(L-R) V, Suga, Jin, Jungkook, RM, Jimin, and J-Hope of BTS are seen at the 2021 American Music Awards in LA. File photo: Getty Images North America via AFP
BTS announce temporary break, with plans for solo releases before reuniting as group – though label denies it’s a ‘hiatus’
- Member RM says the band is ‘exhausted’ and the K-pop idol system doesn’t give singers ‘time to mature’
- But management company Hybe later denied that the band was going on a hiatus, although it admitted they would focus on solo projects for a time
(L-R) V, Suga, Jin, Jungkook, RM, Jimin, and J-Hope of BTS are seen at the 2021 American Music Awards in LA. File photo: Getty Images North America via AFP