BTS’s ‘Merry Go Round’ Finds a Wider Circle
The ARIRANG video, first shown on Spotify in June, has reached BTS’s official YouTube channel. The new development is access to the visual—not a newly released song.
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Watch on BTS’s official YouTube channel ↗BTS have brought the music video for “Merry Go Round” to their official YouTube channel. The upload gives viewers another way to watch a visual that already had a premiere: it appeared exclusively on Spotify on June 19, according to contemporaneous Korean reporting. A September 25 report from UPI identifies the YouTube arrival as following that Spotify debut.
One video, two release moments
“Merry Go Round” is a track from BTS’s ARIRANG; BIGHIT MUSIC’s album page describes it in the context of life’s recurring cycles. The record and the film were already available months ago. This week’s story is the change in where the film can be seen.
That distinction matters for a video made to be watched together and revisited. BTS’s official account linked the YouTube upload, opening the same visual to another audience and a different viewing routine. The wider reach is our reading of that distribution change, not a claim about viewing figures or a newly recorded version.
Separation and return
The black-and-white video shows the members moving through separate spaces before coming together. Near its end, those spaces resolve into a carousel. In June, BIGHIT MUSIC’s account of the visual, reported by Edaily, connected that image to the members’ shared memories and the experience of continuing through repeating time.
A carousel could have been an obvious illustration of the title. Here it also gives the video a structure: separate paths appear to be turning around a common centre. That is an editorial interpretation of the film, rather than a new statement from the group.
Why the YouTube arrival matters
Music videos do not have only one release day anymore. An exclusive premiere can create an initial event; a later upload on an artist’s established channel can make the same work easier to find, share and return to. “Merry Go Round” now has both moments in its release history.
The strongest reason to cover this second one is simple: readers who missed the Spotify premiere can now watch the official film above. Its central image rewards another look even for those who already saw it in June.