After a year and five months, BTS leader RM is getting ready to release a solo album!
Big Hit Music, BTS’s label, announced on April 26 that leader RM’s second solo album, “Right Place, Wrong Person,” would be released on May 24, approximately 1 year and 5 months after his first official solo album. Indigo,” which was released in December 2022. The 11 songs on the upcoming album all include RM’s participation in writing and composition, thus capturing the audience’s attention.
According to Yonhap News, a Big Hit Music official said: “ RM’s solo album will be filled with his own color, different from that of BTS’ albums. This is an album that focuses on the essence of RM“.
The members of BTS are currently serving their mandatory military service and since this is a difficult time for BTS to engage in full-fledged group activities, RM’s solo album is expected to bring a great comfort to the fans. However, it cannot be excluded from the controversy, because the release date of RM’s solo album coincides with the release date of the group’s album NewJeans.
Amid the news of the “management rights dispute” between HYBE and its subsidiary ADOR, CEO Min Hee-jin held a press conference on April 25 to announce her official position. It was during this press conference that CEO Min revealed the content of the messaging conversation between her and HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk, in which the latter allegedly made a remark regarding the entry of NewJeans in the Billboard chart, saying: » Does this make you happy? “.
This conversation sparked speculation on various SNSs, including X (formerly Twitter), suggesting that Bang Si-hyuk was jealous of NewJeans’ success. The release of BTS’s solo album RM coinciding with the return of NewJeans did not fail to add fuel to the fire and Internet users then started debates on popular communities, with divergent opinions such as ” HYBE’s intentions are more than obvious.” They wrote:
- HYBE, you crazy bastards! The dates are the same! What are you guys doing.
- They play dirty by releasing both albums on the same day. And they say they will support the comeback of NewJeans ㅋㅋㅋ.
- Wow, but seriously, aren’t they taking too much advantage of BTS?
- So embarrassing…if this was a band produced by Bang, he would never have done this.
- HYBE, stop using BTS.
- wow they are just…too much
- Seeing things like this happen shows how bad they are at their job.
- Wow, this is so annoying…
- I’m tired of how HYBE uses BTS.
- Why are they doing this to BTS.
While this situation puts artists in a difficult position, attention is now focused on how the dispute between HYBE and CEO Min will be resolved.
What do you think ?
