BTS Management Walks Back ‘Hiatus’ Announcement, Says Group Will Remain Together While Embarking On Solo Projects
etcanada.comThe company behind BTS is backtracking on the earlier announcement that group would be taking a break. The K-pop superstars — RM, Jungkook, Jin, Jimin, Suga, J-Hope, and V — previously announced that they’d be going on “hiatus,” confirming they’d be focusing on solo projects for awhile. “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.
You have to keep producing music and keep doing something,” RM said, according to NME. READ MORE: BTS Stands Up Against Asian Hate Crimes At White House Event Ahead Of Joe Biden Meeting BTS made sure to say that taking a break for the first time in their nine-year career was not an easy decision. “We can’t help but think of our fans no matter what, we want to be the kind of artists that are remembered by our fans.
I think now we’re starting to think about what kind of artists we each want to be remembered by our fans,” Jimin shared. “I think that’s why we’re going through a rough patch right now, we’re trying to find our identity and that’s an exhausting and long process.” READ MORE: Psy And BTS’ Suga Dance Up A Storm In Cowboy Outfits In New ‘That That’ Music Video However, the group’s management is now walking back the announcement, insisting that an incorrect English translation led to the use of the word “hiatus.” According to TMZ, the clarification comes after HYBE, the music company representing BTS, reportedly lost $1.7 billion in market value during stock trading on Wednesday due to the “hiatus” news.
As a result, the group’s rep issued a statement to hopefully clear up the situation. “To be clear, they are not on hiatus but will take time to explore some solo
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