Wednesday, September 20, 2023
HYBE has announced that
BIGHIT MUSIC has agreed to terms with all of the members of
BTS—
RM,
Jin,
SUGA,
j-hope,
Jimin,
V and
Jung Kook—to extend their contracts from 2025 onwards, after military service has been completed.
HYBE's statement reads: "With the renewal of their contracts, we are looking forward to supporting BTS' group activities expected in 2025. HYBE and BIGHIT MUSIC will provide all support necessary to continue to expand and elevate BTS' presence."
The K-pop icons went on hiatus in June 2022 due to mandatory military service after completing their
Permission To Dance: On Stage global stadium tour. Since then BTS members have released very successful solo projects; Jung Kook held #1 on
Spotify global for 57 days this year with "Seven" f/
Latto, while V debuted at #2 last week on the
HITS Top 50 with
Layover (BIGHIT/
Geffen).
In other news, we're finally able to list every member of BTS by heart. Does that mean we're in the Army now?