The BTS hiatus came after all seven BTS members — Jin, J-Hope, Suga, RM, V, Jimin and Jung Kook — left to fulfill South Korea’s mandatory military service requirement. The members enlisted in 2022 and completed their service in 2025.

Critics around the world named best K-pop songs and albums of 2025 that saw HUNTR/X, Saja Boys, BLACKPINK members, BTS members, Stray Kids, CORTIS and more rank highest.

In October, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) certified “Golden” as Double Platinum. That means it sold at least two million units. Other songs, like “How It’s Done,” “Soda Pop,” “Your Idol,” and “What It Sounds Like” were all certified Platinum. The same could be said of the soundtrack as a whole.

South Korean boy band BTS have announced their comeback for March next year, after a nearly four-year hiatus. "March 20 comeback confirmed," the band's entertainment company BigHit Music wrote on X.

BLACKPINK’s hit song Kill This Love has crossed 1 billion streams on Spotify, making them the first female K-pop group to have multiple tracks reach this milestone. The group continues to dominate globally as they prepare for their 2026 comeback and ongoing international tour.

The genre peaked in terms of global awareness with “KPop Demon Hunters,” while the industry’s most promising new act was mired in a legal morass.

The K-pop genre originated in South K orea and evolved from a localised genre to a global phenomenon, encompassing a wide range of youth culture and musical styles and sounds. One

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K-Pop Demon Hunters is a 2025 animated musical urban fantasy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and released on Netflix, News.Az reports.

K-pop fans are mourning the end of an era, with news that hit girl group NewJeans has fractured following the sudden exit of one of its members.