BTS “definitely not on hiatus”, says J-Hope as he tries to promote his solo album

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J-Hope has insisted that BTS are “definitely not on hiatus”, despite what you may have heard. It’s a “temporary break”, OK? A short stop.

Not even a stop, really. Barely anything at all.“When we talked about the temporary break, or focusing on solo projects, we really just were trying to be honest with how we feel and what we want to pursue going forward”, he says in an interview with Variety to promote his new solo album.“I was a little surprised that people took it in a different way than … how we expected them to receive or understand that news.

I think there was a little bit of loss in translation as we conveyed that message. And definitely we’re not on hiatus. The [group] is going to remain active”.The word “hiatus”, of course, first cropped up during an hour long video discussion between band members last month, which marked their ninth anniversary as a group.

It actually came up in the English subtitles on the video, but – as talk of the hiatus dominated reporting of that conversation and panic set in amongst fans – those subtitles were changed to say “temporary break”.In addition to this, the band’s management company Hybe and its Big Hit record label both put out statements insisting that there was no hiatus whatsoever.