Watch BTS Tease ‘Run BTS!’ Return With a Pickleball Showdown in Toronto
The group's cherished series makes a comeback with Run BTS 2.0 premiering in October.
BTS at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on September 18, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
BTS are getting back in the game — literally. The K-pop superstars are set to return with new episodes of their beloved variety series Run BTS!, and a new teaser gives fans a first look at the group’s ideas for games, challenges and friendly competition.
Filmed in Toronto, the preview shows the seven members enjoying a BTS-style picnic as they revisit games they used to play during picnics. The nostalgic setup takes a competitive turn when the members take on a quick game of “speed walk” before moving on to “red light, green light.”
“Why are you so fast?” we hear Jung Kook say as he’s running around the picnic, before taking a tumble while the other members laugh.
The real competition doesn’t arrive until the group begins their long-awaited pickleball tournament. The stakes are raised when the group learns that the loser will have to take on some sort of punishment. The teaser shows a glimpse of the chaotic match, with the members cheering, shouting and reacting to shots flying across the court. The tournament fades to black as a Run BTS 2.0 title card appears, teasing and anticipating a new chapter for the series.
The return of such a candid series is particularly exciting for fans as the group just wrapped the North American leg of their ARIRANG World Tour, and are set to continue onto the South American leg pretty soon. Their latest album, ARIRANG, gave the group their seventh No. 1 album atop the Billboard 200 upon its release in April, remaining on the chart for 27 weeks and counting.
The first episode of the new Run BTS! era is set to premiere at 8 p.m. KST on Oct. 6, with the second episode following at 8 p.m. KST on Oct. 11.
Watch the teaser for Run BTS! below.
