BTS suspending activities is opposed by the President of the Korea Singers Association

The group's suspension revelations reflect the "factory system" of K-pop entertainment companies. As leader RM confesses, K-pop is not a genre of music but a by-product of a complex and harsh production system.

BTS wants to rest and the group members want to spend time developing their solo careers. HYBE - the company that runs BTS - claims that the group is still active as a team. However, global fans are starting to realize something has changed. And that change could be forever.

After BTS's unfortunate announcement, HYBE's stock price dropped by 25% on June 15. BTS' market capitalization dropped to 2 trillion won ($1.54 billion) overnight. Director Kim Won Bae said that this is a huge number. The next day, HYBE's stock price recovered. However, compared to November 2021, the group's share price still dropped sharply (more than 60%).

The group's suspension revelations reflect the "factory system" of K-pop entertainment companies. As leader RM confesses, K-pop is not a genre of music but a by-product of a complex and harsh production system.

In a statement yesterday (June 22), the president of the Singers Association of Korea - Lee Ja Yeon - expressed his concern about the "global group" suspending group activities to focus on the group's activities. for solo projects. Accordingly, she thinks that this act of BTS may cause the Hallyu wave that is growing strongly to decline.

"I'm concerned that the Korean wave is revolving around BTS, the group with the strongest cultural power in Korea and around the world, but this may slowly fade away. Like how hard it is to have a band' The second Beatles', having a 'second BTS' is just as difficult. I'm worried that the Hallyu wave may be on the decline," the president of the Korea Singers Association expressed his thoughts.

"BTS has made this decision after deep consideration. But can you consider withdrawing the decision for the sake of the Korean music industry?", Ms. Lee Ja Yeon said. directly to the boys of Bighit Music.

She said that the fact that BTS is no longer active means that there is no longer Army - the proper name of fans of this boy group. The reason is that many of them are followers of the Hallyu wave, BTS's hiatus may lead to a decline in tourism related to this country's entertainment culture.

Regarding the issue of mandatory military service that BTS members have to perform - which is said to be one of the reasons why they decided to focus on solo activities, the head of the Singers Association called on the Prime Minister. government and Congress to amend the Military Act, giving them immunity from military service.

However, it must be added that the call of the President of the Singers Association made BTS fans extremely angry. The fans confirmed once again the statement of BTS as well as the management company, that BTS did not disband. Furthermore, the group's decision needs to be respected and they do not need the opinion of a third party such as an association to make this decision alone.

"BTS is not a machine, they are people. Those people say that they are facing limitations and need time to develop personally. Why force them to keep working? ", the fans were extremely indignant at the request of the Korean Singers Association.

Korean music is increasingly expanding, reaching international levels with many groups recording achievements on the world's prestigious music charts. However, in reality, the international media does not mention much about other Kpop groups, besides BTS and BLACKPINK.

K-pop businesses and music fans have long understood that diversity is essential to keep music going. However, this is not so simple. When BTS is on hiatus, HYBE has tentative plans such as promoting the establishment of new groups to "fill in the void". But can it be certain that the rookie of HYBE will be as successful as BTS?

When the news that BTS separated from their solo activities was suddenly announced by the group members themselves, fans said that they were shocked and confused, and still did not believe it to be true many days later.

BTS is a globally famous Kpop group, each member has a large number of fans around the world, so when going solo, the 7 boys will still be fully supported. At the moment, the management company HYBE as well as BTS have not yet responded to the statement and request from this Singer Association.

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