BTS to release new album 'Love Yourself: Tear' in May

BTS will return May 18 with the full-length album "Love Yourself: Tear." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI BTS attends the American Music Awards on November 19, 2017. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI BTS attends the Billboard Music Awards on May 21, 2017. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

April 17 (UPI) -- South Korean boy band BTS will release a new album in May.

The K-pop group confirmed in a tweet Monday that it will return May 18 with Love Yourself: Tear.

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"New album #LOVE_YOURSELF 'Tear' will be here 5/18," BTS wrote.

Love Yourself: Tear is a full-length follow-up to the boy band's EP Love Yourself: Her, which debuted in September. The EP was an international success, topping iTunes albums charts in 73 countries.

BTS teased the themes of Love Yourself: Tear in a video earlier this month. The preview showed Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook in a number of different situations, including dramatic moments.

New album #LOVE_YOURSELF 轉 'Tear' will be here 5/18 ❤❤ Listen to our This is: BTS Playlist (https://t.co/h1Pb1fQAmt) on @spotify #BTSxSpotify pic.twitter.com/9MRhSGkHQP
— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) April 17, 2018

News of Love Yourself: Tear follows the success of BTS' new Japanese album, Face Yourself. The album, which was released April 4, debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200 chart this month.