{"id":157046,"date":"2026-01-19T15:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=157046"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:08:52","slug":"bighit-music-responds-to-rumors-that-bts-will-hold-a-free-concert-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bighit-music-responds-to-rumors-that-bts-will-hold-a-free-concert-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"BigHit Music responds to rumors that BTS will hold a free concert in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few hours ago, <strong>BigHit Music<\/strong> responded to rumors that <strong>BTS<\/strong> will hold a free concert in South Korea to celebrate their upcoming music comeback, generating a strong reaction among fans on social networks.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/m.entertain.naver.com\/now\/article\/609\/0001082716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsen<\/a> media, the boy group agency recently requested permission from the National Heritage Administration to use and film not only <strong>Gwanghwamun Square<\/strong> but also <strong>Gyeongbokgung Palace<\/strong> and the <strong>Sungnyemun Gate<\/strong> area. The Cultural Heritage Committee will review the matter on the 20th.<\/p>\n<p>Later, when the rumors collapsed the internet, they stated to the media,<strong><em> &#8220;We are currently discussing it, and an official announcement will be made once the location and schedule are finalized.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_BTSMoments_\/status\/2013090451398742461\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[\ud83d\udcf0 \ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc16\ud835\udc12] <\/p>\n<p>[Official] On January 19th, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BTS<\/a>&#39;s agency Big Hit Music told Newsen regarding the rumors of BTS holding a free concert at Gwanghwamun Square, &quot;We are currently discussing it, and an official announcement will be made once the location and schedule are finalized.&quot;\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fnqj47xzg4\">pic.twitter.com\/Fnqj47xzg4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BTS Updates, News &amp; Charts \u2077 (@_BTSMoments_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_BTSMoments_\/status\/2013090451398742461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This response would have confirmed fans&#8217; doubts by assuring this will happen soon, generating <strong>reactions<\/strong> like, <em>&#8220;Oh god someone take me to Korea i don&#8217;t wanna leave here anymore \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d,&#8221; &#8220;They&#8217;ll stream it online, right? RIGHT!?&#8221; &#8220;SHIT UP?!!!!! I LOVE THIS FOR THEM AND ARMY.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few hours ago, BigHit Music responded to rumors that BTS will hold a free concert in South Korea to celebrate their upcoming music comeback, generating a strong reaction among fans on social networks. According to Newsen media, the boy group agency recently requested permission from the National Heritage Administration to use and film not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2817,"featured_media":157081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[49],"class_list":{"0":"post-157046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kpop","8":"category-news","9":"tag-bts"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}