The original 'Arirang' wax cylinder recording at the Library of Congress

Library of Congress presentation · April 15, 2026

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BTS video references Library of Congress holdings

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Presenter (unnamed) introduced that K-pop group BTS released an animated video for their album Arirang that alludes to an item of Korean American history held by the Library of Congress.

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A Library of Congress presentation highlighted 1896 wax-cylinder recordings of Korean music made by anthropologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher, noted connections to the folk song Arirang and described modern preservation and playback techniques used on fragile cylinders.

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