Watch BTS Perform ‘Swim’ in the Guggenheim Museum on ‘Fallon’

The performance marked the TV debut of “Swim,” a reflective number with a propulsive beat. The band members appeared in different levels of the Guggenheim before joining forces on a circular stage on the museum’s ground floor. Ahead of the performance, BTS joined Fallon for a chat about their album, the meaning behind some of their songs, and what they missed about each other while the band was on hiatus.

Fallon kicked things off by asking what it felt like when the seven members came back together. “Finally!” several of the singers said in unison. “In the military, literally, time stops,” RM said. “And after it time just flows by. We can’t believe that it’s been nine months since we all were discharged.” “I felt like I had reunited with family,” Jin added.

Arirang is BTS’ first full-length album since 2022. To make the album, RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook all moved to Los Angeles where they lived together in a house for two months. It was the first time all seven of them had lived...