{"id":28264,"date":"2022-06-23T13:36:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T20:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=28264"},"modified":"2022-06-23T13:36:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T20:36:17","slug":"korea-singers-association-president-asks-bts-to-reconsider-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/korea-singers-association-president-asks-bts-to-reconsider-hiatus\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea Singers Association President asks BTS to reconsider hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While most fans welcome <strong>BTS<\/strong>&#8216; <strong>hiatus<\/strong>, even with the group&#8217;s growing appreciation, the <strong>Korea Singers Association<\/strong> does not see anything positive in this hiatus and asked the septet to reconsider the decision.<\/p>\n<p>In a text published in<strong> The Korea Times<\/strong>, <strong>Lee Ja-yeon<\/strong>, president of the Korea Singers Association, expressed concern about the consequences that BTS&#8217; hiatus could have on the K-Pop industry and the continuity of what they call <strong>hallyu<\/strong>, the Korean wave, which is the spread of South Korean culture to the world.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kbizoom\/status\/1539468358646607873\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President of the Korea Singer Association opposes the temporary suspension of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BTS<\/a>\u2019s group activities, \u201cPlease reconsider it for the Korean Wave\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kY8NI5JXux\">https:\/\/t.co\/kY8NI5JXux<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KaB2UsFcUs\">pic.twitter.com\/KaB2UsFcUs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KBIZoom (@kbizoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kbizoom\/status\/1539468358646607873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You may also like: <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201c<em><strong>I am worried that the Korean wave centered on BTS, which has the greatest cultural power in Korea and the world, may disappear\u2026 Just as a &#8216;second Beatles&#8217; will not come easily, it is unlikely that there will be a &#8216;second BTS&#8217;. so I am worried that hallyu might be cut off<\/strong><\/em>\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Still in his text, he asks the group to <strong>reconsider<\/strong> the decision to pause, questioning:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>You may have made this decision after deep deliberation, but wouldn&#8217;t you reconsider it for the sake of the Korean music industry?<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocktanbangwool\/status\/1539447830821101569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocktanbangwool\/status\/1539447830821101569<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While most fans welcome BTS&#8216; hiatus, even with the group&#8217;s growing appreciation, the Korea Singers Association does not see anything positive in this hiatus and asked the septet to reconsider the decision. 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