Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Are you a fan of the band @BTS? You may have seen a teaser video last month for the band's new album, "Arirang," which shares its name with a beloved Korean folk song. The video alluded to the first recording ever made of that song, which is on a nearly 130-year-old wax cylinder preserved here at the Library of Congress.
The American Folklife Center has what is likely the largest collection of ethnographic cylinder recordings in the world, and it is cared for by the Library's National Audio Visual Conservation Center. Part of that care is state-of-the-art digitization, as seen in this video.
To hear the "Arirang" recordings at the Library of Congress, read our latest Folklife Today blog. blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2026/04/arirang-album-by-k-pop-band-bts-draws-on-afcs-collections
#BTS #kpop #Arirang #BTS_ARIRANG
Are you a fan of the band @BTS? You may have seen a teaser video last month for the band's new album, "Arirang," which shares its name with a beloved Korean folk song. The video alluded to the first recording ever made of that song, which is on a nearly 130-year-old wax cylinder preserved here at the Library of Congress.
The American Folklife Center has what is likely the largest collection of ethnographic cylinder recordings in the world, and it is cared for by the Library's National Audio Visual Conservation Center. Part of that care is state-of-the-art digitization, as seen in this video.
To hear the "Arirang" recordings at the Library of Congress, read our latest Folklife Today blog. blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2026/04/arirang-album-by-k-pop-band-bts-draws-on-afcs-collections
#BTS #kpop #Arirang #BTS_ARIRANG
