BTS is formally again — and ARMY lastly has a date to circle on the calendar.
After almost 4 years away from group releases, the Ok-pop superstars introduced that their long-awaited reunion album will arrive March 20, 2026, marking their first full group mission since 2022’s Proof. The information was revealed in a deeply private means, with handwritten letters despatched to pick members of the BTS ARMY fan membership, every bearing the easy however highly effective message: “2026.3.20.”
The album announcement comes after years of anticipation because the group paused actions to meet South Korea’s obligatory navy service requirement. Now, all seven members — Jimin, Jung Kook, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM and V — are formally reunited and prepared for his or her subsequent chapter.
“I greeted you all as a soloist in 2023 and 2024,” Jin wrote in his letter, printed by Selection, “however I can lastly greet you as a part of a workforce once more.”
RM echoed the sentiment, telling followers he had been “ready for this second extra desperately than anybody,” whereas Jung Kook added, “Please take excellent care of us this yr as properly.” J-Hope summed it up greatest: “Lastly, it’s the yr that we are going to all be along with you!!”
The highway to reunion has been a protracted one. Jin, the group’s oldest member, enlisted first in December 2022 and was discharged in June 2024, famously greeted by his bandmates — together with RM, who stunned followers by enjoying “Dynamite” on the saxophone. J-Hope adopted in April 2023, whereas RM, V, Jimin and Jung Kook enlisted collectively in December 2023. Jimin and Jung Kook have been the final to be discharged on June 11, 2025, simply in the future after RM and V.
By summer season 2025, BTS started teasing their comeback. Throughout a July livestream, Jung Kook defined, “Since will probably be a bunch album, it should mirror every member’s ideas and concepts. We’re approaching the album with the identical mindset we had once we first began.”
In September 2025, RM mentioned he and his not too long ago reunited bandmates are “working diligently” on new music in a message shared on Weverse. Within the notice (taken from an English translation offered on Weverse), RM mirrored on what it’s been like returning to the studio with BTS and adjusting to life in Los Angeles after finishing his obligatory navy service in South Korea earlier this summer season. “It’s already been a little bit over two months since I used to be discharged from the navy,” he wrote. “I’m from faraway Los Angeles. I stay, work, and play with the members. It’s a extremely unusual expertise. It seems like ‘Bon Voyage Pyeongchang.’ It’s bizarre already, proper… Anyway, I really feel like I’m working diligently someplace.”
RM shared a peek into his new routine, saying he wakes up at 10 a.m., works out, eats breakfast, after which works with BTS from about one or two within the afternoon till eight or 9 at night time. “Sit alone on the terrace of the rented home, the previous, current, and future, I take into consideration these dizzy tenses,” he added. Additional hinting at BTS’ new music, RM continued, “Making one thing ‘collectively’ with these pals, I’m going to commit myself to this second. I’m going to thanks. It’s our subsequent album. I’m on the lookout for what I’ll grow to be. One thing I’ve forgotten for too lengthy, the moments which might be far-off collectively. I hope that will probably be a sort of magnificence.”
And that’s not all. Alongside the album announcement, BTS confirmed plans for a world world tour in 2026.
“We’re additionally planning a world tour alongside the brand new album. We’ll be visiting followers all world wide, so we hope you’re as excited as we’re,” the members mentioned in a press release from July 2025. No phrase on which cities the members can be visiting but.
