Last year, BigHit announced that BTS would start their military service and resume their group activities again around 2025 following their service commitment. However, a latest statement of BigHit founder and HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk hints that the BTS Army could soon make a comeback as a group. For the unversed, BTS members are RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook.
BTS to make comeback as group soon
According to a report published in a leading portal, HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk recently attended the Kwanhun Forum and asked people not to think of 2025 ‘as the target year’. He also said that both BTS and HYBE will need time to prepare for their comebacks after they return from the military. It has to be noted that he has not promised a year, but it could happen before 2025.
He told Soompi, “We shared that both [HYBE] and the members hope to be able to resume [group activities] around 2025, not ‘they will resume’ in 2025. On that note, I hope you will not think of this as the target year. But [HYBE] and BTS will try our best. The issue of the military is not something that gets resolved as planned, and since we also need time to prepare for their return once they come back [from the military], I want to say that we cannot continue with a ‘promised year.’ But this is not just false hope, as both parties have agreed to really actively do our best.”
Will BTS’ military services get exempted?
While responding to a debate on whether BTS should be exempt from military services, the HYBE chairman said, “When looking at an individual’s career and national assets, I can’t say that [enlistment] is without loss. I believe it’s the truth that the continuity of one’s career or the value of national assets gets cut off or begins declining. However, it is a completely different matter for an individual to happily accept their military duty as a citizen of a country. The country has made this decision, and for nearly three years, [BTS] has continued to say of this matter, ‘we will go once we are called.”
Looks like, BTS fans will have to wait for the official announcement about their comeback as a group. Stay tuned for more updates!
