The wildly popular K-pop group BTS is back with a new album, Netflix special and a massive world tour following a four-year pause. (AP Photo)

Local reports estimate that roughly 40,000 people gathered across central Seoul to watch K-pop band BTS reunite.

Four years ago, the boy band went silent — but not before setting off a chain reaction that would reshape the pop market, conquer the Grammys and prime the world for an inevitable comeback.

BTS reunited after military service with their album, Arirang, a nod to Korea’s cultural anthem often heard at the Olympic Games, highlighting their sports ties – from taekwondo to the FIFA World Cup

Tickets that go for $9,000 each; fans who plant trees so their idols can see them from their plane; devotees who listen for up to 11 hours a day.

The Academy Awards rarely intersect with the world of Korean pop music. This year, however, that boundary shifted decisively when “Golden,” from K-Pop Demon Hunters, won the Oscar for Best Original Song, becoming the first K-pop track to receive the honour.

After a four-year break, K-pop supergroup BTS returned Saturday with a massive, free comeback concert in Seoul, where thousands of police locked down a central boulevard for the Netflix-exclusive spectacle that drew tens of thousands of fans.

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Even before "KPop Demon Hunters" picked up those historic statuettes on Oscar night, K-culture was already conquering America, with BTS packing stadiums and frozen kimbap selling out at Costco. Turns out,