South Korean band BTS announced a long hiatus on Tuesday. During that period, the seven members will not be releasing music as a group, but will focus on their solo careers. A date for a comeback has not been announced.
BTS also took a number of breaks in the past, but then it was only for a short period. The men immediately promised on Tuesday that they would come back as a group one day. “We are all going to take the time to have fun and experience a lot of things. We promise that we will return someday, more mature than we are now.”
The boy band announced the news in a video released by BTS in celebration of the group’s ninth anniversary. The men said, among other things, that they have had “a difficult period”. Band member RM, who writes a lot of lyrics for BTS songs, said that he had trouble coming up with lyrics. His colleague Suga agreed.
In recent years, the group has grown into a big name in the worldwide music industry. The band scored with hits such as Dynamite, Butter in My Universe, the collaboration with Coldplay. BTS released the album this month Proof from.
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