BTS

The boy band announced their break during a dinner filmed for social media. The group officially debuted in 2013.

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Members of the K-pop juggernaut said in a video conversation that they wanted time to explore their individual artistic identities.

And future solo performances are already on the books: Earlier this month, Lollapalooza, a music festival in Chicago, announced that J-Hope would be a headliner at the event this summer. While chatting and reminiscing over a meal, the members — J-Hope, RM, Jin, Suga, Jimin, V and Jungkook — touched on some of the challenges they were facing as artists, including the pressure to keep churning out hit songs. “We’ve talked among ourselves several times and we believe it’s good to take some time apart,” J-Hope, one of the members, said in the video.

South Korean boy band say in a video they are 'exhausted' and 'going through a rough patch' – but will return 'a stronger group'

The group has twice been nominated for a Grammy but has yet to win. BTS’s label enjoyed a surge in profits during the pandemic, despite holding fewer concerts. “I’ve always thought that BTS was different than other groups,” he continued. J-Hope said that time apart could help BTS “become a stronger group,” and that the time was “important ... for BTS’ second chapter.” Jimin, 26, said the members are “slowly trying to figure things out now” and that “we’re starting to think about what kind of artists we each want to be remembered by our fans”. “But the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature.”

Shares of Hybe Co., the agency that manages the South Korean pop phenomenon BTS, plunged by a record after the band said they'll focus on individual ...

J-Hope will mark “the beginning with his upcoming solo album,” the HYBE message explains, with further information to be shared in due course.

It’s not the first time BTS has had a break. “It’s important for BTS to start our second chapter.” In short, it’s not the end.

Shares of agency that manages the pop phenomenon tanked a record 28 percent on news members will pursue solo projects.

The slump means that Hybe has given up almost all of its gains since its trading debut. Bangtan Boys, more commonly called BTS, made the announcement to pursue solo projects in a video posted on YouTube, which has already got more than 10 million views. Military service is mandatory for all men in South Korea, which is still technically at war with North Korea.

She was, of course, reacting to the news that the massively successful K-pop group BTS was taking a break for an indefinite period. Titus was not alone in her ...

With the industry’s exponential growth in recent years, there’s now a multitude of rising bands that could quickly fill the gap while BTS takes a break. Lee Jin-hyeong, chief commercial officer at HYBE, told the conference that “the conscription laws continue to change in an unpredictable manner, which actually make things hard for our artists.” Since becoming the first Korean act to win a Billboard music award in 2017, BTS has been one of South Korea’s biggest exports, bringing in billions in ticket sales, sponsorships, music downloads and merchandise. Critics say that proposed exemptions would be bending the conscription rules to help the rich and powerful skip national duty. The venting session was a rare public acknowledgment of the intense nature of the K-pop industry, in which stars — referred to as “idols” — are trained from a young age, taught to look, speak, dress, dance and sing in specific ways. BTS announced during a live-streamed event Tuesday that its members were taking time off to pursue solo projects and take stock of how they could move forward as a group act.

Fans react to news that biggest boy band in the world is going on hiatus.

But members of BTS have already been releasing solo material. Lucy says all seven members of the group have "a lot to offer" as solo artists - but believe Jungkook could go on to a career that rivals some of the biggest names in pop. The seven members of BTS - Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook - are aged between 24 and 29, and Lucy says one of the key points made in the announcement was that the K-pop industry "doesn't really create space for maturity." In the group's statement, which was made during a televised dinner to mark their anniversary, BTS acknowledged they had been going through a "rough patch" and said that trying to find their identity had been "exhausting." She believes speaking honestly shows the groups "bravery" but also their "power" in the K-pop scene. "In K-pop, it's really not uncommon for groups that have seven, eight or nine members for the individuals in that group to have thriving solo careers but still very much be in their groups," she tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.

They became the world's biggest pop group, and a multibillion-dollar asset in their native South Korea. But by going on hiatus, BTS are refusing to lose ...

J-Hope, a rapper and dancer with effervescent stage presence, will release his in July, ahead of his first solo headline set at Lollapalooza – another record broken, as he’s the first Asian artist to headline Chicago’s longstanding festival. “We can’t tell you everything directly,” he says to the camera, “and that’s very sad and difficult at times. Around the dinner table, each of the seven members begins to describe – hesitantly at first, and then with confidence – that they are all working on individual albums. Dynamite, a sugary disco-pop track and their first fully English-language single, earned them their first No 1 in the US and their first Grammy nomination. And more than that, they have the emotions of their deeply passionate global fanbase, BTS Army, to contend with – as well as the weight of a nation’s expectations on their shoulders. In reassurance, Suga offers: “But when we look back on the past nine years, almost nothing went to plan. But at some point I haven’t been sure what kind of group we are [any more] and for me, it was a big deal that I didn’t know.” Despite their label’s humble origins, and in a K-pop industry then dominated by the “Big Three” music agencies, BTS set themselves apart from their peers through ferocious performances, a warm yet rebellious spirit, and a deeply tangible love for music backed by the underground hip-hop credentials of several of their members. They won their first major award in 2015, for the bitterly romantic pop track I Need U, and began a steady climb towards industry domination with introspective, philosophical lyrics and a knack for twisting their hip-hop beginnings into a number of global pop genres. After I get up in the morning and get makeup done there’s no time left for growth. They spoke at the United Nations assembly in 2021 after travelling there on diplomatic passports, and earlier this month visited the White House to discuss Asian inclusion and representation with President Biden, as well as the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. Breaking so many records that yesterday the Guinness World Records tweeted, “BTS we’re going to miss you”, the group are the first Grammy-nominated K-pop group, the first to chart a primarily Korean-language single at No 1 in the US, and grossed $33.3m from just four gigs in Los Angeles last year.

Hybe stock (KRX: 352820) has parted with a quarter of its value following the announcement that BTS members intend to take a break.

Elsewhere, other K-pop companies are moving to increase their market presence and grow their artists’ audiences. However, multiple BTS members cashed in on their Hybe holdings a while back, possibly because South Korea’s military-service requirement is expected to split up the group this December in any event. BTS revealed the much-discussed hiatus in a more than hour-long “Dinner Party” video.

ARMY voted in a poll published on Tuesday (June 14) on Billboard, choosing which BTS member they'd like to see a solo project from most.

BTS shocked fans with an announcement on Tuesday (June 14) that sounded they would be taking an indefinite hiatus as its seven members make time to work on solo projects. Trailing closely behind was Jin, with 22% of the votes. While BTS clarified that they are not going to stop working together as a team, and are not disbanding after news that the group is going on “hiatus,” the guys are indeed going to spend time focusing on their solo projects.

Fans of BTS have been taking to Twitter to express their confusion over whether the K-idols really are going on hiatus.

— َ (@artemiskv)June 14, 2022 — adiba (@780613)June 14, 2022 Jungkook also went live on Korean app VLive to clarify his and his bandmates plans for the immediate future.

While the K-Pop singers are still going to pursue some solo projects, the band's Korean representation says the super popular group is not breaking up. BTS ...

The band's reps put out a statement, saying ... "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." BTS is NOT going on a hiatus, despite the way band members made it seem ... the group's management team says the "hiatus" description was a simple mistranslation. BTS Band's Not Going on Hiatus ... Lost In Translation!!!

HYBE swears the word "hiatus" was a mistranslation, as its stock plummeted this week.

BTS would also like you to know that they are absolutely not disbanding, so no members of the dreaded BTS Army need to mobilize at this time. But a “hiatus?” Who said anything about a hiatus? HYBE, the South Korean music label whose portfolio includes 7-person money machine/music group BTS, has issued an emergency disclaimer today: BTS is not, repeat, not going on hiatus, despite a public message yesterday that said they were.

The boy band announced their break during a dinner filmed for social media. The group officially debuted in 2013.

In the video, the seven members of BTS sit at a long table with a spread of food and drinks. RM said they need to do their own thing. "I want BTS to go on for a long time," he said.