Road Work: BTS Reunites for Arirang World Tour After Solo Endeavors

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BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' kicks off tonight after all seven members impacted the charts on their own.

4/9/2026

BTS perform onstage during comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square on March 21, 2026 in Seoul, South Korea. The free concert is the band's first performance in nearly four years.

Road Work is an occasional feature where we look at how headline acts put the pieces of the puzzle together, bridging each career move to their upcoming tour. Today, we’re zeroing in on BTS and how the solo efforts of each band member has led to BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG.’

It hasn’t even been four full years, but it feels like a lifetime. BTS’ last concert as a group was at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on April 16, 2022 as part of Permission to Dance on Stage. Tonight (April 9, 2026), they return for hometown shows at Goyang Stadium in South Korea to kick off their first full world tour since before the pandemic.

But that doesn’t mean they’ve been quiet in between. BTS went on hiatus in 2022 as each member completed mandatory military service, giving all seven members time to flex their own individual muscle on the charts, and in some cases, on stage. And while each of them carved out their own lanes, all reaching the top 20 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, their solo wins were certainly aided by the group’s years of success, on record and in concert.

BTS’ first few tours were brief stints confined to Asian markets, sometimes by name, like on 2015’s Wake Up: Open Your Eyes Japan Tour. But after the release of the group’s sophomore album, The Wings Tour (2017) took them abroad. Stateside, they played arenas just outside of major markets, like at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. and Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Additional reports in Sydney and Sao Paulo, Brazil put BTS on the map on three new continents.

Love Yourself World Tour expanded BTS’ reach further, expanding to stadiums in Asia, Europe, and North and South America via the tour’s Speak Yourself extension in 2019. The group made history, landing at No. 3 on the year-end Top Tours chart with $196.4 million and 1.6 million tickets sold that year, ranking higher than any other non-English-language act in Boxscore history. (Bad Bunny has since re-set this record, topping the year-end Top Tours list in 2022.)

After COVID-19 forced the cancellation of 2020’s planned Map of the Soul Tour, BTS returned in 2021-22 for brief runs in Los Angeles, Seoul, and Las Vegas. On the midyear 2022 Top Boxscores chart, four-night stints at Allegiant Stadium and SoFi Stadium went back-to-back at Nos. 1-2, respectively.

Then, a lengthy gap leading to tonight’s kick-off for BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG.’ Just as BTS’ history set each member up well for solo success, the individual work that all seven Bangtan Boys put in since 2022 will inform the group’s reunited return. Scroll to see what they’ve been up to while on their own.

j-hope

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Album: Jack in the Box (2022)

Chart Highlights: “Killin’ It Girl,” with GloRilla, is J-Hope’s highest-charting hit, reaching No. 40 on the Hot 100, No. 3 on the Global 200, and No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S.

Tour: The Hope on the Stage Tour raked in $79.9 million and sold over half a million tickets between Asia and North America. It landed on 2025’s year-end Top Tours chart at No. 32 and No. 3 on the K-pop-specific ranking. It is the highest-grossing K-pop tour by a soloist.
RM

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Album(s): Indigo (2022) and Right Place, Wrong Person (2024)

Chart highlights: From 2022-25, RM scored six chart hits on both the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, including collaborations with Anderson .Paak and Megan Thee Stallion.

Tour: RM didn’t go on tour, but did host a one-night, invite-only concert – RM Live in Seoul – on Dec. 5, 2022 to celebrate the release of Indigo.
Jimin

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Album(s): Face (2023) and Muse (2024)

Chart highlights: Jimin is one of two BTS members to top the Hot 100, Global 200, and Global Excl. U.S. charts. But he did it with different songs – “Like Crazy” led the former in April 2023, while “Who” ruled each of the global charts for two weeks in August 2024.

Tour: N/A
Suga

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Album: D-Day (2023)

Chart Highlights: As a featured artist on PSY’s “That That,” SUGA hit No. 5 on the Global 200 and No. 2 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. As a lead artist, “Haegeum” debuted in the top 20 of both global charts and cracked the Hot 100 at No. 58.

Tour: The D-Day Tour grossed $57.1 million and sold 319,000 tickets across 26 shows between April and August of 2023. It finished at No. 37 on that year’s annual Top Tours round-up, and was No. 2 on the K-pop breakout.
V

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Album: N/A – technically! V’s only set was his 2023 EP, Layover.

Chart highlights: “Slow Dancing” and “Fri(end)s” both hit the top five of the Global 200, reaching No. 3 on Global Excl. U.S. On the latter chart, he logged another two solo top 10s.

Tour: N/A
Jung Kook

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Album: Golden (2023)

Chart Highlights: “Seven,” featuring Latto, topped the Hot 100, Global 200, and Global Excl. U.S. rankings, lasting atop the latter two lists for more than a month during summer 2023. Ultimately, Golden yielded two additional No. 1s on each of the global charts – “3D,” featuring Jack Harlow, and “Standing Next To You.”

Tour: N/A
Jin

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Album(s): Happy (2024) and Echo (2025)

Chart Highlights: Jin scored three top 10s on the Global 200, including one from each of his albums. “Running Wild” scaled to No. 5.

Tour: The RunSeokjin Ep. Tour earned $46.1 million from 287,000 tickets across 18 dates in Asia, the United States, and Europe. It was No. 7 on 2025’s Top Kpop Tours list, and No. 63 on the all-genre ranking.