BTS members enlist in military, pursue solo careers, prepare for group activities. Fans show strong support.

Last December, BTS, which entered the "military blank period" starting with member Jin, will have RM, V, Jimin, and Jungkook enlisted by December this year, and all members will fulfill their national defense obligations. The members are expected to show remarkable performances in their respective places in 2023, and expectations for activities as a complete group in 2025 have increased. Photo = BIGHIT MUSIC BTS, which released the anthology album "Proof" in June 2022, has been actively engaged in individual activities. This year, BTS has been active as solo singers, showcasing their musical colors to ARMY (BTS fans) worldwide. J-HOPE's solo single "on the street (with J. Cole)" released in March this year ranked first on the iTunes top song chart in 80 countries and regions, and 60th on Billboard's main single chart "HOT100". SUGA also achieved results such as releasing "D-DAY" in April under the activity name Agust D and ranking second on Billboard's main album chart "Billboard 200". After that, SUGA embarked on his first solo world tour in April. RM has been active in a wide range of activities covering music and culture, including collaborations with artists such as SE SO NEON's fan Soyun and Colde, as well as serving as a public relations ambassador for the Korean Ministry of National Defense's bone excavation forensic team and as an MC for tvN's "Mysterious Human Trivia Dictionary That Is Not Useful to Know". In March, Jimin released his first solo album "FACE". It recorded second place on the "Billboard 200" and won first place on the "HOT100" for the title song "Like Crazy," becoming the first Korean solo artist to do so. In addition, he became the first K-POP solo singer to achieve a million seller on the first day of release. V made his solo debut with the 1st album "Layover" in September. He succeeded in charting on the "Billboard 200" for 8 weeks and became the K-POP solo singer with the longest charting period. He has been active as a variety "cheat key" on tvN's "God of Communication: Sojin's House" and SBS's "Running Man". He also appeared on various Japanese programs such as "Mezamashi TV," "CDTV Live! Live!," and "The Consultation Room with a Line of People". In addition, it was reported that he was selected as a model for the coffee brand "COMPOSE COFFEE" while enlisted. Photo = tvN Jungkook showed his strength as BTS's "golden youngest". His 1st solo single "Seven," released in July, won first place on the "HOT100" following Jimin and also topped the UK singles chart, dominating music distribution charts worldwide. He won the "Top Global K-POP Song" category at the "2023 Billboard Music Awards" held on November 20. In addition, "Seven" ranked 82nd on the "HOT100" in the year-end settlement chart announced by Billboard in 2023, becoming the first K-POP solo singer to chart since PSY's "Gangnam Style" 11 years ago. Subsequent releases such as "3D" and "Standing next to you" also achieved remarkable results, and Jungkook truly became a global pop star. In particular, his solo album "GOLDEN" became the first K-POP solo artist in history to sell over 200,000 copies in the first week of release in the United States and ranked second on the "Billboard 200". It also recorded double million seller in Korea and gained great popularity. Photo = BIGHIT MUSIC BTS members received recommendations for enlistment postponement from the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism under the amended Military Service Act in 2020, and enlistment postponement was possible. However, BTS sequentially canceled this and fulfilled their national defense obligations. Jungkook, who was born in 1997 and still had time until enlistment, began his military service, and it is expected that all members will be active together in 2025. BTS plans to fill the blank period with various contents that have been prepared in advance. Jungkook said in a live stream before enlisting, "I want you to wait for about half a year after I go to the army. This is a huge spoiler," and mentioned that he had prepared something for the fans. In September, BTS signed a second re-contract with their agency BIGHIT MUSIC, dispelling fans' concerns. In October, HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk said at "Bloomberg Screentime" held in Hollywood, "We were talking about making a commemorative album when the album 'Hwa Yang Yeon Hwa' released in 2015 celebrates its 10th anniversary, and now we can make it together." The strong will of the members to engage in activities as a complete group that they showed, gave ARMY around the world strong trust. When the members entered military service on December 12, BTS's title track "Spring Day" from "WINGS Epilogue: You Never Walk Alone," released in 2017, surged on music distribution charts and ranked first on the iTunes top song chart in 83 countries and regions from the 12th to 14th at 8:00 am. The sudden rise of "Spring Day," with lyrics like "Until the end of this cold winter passes, until the spring days come again," seemed to represent the feelings of fans waiting for the activities of all the members together.