BTS is recording new album this summer: Exclusive

Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS, V, SUGA, JIN, Jung Kook, RM, Jimin, and j-hope from left to right, pose

FILE – Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS, V, SUGA, JIN, Jung Kook, RM, Jimin, and j-hope from left to right, pose for photographers ahead of a news conference to introduce their new single “Butter” in Seoul, South Korea, May 21, 2021. The speculation over an untitled book can end, and it is BTS fans, not followers of Taylor Swift, who can rejoice. Flatiron Books announced Thursday, May 11, 2023, the book “4C Untitled Flatiron Nonfiction Summer 2023” was in fact about the mega-popular South Korean boy band, not Swift. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

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(NewsNation) — K-pop fans, rejoice! 

All seven members of the world-famous BTS boy band will be headed back to the recording studio this summer once all members have completed their mandated military service.

”Everyone’s very excited and the album will be followed by a tour,” my music insider said. “It’s going to be huge.” 

BTS completing mandated military service

Jin, the eldest member, completed his service in June 2024. J-Hope was next, completing his service on October 17 last year. Saga, Jung Kook, V, Jimin and RM are all still in the service but expected to be released this summer — and head right back into the studio. 

  • FILE - Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS, V, SUGA, JIN, Jung Kook, RM, Jimin, and j-hope from left to right, pose for photographers ahead of a news conference to introduce their new single "Butter" in Seoul, South Korea, May 21, 2021. The speculation over an untitled book can end, and it is BTS fans, not followers of Taylor Swift, who can rejoice. Flatiron Books announced Thursday, May 11, 2023, the book “4C Untitled Flatiron Nonfiction Summer 2023” was in fact about the mega-popular South Korean boy band, not Swift. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
  • FILE - J-Hope, a member of South Korean K-pop band BTS poses for photographers during a press conference to introduce their new album "BE" in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
  • FILE - BTS member Suga attends an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks on Jan. 12, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
  • Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, takes the Olympic torch, Sunday, July 14, 2024 in Paris. Jin will carry the Olympic torch in the area of Paris' Louvre Museum after recently completing his mandatory military service. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
  • FILE - Jung Kook, a member of South Korean K-pop band BTS poses for photographers during a press conference to introduce their new album "BE" in Seoul, South Korea on Nov. 20, 2020. Singers RM and V of the K-pop band BTS began their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management agency announced Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. This came a day before two of their bandmates, Jimin and Jung Kook, were also expected to report for duty. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
  • FILE - Suga, a member of South Korean K-pop band BTS, poses for photographers ahead of a press conference to introduce their new single "Butter" in Seoul, South Korea on May 21, 2021. Suga, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, began fulfilling his mandatory military duty Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, as a social service agent, an alternative form of military service in the country. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
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The band’s last album, “Proof,” was released in 2022. The next album is also expected to launch bandmember’s solo careers.

A rep for the band didn’t return emails. 

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