Whenever ARMYs visit South Korea, there are a handful of iconic locations related to BTS that they just must visit. However, it seems there will be one less spot from now on.
BTS' iconic location from Spring Day gets demolished
On November 1, a fan revealed that the Iryeong Station, where BTS shot Spring Day‘s music video, had been demolished. The ARMY shared a snap in which workers could be seen removing parts of the station with the help of heavy machinery.
Today I went to visit the Spring Day train station, but sadly I was too late 🥺 pic.twitter.com/qFAUE8Kr3q
— roxyinthesoopᶠᵉˢᵗᵃ¹¹ᵗʰ🏴 (@roxyinthesoop) November 1, 2024
For the unversed, BTS filmed a segment of Spring Day‘s music video at the iconic location. Remember the part where V laid his head on top of a snow-covered railway track? That was shot at Iryeong Station, located in Yangju, a city just couple of hours away from Seoul. While the station had been out of operation since 2004, ARMY had been visiting the location ever sinceSpring Day‘s release.
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With one more iconic BTS location down, ARMY got emotional. "One of the places from my ARMY wishlist. It's really heartbreaking," one fan tweeted. Another added, "There are memories of Bangtan there and every trace there is a memory of me, it's like burning the painting I'm trying to do," while a third wrote, "Should have been classified as a National Historical Monument."
About Spring Day
Released on February 13, 2017,Spring Day was the lead single of BTS’ You Never Walk Alone. The mid-tempo alternative hip-hop and pop rock power ballad was penned by Hitman Bang, Pdogg, RM, Suga, Adora, Arlissa Ruppert and Peter Ibsen. RM revealed that he had created the song’s main melody during a walk in Yeouido’s Saetgang Eco Park. The BTS leader was inspired after he saw the dried leaves that were blown off trees by the wind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEeFrLSkMm8
Spring Day bagged numerous domestic and international accolades, even peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100. In August this year, the song became the first-ever song to cross over 1 billion streams on MelOn.