{"id":3543,"date":"2025-12-21T19:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T10:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=3543"},"modified":"2025-12-21T19:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T10:33:13","slug":"btss-rm-criticizes-hybe-demands-more-affection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=3543","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217;s RM Criticizes HYBE, Demands &#8216;More Affection&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BTS RM \/ \uc5d1\uc2a4\ud3ec\uce20\ub274\uc2a4 DB\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2025\/1221\/1766311045411873.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BTS leader RM recently garnered attention for a pointed remark directed at their agency, HYBE. On the 21st, BTS held a group live broadcast on Weverse. During the broadcast, the members shared their aspirations for 2026, declaring, &#8220;Let&#8217;s make 2026 BTS&#8217;s year,&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s an important year for us,&#8221; and hinting that &#8220;Something big is coming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amid these discussions, leader RM voiced dissatisfaction with the company, stating, &#8220;I wish our company showed us more affection.&#8221; His uncharacteristic candidness garnered attention as he added, &#8220;I don&#8217;t usually say things like this,&#8221; and &#8220;I hope they take better care of us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BTS \/ \uc5d1\uc2a4\ud3ec\uce20\ub274\uc2a4 DB\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2025\/1221\/1766310765003883.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Previously, RM had explained why the group could not make an immediate comeback despite all members completing their military service and being ready to regroup. He shared his honest feelings, stating, &#8220;Many people asked, &#8216;Why was the latter half of 2025 wasted?&#8217; &#8216;Why didn&#8217;t you do anything?&#8217; But we didn&#8217;t want to waste it. I wanted to do many activities after discharge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He further commented, &#8220;There are things I can&#8217;t speak about, and there were reasons we decided not to have activities in the latter half. That&#8217;s not my right to disclose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RM also confessed to contemplating the team&#8217;s disbandment &#8220;thousands of times,&#8221; stating, &#8220;We&#8217;re continuing because of our love for each other and our respect for you,&#8221; and revealing the challenging times he endured.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BTS Jungkook and Aespa Winter \/ \uc5d1\uc2a4\ud3ec\uce20\ub274\uc2a4 DB\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2025\/1221\/1766310841790024.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, rumors involving BTS&#8217;s Jungkook and Aespa&#8217;s Winter have circulated, contributing to a somewhat unsettled atmosphere. Both agencies have yet to release official statements regarding the dating rumors.<\/p>\n<p>With all members having completed their military service, BTS is set to release a new album as a complete group next spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS leader RM recently garnered attention for a pointed remark directed at their agency, HYBE. On the 21st, BTS held a group live broadcast on Weverse. During the broadcast, the members shared their aspirations for 2026, declaring, &#8220;Let&#8217;s make 2026 BTS&#8217;s year,&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s an important year for us,&#8221; and hinting that &#8220;Something big is coming.&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kpop-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-279.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3545,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3543\/revisions\/3545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}