A Korean artist does not have to be limited to using their country’s traditional instruments and speaking in their own language to be a Korean artist.

On Saturday, BTS took the stage in central Seoul for a large-scale comeback show after a four-year pause, with the performance carried live on Netflix and built around the group's new album rollout. The event mattered beyond music because the city locked down a major downtown corridor to manage a crowd that swelled into the tens of thousands.

By Joyce Lee SEOUL, March 21 (Reuters) - South Korea shut down the heart of Seoul on Saturday for a comeback concert by Kpop supergroup BTS, as authorities prepare for an estimated 260,000 fans to flood the capital's streets and millions more to watch the show live on Netflix.

Gwanghwamun has been etched in the global consciousness as the heart of Seoul and a symbolic space of South Korea.” You Hong-june, director of the National Museum of Korea, shared his impressions with this newspaper after attending BTS’s comeback concert held at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on the 21st.

The featured sing from BTS's comeback album "Arirang" soared to the top of YouTube's trending chart shortly after its release on Friday.

As South Korea rallies around the much-hyped comeback concert for the global superstars, some are questioning whether too many public resources are being used for a corporate production.

SEOUL: The return of the world's biggest boy band BTS after their almost four-year hiatus looks set to be a major money-spinner -- potentially beating Taylor Swift.