BTS's "Come Over" Sparks Fan Frenzy: Exclusive Track on Deluxe Vinyl Edition Ignites Streaming Demand
BTS fans are clamoring for the group to release "Come Over," a track currently exclusive to the deluxe vinyl edition of their new album, Arirang, on streaming platforms.
Just days before its release, BTS teased a surprise song for their fans. On Friday, the group dropped the highly anticipated track, “Come Over,” but it's exclusively available on the deluxe vinyl edition of Arirang, their first full-length LP in six years.
Lucky fans who received the vinyl, which arrived two weeks after the LP release, have been posting snippets of the bonus song online.
I’m lost, can I come over? 🥺#TAEHYUNG #ComeOver #아리랑 @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/VQuzFjV3ry — Rkives (@rkivesofsam) May 16, 2024
“I’m lost, can I come over?” the dreamy track begins in the chorus. “I just wanna say I’m sorry.”
Following the song’s discovery, fans have urged the group to make it available on streaming platforms.
I want Come Over to be on streaming platforms so badly… I can’t stop looping the song even if it doesn’t have a clear sound. It’s one of my favorite songs of all time pic.twitter.com/Yw4ejE9LMN — ً (@mamorttuetre) May 16, 2024
Among the flood of posts online demanding the song be more widely available, one fan on X wrote, "I want Come Over to be on streaming platforms so badly… I can’t stop looping the song even if it doesn’t have a clear sound. It’s one of my favorite songs of all time.” Another suggested starting a petition, while yet another jokingly said they had resorted to walking around with a turntable playing the song.
me walking around with a turntable playing come over pic.twitter.com/64OKJuQltk — Ira 🐳🎂 (@shuchwita613) May 16, 2024
Still, others attempted to quell the calls.
You need to have a deeper level of love for the boys to understand why Come Over was in an LP and not on the album/streaming platforms. There’s a reason why it’s a hidden track. It’ll reach the right people. — ◡̈ (@kookie_noona_97) May 16, 2024
One fan wrote on X, “You need to have a deeper level of love for the boys to understand why Come Over was in an LP and not on the album/streaming platforms. There’s a reason why it’s a hidden track. It’ll reach the right people.”
According to Billboard, BTS revealed the song’s existence during a Wednesday, April 1, livestream on Weverse. The group celebrated Arirang debuting at Number One on the Billboard 200 and “Swim” topping the singles chart, while also hinting at a special track on the project. “A song that I produced is coming out soon — it’s finally coming out, a special song on the LP,” teased Suga.
RM hinted, “For those coming to the Goyang concert next week, you might be able to hear it.” BTS’ world tour in support of the album launches on April 9 with three nights at Goyang Stadium in South Korea. During the stream, the group agreed that the track would be exclusive to the physical deluxe vinyl, per Billboard.
Arirang, which released March 20, brought in record-breaking first week sales. The LP sold 641,000 total copies in its first week of release — the most by a group since Billboard started tracking streaming numbers in 2014 — including 532,000 in pure album sales. That latter figure is the biggest by a group in over a decade, Billboard reported — the most pure album sales by a group since One Direction’s Midnight Memories dropped in 2013.
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