{"id":49579,"date":"2026-06-11T13:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/49579\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:47:08","slug":"bts-festa-2026-a-toast-to-13-glorious-years-of-the-k-pop-royalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/49579\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS Festa 2026: A toast to 13 glorious years of the K-pop royalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"content\">The boy band <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/htcity\/cinema\/bts-member-jung-kook-s-selfie-promise-turns-sour-as-sasaeng-fans-gather-near-his-home-101780559805662.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"BTS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BTS<\/a> made <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/htcity\/cinema\/le-sserafim-x-dc-k-pop-meets-krypton-for-supergirls-new-single-celebration-101780224829191.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"K-pop\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">K-pop<\/a> a global phenomenon, and to celebrate their legacy over the past 13 years, <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/music\/bts-festa-2026-why-the-13th-anniversary-feels-like-the-start-of-a-whole-new-era-for-kpop-juggernaut-101780294436600.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"BTS\u2009Festa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BTS\u2009Festa<\/a> is underway which comprises of new releases, revival of their travel show, a behind-the-scenes glimpse and much more.\u2009Here\u2019s a lowdown<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BTS_Family_Photo_1781182110759_1781182122219_affe95c9-9463-47d2-9b65-1f04c66bacdd.jpg\" alt=\"BTS Festa 2026 (Photo: Instagram)\" title=\"BTS Festa 2026 (Photo: Instagram)\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" loading=\"eager\"\/>BTS Festa 2026 (Photo: Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>The Family Photo<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">The celebrations kicked in on June 4 with the band getting together to share some playful glimpses in a warm garden and home setting. It serves as their first complete, fully reunited OT7 group portrait session since all seven members\u2014RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook\u2014successfully finished their mandatory military services, thus making it all the more special.<\/p>\n<p>Live performances<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">The celebrations continued as the band\u2019s agency unveiled the video of the band\u2019s performance of their song Hooligan, featuring all members, on June 5. BTS\u2009will also close the Festa with their two live performances scheduled in\u2009Busan on\u2009June 12 and 13, as part of their ongoing ARIRANG\u2009world tour.<\/p>\n<p>The dinner party<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">The group\u2019s web variety series Run\u2009BTS! 2.0 returned after a hiatus this April, and on June 11, they released a special BTS Dinner Party 2.0 episode. With V as the main host, the special gave a lighthearted contrast to their emotional, heavy-hearted 2022 dinner party.<\/p>\n<p>A glimpse behind-the-scenes<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">With their special collection, BTS 13 Side Film, the band offered exclusive behind-the-scenes concept photos released by their agency to celebrate their 13 years together, which includes rehearsals footage, dinner conversations, on stage antics and more.<\/p>\n<p>New releases<\/p>\n<p>June 12, the day of the 13th anniversary, marks a double delight for the band\u2019s fans as they not only release the limited edition picture disc vinyls of their fifth album ARIRANG, but also unveil the video of their new song Come Over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The boy band BTS made K-pop a global phenomenon, and to celebrate their legacy over the past 13&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4236,1598,22841,28679,195,28678],"class_list":["post-49579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-korea","tag-arirang-world-tour","tag-bts","tag-bts-festa","tag-bts-festa-2026","tag-k-pop","tag-run-bts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}