This weekend, the biggest group in K-pop returns from a four-year hiatus with a new album, a live-streamed concert and an enormous tour that is already sold out.
This weekend, the biggest group in K-pop returns from a four-year hiatus with a new album, a live-streamed concert and an enormous tour that is already sold out.Fans in Seoul waiting for the comeback concert by BTS watch a drone light show.
The biggest band in K-pop before it went on hiatus in 2022 so its members could perform mandatory military service in South Korea, BTS released its sixth album,and Jung Kook — have achieved significant solo success since then, but the return of BTS in full force signals a massive moment for the genre the group helped turn into a global powerhouse. In 2018, BTS' album. But even during their time out of the spotlight, BTS' impact — and the promise of its return — has lingered over the genre.."But I don't think that the success of even 'Golden' would've happened if BTS didn't already push that door open for this kind of moment.") during BTS' time away — but if the preliminary numbers for their comeback are any indication, pop culture has been eagerly awaiting the band's return. Here are just a few ways to measure how enormous the impact is expected to be:— advance orders ahead of the album's release — had likely surpassed 4 million copies within one week of the album being announced. In the U.S., BTS' last release, the 2022 compilationOn Saturday, BTS will perform a free concert in Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square. Although about 22,000 fans secured tickets to the show, authorities expect closer to a quarter of a million people to show up to the event.that the anticipated crowds have activated security concerns, leading authorities to seal off around 30 buildings in the surrounding areas. According to the, ARMY members had already started gathering on Friday afternoon, and the city of Seoul had deployed thousands of police officers to monitor the area.the performance in 190 countries at 7 a.m. ET on Saturday. It will be the streaming giant's first time globally broadcasting a concert, and tens of millions of viewers are expected to watch. In interviews with the press, Brandon Riegg, Netflix's vice president of nonfiction series and sports, suggested the show could be part of a longer-term investment in South Korean culture. "We have high expectations with this inaugural concert, but it certainly should signal a greater appetite that we have to work with other artists and labels throughout Korea and Asia in general," Riegghosted by Spotify in New York City, and then on a sold out global tour that kicks off in South Korea on April 9.tour, or at least this initial leg, which spans across multiple continents and more than 70 shows, will extend into the spring of 2027. Within just a few days of tickets going on sale, all of the North America, Europe and U.K. stadium dates. The total number of tickets sold, according to Live Nation: close to 2.4 million. The first two dates of the tour will also be screened in
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