Thousands of worldwide followers of Okay-pop megastars BTS gathered on Friday within the suburbs of Seoul amid mounting pleasure over an anticipated reunion of the group after its members full obligatory service within the South Korean army.
This 12 months’s BTS Festa marks the twelfth anniversary of the group, which final carried out collectively in 2022 and has not toured since 2019 due to the worldwide pandemic and subsequent army service obligations of its members.
It was unclear if any of the lately discharged performers would seem on the pageant organised by the group’s administration company, HYBE.
But that didn’t dampen the passion of followers, a few of whom flew in from around the globe hoping to identify a number of the superstars on the gathering or at a pair of solo live shows by BTS rapper J-Hope as he wraps up his “Hope on the Stage” world tour.
“I want to enjoy everything because there are many things to do here and … I hope to see the guys maybe,” stated Karla Linan Saucede, 33, who travelled from Mexico together with her sister and buddies.
“It’s gone past excitement and into almost being numb,” stated Ayla O’Ryan, 45, from Scotland, including that she deliberate a go to this month to observe Korean within the capital in order that she may attend.
BTS’ members Jimin and Jungkook discharged from the South Korean army on Wednesday, change into the fifth and sixth to finish their service. Members RM and V have been discharged on Tuesday and the final to complete will probably be Suga on June 21.
While particulars of a reunion haven’t been launched, the group is anticipated to carry its largest ever world tour in 2026, says NH Securities, one in all South Korea’s largest funding companies.
Shares in HYBE jumped 11.3% in June as brokerages raised their gross sales estimates and goal worth for the company forward of the group’s comeback.
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