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Song 8: "Come" by Namie Amuro. "Throwback to 2003, it’s late and you wake up with your gameboy advance on your face because you fell asleep gaming, and an episode of Inyuasha is just finishing up, you hear this iconic song. Namie Amuro is a Japanese pop star from Naha, Okinawa, Japan. With a career spanning 25 years, starting in 1992, Amuro has sold millions of records across Asia. She has since publicly retired in 2018, and has lived as a private citizen since. Her music was available on streaming services in 2019, but was mysteriously removed from streaming and digital retailers like iTunes in 2023 without explanation. Only a few songs remain." - Quinn Smalley Song 9: "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve. "There's a part that says 'you're a slave to the money until you die' and it's ...

By Illianna Valenzuela BTS poses for picture before “Comeback Live | Arirang” on Netflix featuring their new album. Photo via Netflix Tudum. The wait is finally over for K-pop fans around the world as BTS successfully reunites with the release of their fifth studio album, “ARIRANG.” The live event in Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square, which marked a major global comeback, had approximately 104,000 in-person attendees despite only 22,000 winning tickets. An estimated 300 million people tuned in through Netflix, and the event was broadcast across 190 countries.  The album became the most streamed K-pop album in Spotify history in just 24 hours, 110 million first day streams, set the highest first day sales (3.98 million copies) on Hanteo Chart, and achieved the biggest first da...