Their reunion? It’s smooth as butter. K-pop septet BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and a world tour.
Members Jin, RM, V, Jimin, J-Hope, Jung Kook, and Suga made the announcement Tuesday during a livestream on Weverse, an online fan platform owned by BTS’s management company Hybe. It was the first time all seven members have livestreamed since September 2022.
“We will release a new BTS album in spring next year. Starting in July, all seven of us will start working together on new music,” the band said in a statement. “Since it will be a group album, it will reflect the thoughts and ideas of each member. We are approaching the album with the same mindset we had when we started.”
According to a press release, the band will be in the United States this month to begin working on new music.
The 2026 album will mark the first since the 2022 anthology, Prove their 2021 Japanese compilation album, BTS The Best and their final studio album, being released in 2020.
They also announced a world tour, their first in nearly four years. The news comes just weeks after BTS stars RM, V, Jimin, and Jung Kook were discharged from the South Korean military after completing their mandatory service.
In South Korea, all able-bodied men aged 18 to 28 are required by law to perform 18 to 21 months of military service under a conscription system designed to deter aggression from rival North Korea. Six of the seven members of the group served in the military, while Suga, the last to return, served as a social service officer, an alternative to military service.
Jin, the oldest member of BTS, was discharged in June 2024. J-Hope was discharged in October.
South Korean law grants special exemptions to athletes, classical and traditional musicians, and ballet and other dancers if they have won top prizes in certain competitions and are deemed to have enhanced national prestige. K-pop stars and other artists are not subject to these privileges.
However, in 2020, BTS postponed their service after South Korea’s National Assembly revised its Military Service Law, allowing K-pop stars to delay their enlistment until they are 30.
