K-pop juggernaut BTS <\/a>is also preparing a full-group return after all seven members completed mandatory military service this year. The group plans to release a new album in spring 2026, its first full-group release since the 2022 anthology album “Proof.”<\/p>\nDuring the hiatus, members remained active as solo artists. Jin\u2019s “#RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR” ranked seventh and j-hope\u2019s Hope on the Stage Tour ranked fourth on Billboard\u2019s list of Top 10 Highest-Grossing K-pop Tours of the Year, underscoring the group’s individual appeal. <\/p>\n
Signs of sustained fan demand have already surfaced, with “Anpanman,” a track from the group\u2019s 2018 album “LOVE YOURSELF ‘Tear,'” surged back to No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s World Digital Song Sales chart in December. <\/p>\n
Following the album’s release, a large-scale world tour is widely anticipated, expected to reunite ARMYs around the globe.<\/p>\n
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From left are K-pop girl group BLACKPINK members Ros\u00e9, Lisa, Jisoo and Jennie. Captured from BLACKPINK’s Instagram<\/p>\n
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BLACKPINK is likewise gearing up for a full-group comeback next year, after plans for a winter release were shifted to early 2026. The group has not released a studio album since “Born Pink” in 2022. In July, BLACKPINK launched its “DEADLINE” world tour and became the first K-pop girl group to headline a solo concert at London’s Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n
The four group members have also continued to build strong individual profiles in the global music market. Ros\u00e9 earned three Grammy Award nominations, including Song of the Year, with her 2024 hit “APT.” with U.S. musician Bruno Mars, while Jennie’s full-length solo debut album, “Ruby,” was named one of Rolling Stone\u2019s Best Albums of 2025. Lisa won Best K-Pop at the MTV Video Music Awards for “Born Again,” while Jisoo also entered Billboard\u2019s Hot 100 with her solo work, “EYES CLOSED.”<\/p>\n
With each member rising to global A-list status during the group’s hiatus, BLACKPINK\u2019s full-fledged return is expected to land with more impact than ever before. <\/p>\n
EXO<\/p>\n
Momentum is also building for EXO, which will release its eighth studio album “REVERXE” on Jan. 19. The album follows “EXIST” from July 2023. <\/p>\n
The third-gen boy band appeared earlier this month at the 2025 Melon Music Awards (MMA) in Seoul, signaling a return to group activities with immense fan support. <\/p>\n
The comeback will feature six members \u2014 Suho, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai, Sehun and Lay, while Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin will sit out due to an ongoing contractual dispute with SM Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"K-pop boy band EXO is scheduled to release “REVERXE” on Jan. 19 as a six-member group. Courtesy of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-377802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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