It's a simple three-month hiatus, but it's no small feat once you've reached BTS's level of popularity.
After a first hiatus in 2019, their Big Hit Music label announced that Jin, Suga, J-Hope, V, RM, Jungkook and Jimin were taking a little respite from the excessive media coverage and the frantic rhythms they were taking for a few months. are faced.
Recalling that the group has remained active since the start of the pandemic, the record company explains in a
press
release that “this
period of rest should give the members of BTS a chance to regain their creative energy.
An artistic break, but above all physical and mental. “
This is the first time since their start that they will be able to spend the end of year holidays with their families. We ask you once again to respect their desire to live an ordinary life,
”recalls the label.
After recently giving their first concerts in almost two years at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles at the end of November, the band members returned this week to their homeland and have since been in solitary confinement, due to new restrictions imposed by the government on curb the Covid-19 epidemic.
The group had to cancel their participation in the MAMAs Awards, the high mass of Korean music.
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A necessary rest but which will be of short duration.
The label promises that the seven trendy boys will be back for a concert in March 2022 in Seoul, and that a new album,
"a new chapter",
will soon be released.
New Instagram account
If they make a temporary comeback in real life, they nevertheless continue to maintain their immense notoriety online.
Each member launched their own Instagram account on Monday, which until then had only spoken through the group's official account.
In 48 hours, the seven members of the group all approach or exceed the mark of twenty million subscribers.
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Since their debut in 2013, the band launched by Big-Hit Music has grown into a hit machine, and a phenomenon that has long transcended the borders of South Korea.
The seven Koreans regularly break sales records.
Recently,
Dynamite's
music video launch
was the best start in Youtube history, with 101 million views in 24 hours.
This same song was also the most listened to of 2021 on the Apple Music platform.