{"id":451253,"date":"2026-02-03T13:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/451253\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:36:09","slug":"bts-netflix-special-documentary-premiere-dates-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/451253\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS Netflix Special, Documentary Premiere Dates Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter a nearly four-year hiatus while completing solo projects and mandatory military service in their home country of South Korea, the K-pop group <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bts\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bts\" data-tag=\"bts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BTS<\/a> is getting back together for a live comeback special, as well as a feature documentary, both to premiere on <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> in March ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/01\/bts-global-tour-dates-2026-2027-1236681629\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236681629\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their world tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe live event, titled <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bts-the-comeback-live-arirang\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bts-the-comeback-live-arirang\" data-tag=\"bts-the-comeback-live-arirang\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BTS The Comeback Live | Arirang<\/a>, will see the group perform in celebration of their fifth studio album, Arirang. Marking the first-ever live event broadcast from Korea to be livestreamed globally, it\u2019ll stream from the Gwanghwamun in Seoul, debuting exclusively on Netflix at 4 a.m. PT on March 21. The album hits shelves the day before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHamish Hamilton is directing, with Hybe, Bighit Music, Guy Carrington, Garrett English and Kevin Hermanson exec producing. Done + Dusted is the production company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe group\u2019s comeback documentary, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bts-the-return\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bts-the-return\" data-tag=\"bts-the-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BTS: The Return<\/a>, premieres on Netflix on March 27. Directed by Bao Nguyen (The Stringer, The Greatest Night in Pop), it\u2019ll follow BTS as they come back together to begin a reunion set to be etched in pop culture history, while reflecting on the journey that transformed seven Korean members into global icons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe concert livestream and doc lead into BTS\u2019 79-show global tour in 2026-2027, its first since 2022. The tour kicks off April 9 with three nights in Goyang, South Korea before heading to Japan. The group hits North America beginning April 25-26 in Tampa, FL, followed by dates in Europe, the UK, Latin America, Asia and Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFormed in 2010, BTS\u2019s members include RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. Since their debut in 2013 with the single album 2 Cool 4 Skool, the group has built one of the most devoted fan communities in the world. They went on hiatus in June 2022, with all members completing their military service this past June. In the aftermath, they reunited in Los Angeles to make music together, returning to a shared creative space shaped by time apart and personal change. As millions of fans awaited their comeback, BTS confronted quieter questions: how to begin again, how to honor the past without being bound by it, and how to move forward together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tProducers on the doc include Jane Cha Cutler, Nguyen, R.J. Cutler, Elise Pearlstein, Trevor Smith, Choongeon Lee, Namjo Kim and Se Jun Lee. EPs include Mark Blatty, Melissa Robledo, Seonjeong Shin, Nicole Kim, Kyewon Suh and James Shin. This Machine, Hybe, and East Films are the production companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a nearly four-year hiatus while completing solo projects and mandatory military service in their home country of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[21765,185624,185625,49,48,75,341,1316],"class_list":["post-451253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bts","tag-bts-the-comeback-live-arirang","tag-bts-the-return","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-netflix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}