After a nearly four-year hiatus while completing solo projects and mandatory military service in their home country of South Korea, the globally recognized K-pop group BTS is getting back together for a live comeback special, as well as a feature documentary, both to premiere on Netflix in March.
The live event, titled BTS The Comeback Live | Arirang, will see the group perform in celebration of their fifth studio album, the forthcoming Arirang. Marking the first-ever live event broadcast from Korea to be livestreamed globally, it’ll stream from the Gwanghwamun in Seoul, debuting exclusively on Netflix at 4 a.m. PT on March 21.
Hamish Hamilton is directing, with Hybe, Bighit Music, Guy Carrington, Garrett English and Kevin Hermanson exec producing. Done + Dusted is the production company.
The group’s comeback documentary, BTS: The Return, premieres on Netflix on March 17. Directed by Bao Nguyen (The Stringer, The Greatest Night in Pop), it’ll follow BTS as they come back together to begin a reunion set to be etched in pop culture history, while reflecting on the journey that transformed seven Korean members into global icons.
Formed in 2010, BTS’s members include RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. Since their debut in 2013 with the single album 2 Cool 4 Skool, the group has built one of the most devoted fan communities in the world. They went on hiatus in June 2022, with all members completing their military service this past June. In the aftermath, they reunited in Los Angeles to make music together, returning to a shared creative space shaped by time apart and personal change. As millions of fans awaited their comeback, BTS confronted quieter questions: how to begin again, how to honor the past without being bound by it, and how to move forward together.
Producers on the doc include Jane Cha Cutler, Nguyen, R.J. Cutler, Elise Pearlstein, Trevor Smith, Choongeon Lee, Namjo Kim, and Se Jun Lee. EPs include Mark Blatty, Melissa Robledo, Seonjeong Shin, Nicole Kim, Kyewon Suh, and James Shin. This Machine, Hybe, and East Films are the production companies.
