“BTS had one of their most emotional bagntan Festa diners yet. The members sat and as usual with every celebration of a new anniversary, they ate as they talked about previous memories that they’ve had. They talked about theirold house and the memories that they carry from there. They proceeded to talk about living on their own as each one had their own home. But it got more serious as they started talking about their feelings about their present and future aspirations.

They poured out their whole hearts about everything that they have been feeling and might have been too aftraid to talk about before. They really left their hearts on their sleeves as they talked about everything that has been going on internally at individual level. They really opened up their hearts and sould and bore it all to ARMY.

After the BTS members had enjoyed some drinks and chatted together, SUGA opened up the talk with,

“So we’ve entered an off-season. Should we talk about why we’re not doing FESTA this year and why we haven’t made much new content? We have to talk about the direction we’re taking.” SUGA

 “Up until ‘ON’ and ‘Dynamite,’ I felt like the group BTS was within my hands. But as we did ‘Butter’ and ‘Permission to Dance,’ I didn’t really know what kind of group we were anymore.There’s no time for me to grow. Not just in terms of my skills, but as a human. I’m a very different person from who I was 10 years ago, and I need time to think and be on my own, so those thoughts can mature into something uniquely mine. But after spending the past 10 years as BTS, while carrying out our busy schedule together, I can’t mature. There’s no time for me to think. I have to know what kind of person I am, what kind of group BTS is, why I’m here, what the other members mean to me, and the path we need to take in the future; I need to keep these things in mind while doing interviews and writing lyrics. But starting from a certain point on, I haven’t been sure what kind of group we are.” RM

“I think we’re just now starting to think about what kind of artist we each want to remembered as by our fans. I think that’s why we’re going through a tough time right now, because we’ve entered a phase” Jimin

“The hardest thing is writing lyrics,” he said. “I can’t think of anything to say. I have to write about things that I personally feel and want to say, but I feel like I’m just forcing things out right now… and that’s so difficult.” SUGA

“In the past, I was somewhat able to balance working on my music alone with our group activities, but now I can’t do them at the same time. I can’t be doing group activities and then just flip a switch and change everything to focus on my own work. I realized I really need some time on my own.” RM

“j-hope told me this before: ‘We can all really focus on our solo activities for the time being, and then we come back together as a group, that synergy will be like no one else’s. It’ll be better than before.” V

“To be honest, j-hope talked about this kind of thing a lot.” Jimin

“Doing group activities for so long, just like you guys mentioned earlier, I started to feel like I’ve become a machine. I have my own hobbies and things I want to do on my own. Doing group activities for so long, just like you guys mentioned earlier, I started to feel like I’ve become a machine. I have my own hobbies and things I want to do on my own.” Jin

“When people hear our group name, they say, ‘Oh wow, BTS.’ But honestly, people don’t really know who each of the members are. Since we’re singers, I think it’d be most impactful for us to show who we are through our music and performances. So from now on, we’re going to release solo albums instead of mixtapes.” RM

“I’ve said this a lot to the other members, but I think we need to spend some time apart to learn how to come together again. I think this timing is really important, so I hope you don’t see this in only a negative light.” j-hope

“It’s not like we’re disbanding.” SUGA

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No matter the decision that BTS makes regarding their personal lives and group lives, ARMY will always be there to support them and wish them nothing but the best