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

[Music Junkie]

10 hours ago, jay94 said:

I want the whole group to enlist and avoid the drama. Of course Hybe doesn't want them to enlist and doesn't want them to enlist because it would mean losing profit for 2 years. Hybe released so many DVDs, goods, merch, webtoons and games since Butter and we're not getting any music. The comeback is getting delayed, now it's rumored to be in June. What are they waiting for? 

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.