Okay-pop megastars BTS will launch a brand new album in March forward of a world tour, the group introduced on Thursday.
South Korea’s greatest musical act has been on self-described hiatus since 2022 as its members undertook nationwide navy service required of all males beneath the age of 30.
All seven members had been discharged final yr, and the group introduced a comeback for the spring of 2026.
They confirmed on Thursday that they’d launch an album on March 20 earlier than heading on tour.
The actual date was revealed in handwritten letters despatched to paid members of the official BTS fan group, and later confirmed by their label Big Hit Music.
“I have been waiting more earnestly than anyone else,” group chief RM wrote within the letter.
No additional particulars in regards to the album or tour got.
The album can be BTS’s first for the reason that anthology “Proof” which turned South Korea’s bestselling document of 2022.
Before their navy service, BTS generated greater than 5.5 trillion gained ($3.8 billion) in South Korea per yr, in keeping with the government-backed Korea Culture and Tourism Institute.
The determine is equal to roughly 0.2 % of the nation’s complete GDP.
BTS has expanded past their dwelling nation to change into a worldwide musical phenomenon lately.
They maintain the document because the most-streamed group on Spotify, and have become the primary Okay-pop act to prime each the Billboard 200 and the Billboard Artist 100 charts within the United States.
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