At a Glance
- All seven BTS members finished South Korean military service by June 2025
- New group album drops March 2026, world tour begins April 2026
- Members released solo projects during the 2022-25 hiatus
- Why it matters: Global K-pop superstars return as full group for first time since 2022
BTS will release their first group album in four years on March 2026, followed by a world tour starting the next month, the band announced during a July 2025 livestream. The septet reunited after every member completed mandatory military service, ending a hiatus that began in 2022.
Group Milestone
RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook marked 12 years since their June 2013 debut. Their last group project, the anthology album Proof, arrived in June 2022 before the members began enlisting.
| Member | Enlistment Date | Discharge Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jin | December 2022 | June 2024 |
| j-hope | April 2023 | October 2024 |
| SUGA | September 2023 | June 2025 |
| Jimin | December 2023 | June 2025 |
| Jungkook | December 2023 | June 2025 |
| RM | December 2023 | June 2025 |
| V | December 2023 | June 2025 |
Solo Work While Apart
Each member used the hiatus to launch individual music:
- RM dropped Indigo (December 2022) and Right Place, Wrong Person (May 2024)
- Jin released Happy (November 2024) and Echo (May 2025), then toured nine cities
- SUGA issued D-Day (April 2023) and became first member to solo tour the U.S.
- j-hope headlined Lollapalooza Chicago (July 2022) and dropped Jack in the Box and Charm of HOPE
- Jimin topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “Like Crazy” from Face (March 2023) and later released Muse (July 2024)
- V put out solo debut Layover (September 2023) and duet “Winter Ahead” (November 2024)
- Jungkook scored hits “Seven,” “3D” and “Standing Next to You” from November 2023 album Golden
Looking Ahead
RM told Spanish outlet EFE in March 2023 that the break let him “look back on the beginnings and the real reasons why I joined BTS.” After his June 2025 discharge he said, “Now, I’m ready to hit the ground running again as RM of BTS.”
Jimin echoed the sentiment post-discharge: “Now that we’re back, we’ll work hard to show you what we’ve prepared.”
The reunited septet will drop the new album in spring 2026 before hitting the road for their first group tour since before the pandemic.
