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Netflix documentary BTS: The Return highlights the K-pop kings’ comeback album
BTS are back after a nearly four-year gap. Netflix documentary BTS: The Return explores the making of their latest album, Arirang
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All seven members log onto a live stream, broadcast from a beach. A few years ago, it would have been a common image. But since the K-pop boy band BTS pressed pause on their full-band duties for nearly four years, it is revelatory.
That is the scene at the start of BTS: The Return, a new Netflix documentary directed by Bao Nguyen (The Stringer, The Greatest Night in Pop) and produced by This Machine (Martha, Karol G) and Hybe, the South Korean entertainment company behind BTS.
The mostly Korean-language film offers an intimate look at BTS’ latest album, Arirang, released on March 20. It also follows the seven-member group – RM, Jin, Jimin, V, Suga, Jung Kook and J-Hope – as they reacclimate to life in the fast lane. The documentary will premiere on Netflix on March 27.
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Arirang is the band’s first full-length release since all seven members completed their mandatory military service. In South Korea, all able-bodied men aged 18 to 28 are required by law to perform 18 to 21 months of military service.
In the first minute of the documentary, while the band films their live video on the beach, RM mentions that he “learned to hustle” in the military. Then it cuts to footage of the guys getting their heads shaved and wearing their uniforms – and quickly thereafter rejoining the band.
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