The conservative regime in South Korea is in its death throes. It might linger on for a few more weeks, but its prognosis is very poor.
Since it would be the second time a conservative government has fallen in less than 10 years, it is unlikely that the conservative faction will gain power in South Korea for quite a long time. The rabid conservative politicians who called for BTS military service are going to be swept away in this wave.
Hybe should have extended the military service of the younger 3, who happened to be the more important members of the group, until 2026 , the maximum, and I think they would have gotten the exemption with the new government.
Why some people argued for OT7, I don't understand. I even wrote a post about 'suspending' Seokjin and the older members for a while, performing without them around the world, but the mods erased it. I don't know why.
ANd now what? For what? For a country which is responsible for about 5% of BTS' entire revenue, for a country which chose IU and New Jeans above it?
Now Stray Kids, and even BlackPink, have surpassed BTS in all metrics. And, no matter how the New Jeans mess might conclude, OT7 won't continue past the current term of contract, since Taehyung won't go with Hybe after this round is over. Min Heejin might have lost, but she has won in the end.
MHJ would not have tried her attack if BTS were still going strong, and even she had admitted that.
As the world has moved on without BTS, and Bruno Mars and Roseanne Park, MBE, having obliterated KPop like a Godzilla, with aespa running for exits and Illit completely crushed, BTS basically has to start from scratch, with the disdainful eyes of Stray Kids, and Seventeen who has sold more albums than it.
With the younger three, called JVJ, forming a unit, we would not have heard too much about Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, Shaboozey, or indeed Bruno Mars and Roseanne Park, MBE. And Seventeen and Stray Kids would have remained as also rans.
Instead, Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen and Shaboozey no longer consider BTS to be their equals, and Bruno Mars, Roseanne Park, MBE, Seventeen and Stray Kids treat BTS as someone they can push over if they really try.
For what? For what?
Some people say hindsight is 20/20. But gaining time for the more important three members and giving them more exposure was the way to go, and now all of that came to be nought.
Are Armies ready to endure the smirk from Christopher Bang, an Australian (although he was born in Korea, something no Korean males are pointing out), like Floyd Mayweather looking at someone he haed just beaten, when SKZ beats BTS' total concert attendance in 2026
