NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� They’re going to light up 2026 like dynamite: comeback has an official date.
According to a note shared to social media by the entertainment company BigHit Music, the mega popular group will return on March 20.
That’s after a nearly four-year hiatus, as all seven members of BTS 鈥� RM, Jin, Jimin, V, Suga, Jung Kook and j-hope 鈥� South Korea鈥檚 mandatory military service.
鈥淢arch 20th comeback confirmed,鈥� BigHit Music wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Rapper Suga was the last group member to be 鈥� from his duties as , an alternative to serving in the military that he reportedly chose due to a shoulder injury. That was in June 2025.
The six others, V, Jimin, Jung Kook, Jin and j-hope, served in the army.
BTS tiered their enlistments, giving ample time for its members to focus on solo projects while the group was on a break.
Last summer, the group teased a world tour and announced that would be released in the spring of 2026. At the time, they said they would begin working on the project in July 2025.
鈥淪ince it will be a group album, it will reflect each member鈥檚 thoughts and ideas,鈥� they 鈥淲e鈥檙e approaching the album with the same mindset we had when we first started.鈥�
The 2026 album will mark their first since 2022鈥檚 anthology, 鈥淧roof,鈥� their 2021 Japanese compilation album 鈥淏TS, the Best,鈥� and their last studio album, 鈥淏e,鈥� released in 2020.
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