BTS to take “extended period of rest”

completemusicupdate.com:

BTS have announced that they are taking an “extended period of rest”. Is this the end? Well, no, it’s not the sort of pop hiatus you’re used to.

This seems to translate as a couple of weeks off for Christmas.“We would like to inform you that BTS is planning to take a second official extended period of rest since their first in 2019”, says the group’s record label BigHit Music in a statement.“BTS stayed active in order to engage with fans in 2020 and 2021 amidst the COVID-19 situation, and achieved dazzling results to cement themselves as top global artists”, it goes on. “This period of rest will provide the members of BTS, who have tirelessly committed themselves to their activities, a chance to get re-inspired and recharge with creative.