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K-pop megastars BTS inactive spot themselves arsenic "country kids from South Korea", according to a trailer for a caller documentary released Tuesday (March 17, 2026) up of their immense comeback performance this weekend.
More than a 4th of a cardinal fans are expected to throng cardinal Seoul connected Saturday for BTS's open-air gig, the archetypal show successful astir 4 years by the lad set seen arsenic the biggest successful the world.
A time before, the group's 5th workplace album, ARIRANG -- named aft a beloved people opus astir longing and separation, thing of an unofficial nationalist anthem of South Korea -- volition beryllium released.
The documentary, BTS: The RETURN, volition beryllium released connected Netflix connected March 27, chronicling the seven-member group's comeback aft completing their subject service, wide seen arsenic a gruelling acquisition for young conscripts.
"We are inactive conscionable state kids from South Korea," the group's person RM says successful the trailer.
"We are trying to find retired what makes america BTS," the 31-year-old added.
At the tallness of their fame anterior to their hiatus, BTS often ranked among the astir fashionable artists connected euphony streaming level Spotify, mixing with the likes of Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber.
After visiting the White House, releasing hugely palmy English-language albums and performing astatine celebrated venues astir the world, the radical has chosen a historical signifier astatine location for the expansive comeback this weekend.
The performance volition beryllium staged astatine Seoul's sweeping Gwanghwamun Square, adjacent the historical Gyeongbokgung Palace.
The country is besides wherever galore of South Korea's governmental protests person taken place, including those pursuing erstwhile president Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial instrumentality successful December 2024.
The trailer featured the melody from Arirang the people song, which is associated by galore with themes of resilience and enduring longing.
Arirang is simply a opus imbued with han," an unidentified BTS subordinate says successful the trailer, referring to the Korean word for an unresolved grief rooted successful the country's history, including war, part and household separation.
