{"id":381517,"date":"2026-01-01T11:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/381517\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:21:09","slug":"bts-to-return-with-new-album-on-march-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/381517\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS to return with new album on March 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                Published: 01 Jan. 2026, 07:57<\/p>\n<p>                                    Updated: 01 Jan. 2026, 16:03\n                            <\/p>\n<p>Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BTS [YONHAP]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/9e9f67b2-1793-4e14-b5e2-f62e13613866.jpg\"\/>                                              <\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">BTS [YONHAP]<\/p>\n<p>                      K-pop megagroup BTS will return with a new album on March 20, its agency BigHit Music said Thursday.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   The album marks the septet\u2019s first release in three years and nine months since \u201cProof\u201d in June 2022.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   The comeback date had already been hinted at in handwritten letters sent to fans\u2019 homes, which expressed gratitude for their continued support. The letters were stamped with the date \u201c2026.03.20.\u201d  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>                                                           <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Letter sent by BTS to their fans [BIGHIT MUSIC]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a55baad6-f7df-4ce1-85bd-b600ca993f62.jpg\"\/>                                              <\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Letter sent by BTS to their fans [BIGHIT MUSIC]<\/p>\n<p>                      \u201cWith the release of a new album on March 20, [BTS] will embark on a large-scale world tour,\u201d BigHit said in a statement.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   \u201cDetails about the new album and the concerts will be announced through official channels at a later date.\u201d  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   All seven members completed their mandatory military service in 2025, with Suga being the last to be discharged in June.  <br \/>                                                           <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Letter sent by BTS to their fans [BIGHIT MUSIC]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2b609bca-e38d-418f-8920-bb5c3d5dee3c.jpg\"\/>                                              <\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Letter sent by BTS to their fans [BIGHIT MUSIC]<\/p>\n<p>BY JIN EUN-SOO [<a href=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"107a797e3e75657e637f7f507a7f7f7e77717e773e737f3e7b62\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 01 Jan. 2026, 07:57 Updated: 01 Jan. 2026, 16:03 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-381517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}