BTS Returns with ‘Run BTS 2.0’: What to Expect from the New Season?

Run BTS / Photo: Courtesy of BigHit Music

[Sports Today reporter Lim Si-ryeong] Run BTS, BTS’s flagship in-house variety series, is returning after a three-year hiatus.

On the evening of the 30th at 9 p.m., the group posted a teaser for Run BTS 2.0 on their official YouTube channel. It marks the program’s first full relaunch since a run of special episodes in 2023.

The teaser offers a behind-the-scenes look at a content meeting as the members prepare to reboot the show. They workshop ideas that respond to rapidly shifting trends and pitch concepts designed to resonate with today’s audiences, building anticipation for the new season.

Since its 2015 debut, Run BTS has been the group’s defining self-produced variety series, running for roughly a decade. Through games and missions that showcase the members’ playful chemistry, the show has earned devoted fans worldwide known collectively as ARMY. The series’ metrics are striking: between 2015 and 2021, Run BTS released 155 episodes and accumulated about 140 million cumulative YouTube views. Separately, ten special episodes released in 2022 and 2023 surpassed 130 million views, and the 2023 installment Fly BTS Fly Part 1 — featuring a flying-yoga challenge — topped 30 million views on its own.

In 2024–2025, BTS sustained momentum with the spin-off Run Seokjin. Conceived by member Jin as a heartfelt gesture to fans and built around his promise to “do anything,” the solo program attracted headline-making guests, from South Korean national athletes to actor Yutaka Matsushige and Hollywood star Tom Cruise. That spin-off also crossed 100 million cumulative views, underscoring the franchise’s enduring content power. Fans are now eager to see how the expanded scale of Run BTS 2.0 will forge new forms of connection.

Meanwhile, Billboard reported on March 30–31 that BTS secured the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100 chart dated April 4, following a No. 1 on the Billboard 200. On Spotify’s weekly charts for March 20–26, the group swept the global Weekly Top Albums, Weekly Top Songs, and Weekly Top Artists charts. In October, BTS will mount stadium shows across South America — in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Chile and Brazil — and, including dates in Goyang as well as North America and Europe, all 46 shows on the tour have sold out.

[Sports Today reporter Lim Si-ryeong ent@stoo.com]
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