All BTS Members To Finish Military Service By June 2025: Written by Filmfare Updated on May 16, 2025,
BTS fans around the world are counting down days, the military discharge dates for all seven members of the iconic K-pop group have finally been revealed, setting the stage for a much-anticipated reunion in 2025. Since beginning their mandatory service between late 2022 and 2023, the members have temporarily stepped back from group activities, but the light at the end of the tunnel is now clearly in sight.
Tae Hyung
Born: December 30, 1995 (age 29 years), Bisan-dong, Daegu, South KoreaMusic group: BTS (Since 2013)Height: 179 cm Full name: Kim Tae-hyung Hanja: 金泰亨 김태형
BTS member V is set to be discharged from military service soon, with fans preparing warm welcomes as other members also approach their discharge dates.
✿除隊
BTS RM・V 除隊後初コメント 알엠·뷔(방탄소년단) Discharged from the military【FULL】
Jungkook, along with three other bandmates, were discharged from mandatory military service this week, prompting fan frenzy and increasing anticipation for a possible comeback.
All seven BTS members are set to be discharged from the military by the end of this month and their agency Hybe has hinted at a reunion.
Hundreds of fans, some of whom flew in from overseas, had gathered in front of Hybe’s headquarters to celebrate their idols’ return.
Many of them were dressed in purple, BTS’s signature colour, and carried large banners and photographs of the band.
Jungkook thanked fans for travelling to see him, adding that he was “a bit embarrassed” after not being in front of cameras for a while.
“I didn’t even put on makeup,” he said.
South Korea requires all able-bodied men aged 18 to 28 to serve for about two years in the military.
Exceptions are sometimes made for Olympic medallists and classical musicians.
Before BTS enlisted, South Korea saw furious debate over whether or not they should be allowed to skip the service, with some arguing that they had already served their country by earning it billions of dollars, and that it would be more beneficial to allow them to carry on doing so.
The band had previously won a deferral in 2020, when the nation’s parliament passed a bill allowing them to delay their duties until the age of 30.
In 2022, the oldest member of BTS, Jin, enlisted, and the others followed suit.
BTSのV、ジャズを歌うライブクリップ「Le Jazz de V」が話題…SNSでビハインドを公開（動画あり）
Vは自身のInstagramを通じて「Le Jazz de V」という言葉と共に、複数枚の写真と動画を公開した。公開された写真は、「Le Jazz de V」のライブクリップを撮影する現場で撮ったものとみられる。彼は美しいビジュアルと可愛らしい表情を披露している。動画には、歌の世界に入り込んで楽しく歌うVの姿が収められた。
[입덕직캠] 방탄소년단 뷔 직캠 4K ‘작은 것들을 위한 시 (Boy With Luv)’ (BTS V FanCam) | 2019.4.25
[Intro] We’ll get it done, we’ll work as one, we’ll get it done, nah, nah We’ll get it done, we’ll work as one, we’ll get it done, nah, nah (Oh listen up) We’ll get it done, we’ll work as one, we’ll get it done, nah, nah (Come on everyone) We’ll get it done, we’ll work as one, we’ll get it done, nah, nah (We can do it, yeah)
[Verse 1] You and I got the power You and my little star I’m hurting right now Thе sky keeps getting darker But you and I got the powеr Tighten the hands of the clock Hold it tight in your hand Let’s go back Oh, oh, yeah
[Pre-Chorus] Walk to the sky Jump over the black clouds (Don’t make it stop) Shall we do it together ‘Cause wherever you go, I’m goin’ And you know it (And you know it; Here we go)
[Chorus] Away from the gray city Let’s go on a trip Follow the moonlight that shines on you You’re one in a million So let all your colors shine (Colors shine) Dancing deep in the night sky Follow the stars, one, two, three Let’s go together, far away in the distant universe
You’re one in a million So let all your colors shine (Dance right, dance dance right)
Elle Korea has become the top best seller after mentioning K-pop group BTS’ V. The magazine made a secretive tweet on March 11th which simply said the words: “V is coming.”
The line was followed by a question asking who the readers think will be the next cover model for the magazine’s April issue. Announcements such as these are usually revealed with some official photos or a teaser of the pictorials but for this issue, they only posted blind covers with the same words .
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (cover) by V of BTS
It’s so wonderfull to know that he did a amazingly good job (after some unhappy blank) and listen to TaeTae’s sweet, melow voice in beautifull English on the day of Christman Eve. Just Great! I admire YOU!
BTS V – It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Cover)
“He proves he’s not the average idol. He’s different. His voice, color, his style, his taste in music, everything about V is so incredible.”
5,841,325 回視聴 • 2022/12/24 It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (cover) by V of BTS
"It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" Lyrics:
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Everywhere you go;
Take a look at the five and ten
It's glistening once again
With candy canes and silver lanes aglow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Toys in every store
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door.
A pair of hopalong boots and a pistol that shoots
Is the wish of Barney and Ben;
Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk
Is the hope of Janice and Jen;
And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Everywhere you go;
There's a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well,
It's the sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas;
Soon the bells will start,
And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing
Right within your heart
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Toys in every store
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door.
Sure it's Christmas once more...
BTS’ V Gets in the Holiday Spirit on ‘It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas’ Cover（Rolling Stones）
Closing out the year with “It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas,” V is offering up enough of a holiday treat to hopefully distract fans from the fact that his debut solo mixtape didn’t end up coming out this year, after all, despite his previously hints at the schedule for the release.
“I originally thought of releasing it last year,” V told Rolling Stone in 2021. “But it turned out to be more harder and more complex than I imagined that it would be. So then I thought I would release it early this year. But again, it turned out to be a bit more tough than I thought it would be! So now I’m looking at the end of this year.”
SHARING THE GIFT of a holiday song is becoming something of a tradition for BTS member V. This year, the singer crooned his way through a shimmering piano melody on his rendition of the classic tune “It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas.”
The offering comes at the conclusion of a bittersweet year for ARMY, who celebrated new releases and show-stopping performances from BTS throughout the year, before and after it was announced that the group would embark on a brief hiatus while its seven members complete South Korea’s mandatory military service requirement.
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas/Soon the bells will start,” V sang. “And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing/Right within your heart.”
Last year, the singer shared the original solo song “Christmas Tree,” which appeared on the soundtrack to the popular Netflix K-drama Our Beloved Summer starring Parasite‘s Choi Whooshik and Itaewon Class‘ Kim Da-mi.
‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’ for BTS Member V: Listen to His Cover of the Holiday Classic
An early gift has arrived for ARMY. Dec 23,2022 (Billborad)
It’s the season of giving, and BTS‘ V is gifting ARMY with his cover of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.”His take on the seasonal classic arrived on Friday (Dec. 23). In the accompanying video shared on YouTube, the singer croons deeply into a microphone while casually dressed in an oversized hoodie.
Midway through the song, he pulls up the hood to cover his head and enthusiastically sings, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” emphasizing his words with small pumps of his fists. “Soon the bells will start/ And the thing that’ll make ’em ring is the carol that you sing/ Right within your heart.” “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” has been covered by numerous artists. The 1951 version by Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayers and His Orchestra became a hit, peaking at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2020. Another beloved take is Bing Crosby’s take from the same year is another popular cover.
In the town of Bondy in Paris’s northern suburbs, where Kylian Mbappé grew up and trained, Ismail Gencel was preparing his bar and pizzeria for the crowds who would come to watch Saturday’s France-England World Cup match.
“Mbappé is our idol, our heritage, he’s put Bondy on the map,” said the 53-year-old, who once provided an upstairs room for Mbappé’s seventh birthday party – “a very active, smiling child,” he recalled, “who I now wish I’d taken a photo with”.
“The football is bringing some cheer to France,” Gencel added. “With Covid, the war in Ukraine and rising inflation, morale has been low. The World Cup is getting people out again, putting a smile on their face.”
Amid the cost of living crisis, wholesale prices of eggs and boxes for takeaway pizzas have more than doubled, and Gencel is reluctant to increase his own prices for customers, so margins are shrinking at an alarming rate. “Football is there to lift the mood,” he said.
Kylian Mbappé celebrates scoring France’s third goal in their 3-1 win against Poland last Sunday.
France, which won the World Cup four years ago, is in a football frenzy, hoping to become the first team to retain the title since Brazil in 1962. TV viewing figures for France’s matches in Qatar have been higher than for the 2018 tournament. On top of this, Morocco’s historic success in reaching the quarter-final this Saturday has enthralled the large numbers of French people of Moroccan heritage. If Morocco and France win their matches on Saturday, Paris is expecting an outpouring of celebration on the Champs-Elysées.
Mbappé, hailed on the front page of France’s top-selling sports paper, L’Équipe, under the headline “God save our king”, has cemented his status as a national treasure. He has also once again shone a spotlight on young talent in Bondy and the low-income, ethnically diverse suburbs north of Paris where young people have often been unfairly stigmatised and discriminated against. Mbappé was born in 1998, the year that France’s World Cup-winning team starring Zinedine Zidane was mythologised as “Black-Blanc-Beur” (Black-White-Arab) and presented by politicians as able to solve France’s deep-seated identity issues through their triumph.
Mbappé has spent the last four years since his first World Cup win at the age of 19 working to dismantle the stereotypes too often applied to Paris’s banlieue, which is now a centre not just for football talent but for young entrepreneurship and business. Bondy has a population of about 53,000, extending either side of a motorway linking Paris to Charles de Gaulle airport. It is part of the département of Seine-Saint-Denis, which is the poorest area in France, with the youngest population. Mbappé is not the only Bondy player in the World Cup squad – the defender William Saliba started at the local club, AS Bondy.
Argentina win incredible World Cup final in shootout (Reuters)
Argentina won their third World Cup in an extraordinary final on Sunday as they beat France 4-2 on penalties after Lionel Messi scored twice in a 3-3 draw and Kylian Mbappe grabbed a hat-trick to bring the holders back from 2-0 and 3-2 down. It was an incredible night of drama, high emotion and fluctuating fortunes, delivering one of the all-time great finals to cap a wonderful tournament as its two star players delivered command performances on the biggest stage of all.
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There is nothing like the World Cup, and this final was one for the ages. Argentina pulled out a win on penalty kicks, but getting there was quite a journey.
Thanks to goals from Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria, Argentina jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half. With little action from France in most of the second half, it looked like Argentina was cruising to an easy 2-0 win. But then, in the 80th minute, Kylian Mbappé and France finally woke up.
Mbappé netted two goals in the span of 93 seconds, tying the game and taking the lead for the Golden Boot with two swift kicks. Everyone, of course, lost their ever-loving minds.
🎤 Lyrics: Look who we are, we are the dreamers We’ll make it happen ’cause we believe it
Look who we are, we are the dreamers We’ll make it happen ’cause we can see it Here’s to the ones, that keep the passion Respect, oh yeah
Here’s to the ones, that can imagine Respect, oh yeah
Gather ’round now, look at me Respect the love the only way If you wanna come, come with me The door is open now every day
This one plus two, rendezvous all at my day This what we do, how we do
Look who we are, we are the dreamers We’ll make it happen ’cause we believe it Look who we are, we are the dreamers We’ll make it happen ’cause we can see it Here’s to the ones, that keep the passion Respect, oh yeah
Here’s to the ones, that can imagine Respect, oh yeah Look who we are, we are the dreamers We’ll make it happen ’cause we believe it
Look who we are, we are the dreamers We’ll make it happen ’cause we can see it ‘Cause to the one that keep the passion Respect, oh yeah ‘Cause to the one that got the magic Respect, oh yeah
Jung Kook from BTS performs ‘Dreamers’ at FIFA World Cup opening ceremony 6,117,053 回視聴
女子が熱狂するものには価値がない？ ――私も同じです。1年前からBTSが好きになり、自分の偏見に気づきました。「🔹アイドルやファンがバカにされてきたのは、女性蔑視と深いつながりがある。『女子が熱狂するものには価値がない』という社会の偏見は根強いからだ」とBTS研究の第一人者が指摘していて、衝撃を受けました。FULL TEXT
