Key Takeaways

• BTS’ new album: The group has released their latest album titled ‘ARIRANG’.
• Collaboration insights: Derrick Milano discusses his experience working with BTS on multiple tracks.
• Lead single revelation: The track “SWIM” was identified as the lead single based on its standout position in the tracklist.
• Fan engagement: The BTS ARMY played a significant role in the collaborative process, providing motivation and support.

BTS returns with their new album, ‘ARIRANG,’ and we had the chance to chat with Derrick Milano who wrote “SWIM” and more tracks for the new album. He shares his experience working with the boys and more!

Tetris Kelly:

You just did five, potentially six on BTS’ up and coming out. J Hope is like “yo they say you do all the you do all the dope rap.”

Derrick Milano:

BTS is finally back with ‘ARIRANG,’ see I said it right, Jimin. We chatted with a songwriter on the album about the tracks.

Derrick Milano:

I walked up. I’m seeing all the top songwriters and the producers in the world, pretty much there. I was just like, well, this is it. This is the moment. This is the moment that I’ve been working for. The melodies just came. And the whole time I’m just watching through my peripheral, watching the room. They’re excited. I’m excited. It sounded great.

Tetris Kelly:

He also helped create the lead single, “SWIM.” But when did he know it was gonna be a single? Thanks ARMY.

Derrick Milano:

Because on the track list, how they had it lined up, they had black, black, black, black, black, black, black. And then I think “SWIM” was red. Think that means the single is the only one that stands out. And at that moment, we were just like, oh yeah, this got to be the single. And then Twitter tells you everything. So I went to Twitter and watch the- shout out to the BTS ARMY. They’re amazing because they keep you up to date on everything. They were very open and receptive when it came to the collaborating process, when I was laying down, certain some of the melodies, there would be times when they would get up and start dancing, come by the mic, start vibing out with me and just motivating me and getting me excited and getting me to feel comfortable about what I’m doing. Because we knew that we were going to put these these records out, and it was going to touch the world.

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