To celebrate their 9th anniversary, BTS hosted their annual FESTA Dinner Party. They also made a shocking announcement during that time.
The members revealed that they would be taking a group hiatus. During this period, each will focus on releasing solo albums.
Though the word “hiatus” is used in the English subtitles, Suga‘s words can also be translated as “off-season” or “off-period.” Suga states, “Anyways, we’ve now entered an off-season…” signifying the members are already in this phase.
Naturally, ARMYs were shocked by the subtitles, indicating a hiatus. Many even interpreted it to mean that BTS was disbanding.
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@kvreli Im so happy for them & will always support them through it all??
Yet, even during Festa Dinner Party, the members had clarified that they were in no way disbanding.
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Shortly after, HYBE‘s stock value dropped greatly. Since then, HYBE has released a statement clarifying the “hiatus,” and CEO Park Jiwon has personally denied all rumors of BTS potentially disbanding and spoke up about the group’s future plans.
HYBE CEO Park Jiwon Personally Denies All Rumors Of BTS Disbanding, Elaborates On BTS’s Future Plans
Now, maknae Jungkook himself has addressed the disbandment rumors.
The day after the announcement, Jungkook surprisingly held a live broadcast. Soon into it, he addressed the alleged disbandment.
I thought it was right to get this clarified in case there were any misunderstandings. BTS is forever.
— Jungkook
Jungkook revealed that when he woke up, he saw “BTS hiatus” and “BTS disband” trending on social media. So, he wanted to clear things up.
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The maknae denied all disbandment rumors. He emphasized that the group still has many group activities planned, including their variety show Run BTS!.
I’ll say this again but we have no desire to disband. We still have a lot of group activities left, and there will continually be more in the future. So you don’t have to worry about that.
— Jungkook
So with just a short statement, Jungkook eased ARMYs’ minds and hearts. BTS is forever, just as Jungkook stated.
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Read more regarding BTS’s “hiatus” below:
BTS’s Jungkook Has Deleted More Of His Original Songs Than He Has Released
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