A parenthesis to carry out individual projects. saying to themselves “exhausted”the influential K-pop group BTS announced on Tuesday, June 14, a “pause”. The announcement was made at an internet-streamed dinner to mark the band’s ninth anniversary. The latter has become so important on a global scale that he has already been invited twice to address the United Nations, in 2018 and 2021, and exchanged with Joe Biden at the White House at the end of May, about discrimination. to the Asian community.
In a very relaxed and informal style, the seven artists who make up the group explained that after several nominations for the Grammy Awards, the awards of the American music industry, they “no longer know which group they form” exactly. The leader of the group, RM, 27, added that some members are “exhausted”. “I always thought BTS was different from other groups (…) but the problem with K-pop and the whole ‘star system’ is that you don’t have time to mature”continued the young man.
But according to RM, the group “must constantly produce music and do something”. “In ten years, I have changed and I need to think and have time for myself”insisted the artist.
One of his partners, Suga, then announced that BTS “will now take a break”. Another, Jimin, 26, explained that the septet “trying little by little to understand” what happened to them and “to think about the memory that everyone wanted to leave to their fans”. Jimin also acknowledged that BTS “is going through a difficult time, (that he) is looking for (his) identity, a long and exhausting process”.
At the end of the dinner, the members of the group shed a few tears and expressed their gratitude to their fans, grouped under the banner “army”. “It’s not that we’re ending the group, assured Suga. We’re just living apart for a while.”
BTS, which released an anthology album on Monday (Proof), had already announced “pauses” in 2019 and 2021. But this time, the group “needs change” and desire “start a new chapter”pointed out J-Hope, another member of the group. “They will launch individual and team projects in parallel”assured AFP of the HYBE label. They will notably produce several solo albums expected in the coming months.