It is said that it is best to finish on top.

And at the top they are.

BTS has wowat a whole generation and turned the world order of culture upside down with the USA at the center.

Joe Biden recently invited them for talks in the White House - he also wants to feel the so-called BTS effect.

Everything they touch becomes a success.

It must be exhausting.

In an hour-long Youtube video, they drop the bomb.

BTS is going to take a break.

The break is temporary, but it all sounds like when someone is trying to end (I need time to think, I have to focus on myself, it's not you, it's me, etc).

At the same time, a

spokesperson for BTS tells Billboard that this is not a break at all, they will only invest in solo projects for a while.

There is wild speculation on social media: could the translation be wrong?

How to say pause in Korean?

What do the guys really mean?

They have taken breaks before, and then almost referred to a free weekend.

But I mean, the members are clear now, and I'm starting to wonder what's going on inside the company's Hybe headquarters.

BTS are overstimulated.

They describe how they repeatedly squeeze out new to satisfy the listeners.

Now there is nothing left to say.

They describe the hit songs "Butter" and "Permission to dance" as a turning point - that is, when they started singing in English and had their international impact.

After this, they have lost direction.

Now they want to land

in themselves and to be able to think their very own thoughts.

I can not interpret it in any other way than that it is, after all, sometimes a torment to belong to this seven-man machine.

In a way, the decision is unexpected.

They released new music last Friday.

But I started to

feel uneasy already last winter when they launched their individual Instagram accounts and seriously, outwardly, began to cultivate their individual identities.

J-hope will be the first out.

This summer he will perform (alone! Himself! Alone!) At Lollapalooza in the USA.

One possible reason why

they are now taking a break is the impending conscription.

The bill to exempt BTS from military service is still being debated in South Korea's parliament.

The question is a watershed, but many believe that an exception would be too unfair.

If the law does not go through, the band may very soon have to split, albeit temporarily.

Maybe they've given up now.

BTS has expressed frustration at not knowing what the future will be like.

I think this is an attempt at control, an attempt to precede it all.

After all, it is more dignified to choose a break yourself, than to be dumped by the whole Parliament.

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Photo: Chris Pizzello / AP / TT