‘We Will Quickly Get Together’

For years, fans around the world have been asking when BTS will reunite — and what the group will look and sound like once that finally happens. With several of the seven members currently fulfilling their mandatory military service in South Korea, the boy band has been largely on hiatus for years, leaving supporters waiting patiently for a proper comeback. Now, singer and rapper J-Hope has offered a rare update, as well as a glimpse into his own curiosity about what the future holds for the Grammy-nominated outfit.

On Monday (April 28), Teen Vogue released exclusive comments from J-Hope’s upcoming interview with Apple Music 1’s The Zane Lowe Show. The full conversation is set to air tomorrow (April 29), but in the early teaser, the BTS stand out shares his thoughts on the band’s next chapter.

J-Hope Looks Ahead to BTS’s Future

“I look forward to June when our members will have completed their service,” J-Hope stated. That’s when the last of the seven musicians that make up the globe-dominating vocal troupe will have finished the duty, which is required of all men by a certain age in South Korea. Then, he shared what so many fans have been hoping to hear for years now: “We will quickly get together and talk about what BTS can do in the future.” J-Hope added, “I think it’s going to be a massive energy.”

A New Version of BTS May Emerge

While J-Hope made it clear that the septet is eager to regroup once military service is behind them, he also reflected on how much has changed since BTS last released together. In the years apart, each of the seven artists has branched out creatively, launching solo projects and personal brands that may end up redefining BTS as a unit.

“I think that over time, we each refined our unique identities as each of us work on their own music, come out with their solo projects and do their own thing,” J-Hope explained. “The funny thing for me is when our identities, which have taken shape in various ways, come together as BTS, I’m curious to see how it’ll look like.”

BTS Hasn’t Released Music In Years

It has been almost half a decade since BTS dropped a full-length studio album, as the band’s last effort, Be, was released in November 2020. Since then, the septet has shared several compilations, most recently Proof in June 2022, which offered fans a collection of hits, deep cuts, and a little bit of new material.

Before the pause, BTS emerged as a true commercial powerhouse in the United States. The boy band has thus far scored several No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 and landed half a dozen leaders on the Hot 100. No K-pop act has ever matched BTS’ level of success in the U.S.

J-Hope’s Recent Solo Successes

In addition to preparing for BTS’s eventual regrouping, J-Hope seems to be quietly laying the groundwork for his next solo move. His last official EP, Hope on the Street Vol. 1, dropped in March 2024, and before that, he released his first solo full-length, Jack in the Box, in 2022. Going back even further, he unveiled his debut mixtape Hope World in 2018, during BTS’ initial run of global dominance.

He’s spent 2025 doling out one-off singles, which may be leading up to another project of some kind. In just the past few months, his tracks “Sweet Dreams” with Miguel and “Mona Lisa” both reached the Hot 100, and he was also featured on “LV Bag” alongside Pharrell Williams, Speedy, and Don Toliver.