K-pop stars BTS announce new album and world tour to come in 2026
BTS are set to return with an album that will ‘reflect each member’s thoughts and ideas’ and a world tour, their first in nearly four years
K-pop superstar septet BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour.
It was the first time all seven members have broadcast live together since September 2022.
“We’ll be releasing a new BTS album in the spring of next year,” the band said in a statement. “Starting in July, all seven of us will begin working closely together on new music. Since it will be a group album, it will reflect each member’s thoughts and ideas. We’re approaching the album with the same mindset we had when we first started.”
According to a press release, the band will be in the United States this month to begin working on new music.
The 2026 album will mark their first since 2022’s anthology, Proof. Their last studio album, Be, released in 2020, while a Japanese compilation album, BTS, the Best, came out in 2021.