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BTS star j-hope has teased the group's upcoming reunion this June following the release of RM, Suga, V, Jimin and Jung Kook, who are all currently serving their mandatory service in the South Korean military.

In an interview with Apple Music 1 host Zane Lowe (out tomorrow, April 30), j-hope expressed his excitement over reuniting with his bandmates, saying, “I look forward to June when our members will have completed their service. We will quickly get together and talk about what BTS can do in the future. I think it's going to be a massive energy.”

After finishing his military service last October, j-hope immediately got to work on his solo music, releasing a string of singles - "LV Bag," "Sweet Dreams" and "Mona Lisa" - in anticipation of his next album. 

Currently on his Hope on the Stage Tour, the 31-year-old explained how BTS has maintained their freshness since they first debuted in 2013.

“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,” he said. “The funny thing for me is when our identities, which have taken shape in various ways, come together as BTS.”

Fellow BTS member Jin was the first of the group to finish his military service in June 2024, which he followed up by carrying the Olympic torch through Paris a month later.

The remaining members will be released throughout June 2025: RM (Namjoon) and V (Kim Taehyung) on June 10, Jimin and Jung Kook on June 11, and finally Suga on June 21 (delayed due to undergoing shoulder surgery).

The most googled questions about Korean superstars BTS right now center on their return: "Is BTS still together? Is BTS still in the army? Is BTS coming back in 2025? Is BTS disbanding?"

Longtime ARMY, fans who might have picked up with the group during the early days of the pandemic, and even casual listeners have likely wondered about what's in BTS's future. Jin, the first member to begin his mandatory military service in 2022, returned home in June 2024; since then, J-Hope has joined him. In June 2025, the remaining five members will finish their service — RM, Suga, V, Jimin, and Jungkook.

It feels simultaneously like BTS has been gone for years and that they never left. They've all released solo projects in the intervening years, and several have embarked (or will soon, in Jin's case) on sizable solo tours. BTS rapper and dancer J-Hope recently wrapped up his North American tour Hope on the Stage, and he had no trouble commanding an arena with solo songs like “MORE,” “Airplane,” and “Daydream.” But there was a special energy among fans when he performed BTS songs like “Mic Drop” and “Silver Spoon.” The way all seven BTS members come together creates the vibe that made them unstoppable in the early 2020s.

J-Hope reflected on this question of BTS's future in a new interview on Apple Music 1's The Zane Lowe Show. The full interview is out on April 29, but Teen Vogue has an exclusive clip of the musician talking about what's next for the group.

“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,” he said, in translation. “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.”

And they have each evolved over time, as each performer has gravitated toward a different kind of music — RM, to existential and experimental hip-hop and rock; Jin, to pure pop and Korean ballads; Suga, to analytical rap and continued production for other artists; J-Hope, to old school hip-hop and swagger; V, to jazz and sentimental R&B; Jimin, to a kind of ‘90s/2000s bubblegum electrona-pop; and Jungkook, to hooky radio-friendly earworms. But those personas and inclinations aren't set in stone, and we could see even more evolutions in sound in the future.

“I look forward to June when our members will have completed their service,” J-Hope concluded. “We will quickly get together and talk about what BTS can do in the future. I think it's going to be a massive energy.” In the clip below, you can see how J-Hope grins at the thought.