BTS members insist the band didn’t split

Members of South Korean band BTS denied today that they will split, two days after announcing in a video that its members will focus on individual projects and put aside their activities as a group, without specifying to what extent this will affect the group.

MRleader of the band, today wrote a message on the social network Weverse in which he believed the media had used “sensationalist” terms such as “breakup” or “going out of business” and that he felt “very resentful”.

The 27-year-old rapper, whose real name is Kim Nam-joon, said how difficult it was for the band to bring out the seven artists’ sense of exhaustion after nine years together in the aforementioned video, released Tuesday.

Kim stressed how difficult it is to explain their situation in “so few words” and signed on saying “we will try to do our best, both as a team and as soloists”.

Jungkook also spoke

It was much clearer Jungkookthe youngest of the band, posting a video late Wednesday on platform V.

“We said we will do individual activities but we never said we would stop working as BTS,” he explains in the video, in which he adds that “they have no intention of leaving and they still have a lot of group projects ahead of them. BTS they will be forever “.

chaos in the company

The confusion of the message posted in Tuesday’s video forced the company that created and still represents the musical group Hybe to publish a short statement assuring that “BTS are not taking a break. Its members will focus more on your. project personnel “.

The statement failed to clarify what this announcement means for BTS, and South Korean media say Hybe was forced Wednesday to email its employees explaining that the group will not split.

After opening lower again and hitting an all-time low (140,000 won per share), Hybe shares rebounded slightly on the Seoul Stock Exchange today, where they closed 2.07% higher.

On Wednesday, the company’s stock price plunged more than 24%.

awaiting military service

Many believe that the seven members of BTS can take advantage of this future period more focused on their personal projects to carry out military service, which lasts between 18 and 21 months and is mandatory for all able-bodied South Korean men.

Jin, the oldest member of the group, has a deadline to join the ranks next December, the month in which he turns 30.

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