Seoul: K-pop phenomenon BTS will stage a large-scale comeback show at Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square on March 21 to mark the release of its fifth studio album "Arirang," with the event to be broadcast live worldwide on Netflix, the group's agency announced.

According to Yonhap News Agency, BigHit Music stated that the septet will hold the "BTS The Comeback Live: Arirang" show at 8 p.m. at the square in the heart of the capital. This event will unveil the lead track and other songs from the upcoming album for the first time. The agency noted that this will be the first-ever standalone concert by a K-pop act at the venue.

BTS previously used the Geunjeongjeon hall and the Gyeonghoeru pavilion of Gyeongbok Palace near the square as backdrops for a special "BTS Week" segment on the U.S. NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" in 2020. The new show, coming around 5 1/2 years later in central Seoul, is being billed as a symbolic fresh start for the group.

The Gwanghwamun event will be streamed live on Netflix in more than 190 countries across the world, the agency said, marking the first time a major Korea-based event will be broadcast in real time on the platform worldwide.

BigHit Music describes "Arirang" as an album that captures the band's origins, identity, and current emotions. The venue was chosen for the comeback stage as it represents the country and matches the strong symbolic weight the title carries-"Arirang" being Korea's most famous folk song and the anthem of the Korean soul.

Netflix will also release a documentary film, "BTS: The Return," on March 27, which follows the band as it prepares its first new full-length album in about three years and nine months, according to the agency. The 14-track album "Arirang" is due out at 1 p.m. on March 20.