{"id":297189,"date":"2026-02-14T05:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/297189\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T05:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:05:16","slug":"bts-talk-more-mature-new-album-whether-a-grammy-win-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/297189\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS Talk ‘More Mature’ New Album & Whether a Grammy Win Is Important"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBTS<\/a>\u2018 long-awaited comeback is loading, with new album Arirang slated to drop this spring. And in a new cover story interview with GQ<\/a> published Friday (Feb. 13), the members of the band opened up about what ARMY can expect from the LP and whether winning a Grammy for the project is something that\u2019s important to them.<\/p>\n

\n\tArriving March 20, Arirang will mark the septet\u2019s first full-length since 2020\u2019s Billboard 200<\/a>-topping Be. According to Suga, it\u2019ll also showcase a \u201cmore mature side of BTS this time around,\u201d featuring a \u201cdiversity of genres.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat I can tell you is that it\u2019s going to be quite different from the BTS albums and sounds that you\u2019ve been listening to,\u201d he told the publication. \u201cBeing idol groups and boy bands and girl groups in the K-pop industry, it might feel like it\u2019s a little bit restraining about the negative sides of life. But I think as artists and as individuals, you have to be able to express both the positive and the negative sides of life.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think we are slowly heading that way because this album has a lot of introspection and thoughts,\u201d he continued. \u201cThings have changed, and we are still changing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s hard to overstate just how excited BTS fans are for the group\u2019s return. Suga and bandmates RM, Jin, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook have spent the past three years or so taking turns releasing solo projects while completing their mandatory enlistment periods in the South Korean military, finally coming back together<\/a> last summer to promise fans in a Weverse livestream that a new album and world tour <\/a>would happen in 2026.<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite the break, BTS is picking up right where it left off with seemingly no momentum lost \u2014 but is a Grammy something the members are still working toward after becoming the first K-pop group to be nominated for one in 2021, but losing both best pop duo\/group performance that year and again in 2022?<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d RM told GQ candidly. \u201cTime has passed. There are a lot of K-pop-related nominees you see in the general field and, really, I want to send big applause for them.\u201d (In 2026, ROS\u00c9 of BLACKPINK became the first K-pop soloist to be nominated in a general field category at the Grammys.)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI mean, we\u2019ll try,\u201d he added. \u201cMaybe we\u2019ll submit our album to the Grammys again. But I don\u2019t know \u2014 we don\u2019t want to be desperately eager for it \u2026 We don\u2019t want to say anymore like, \u2018Ah, man, we want the Grammys.\u2019 I mean, it doesn\u2019t mean that we really don\u2019t want it \u2014 but we\u2019ll try. But if not, then OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSee BTS on the cover of GQ below.<\/p>\n


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