Members of the Korean group BTS, the best representatives of the K-Pop musical phenomenon, announced their temporary separation on Tuesday. after nine years of joint career focus on individual races.
“let’s take a break now“Suga, one of the group members, said during a chat with his friends, which was posted on YouTube as part of celebrating BTS FESTA, an annual event dedicated to their fans.
Another member, RM, attributed this need for a break to: exhaustion due to constant production rateWith a huge fan base grouped under the ‘BTS ARMY’ emblem, they have made BTS one of the most streamed groups internationally. “The problem with K-Pop and the entire idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature. You have to keep making music and doing things,” RM confirmed.
The honest conversation of the seven members of the group (RM, Jin, V, J-Hope, Suga, Jimin, and Jungkook) was recorded in the house they shared, and they will presumably start living apart. Singers sitting in front of a table at dinner, we talked for over an hour about the problems situations they have had to face during this time, such as loss of identity or the need to seek separate ways.
Despite the news’s impact on the music industry, a representative of Big Hit Music, the company behind the band, explained to the media that they will take time to “explore solo projects,” but they will continue. active as a group under “different formats”.
In fact, last Friday BTS released ‘Proof’, their first 48-track anthology spanning three discs spanning the band’s career and featuring three new singles. And last month, musicians He met with the American president at the White House, Joe BidenAddressing hate crimes against the Asian community in the United States and speaking for diversity.