BTS, a South Korean K-pop Band, announced that they are going on a break but promised to return ‘someday’. This sensational band announced their decision over a long dinner they filmed and shared on social media. Their group’s leader, RM, explained that after years of working together, the group has lost its direction.
A representative for Hybe, the entertainment company that represents the band, issued
a statement, “To be clear, they are not on hiatus but will take time to explore some solo
projects at this time and remain active in various different formats.” In the video, the seven members of BTS sit at a long table with a variety of food and drinks. Balloons and the words “BTS Festa” decorate the wall. “I always thought that BTS was different from other groups, but the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature,” RM, the group’s leader said, according to their video’s translation.
BTS officially started in 2013, with RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook as their seven band members. Today, all the band members are nearly 30 and have spent years of hard work together to make it to global success and become one of the world’s most well-known music groups. They’ve recently used their influence to send a message against anti-Asian hate at the White House last month. But even with all this success in mind, it’s important to remember that BTS is still human. The band members have their own hobbies and now they say the band feels very robotic.
Even though BTS is taking a break from the musical side, they are still going strong with ‘Butter’ being the fastest video to reach 10 million views, even faster than ‘Dynamite’, another one of their hit songs. RM said they need to do their own thing. “I want BTS to go on for a long time,” he said. But they did promise to return after this break.
A representative for Hybe, the entertainment company that represents the band, issued
a statement, “To be clear, they are not on hiatus but will take time to explore some solo
projects at this time and remain active in various different formats.” In the video, the seven members of BTS sit at a long table with a variety of food and drinks. Balloons and the words “BTS Festa” decorate the wall. “I always thought that BTS was different from other groups, but the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature,” RM, the group’s leader said, according to their video’s translation.
BTS officially started in 2013, with RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook as their seven band members. Today, all the band members are nearly 30 and have spent years of hard work together to make it to global success and become one of the world’s most well-known music groups. They’ve recently used their influence to send a message against anti-Asian hate at the White House last month. But even with all this success in mind, it’s important to remember that BTS is still human. The band members have their own hobbies and now they say the band feels very robotic.
Even though BTS is taking a break from the musical side, they are still going strong with ‘Butter’ being the fastest video to reach 10 million views, even faster than ‘Dynamite’, another one of their hit songs. RM said they need to do their own thing. “I want BTS to go on for a long time,” he said. But they did promise to return after this break.
