Bangtan boys J-Hope, Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, RM, Suga, and V are headed to the world of Garena’s battle royale game Free Fire.

These seven K-pop idols will be appearing in the BTS x Free Fire collaboration set to be released later this year.

Here’s everything you need to know about this special partnership, including its release date, characters, and event.

BTS x Free Fire collaboration release date

The BTS x Free Fire collaboration and its characters
Credit: 111dots Studio, HYBE

BTS are now the global ambassadors for 111dots Studio and Garena’s online game, Free Fire. To celebrate this partnership, the developers prepared a special collaboration with the Korean superstars.

This collaboration will feature an in-game event that will be launching later this March. It will bring “new experiences” to the BTS Army according to Garena Producer Harold Teo.

(To be updated)



BTS x Free Fire characters

BT21, BTS
Credit: BT21

All seven members of BTS will be featured in the event as seen in the official posters.

BTS members

  • J-Hope
  • Jin
  • Jimin
  • Jungkook
  • RM
  • Suga
  • V

Similar to previous Free Fire collaborations, BTS will take the form of either playable characters or skins of existing FF characters.

This isn’t the first time that the boy group has teamed up with a video game. They performed their hit singles “Dynamite” and “Butter” on virtual stages in Fortnite and Minecraft. Now, BTS will mic-drop their way to the Free Fire battlegrounds.

(To be updated)

Free Fire is the world’s most popular battlegrounds game, way bigger than Fortnite and PUBG combined. It has millions of registered users worldwide and is highly popular in Indonesia, Brazil, and India.

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