RM‘s impending obligatory navy service within the South Korean military has gotten the BTS singer/rapper, 28, fascinated about his journey to this point with the Okay-pop supergroup, in addition to its future as soon as all seven members have completed their 18-month stints.

“After 10 years as a member of BTS, I didn’t know who I used to be and I needed to know,” he informed Spanish information company EFE in a current interview. “I began out as a teenage rapper, then BTS got here alongside and it was all very intense. Now that the group is inactive, I’ve gone again to fascinated about the beginnings and the true explanation why I joined BTS.”

And whereas the group’s members are all presently pursuing solo tasks as they’re within the midst of, or making ready for, their navy obligation, the septet’s chief says he’s attempting to maintain a optimistic angle.

“When you find yourself well-known, staying on high may be very troublesome,” he stated concerning the rigors of sustaining the group’s world success. “However I feel BTS will make it. It would come collectively once more after we end our navy service, and we’ll search for new synergies between us to enter a second part. However, in any case, nothing lasts eternally.”

And whereas the latter remark appeared touched by a tinge of harsh pop actuality, RM stated the pause in BTS motion “might be useful” to him as an artists as a result of “some nice work is born in personally chaotic moments.”

The excellent news for ARMY is that not lengthy after releasing his solo album Indigo in late 2022, he headed to Spain not too long ago for the primary time on the lookout for inspiration for his second solo effort. Although BTS didn’t make it there after their 2020 world tour was canceled because of the world pandemic, RM stated he was excited to go to the nation’s famed museums and take a look at works by painters Goya, Velazquez and Picasso.

At current, Jin is the one member of BTS presently within the navy, however RM stated the break to concentrate on solo work has allowed him to mirror on his place within the group and the bigger music world. “After 10 years as a member of BTS, I didn’t know who I used to be and I needed to know,” he stated. “I began out as a teenage rapper, then BTS got here alongside and it was all very intense. Now that the group is inactive, I’ve gone again to fascinated about the beginnings and the true explanation why I joined BTS.”