BTS 'SWIM' nominated for Best Music Video at Camerimage Film Festival

The music video for ″SWIM″ by BTS has been nominated for the ″Best Music Video″ category at the TorunCAMERIMAGE Film Festival. According to the list of nominees for the 2026 music video competition category released by TorunCAMERIMAGE on the 19th (local time), the title track ″SWIM″ from BTS’s fifth full-length album ARIRANG has been nominated for Best Music Video. A total of 18 finalists were selected in this category, including Harry Styles’ ″American Girls,″ Ariana Grande’s ″hate that i made you love me,″ and Madonna’s ″CONFESSIONS II,″ out of 300 submissions worldwide. The ″SWIM″ music video was released along with the single in March and surpassed 100 million views on YouTube on April 15. The video features emotional acting by Hollywood actress Lili Reinhart against the backdrop of the sea in Lisbon, Portugal, combined with the direction of Tanu Muino. The seven members of BTS appear as supporters of the characters in the story. TorunCAMERIMAGE is a film festival that began in 1993 and is known internationally for specializing in cinematography and visual arts. The 34th Camerimage Film Festival is scheduled to take place in Torun, Poland, from November 7 to 14. The nominees for Best Music Video will be specially screened at the CKK Jordanki main theater during the festival, and the winners will be announced at the closing ceremony.