BTS’s Instagram account gave us a taste of what’s in store on February 21. But let’s try to anyway - below, a handy little list of their group and solo activities:Īfter months of lying in wait for Jimin’s album announcement, the label confirmed that his solo debut album, Face, arrives on March 24. Instead, it’s multiplied all of their activities by seven, making it nearly impossible to keep track of it all. So far, a BTS break to pursue solo projects hasn’t meant a curtailing of activities. (Korean men are required to begin their 18-month service by the time they turn 28, though BTS was granted a two-year extension for their cultural achievements.) Jin, who turns the big 3-0 in December, is the first member to enlist. Off the heels of their October concert to promote Busan’s bid for the 2030 World Expo, the band announced their intention to serve in the military sequentially until a planned reunion in 2025. The dinner was a harbinger of an announcement that led many to self-identify as a military wife: BTS is now on a three-year hiatus to complete mandatory service. But in the immediate aftermath of the announcement, the news of BTS’s break elicited a kind of hysteria: Hybe’s stocks tanked (this would be BTS’s management company), many observers speculated that the “hiatus” would look like One Direction’s (namely, BTS would never return as a group), and fans began to plan for their lives without constant updates from the Tannies ( some resolved to work on themselves). Looking back, the announcement wasn’t surprising - BTS spent the last decade living and making music together, so a break to find their own personal sounds and stories was perhaps overdue. Amidst a delicious-looking display of shrimp and meat and side dishes, the boys announced that they were taking a break from making music as a group to pursue solo projects. Off the back of their anthology album’s release in June, BTS shared a prerecorded dinner with the fans. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy BTS performing at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
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