K-pop icons BTS have announced their first album since 2022, with a tour to followNEED TO KNOWBTS has a new album and tour on the wayThe album will start recording in July and be released next springThe band expressed support of each other's solo effortsBTS is back!

Their reunion? It's smooth like butter. The K-pop septet BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour. Members Jin, RM, V, Jimin, J-Hope, Jung Kook and Suga made the announcement Tuesday during a livestream on Weverse,

BTS has been on hiatus since 2022, allowing all seven members -- Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jung Kook -- to serve their mandatory military service in South Korea. The members revealed in a Weverse livestream that they'll be heading to the United States in July to start work on the new album.