BTS to Release Full-Length Album and Go on World Tour in 2025 After All Members Complete Military Service; j-hope to Launch First Solo Tour in March

The global music phenomenon BTS is preparing for a reunion in 2025. The group halted activities after releasing “Yet To Come” from their “Proof” album in June 2022, and they have now begun full-scale comeback preparations as most of their members finish military service. Jin and j-hope completed their military duties in 2024, while the remaining members—RM, SUGA, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook—are set to finish their service by mid-2025. BTS plans to release a full-length studio album after all members return from duty, along with a corresponding world tour. j-hope will start his activities as a solo artist first. On the 23rd, he officially announced the “Hope on the Stage Tour” through Instagram. The tour begins in Seoul on February 28th and concludes in Osaka, Japan, on June 1st. He will perform in five cities in the United States, with two shows scheduled at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on March 26th and 27th. Tickets go on sale at 3 p.m. on January 23rd. j-hope also revealed he is set to release new music in March. Meanwhile, Jung Kook has achieved remarkable success in his solo career. According to the latest Billboard chart released on January 11th, his solo single “Seven,” released in July 2023, re-entered the “Global 200” chart at position 97. “Seven” set a record by remaining on that chart for the longest time among Asian solo artists—76 weeks in total. It also ranked 61st on the “Global (Excluding U.S.)” chart and stayed on it for 77 consecutive weeks, the longest duration ever recorded for an Asian solo artist. It reached position 87 on Billboard Japan’s “Streaming Songs” chart for the 77th week and stayed on Philippines’ “Hot 100” chart at position 52 for 28 weeks, the longest period ever for a K-pop artist. Jung Kook’s first solo album, “GOLDEN,” remained on the Billboard 200 chart for the longest time among all K-pop solo artists—25 weeks in total—and topped the sales chart for K-pop solo albums in the United States for two consecutive years. He also set a new record by winning three awards at the Billboard Music Awards over two years, becoming the solo K-pop artist with the most wins to date.