Kings of K-pop are back: What to know about BTS' comeback
CNA
With a royal palace backdrop, large-scale staging and a worldwide livestream, BTS’ comeback concert in Seoul is set to be a production spectacle as much as a musical return.
BTS, the world's biggest boy band, reunites on stage on Saturday (Mar 21) in a K-pop extravaganza watched by hundreds of thousands of fans in downtown Seoul and by millions around the planet online.
Here's a lowdown on what to know ahead of the concert – BTS' first since 2022 – by the seven young men who, more than anyone, have turned South Korea into a global cultural powerhouse.
BTS broke hearts after, one by one – beginning in 2022 and ending last June – they swapped pop stardom for around 18 months of unglamorous compulsory military service.
Their agency has framed the concert – a day after their fifth studio album Arirang drops – as a declaration that normal service has at long last resumed.
"We promised our fans we'd be back," BTS' leader RM, 31, said in a trailer.
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