K-Pop Shocker! BTS Announce SPLIT!

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After nine long years together, K-Pop sensation BTS is DONE! During their annual FESTA dinner video celebrating their success together, the South Korean boy band announced on Tuesday they are taking a “temporary hiatus.” Breaking into tears, members Jung Kook, 24, Jin, 29, RM, 27, V, 26, Suga, 29, J-Hope, 28, and Jimin, 26, revealed it was time for them to “grow” on their own.

Group leader RM explained to fans: A classic reason for a split… Related: BTS Reflects On Anti-Asian Discrimination They’ve Faced He added: Jimin acknowledged that the band is going through a “rough patch” at the moment, but remained hopeful that they would join forces in the future: V agreed, saying: Lizzo Responds To FURIOUS Disability Activists After Using ‘Ableist’ Term In New Song J-Hope then chimed in, hoping fans wouldn’t see this announcement as a “negative thing,” musing: SUGA even insisted that they’re “not” “disbanding.” But… it definitely seems like that!

Plenty of boy bands have taken a break in the past – but they don’t always stay as close over the years. Some of us still have PTSD after One Direction‘s “hiatus,” originally meant to to last one year — has yet to see the group reunite. For now, the K-Pop stars are ready to figure out their careers as solo acts, and some of them are well on their way.

Jung Kook just released a solo track over the weekend and J-Hope was tapped as a headliner for Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival in July.