BTS Members' Posts Lead Fans to Discover Clues About the Comeback Album's Theme

 

 

This Christmas carries special meaning for ARMYs around the world: for the first time in three years, ARMYs are able to celebrate the year-end holiday season with all seven members of BTS, following the group's hiatus due to mandatory military service. Beyond the joy of reunion, ARMYs are also filled with anticipation as they look toward spring 2026—the milestone BTS has promised for their official comeback with a brand-new album.

 

In fact, over the past several months, the BTS members have seemed unable to contain their excitement whenever the upcoming album is mentioned. They have repeatedly emphasized that the new album is "very, very good," and on more than one occasion have praised j-hope and V as being "crazy" on this project. Jin, V, and Jungkook even revealed that the three of them once spent an entire hour drinking together while listening to the full album. These anecdotes have only intensified ARMYs' desire for more concrete spoilers than ever before.

 

Among ARMYs, the most direct way to hunt for spoilers is by closely tracking every suspicious move made by the members. However, BTS knows exactly how to tease their fans. Durin several livestreams, they have only offered vague hints—such as the album featuring a wide variety of musical genres, powerfu choreography, and being extremely worth the wait. The only slight progress came during an early New Year's greeting livestream, where the members humorously hummed a few melodies from new songs—though, of course, nothing was made clear.

Recently, however, ARMYs believe they may have caught a major spoiler through the members' Instagram posts—almost like a Christmas gift from the idols themselves. Specifically, across at least four recent posts by V, RM, and j-hope, ARMYs noticed an intriguing cmmon thread: pets, particularly cats and dogs.

V was the one who first drew attention by posting a close-up photo of a chubby white cat paw, accompanied by the brief caption, "I can't handle this." As soon as the photo was uploaded, ARMYs speculated that V might have welcomed a new pet into his family, especially since he has previously mentioned wanting to adapt a cat.

 

Soon after, RM shared a video of himself affectionately interacting with a similarly white-furred pet, prompting speculation that he, too, might have adopted a new dog. However, sharp-eyed fans later pointed out that Namjoon appeared to have attended the birthday party of Tan—a dog considered the "child" of Youngjin, BTS's stylist—and that the pet seen in the video actually belongs to one of Youngjin's friends.

 

 

 

If the clues still seemed inconclusive, j-hope further fueled ARMYs' suspicious with a seriess of cat-related posts. On the 21st, he uploaded a selfie captioned only with a brown cat paw emoji. Then, on the 25th, j-hope shared a short video featuring a golden cat taking a selfie in front of a Christmas gift box from Louis Vuitton, the brand for which he currently serves as a global ambassador.

 

 

At first, many ARMYs excited wondered whether BTS had collectively adopted a cat or dog as a shared "family pet." However, as more details began to connect, fans increasingly believed that these animal-related images were likely hints pointing to the theme or concept of BTS's 2026 comeback album.

This theory gained even more traction when ARMYs recalled the iconic cat imaginery associated with the 화양연화 (Hwa-yang-yeon-hwa) series—one of the BTS's most significant eras. In one of Jungkook's Weverse live, he once reflected, "Our HYYH hasn't come yet, right? Back then, when they would ask us in interviews, 'When do you think your HYYH was?' we would say, 'It hasn't come yet.' It's still yet to come. I think we'll remember it right before we die."

JUNGKOOK TALKING HOW THEIR HYYH(most beautiful moment in life) Is yet to come:

🐰 Our HYYH hasn't come yet, right? Back then when they would ask in interviews, "When do you think your HYYH was?" And we would say, "It hasn't come yet."
🐰 It's still yet to come.
🐰I think we'll… pic.twitter.com/Ak3T96NKwz

— Carolyne🌱⁷⁼¹ (@mhereonlyforbts) December 15, 2025

Fans immediately began speculating, with comments such as:

 

"What if they're working on HYYH part 3 and the cat comes back to ruin Jin's life again?"

"It's going to be that 'hate the character but love the actor' situation, isn't it?"

"THERE'S A HYYH CAT!! What do you mean this all connects and might be a spoiler?"

"I wonder if they were filming something for the BU and decided to use a real cat instead of CGI," and,

"Wait... HYYH Part 3 is coming OMG."

 

 

 

On the other hand, fans also remember that the BTS members have previously stated they would share spoilers when the time is right. Combined withnthe fact that RM and V are famously known within the fandom as "spoiler kings," speculation and confidence among ARMYs have only continued to grow.

 

 

ARMYs' Reactions:

 

1. I decree a subunit between Nam and V. The colors represent the album's concept.

 

2. There's no way this is just a coincidence. Cats, dogs, and all of them posting around the same time? BTS is definitely hinting at something.

 

3. This is related to Yoongi, but I can't prove it yet.

 

4. What if this chat is connected to the Map Of The Soul calico cat from the SAVE ME Webtoon?

 

5. Or maybe it's a spoiler for a new RUN BTS! episode—one about caring for pets for a day.

 

6. Imagine we get a "meow meow" version of a song like "War Of Hormone," "Louder Than Bomb," or "Super Tuna."

 

7. They said they would spoil things when the time is right, and this feels exactly like thier style.

 

8. The animal theme instantly reminded me of 화양연화 (Hwa-yang-yeon-hwa). If this is a callback, I'm not emotionally ready.

 

9. This is 100% a spoiler. You know Joon and Tae—the spoiler kings. The comeback concept is already unfolding.

 

10. They're not even trying to hide it anymore. This is classic BTS-style spoiling. I'm losing my mind.