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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Katie Hawthorne

BTS review – having lost none of their chemistry, this is a comeback of epic proportions

BTS on a stage in the centre of a crowd of fans holding up lit-up mobiles
K-pop group BTS performs their ‘BTS the Comeback Live’ concert in Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, South Korea, 21 March 2026. Photograph: Yonhap/Epa

“Annyeong Seoul. We’re back.” A drone soars over the South Korean capital, revealing 100,000 screaming fans filling the city’s historic Gwanghwamun Square.

With the palace gates behind them, RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook stand swathed in leather, game-faces fixed, ready to perform as a group for the first time in four years. Streaming live via Netflix to 190 countries, this is a comeback of epic proportions – but BTS have always known how to put on a show.

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