BTS is officially reuniting as a full group on March 20, 2026, with their first group album in almost four years, closing out the long military‑service pause that’s kept them from promoting together. All seven members have now finished South Korea’s mandatory service, so this is the first time since 2022’s Proof that BTS will be back on stage and in promotion cycles as a unit, not as overlapping solo eras.
The comeback date first surfaced in handwritten New Year postcards sent through Weverse, where “2026.03.20” was circled for fans to decode before anything was posted publicly. BTS will be back in March with their first full‑group album in nearly four years, a date first laid out in an ABC News wire, BTS announces March comeback date, putting an end to a nearly four‑year hiatus, which treats the return as the real end of the “military service” pause and the start of their next era.
Early reporting says the project is being framed as a fresh chapter that looks back at their first decade while leaning into a more mature, reflective sound shaped by their solo work and time away. HYBE has quietly built much of its 2026 release and touring calendar around this comeback, treating it as the anchor move that resets the company’s biggest act after a strange, half‑paused stretch.
A massive world tour is widely expected to follow, with industry pieces mentioning internal plans for an extensive 2026 run across Asia, North America and Europe, even if specific dates aren’t public yet. For ARMY, March 20 reads less like a single release date and more like the starting line for a year where BTS goes from legally paused to fully active at the center of global pop again.