BTS, the South Korean band of k-pop that he conquered the musical world and that he had been in a “recess” for three years, has formalized his return with the announcement of the launch of a new album and the beginning of a world tour in the spring of next year. “Since July we will start working together and focus on making music,” said the group leader, RM, during a live broadcast this Tuesday through the Weverse platform. “The new album will come out in spring,” he added, explaining that the recording will be made in the United States and that the world tour will also begin in the same season.
It will be your first joint album from Proof (2022) and the return to the stage as a complete group after their last concert in Busan that same year. Since then, the members of the Septeto attended the mandatory military service in their country and some focused on work as soloists. Jin and J-Hope finished military service in 2024; Kim Nam-Joon, artistically known as RM; Kim Tae-Hyung, known as V; Jungkook and Jimin, in June; And the last, Suga, a couple of weeks ago.
Although the exact calendar of the new tour has not yet been detailed, the local newspaper The Korea Herald He cited in June a source of Hybe, the entertainment company that manages the band, which assured that the group will return specifically in March 2026. Meanwhile, Jin began at the end of June a world tour as a soloist that will end in August in Amsterdam. In addition, this July 18 the band will launch its first live album, Permission to Dance on Stage – Livewhich collects 22 themes recorded during its tour between 2021 and 2022 in Seoul, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Since its debut in 2013, BTS has headed lists such as Billboard Hot 100 – the first Korean group to do so – with topics such as Dynamite o Butterand has taken the k-pop to United States stadiums such as the Sofi de Los Angeles and Allegiant de Las Vegas, on a tour that reached more than four million viewers by different platforms.
After the military stage of its members, BTS faces its “second phase” with a different artistic maturity. According to Hong Seok-Kyeong, director of the Hallyude Studies Center the National University of Seoul and author of the book BTS on the Roadthe group will leave behind the teenage narrative that catapulted them to fame to explore a more adult vision, both lyrical and visually. “Once someone returns from the military service in South Korea, he is treated as an adult. They will graduate from the history of adolescent growth and move towards an independent adult world,” said the expert in a recent interview with the Japanese newspaper Mainichi.