BTS, the superstar K-pop group, is taking another hiatus — this time so members can pursue solo projects.
The group — comprised of RM, Jungkook, Jin, SUGA, J-Hope, Jimin, and V — shared a video on YouTube announcing the news during a "family dinner" on Tuesday.
The video was part of the group FESTA celebration, which marks the group’s ninth anniversary. In it, the group discussed the highs and lows of their industry.
“I think that’s why we’re going through a rough patch right now,” Jimin said. “We’re trying to find our identity and that’s an exhausting and long process.”
"I hope you don’t see this as a negative thing, and see it as a healthy plan," he said. "I think BTS will become stronger that way."
"bts is on hiatus not army’s," one person wrote, adding that the music charts would be ruled by "seven names now, not one."
"LET US STILL SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR SOLO LIKE HOW WE SUPPORT THEM AS A GROUP. WE ARE WAITING FOR BTS CHAPTER 2. BTS HIATUS," wrote one Twitter user.
“i hope and want bts to know that whatever they do and whatever direction they want to go in we will always follow them and support their decision,” another person wrote.