Let's be realistic - will they really come back?

I think at this moment, they genuinely believe it not to be the end of them as a group… but people change, and none of us can predict the future (no, not even Blinkstradamus), so who knows.

I don’t know if I can imagine it being quite the same as it was before.

But, I’ll be honest, I don’t know if that is partly a coping strategy my brain is engaging. Imagine the least, anything else is a bonus.

I am trying to be very zen about it all and just take each day as it comes.

Yes

If BTS didn't inform about the hiatus during the Festa Dinner, we wouldn't be even having this conversation this soon. They felt exhausted and needed more time to create space for creativity. They have to think about the concept and group's music direction for their next chapter. This takes time. Enlistment or not, they would still need this break. And this all would lead up to a legendary album and comeback!

Only childish k-pop fans think about ages and contracts. When people really want to do stuff together, these things don't matter at all.

BTS are already a legacy act. Unarguably the greatest Korean musicians of all time. Arguably the greatest Asian musicians of all time. These types of artists go on forever.

Also I am tired of people using BTS' words for their imaginary writings. Jimin literally said take our words as it is. And ARMYs have always taken BTS words as it is. If you wanna go with imaginations rather than reality then it's on you.....

this is something we can only know the answer to in the future

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If BTS didn't inform about the hiatus during the Festa Dinner, we wouldn't be even having this conversation this soon. They felt exhausted and needed more time to create space for creativity. They have to think about the concept and group's music direction for their next chapter. This takes time. Enlistment or not, they would still need this break. And this all would lead up to a legendary album and comeback!

Literally this. BTS share their stuff directly to us because they do not think of us as consumers. If we were just consumers for them they would have given a notice of this and be done with. BTS share their words directly to us because they know even when others don't understand them, ARMYs always do.

Also not logical to compare BTS with other k-pop groups that have ever been before them. Because they are not like other k-pop groups. BTS is one of the very few k-pop groups who has remained together without losing a member. I can think of only Seventeen and Shinee as others who have stayed together without losing a member.

Idk why you are thinking about SNSD & Big bang as examples but not Shinee.

There are no certainties, that is the reason K-pop companies just don't outright disband successful groups, but rather be ambivalent about them. They all learnt from Sean Connery "Never Say Never Again". Or more recently Tom Brady.

And even as individuals, who knows?

1st - the wishes of all the members should align.

2nd - external conditions like enlistment or exemptions are a huge factor,

3rd - if HYBE as company tanks badly, then they are the card to be played. OR if HYBE recovers and does great with the other groups and businesses, they don't need to bring BTS out of storage.

So multiple factors.

For now, I only take it that there is no group music release in the foreseeable future.

Individual activities - yes.

Non-music activities as a group - maybe to an extent.

But again, nobody including them or HYBE can predict the future.

It will be a while before we get OT7 comeback due to enlistment. I think we'll get singles or mini-albums in the name of BTS from time to time; promotions and tour after that may be not. They have had unit songs under the name of BTS so i guess OT7 isn't the only option here. The 2nd CD of Proof is consist of solos and unit songs, I guess that's the path they are going while OT7 isn't possible.

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There are no certainties, that is the reason K-pop companies just don't outright disband successful groups, but rather be ambivalent about them. They all learnt from Sean Connery "Never Say Never Again". Or more recently Tom Brady.

And even as individuals, who knows?

1st - the wishes of all the members should align.

2nd - external conditions like enlistment or exemptions are a huge factor,

3rd - if HYBE as company tanks badly, then they are the card to be played. OR if HYBE recovers and does great with the other groups and businesses, they don't need to bring BTS out of storage.

So multiple factors.

For now, I only take it that there is no group music release in the foreseeable future.

Individual activities - yes.

Non-music activities as a group - maybe to an extent.

But again, nobody including them or HYBE can predict the future.

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HYBE do not decide what BTS do. BTS themselves decide what BTS do. It's always been that way with BTS.

Yes your other k-pop faves are controlled by their companies like you think they are but that's not the same with BTS.

No negativity on this site thank u

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I think at this moment, they genuinely believe it not to be the end of them as a group… but people change, and none of us can predict the future (no, not even Blinkstradamus), so who knows.

I don’t know if I can imagine it being quite the same as it was before.

But, I’ll be honest, I don’t know if that is partly a coping strategy my brain is engaging. Imagine the least, anything else is a bonus.

I am trying to be very zen about it all and just take each day as it comes.

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BTS will be back.

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BTS will be back.

Oh I know, Blinkstradamus, I know. I don’t know in what capacity or if it will be the same as it was, but I intend to take them at their word that they genuinely want to go back to group work after flexing their wings.

I am also actively excited about them flexing their wings as solo artists.

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HYBE do not decide what BTS do. BTS themselves decide what BTS do. It's always been that way with BTS.

Yes your other k-pop faves are controlled by their companies like you think they are but that's not the same with BTS.

Cute.

I doubt if even Elon Musk can ignore the markets, boards etc.

But hey, one could wish - if not for oneself, at least for one's idols.

you can always watch their old stuff

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Cute.

I doubt if even Elon Musk can ignore the markets, boards etc.

But hey, one could wish - if not for oneself, at least for one's idols.

elon musk is a lousy shithead who doesn't pay his workers

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And this is at the heart of why everyone is reacting as if it's basically disbandment and people on AKP are writing eulogies to BTS and 3rd gen. BTS saw this and was appalled at how their words were taken out of context and responded.

To me, it means that they intend to keep their word. Sure that could change, but I have no reason to doubt them and other than everyone else going off "well .... this is what hiatus has meant to this industry" neither do any of them.

So I'd still respond: Yes.

Oh, even if nothing drastic happens, I also think they will be back.

But what kind of "back" also matters, not like Bigbang or Psy's "back" this year or the projected/wished SNSD/Kara kind of "back". Or even ABBA,

They are big cultural phenomenon that definitely we will see them all again, if nothing extreme happens.

Nostalgia comeback.

But that is not the question is it?

Will they an active group regularly releasing music, as they have been doing so far, even if it is at a reduced frequency?

If they are going to be so, then why even this discussion.

I think they will come back at some point. When they have all done their own thing.

I was one to feel relief when I heard the news because just like RM, I have been feeling for a while that the BTS I used to love wasn't there 100% anymore. That other things took precedence over their creativity and that their greatness and what made them special was getting more and more watered down that it felt way different.

So to me, this newsis way more exciting because I liked most of their solo stuff and I feel like for the past few years they were more creative and artistic than the ot7 releases. So I can't wait to see what they will show to the world as their official work.

Maybe this hiatus announcement will make them feel more free to live life more fully,date, get married and get rid of the expectations of the fans, the industry, the media and even their own country had for them.

It must have been such a huge burden to carry for so long.

We can anticipate good things in the future.

Did people not read namjoons letter yesterday

like someone else said you can always live in your own reality and just watch their old content whilst pretending its new, that way OT7 will always exist in your mind

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Oh look, another eulogy!

Just send a postcard. It's just as condescending, but at least way cuter than this look.

its not condescending just giving advice from my own delusions with BP

i choose to stick and see what happens... i don't predict futures. i am more of a lets go with the flow kind of a person

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Oh, well then I can understand a bit of that better then, but BTS is not BP. I can see how Blinks may similarities in the situation though, which is why Hardy trying to gloat about it while nursing his wounds with endless "it's now X date" is kinda sad to me.

i get that but I think this BTS hiatus is going to be longer then any BP hiatus has been because of enlistments but at least we'll finally have the boys solo releases (albums not mixtapes) and the promotion that will come with that

I’m not worry about the future because I still don’t know what the present is supposed to look like. We haven’t even gotten the first solo album yet and no one has enlisted.

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elon musk is a lousy shithead who doesn't pay his workers

Irrelevant to the discussion

And the workers are free not to work for him or sue for any breach of contract.

If it does happen,it won't be any time soon.

BTS are almost a decade old,they're doing nothing but following the typical group cycle of being progressively less active as time passes whilst branching out to individual activities.

Nothing unheard of,really.

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It may or may not be. I'm not gonna try to rival blinkstradamus here - that would be futile.

blinkstradamus would be a nice title

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I’m not worry about the future because I still don’t know what the present is supposed to look like. We haven’t even gotten the first solo album yet and no one has enlisted.

This.