The K-pop superstar will have to limit movement during Saturday's global livestream from Seoul, which marks BTS' first full-group performance in nearly four years and a major test of Netflix's live ambitions.

BTS: The Return' Director Bao Nguyen on being a "fly on the wall" on the group's comeback, 'ARIRANG,' and handling the pressures of documenting it all.

BTS reunites in the Netflix documentary 'BTS: The Return,' detailing their journey to the album 'ARIRANG' and the challenges they faced after military service.

Shares in Hybe, the parent company of South Korean boyband BTS, fell 15% on Monday as their much-anticipated comeback drew a smaller crowd than expected.

K-pop group BTS performs during a free comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on March 21, 2026. (Yonhap) SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Behind the free comeback concert by BTS held at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on Saturday was a major deal between streaming giant Netflix and the group’s agency Hybe.

On Saturday, BTS took the stage in central Seoul for a large-scale comeback show after a four-year pause, with the performance carried live on Netflix and built around the group's new album rollout. The event mattered beyond music because the city locked down a major downtown corridor to manage a crowd that swelled into the tens of thousands.

Local reports estimate that roughly 40,000 people gathered across central Seoul to watch K-pop band BTS reunite.

The concert in Seoul’s historic center was a grand homecoming for a pivotal force of South Korean soft power. RM, the group’s leader, performed through an ankle injury.