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K-pop superstars BTS announce end of hiatus with a new album and world |
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10:45 PM EDT, Tue July 1, 2025 |
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Source: CNN |
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Their reunion? It’s smooth like butter. The K-pop septet BTS will |
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return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour. |
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Members Jin, RM, V, Jimin, J-Hope, Jung Kook and Suga made the |
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announcement Tuesday during a livestream on Weverse, an online fan |
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platform owned by BTS management company Hybe. It was the first time |
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all seven members have broadcast live together since September 2022. |
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“We’ll be releasing a new BTS album in the spring of next year. |
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Starting in July, all seven of us will begin working closely together |
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on new music,” the band said in a statement. “Since it will be a |
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group album, it will reflect each member’s thoughts and ideas. |
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We’re approaching the album with the same mindset we had when we |
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first started.” |
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According to a press release, the band will be in the United States |
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this month to begin working on new music. |
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The 2026 album will mark their first since 2022’s anthology, |
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“Proof,” their 2021 Japanese compilation album “BTS, the Best,” |
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and their last studio album, “Be,” released in 2020. |
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They also announced a world tour, their first in nearly four years. The |
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news arrives a few weeks after BTS superstars RM, V, Jimin and Jung |
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Kook were discharged from South Korea’s military after |
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In South Korea, all able-bodied men aged 18 to 28 are required by law |
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to perform 18-21 months of military service under a conscription system |
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meant to deter aggression from rival North Korea. |
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Six of the group’s seven members while , the last to return, |
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fulfilled his duty as a social service agent, an alternative to |
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military service. |
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, the oldest BTS member, in June 2024. J-Hope was discharged in |
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October. |
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South Korea’s law gives special exemptions to athletes, classical and |
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traditional musicians, and ballet and other dancers if they have |
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obtained top prizes in certain competitions and are assessed to have |
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enhanced national prestige. K-pop stars and other entertainers aren’t |
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subject to such privileges. |
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However, in 2020, BTS postponed their service after South Korea’s |
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National Assembly revised its Military Service Act, allowing K-pop |
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stars to delay their enlistment until age 30. |
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