique songs already repeated and 28 still played only once, second plays of one-night-only songs and tour debuts remain the statistically likeliest picks. We update the night-by-night tracker within 24 hours of each show.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many surprise songs has BTS played on the ARIRANG World Tour?
59 unique songs across 52 shows in 22 cities, through Lima Night 2 on October 9, 2026 — the second stop of the South America leg. BTS performs two surprise songs during each encore.
What is the most repeated surprise song on the ARIRANG tour?
Mikrokosmos and Outro: Wings, with four plays each. Mikrokosmos was the first to reach four at Bogotá N2 (Oct 3, 2026), after Goyang N1, Madrid N2 and Chicago N2; Outro: Wings matched it at Lima N1 (Oct 7), after El Paso N1, Madrid N1 and Toronto N1. Ten songs have been played three times: Boy With Luv, Best of Me, Permission to Dance, Go Go, Dope, Boy In Luv, Silver Spoon, Pied Piper, Spring Day and So What. 19 other songs have appeared exactly two times, including Save Me, Dionysus, Life Goes On, Tomorrow, Magic Shop, We Are Bulletproof Pt.2, HOME, Paldogangsan and We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal.
Does BTS announce surprise songs in advance?
No. Surprise songs are revealed live during the encore of each show. We update our tracker within 24 hours of every concert.
Which surprise songs were one-city exclusives?
28 songs have been played only once so far, including Busan-only Ma City, London-only Epilogue: Young Forever, Munich-only Louder Than Bombs (first-ever live debut), East Rutherford's Dis-ease and Autumn Leaves, Foxborough's Paradise (first-ever live debut) and Make It Right, Baltimore's Telepathy, Arlington's Butterfly, Toronto's 00:00 (Zero O'Clock) and Outro: Tear, Chicago's Hip Hop Phile (first since 2017) and 134340 (first since 2019), Inglewood's Love Maze (first since 2019) and Whalien 52 (first since 2019), and Bogotá's I'm Fine (first since 2021). Three former one-night-only songs got a second play in Lima: HOME, Paldogangsan and We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal.
Will BTS repeat surprise songs in South America?
Yes — it is already happening. Bogotá opened the South America leg (October 2–3, 2026) with three repeats and one tour debut in four slots: So What reached three plays, We Are Bulletproof Pt.2 got its second, Mikrokosmos became the first song to reach four, and I'm Fine was the debut. Lima went further: all four surprise slots on Night 1 and Night 2 (October 7 and 9) were repeats, including Outro: Wings's fourth play. Across 52 shows, 31 of the 59 unique songs have been repeated at least once. Expect Santiago, Buenos Aires and São Paulo to keep mixing repeat plays with the occasional tour debut.