{"id":284035,"date":"2026-02-14T15:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/284035\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:46:09","slug":"bts-graces-gq-magazine-cover-in-15-markets-ahead-of-new-album-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/284035\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS graces GQ magazine cover in 15 markets ahead of new album release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/e946fa93-28a3-44f3-9791-9fbac732eabc.jpg\" style=\"display: block;\" alt=\"K-pop group BTS on the cover of GQ Magazine's March edition \/ Courtesy of GQ\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>K-pop group BTS on the cover of GQ Magazine&#8217;s March edition \/ Courtesy of GQ<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">K-pop group BTS has graced the cover of GQ magazine&#8217;s latest edition in 15 international markets ahead of the release of its fifth full-length album next month, its agency said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">According to BigHit Music, BTS has been selected as the cover model for the March issue of the men&#8217;s fashion magazine in 15 countries and regions, including Korea, the United States, Britain, Japan, Mexico, Germany and Thailand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The agency said it marked the first time a Korean artist has simultaneously appeared on such a number of regional covers of GQ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">In an interview with GQ, the members shared their thoughts on preparing the new album, emphasizing their commitment to the group while expressing their affection for BTS&#8217; international fandom, known as ARMY.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The group&#8217;s upcoming album, &#8220;Arirang,&#8221; will be BTS&#8217; first release since &#8220;Proof&#8221; in June 2022 and the first since all members completed their mandatory military service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">It is scheduled to be released March 20, followed by a world tour by the seven-member group starting in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"K-pop group BTS on the cover of GQ Magazine&#8217;s March edition \/ Courtesy of GQ K-pop group BTS&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-284035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}