BTS has formally confirmed its comeback, revealing on a Weverse livestream on Tuesday that the Ok-pop powerhouse will return in spring 2026 with new music and a world tour.

The group has been on hiatus for 2 years resulting from solo ventures and navy service obligations. Tuesday’s 30-minute stream marked the primary time all seven members — Jung Kook, V, Jimin, Suga, Jin, J-Hope and RM — have broadcast reside collectively since September 2022. It was watched by over 7.3 million followers in actual time.

“We’ll be releasing a brand new BTS album within the spring of subsequent yr,” the group mentioned in an announcement. “Beginning in July, all seven of us will start working intently collectively on new music. Since will probably be a bunch album, it would replicate every member’s ideas and concepts. We’re approaching the album with the identical mindset we had after we first began.”

BTS will start recording new music within the U.S. subsequent month and begin planning for a “large” world tour. “We’re additionally planning a world tour alongside the brand new album,” they mentioned. “We’ll be visiting followers all around the globe, so we hope you’re as excited as we’re.” The group’s final tour, “BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage,” concluded nearly 4 years in the past and drew over 4 million attendees.

A report within the Korea Herald two weeks in the past claimed that the group could be returning in March 2026, although BTS didn’t identify a particular month in the course of the livestream.

BTS’ final album as a bunch was 2022’s “Proof.”