On Friday (April 3), the group released a hidden track called “Come Over” exclusively on the deluxe vinyl edition of ARIRANG, their first full-length LP in six years. The special red-and-white disc arrived exactly two weeks after the album dropped, and fans who got their copies wasted no time posting snippets online. The dreamy, stadium-tinged track opens with the hook “I’m lost, can I come over? I just wanna say I’m sorry,” and within hours, those 15 seconds had the internet in a chokehold.
The problem? Most ARMY can’t actually hear it properly, and they’re letting the group know about it.
Fans flooded social media with demands to get “Come Over” 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,” one fan wrote on X. Another floated starting a petition. Someone else joked they had resorted to walking around with a turntable playing the song on repeat. Relatable behavior, honestly.
Not everyone is upset though. A few fans pushed back on the outrage, with one writing 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 or streaming platforms. There’s a reason why it’s a hidden track. It’ll reach the right people.”
BTS first revealed the track’s existence during a Wednesday (April 1) Weverse livestream, where they were celebrating ARIRANG topping the Billboard 200 and lead single “Swim” hitting No. 1 on the Hot 100. Suga teased it first: “A song that I produced is coming out soon. It’s finally coming out, a special song on the LP.” He later revealed he had spent two weeks wondering why the track wasn’t on the original album, only to find out it had been saved for the vinyl. RM added a teaser of his own: “For those coming to the Goyang concert next week, you might be able to hear it.”
When Jimin asked on the stream whether “Come Over” would ever hit streaming platforms, the group’s consensus was clear: it stays on vinyl, as Billboard reported. The members even compared it to “Take Two,” their beloved 2023 single that also started as a fan-exclusive release before eventually reaching No. 48 on the Hot 100.
The world tour kicks off April 9 with three nights at Goyang Stadium in South Korea, meaning some fans will get to hear “Come Over” live before the rest of the world gets a clean recording. Lucky them.
As for ARIRANG itself, the numbers are still staggering. The album moved 641,000 total copies in its first week, the most by a group since Billboard began tracking streaming numbers in 2014, including 532,000 in pure album sales. That pure sales figure is the biggest by a group in over a decade, surpassing One Direction’s Midnight Memories back in 2013. The Spotify records followed too, with the album becoming the most-streamed K-pop release in the platform’s history.
“Come Over” may be locked behind a turntable for now. But judging by ARMY’s reaction, BTS has somehow made the wait for a song people have barely heard feel like one of the most anticipated releases of the year.
