BTS, far from separating, have signed an agreement with Disney. AFP photo
A month after South Korean BTS announced they would be taking a break to start individual projects, the entertainment empire The Walt Disney Company announced on Monday July 11 the pop band’s signing to star in various formats.
As part of the deal, the Disney + platform will premiere next year BTS Monuments: Beyond the Stara series that, through interviews and archive images, will reveal the trajectory of the group over the last nine years, from its origins to its confirmation as an unprecedented global phenomenon.
BTS is without a doubt the most successful K-Pop band in music history and its members are celebrities from all over the world beyond their own country.
One project after another and some solos
BTS, in their performance during the last episode of the Grammy Awards, in April 2022. Photo Reuters
In addition, Disney will also present the tape BTS: allowed to dance on stageon the four concerts in a row they held at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in late 2021, with which they sold more than 214,000 tickets and signed the highest-grossing tour of the last decade.
In the end, V, one of the BTS members, will premiere a solo travel program along with other stars of his country such as Seo-jun Park, Woo-shik Choi, Hyung-sik Park and Peakboy.
The company did not release specific release dates or financial details of the deal, which it described as an “ambitious” collaboration with top-tier talent for audiences “around the world.”
The separation that was not such
A month ago, the members of BTS they had to deny that they would separate after announcing in a video that they would focus on single projects and stop their operations as a whole.
It confusing initial message forced the company that created and still represents the band, Hybe, to issue a statement that “BTS are not taking a break” and “their members will focus on their personal projects.”
The news led the company to hit an all-time low on the stock exchange, lowering its shares to a very sizable level, after which he had to send e-mails to his employees explaining that the group would not disband.
Coldplay and BTS, perform together at the American Music Awards. photo by Reuters
What the future holds
Many believe that the seven members of BTS can take advantage of this future period more focused on their personal projects full military service, which lasts from 18 to 21 months and is compulsory for all capable South Korean males.
Jin, the oldest member of the group, has a deadline to appear in the rankings at the latest next December, the month in which he will turn 30.
The South Korean group formed in Seoul in 2010, debuted in 2013 under the company Big Hit Music. 2. It is made up of seven members.: Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook, who co-write and co-produce most of their record material.
Despite being created in a mainly hip hop style, it has come to incorporate a wide variety of genres in his musical repertoire.
To date, they are one of the highest-grossing bands in the music business and have earned the respect of their peers to the point that some, like Coldplay, they came to record songs with them.
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