BTS are not going on a hiatus, team management

• BTS’ management team has stated that the group would not be taking a break.
• Their management says they will release solo albums and collaborate with other artists.

The K-Pop idols, who included Jin, Suga, V, RM, Jimin, Jungkook, and J-Hope, were rumored earlier this week to be splitting up and will reunite “someday,” but their representatives have argued that the septet’s words were mistranslated.

A release from their agency HYBE said: “The group will remain active as a team while taking an individual journey to further achieve personal growth. [They] will allow themselves to express their individuality through the release of solo albums and collaborations with other artists.”

HYBE’s parent company BIGHIT MUSIC added: “BTS now starts a new chapter with new solo projects as well as group projects. Members will take this time to achieve personal growth through various new activities, and we expect it to further strengthen the foundation for the group’s long-run as a team. BIGHIT MUSIC will actively support the artists.”

BTS had broken the news during their annual FESTA dinner earlier this week and explained it was time to work on their own.

RM was quoted as saying: “I always thought that BTS was different from other groups, but the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature.

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“You have to keep producing music and keep doing something.”

J-Hope added: “I think we should spend some time apart to learn how to be one again. I hope you don’t see this as a negative thing, and see it as a healthy plan. I think BTS will become stronger that way.”

Suga exclaimed: “It’s not like we’re disbanding!”

Jimin said: “We can’t help but think of our fans no matter what, we want to be the kind of artists that are remembered by our fans.

“I think now we’re starting to think about what kind of artists we each want to be remembered by our fans.

“I think that’s why we’re going through a rough patch right now, we’re trying to find our identity and that’s an exhausting and long process.”