BTS Announces First Post-Hiatus Concert on Netflix

The first concert by the supergroup BTS after their lengthy hiatus will be streamed by Netflix next March 21, live and globally, the platform said on Tuesday, which will also release a documentary about the comeback of the most famous k-pop group. During the show, BTS will perform songs from their new album, their first since 'Proof' (2022), according to Netflix, while the concert will serve as a prelude to their world tour, the largest in k-pop history, which kicks off on April 9 in the South Korean city of Goyang and includes stops in Latin America and Spain, among other regions. Netflix also announced the premiere on March 27 of the documentary 'BTS: THE RETURN', focused on the group's comeback, which will address the creative process of the new album and the reunion of the seven members after completing mandatory military service, a period that motivated the pause of their joint activities. BTS's return to the concert. The choice of a historic venue for the group's first concert as a full lineup is in line with the title of the new album, 'Arirang', an allusion to the most representative folk song of South Korea, considered a symbol of national identity and unity. The concert will take place a day after the highly anticipated release of BTS's new album, 'Arirang', at the emblematic Gwanghwamun Plaza, in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace, the main one in the South Korean capital. For the first time in three years and nine months, 'the septet returns most awaited to the stages to perform live globally on Netflix, included in all plans,' the platform announced on its news site Tudum.