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LOVE MAZE opens X trending on September 3, 2026, as ARMY recirculates why BTS is unlikely to play the Love Yourself track on the ARIRANG World Tour. News18 and Koreaboo tie the absence to songwriter Bobby Jung's conviction and HYBE's earlier DVD cuts, with the tour having opened April 9 in Goyang after a March 20 album date. The string is new versus the September 2 X board, which led with Zverev. #AEWDynamite sits at 2 after the September 2 TBS episode from Allen, Texas, where Will Ospreay opened as champion and The New Level plus Swerve Strickland retained the Trios titles. A X Twitter Trending API snapshot at 06:01 UTC listed 10 rows and 0 overlap with September 2.
Top trending topics on X: September 3
LOVE MAZE: BTS song whose ARIRANG omission is the live fan argument. New at 1. The March 20, 2026 comeback and April 9 Goyang opener are the dated anchors, not a new single.
#AEWDynamite: Weekly AEW show, September 2 from the Credit Union of Texas Event Center. PWTorch and Wrestling Inc. listed Ospreay's open, Mercedes Moné's title celebration, and a Trios defense over The Rascalz. New at 2.
#WENMONTHLY: Hashtag at 3. No widely reported news trigger identified for September 3.
hobi: J-Hope nickname. New at 4 beside LOVE MAZE and Baepsae as BTS concert chat. No separate solo-release notice found for this date.
Baepsae: BTS live staple (Silver Spoon) still circulating with ARIRANG clips. New at 5.
Clippers: NBA announced September 2 that the LA Clippers forfeit 2029-2033 first-round picks, pay a $30 million fine, and that Steve Ballmer is suspended one year, with Kawhi Leonard to pay $700,000. New at 6.
Austin Wells: New York Yankees catcher name at 7. No widely reported game story identified for September 3 beyond the name hitting the board.
#ChaseTheNewDawn: Hashtag at 8. No widely reported trigger identified for September 3.
Yamamoto: Likely Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers at 9. No widely reported start recap identified for September 3.
Minneapolis: City name after the September 2 Loring Towers shooting (2 victims and the suspect dead, 6 injured including 3 officers). New at 10, matching Google News rank 1.
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What changed on X since yesterday
| Change | Topic | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| New | LOVE MAZE | Rank 1 |
| New | #AEWDynamite | Rank 2 |
| New | #WENMONTHLY | Rank 3 |
| New | hobi | Rank 4 |
| New | Baepsae | Rank 5 |
| New | Clippers | Rank 6, $30M fine |
| New | Austin Wells | Rank 7 |
| New | #ChaseTheNewDawn | Rank 8 |
| New | Yamamoto | Rank 9 |
| New | Minneapolis | Rank 10 |
| Drop-off | Zverev | Was 1 |
| Drop-off | MAGIC SHOP | Was 2 |
| Drop-off | Markey | Was 9 |
| Drop-off | #WWENXT | Was 10 |
Zero holds. Tennis (Zverev, Sonego) and Jungkook MAGIC SHOP exit with the Massachusetts primary leftover.
What today's X topics reveal
K-pop concert talk and a sports penalty split the board. LOVE MAZE, hobi, and Baepsae are one ARIRANG conversation. Clippers at 6 is a dated NBA press release: five first-round picks, $30 million, a one-year Ballmer ban, $700,000 from Leonard. Minneapolis at 10 is the same Loring Towers shooting that leads Google News.
Three strings (#WENMONTHLY, Austin Wells, #ChaseTheNewDawn, and Yamamoto if the start recap stays thin) have no matching wire story in the open fetches. That is the X feed: names can rank on chat volume alone.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool on the X (Twitter) Trending feed, limited to 10 rows. The same call is how social desks pull a dated snapshot without the X API firehose. See the X Twitter Trending API page for the feed contract.
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