Overview
- BigHit Music confirmed the new BTS album will arrive on March 20, 2026, with a world tour to follow.
- Tour dates, venues and routing have not been announced, and further album details remain under wraps.
- All seven members completed South Korea’s mandatory military service in 2025, with Suga finishing last in June.
- The release will be the group’s first collective album since the 2022 anthology 'Proof' and follows their last full-group concert in Busan in 2022.
- Hybe CEO Lee Jae-sang previously said the artists would need time to rest and prepare material after service, contextualizing the timing of the comeback.