BTS Announces Hiatus—Not A Breakup—To Focus On Solo Careers

The K-Pop supergroup is going on hiatus to focus on solo projects, but they said they will return to making music together.

The seven-member group discussed their hopes for the band as well as themselves in an hour-long video.

V reassured fans that the group isn't splitting up, saying they're taking time to work on solo projects, and later when we gather again as a group that synergy will be like no other.

Jungkook told fans that they need this time to grow and that they would return someday.

J-Hope and Jung Kook were both announced as headliners of Chicago's Lolla festival in July.

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This is the third time in the last year that the group has taken a break. The group took a break at the end of last year and are going to spend the holidays with their families and prepare for a new chapter. The anthology project, Proof, features three new tracks along with their greatest hits from theButter singers. The group met with the president to discuss anti-Asian hate crimes and Asian representation.

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Sometimes a hiatus ends with a reunion. One Direction lost one of their members in 2015. The remaining members announced they would be taking an "extended hiatus" to focus on their own projects.

The group is going on a break to focus on their own projects.

The group is taking a break to focus on solo projects.

There is a reason that BTS is meeting with Biden at the white house.