[theqoo]BTS, MILITARY SERVICE UNCERTAINTY IS MAKING THINGS DIFFICULT" HYBE JOINS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE

[No1]

Have they had any promos since Butter? Because if not, theycould have been halfway into enlistement by now.

[No1]

3 hours ago, marupyon said:

2 years is a lifetime in K-pop industry, and Hybe knows that well, since it took less that 2 years for BTS to go from nugudom to their generation's strongest fandom. 2 years were enough for Bigbang to see their reputation stained with all kinds of scandals. It also took less than 2 years for SNSD to dethrone Wonder Girls as the nation's girlgroup, and it took the same amount of time for Twice to steal the spot from SNSD seven years later. God knows what could happen in 2 years on a global and national scale. There's always this risk of the Hallyu wave bursting in the Western world, too.

Hence what's why they're rushing to debut all of these younger boygroups and slightly neglegting BTS' musical output. They're trying to forge a backup business plan. It's pretty clever to be fair, as many agencies didn't put much effort and simply introduced their brand new group as a prettier or upgraded version of their inactive bands.

You're comparing apples and pears for the most part. BB had their reputation shattered by their own doing (drugs, dui,  and of course Burning Sun), and for the SNSD to Twice case, Jessica being ousted also majorly contributed to this change. Although SNSD did overtake WG, WG was still a top tier among with them and Kara. Even now, SNSD is still among the most popular ggs even after 15 years, that is rare.

Taking it back to BTS; as I mentioned before, they haven't had any promotions as a group for a good half a year now, and fans are willing to wait for them. The law might switch the entlistement time back to a little over two years, which would eventually lose them even more time if they keep deferring.

If they play their cards right and enlist as a group instead of one by one (to prolong solos), the PR of a full BTS comeback after they finish their required enlistment will be huge. There is very little risk of any other group dethroning BTS as they are now -  they should take advantage of that. They can even apply for public service instead of other choices like Minho and other idols who chose to become marines and other super hard soldier thingies that I don't even know how to refer to.

Not enlisting at all is the thing that WILL lose them their popularity and security at the top. Perhaps not so much with fans, but the public will eat them alive. Is there a chance that another bg will have a sudden huge explosion of success both in Korea and internationally? There always is, but as you said, that kind of growth is more often than not, slow to happen. And the top place can be shared, just like WonSoKa. More for us, the way I see it. They're set to go.

Yeah, they might not want to do it, but that is a different conversation to be had.

Edited April 10, 2022 by No1