Published14 June 2022, 22:00
The South Korean group announced on Tuesday a break so that each of its seven members can focus on their own journey. This flagship of K-pop generates billions for the economy of his country.
The seven members of BTS were invited on May 31 by President Joe Biden to the White House, to denounce racism targeting Asian people in the United States.
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The announcement went viral on Tuesday at a dinner party streamed online to mark the ninth anniversary of K-pop group BTS. The seven artists in their twenties, who in 2021 recorded an annual turnover of more than a billion dollars, will take a break and focus on their solo careers.
BTS is also considered a pump to generate billions of dollars in benefits for his country, South Korea. One of the seven from BTS, “RM”, 27, explained that following several nominations for the Grammy Awards, the awards of the American music industry, they “did not know which group they formed” anymore, adding that some members were “exhausted”.
“There is no time to mature”
“I’ve 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,” he continued. young man to millions of fans and the global music industry. “RM” pointed out that as a group, BTS “must keep producing music and doing something.” “In ten years, I have changed and I need to think and have time for myself,” concluded the artist.
One of his partners, Jimin (Park Ji-min), 26, did not say anything else, saying during this dinner that he and his six young co-artists were “little by little trying to understand” what happened to them and to “reflect on the memory that each wanted to leave to their fans”. Jimin, who spoke in Korean and whose remarks were captioned in English on a video, added that BTS was “going through a tough patch, finding their identity, a long and exhausting process.”
At the end of the dinner, some of the seven young men – authors of the hits “Dynamite” and “Butter” – crippled a few tears and expressed their gratitude to their fans, united under the banner of “army”.
BTS, which has just released an anthology album (“Proof”), had already announced “breaks” in 2019 and 2021. But this time, the group “needs a change” and wants to “start a new chapter”, hammered J-Hope, another member of the septet.
“Youth Ambassadors”
The South Korean artists, in dark tie suits and white shirts, were invited by President Biden to the White House on May 31 to denounce racism once morest Asians in the United States. The US presidency said it saw BTS as “ambassadors of youth who spread a message of hope and optimism” to the world.
The group had already been invited twice to address the United Nations, in 2018 and 2021, regarding, in particular, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic.
(AFP)