Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "BTS - HOOLIGAN"

Episode Date: February 26, 2026

Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠The latest segment of Notorious Mass Effect hosted by Analytic Dreamz explores BTS's major 2026 comeback announcement: the BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’ LIVE VIEWING in cinemas worldwide.Analytic Dreamz covers the official reveal from @bts_bighiton February 25, 2026, featuring the main trailer soundtracked by "Mic Drop." This initiative brings full-length concert broadcasts (~3 hours, NR rating) to theaters in 75–80+ territories through chains like AMC Theatres, Cinemark, Shaw Theatres, and Golden Village.The live viewings kick off with the tour's opening stops: April 11 from Goyang Stadium (South Korea, part of April 9–11 shows) and April 18 from Tokyo (Japan). Tickets went on sale February 25 at 10:00 AM KST via btsliveviewing.com and regional platforms like Fandango in the U.S., with more screenings from later dates TBA.This ties into BTS's broader return post-military service: their 5th studio album ARIRANG drops March 20, 2026, followed by the massive world tour spanning ~34 cities and 82 shows—setting K-pop records—with rapid sellouts in many locations, including upcoming North America stops like Tampa and Los Angeles.The strategy boosts global ARMY access via cinema screenings on a 360-degree in-the-round stage, mirroring past successful models while amplifying engagement across Instagram, Reddit's /r/bangtan, and major outlets like Billboard, Rolling Stone, and Forbes.Analytic Dreamz delivers an in-depth look at this high-scale cultural and commercial rollout, extending the tour's reach far beyond stadiums and marking BTS's triumphant full-group resurgence. Tune in for the complete breakdown and what it means for the future of K-pop dominance. Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Shepard, promise me you'll tell them to subscribe for ad free content. Now, of course, getting into BTS, which you already know, we have covered a numerous amount of times, especially on notorious mass effect, as if you don't know, the first time, I ever got into BTS, which March 3rd, 2023. But of course, ladies and gentlemen, they've been notoriously affected the masses for quite some time now, that objectively speaking, they are regarded as the biggest K-pop group of all time. So after putting a misrespect

on BTS, safe to say we're going to continue to do that as not only do they have an album coming out March 20th, not only are they going on tour as far as a world tour where 34 cities and

a total of 82 shows but of course when it comes to the K-pop record breaking scaling of this tour safe to say they also have partnered with Netflix yes ladies and gentlemen the company that's buying up everything shout out the Warner Bros but BTS is partnering with Netflix to create a documentary titled bts yes the return that's coming out march 27th so seven days after the album on the album's creation so as far as all of these details that we're about

to dive into safe to say the first thing we have to get out the way is why the btas as a collective take a hiatus well ladies and gentlemen you guys i'm glad you asked as when it comes to btas they had mandatory military service that they had to do because of course in south korea the military code is that for all able-bodied men they have to serve for a certain amount of time and of course All seven members began enlisting for starting late 2022 to overlap, to overlap and to minimize the group's absence. So basically, one will come back before the other and have their significant run as far as individually until they all finish the mandatory military service and they can come back together as a collective. as when you look at the completion by all of the members, well, by the latest member, the last member completed their service by mid-2025.

So here we are at 2026. And guess what? Don't call it a comeback. But the world's biggest K-pop group is about to notoriously affect the masses. Now, with all the theatrics out of the way, safe to say when it comes to BTS and touring, they are well they have officially announced it you know through their uh the the official social media account which is like bt s underscore big hip because if you don't know they're under big hit entertainment if you ever look at the bottom of any other projects it says big hit music which is a

label which is the label that bts is under but part of their comeback is this tour so if you don't know is a full length concert cinema broadcast and no before you think it's a only virtual there are in-person days and then there's virtual dates so when it comes to the in-person days safe to say it starts i'm trying to see if i can find it so safe to say it starts april 2026 on the 9th so april 9th is when it officially starts yeah so i make sure i got my dates in order at go yank south korea so that's where all starts are going to be there april 9th the 11th and 12th those are in person and of course hold up now uh analytics dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because I'm currently putting up the in-person dates

for the avid k-pop fans out there if this will pop up you know trying to be a w tech guy so these are all the in-person days because I was going to read it out but of course um it would just be easier if I just show you so analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because right now I'm currently putting up all the dates as far as in person so for the avid bt s fans out there don't don't say I didn't warn you you know what I'm saying you know what I'm saying? saying if you're saying that dreams didn't warn you if a btis fan out there is saying that i didn't warn you safe to say they are blatantly lying as these are all the dates that bt s is going to be in person as far as on april may june and at 20 uh yeah and then july for the year of 2026 and of course

you see all the dates right here so with that being said now i wanted to go to the virtual days as that's a separate event so when it comes to the live um viewing event Safe to say April 11th is when the live viewing of the Go Yang Stadium show is happening. And when it comes to this, the live viewing is where the concert is broadcast in real time. Or sometimes it's a slight delay for certain time zones. And it's going to be broadcasted to over 3,800 movie theaters and 80 countries. That's actually insane. So some of the particular movie chains that's included is AMC theaters,

cinema, theaters, Shaw theaters, and Golden Village. Now I'm not going to lie to y'all. You guys. This is one of the greatest marketing strategies

that I have ever seen. Because when it comes to people being followers, especially after they see a successful marketing strategy, safe to say BTS's live viewing

of their shows while the album is rolling out, maybe replicated by popular acts going forward. Imagine if you have an album that's coming out, right? And you want to have a lot of viewing for everyone, you know, but as far as the theater experience, not too many things brings them out, but we've seen that Taylor Swift has brought out people for her Disney Plus documentary that also was put in theaters for the

first collab. And of course, nowadays, you're seeing musicians being able to bring more. people to theaters versus actual movies so i think this marketing strategy if successful by bt s will be replicated by a lot of popular acts going for it so anyways let me get back into the rest of the live viewing um dates so april 18th is another live viewing date which is of the tokyo dome show and then march 21st 2026 which is the pre-tore event a special performance at the the okay hold up now The Gwang? Nah, bro.

Okay, hold on. Let me get Jarvis to read this out so we, so we don't push you this horrendously. Here we go. Jarvis is about to pronounce this correctly. Guanghuaman Square. You all heard that? Hold on now. I don't know if I can replicate that one right there.

That's a difficult one. Let's run that back. Gwanghuaman Square. Okay, so Gwanghuaman Square. Gwangwaman Square. Hey, shout out to me. You know what I'm saying? Anyways.

That is happening. 21st as far as the live streaming special performance and it will be stream live on Netflix worldwide to celebrate the album release so if you don't know the album once again is coming out March 20th so the day after that which honestly let me see what that date falls on because you know since it's Thursday at midnight sometimes they get the day strong um so what did they say it's at March 20th so 20th falls on a Friday so technically you know if you stay up at midnight is going to be out so if you stay up on a 19th at midnight it should come out but you know different time zones things in that nature so uh yeah so technically saturday is actually what

is happening as far as the live viewing event um that you could go to netflix for the worldwide celebration of the album release so once again i think this is a phenomenal marketing strategy i think if you're a huge bt s fan out there well one you already knew we was going to cover it you know i'm saying i always give my rise to well i'm not going to say fame but you know as far as the podcast is doing pretty well not going to lie to you and when it comes to supporters of fan accounts one of the first time i ever got posted on the social media platform by another fan account was from a junk stand and the reason why i point that out is because just to let you know how long i've been diving into btas and covering their immense impact on the music industry so safe to say when i

talk about btas this is not just some random k-pop group that's coming back from a hiatus well from a group pious because individually they've still been doing their own thing like junk cook uh you already know that was one of the things that people kept coming back to me for as far as the updates on junk cook uh lately we began to j hope uh who else let me see v from bt s of course uh jimmin so we've talked about the individual um and those are the i'm not trying to dis any of the other members but as far as individually i think those had a better out uh outings especially jimmy junk cook everybody was trying to jump on john cook's wave in 2023 if you don't remember loto jumped on the wave um there's a lot of other people let me see if i could type this in

john cook so you had uh loto you had i think i think it was uh what was his name uh kill laurrie um a lot of other people was trying to jump on his right uh wave but regardless you know we basically broke that down and of course people enjoy that type of coverage because at the end of day i do take my job seriously you know what i'm saying so anyways getting to the rest of the details about the Netflix of it safe to say this is a huge partnership as BTS

for the comeback partnering with Netflix shows you what type of time they're on as when it comes to the documentary is going to be of the album's creation as far as the album Ari Rang hopefully I'm saying Rory Rang

I don't know if I'm saying it right Rory Rang I think I am but you know of course we need Jarvis a fact check that give me one second Arirang Okay, Ari rang. So I kind of send it right. So anyways, when it comes to that album, we don't know how long it's going to be.

If you go to DSPs, the preview is showing 14 tracks, but I don't know if those are just placeholders or if that's how long the actual album is. So if you're wondering how big BTS is, you already know I had to come with the analytical data as BTS, objectively speaking, sold over 40 million albums in South Korea. By far, the best-selling act in that area. holds multiple Guinness World Records first k-pop act to top billboard 200 so safe to say when it comes to k-pop any and every k-pop artist will know a k-pop fanatic connoisseur will know about bt s so now when you look at one sixty seven the sangs which is uh i think a korean award show most in korean history and amassed a hundred five plus million equivalent album sales gloating Now, hot take.

All I'm saying is, Bad Bunny did just finish performing at the Super Bowl. Shepard. All right, my fault. I ain't going to get into all that. All I'm saying is, there's a particularly interesting opportunity for Sean Carter, aka JZ.

But I just don't know if he's going to pull that trigger. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? Because there's not too many artists that's on the level of a bad bunny. but there is one out in korea shepherd all right let's get back into it so anyways when it comes to bt s there are no joke like their live shows also are phenomenal as when it comes to the previous tours

love yourself which is uh the love yourself speak yourself tour from 2018 or 2019 had two million people in attendance and as far as this is overall right uh 246 million grossed the highest for a non-incoling English act. So when I give these suggestions to Ashon Carter, aka JZ will one, y'all, y'all, y'all bookmark this. If the Super Bowl ends up using BTS, I'm gonna need my cut. Shepard. All right, my fault. Let's get back to it. So, and then the other tour from BTS, which is called Permission to Dance on Stage. Like, yes, if y'all haven't seen the live, really any K-Pong musician in general, uh, Jenny, uh, from Black Pink, uh, who else? um it was other uh k-pop artists i was covering but i'm trying to see who's really jenny really

stands out she she ended up winning an oscar for like a show she was on for best choreography um anyways let's get back to the uh the overall point k-pop musicians in general have a heavy emphasis on choreography one of the main things i'm not going to say was a critique but as far as the bad bunny show him not being able to dance of course it's not the biggest complaint from me me but comparing it to other superstar performers I think being able to dance definitely sets you apart from the pack especially if you have the catalog to also give a fantastic performance and of course you already know the visuals are going to be on point from a k-pop musician basically what I'm saying is BTS when it comes to choreography is second to none really they

may be they may be one of the best dancing groups out there that's notoriously affecting the masses. I'm not talking about a group that's not selling. I'm talking about BTS who's out here selling out everything. And the choreography is always on point. I may, you know, have my black card. You know, they may have to survey it after this or we have to negotiate after this. But basically, I would compare them to like, I don't even know if a boy's to men is the

greatest comparison. But the in-sync choreography, always on point. BTS is really one of them. Basically, the one of ones when it comes to choreography and dancing as a group while also having monumental hits that the masses could at least recognize. So anyways, yeah,

when it comes to the permission to dance on stage tour that went from 2021 to 2022, essentially they had limited stadium shows plus stream slash cinema gross high, 75 million plus online. and 32.6 million as far as the cinema record. So now when you come to them having this marketing strategy once again,

as far as limited stadium shows while also live streaming certain stadium shows, I think that's a phenomenal strategy that we're going to see replicated more from a lot of the top musicians, just you watch. So anyways, when it comes to BTS and their latest upcoming album that's RRI-Rang, when they when you're looking at bt s you already know they're going to come with some type of single that's going to be very impactful let's just put like that as the way that they pick pick singles i think a study needs to be done on the a nr's in k-pop because it seems like the a and r is just a lost cause or just a lost art in today's age an artist makes a song makes an album and they don't

care what type of input comes into it now what big hit music is notorious for having certain overseeing or overseers while the musical or just the artist creation process is going because if you don't know let's just leave it at the very hands on let's just put it like that over in south career so now when you have a fantastic an r that also has a group that's been putting out hits time and time again via your input safe to say that it's probably going to be a trend going forward and the reason why I say all that to bring

it full circle is because one Republic's Ryan Teter the producer of Rory Rang which is BTS's upcoming album basically came out and said quote I've been involved in BTS's next album quite a bit dot dot dot

I really want to say this BTS are so amazingly talented Honestly, it's one of the craziest things I've done in my career, period. They are amazing, period. But it doesn't stop there, ladies and gentlemen. Ryan Teter went on to say, you're going to love it. I think I'll get in trouble if I say more.

So I'll stop here. The hype that BTS is currently accumulating is well earned. It's almost as if LeBron came out and was basically like, I'm coming out of retirement, right? He hasn't retired. But it's like if LeBron retired and came back. Because once again, we're not talking about any K-pop group. BTS is the biggest K-pop group of all time.

Like, objectively speaking, they are to my hip-hop supporters out there. They are the Drake of K-pop. Partnering with Netflix after a four-year hiatus is not normal. It's because they've seen the history. they've seen the data they know that the bt s army is what they call themselves they're going to come out in droves to support this next album and i officially i mean i've always been one of the army members you know what i mean safe to say especially my um in-depth coverage of them but whenever they do start their tour which once again um i want to get the actual date for the first

one so the actual day for the first in person event in go yank stadium is having happening April 9th. Of course the other day you need to look out for is the album RRIRang coming out March 20th 2026 and then the third date you need to know is BTS and Netflix's collab coming out the day after the album release so it was easier to remember March 21st so BTS is going to have a notorious mass effect in the year of 2026 and I can't wait to see it coming to fruition. So that been say click my link through my bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about bt s not only announcing a worldwide tour not only announcing the album documentary with

netflix but also announcing the release date as their i want to get the actual out the actual number as their fifth studio album rye rang is coming out on all dsps march 20th 2026