#solo projects

[daemadness]

So Farin just dropped a new song out of blue??????

[on-this-day-mcr]

On this day, September 29

In 2014: Gerard Way released their first and only solo studio album, "Hesitant Alien". (🖤)

Stream "Hesitant Alien" here!

[starmaniamania]

A smiling Côme on stage is a rare occurrence, worthy of being preserved! This is how you can tell the difference between Johnny and Côme, I think.

(Aug 2025)

[debdarkpetal]

[planethell]

In Love We Rust - Simone Simons (x)

[myobsessionsspace]

Learning More About The Music Industry and Understanding Who Calls The Shots.

There has been quite a bit of discourse in relation to the individual rollouts of the members and their solo endeavours.

BTS gave us an as open and honest intimate conversation as they could within the limits of still being mindful of company and personal business. They told us then and time and time again since then what they wanted to do/show.

Since the festa 2022 dinner what they talked about coming out since then is all but nearly done, j-hope, Jin, RM, JIMIN and SUGA have all released solo projects, showed different genres, different sides of themselves, made video game OST, interned at their favourite video game company, guested on several variety shows, worked with huge global artists, promoted home and abroad, headlined festivals, intimate performances, performed in galleries, performed and won domestic music shows, Disney documentaries and a solo tour!

Jungkook is now at the beginning of his solo promotions as the second to last member of the seven to delve into his solo career.

The members from what they spoke about during the festa 2022 dinner have seemingly achieved what they intended to.

I'm not writing to take any individual member's 'side'.

Some members have been vocal in what exactly they have had their hands in, how happy they felt with their involvement in the creative, marketing & promotional aspects of their solo endeavours.

However the discourse has been building among ARMY in regards to the different ways promotion, marketing, and the perceived level of autonomy/control each member has in their solo career and the perceived level of input/support from their company and members.

I'm not going to talk about those perceptions, I'm not going to highlight the differences in each members solo activities, solo output.

I want to bring back, a tiny bit, the reality of the music industry.

BTS Made Hybe!

No question, when BTS joined Big Hit it was a very small, relatively new company. I've spoke about this in a previous post.

[PART 3]  10 Years with BTS & ARMY.  The Evolution & Reality of the relationship between BTS, ARMY, The General Public and The Company

This is the third and final part to what I had to get out of my head and heart whilst celebrating 10 years since debut with BTS. Throughout

Big Hit, before the introduction of Hybe, housed solo artist Lee Hyun, relatively new group TomorrowxTogether and BTS.

After the general public were introduced to Hybe and til date, several companies have joined the Hybe family, such as Pledis, Adora and others.

We would think that BTS would pretty much run the company alongside their Chairman

However that is not the case and not only that, BTS are now NOT Hybe's main and sole focus.

Some things that I have kept seeing brought up a lot is 'global vision', 'accelerate global operations' and 'formula for global success.'

It is *my* understanding that one of the current goals for Hybe is to be able to replicate BTS' UNPRECIDENTED global success again and again, with current artists under Hybe and new artists. This includes the members as solo artists as well.

Whilst ARMY know the names of each of the members and refer to them personally more often than not, we only know the artists we are allowed to know.

We don't know them as employees and that is what they are under Hybe, employees of an entertainment company.

But BTS are Shareholders!

Though the members are shareholders, in comparison to other shareholders, it is still a token stake in the company at best, less than 1.5% stake in the WHOLE company for bangtan as a whole (if equally split by 7 members it’s 0.2%, that’s the rough hypothetical amount of ‘leverage’ each member has!)

The company still has thousands of nameless, faceless (to ARMY) employees under their payroll, the company still have thousands of nameless, faceless people who are invested in the financial wellbeing of the company, and they will not and do not want to be dependant solely on BTS and ARMY.

Their main concerns and considerations will never be to BTS or ARMY but to what guarantees them money longterm and with the least risk. The company’s unspoken but widely understood goal *in my opinion* is to be significantly less dependent on BTS in particular and any one group thereafter. They aim to prove it’s the company that gives success, not any one group or one member that gives the company success. They don’t want their signees to have power over them, they want to tilt the scales back so it is the company that has power over the signees as it has been historically UNTIL BTS.

When we feel disgruntled with a lot of the product that we get from the members, we need to remember we are seeing the END RESULT.

There is a long line and different processes it goes through before it gets to ARMY & the general public. Who has they final say, who allows what, who pushes what, how much does the company allow the individuals to have control over and when do they tighten the leash?

Ultimately it would start from the top and as much as we would want it to be and believe it deserved, its not BTS at the top of the pyramid, but these two and others.

Bang Si-Hyuk Steps Down as CEO of BTS Powerhouse HYBE; Scooter Braun Takes on U.S. Co-CEO Role

Bang Si-Hyuk is stepping down from his role as CEO of HYBE (formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment) as a part of a major restructuring of l

Scooter Braun Becomes Sole CEO of HYBE America

Scooter Braun has become the sole CEO of HYBE America, Variety has confirmed. He had previously shared the co-CEO title with Lenzo Yoon, a v

BTS Owns $108 Million of Big Hit. Every Other Artist Will Be Taking Note

Whether BTS got too much or too little from Big Hit’s IPO, the group certainly got more than artists at other large music companies could dr

BTS Made One Man a Billionaire. But What About the Band Members?

There is one issue that unites Kanye West and Taylor Swift: artists deserve more ownership.

[theresacorpseinthisbed]

don't talk to me i'm in maya the psychic lockdown

[letsgogatsebenguys]

✨Got7 Members’ Projects 2022✨

Hiiii!

This list will be updated as more news about the boys’ projects come out ^^ 💚

January

KazzMagazine(magazine) Jay B

TheStar (magazine) Youngjae

Harper’s Bazaar (magazine) Jackson

Fanmeeting in Bangkok, Bambam

Love (EP) preorder starts on the 5th, release date 26th Jay B

MBC FM4U ‘Dream Radio’, Jan 17- Feb 6 Youngjae

Esquire Gentle Gala, Jackson

Stationz89.1 JAYB's R&B🌴, Jay B

16th 💚👀

2022 Welcoming Kit, Youngjae

“王嘉尔 JACKSON WANG” song, Jackson 11th

2nd mini album, B. Bambam 18th

“My life”, song, Mark 21st

February

Food Truck Battle SS2 (variety show) Mark (APPEARANCE CANCELED)

Cosmopolitan (magazine), Jackson

MBC FM4U ‘Dream Radio’, Jan 17- Feb 6 Youngjae

“Easier” song collaboration, Amber Liu ft Jackson Wang, Feb 25th

March

LOST & FOUND english album, Jackson, 7th

‘Melting’ A business proposal OST, Bambam, 9th

“HELLO 2.0 LEGENDS ONLY” James Reid x Jay B x ØZI, 11th

THE ORIGIN -A,B Or What? Show, Jay B (judge)

The Glass magazine, Mark, 21st

“Midnight Horror Story”, appearance Jay B, 24th

‘Lonely’ song, Mark, 24th

“GOT7 Youngjae’s Best Friend” radio show, Youngjae, 28th.

‘Take You Down’ DS, Yugyeom, 31st

‘Blow’ MAGICMAN, Jackson, 31st

April

Save Me, song, Mark 7th

Yaksha (movie) Jinyoung, 8th.

Men’s Folio Malaysia (magazine), Jackson

NBA half time performance, Bambam 7th ❤️‍🔥

“GOT7 Youngjae’s Best Friend” radio show, Youngjae, throughout all the month.

May

Men’s Health, magazine, Bambam

Yugyeom Meets Germany tour, May 5th Berlin

Yugyeom Meets Germany tour, May 7th Munich

Yugyeom Meets Germany tour, May 8th Oberhausen

Point Of View: U, vinyl edition, 18th, Yugyeom.

“Homecoming” Got7 Fancon 21st, 22nd

GOT7 COMEBACK 💚 23rd

GOT7 Youngjae Best Friend radio, Got7, 23rd

Marie Claire (magazine) Jinyoung

“Pull-up” fanmeeting in Thailand, Mark, 28th-29th

June

Men’s Folio (magazine) june/ july, Youngjae

Yumi’s cells Season 2 (kdrama) Jinyoung, 10th

“Nostalgic” ON • OFFLINE Fancon,JayB 18th

Sugar, 2nd mini album, Youngjae, 21st.

“GOT7 Youngjae’s Best Friend” radio show, Youngjae, throughout all the month.

Shining on your night, Yumi’s Cells 2 OST, Jinyoung, 24th.

July

‘Born to be Alive’ Minions: The rise of Gru soundtrack, Jackson, 1st

‘imysm’, song, Mark, 1st.

MAPS (magazine) Mark

‘Rocking chair’ song, JayB, 14th. moved to august

“GOT7 Youngjae’s Best Friend” radio show, Youngjae 1st- 16th.

Sugar, concert/ fanmeeting in Bangkok, Youngjae, 16th

Mark Tuan App, 20th

Team Wang Design“Mudance” launching party, 20th

Esquire Singapore (magazine), Mark, July/August issue.

Arena Homme Plus (magazine) Jinyoung

Sounderry Festa 22, Yugyeom, 24th

‘BRB’, H1GHR MUSIC compilation, JayB, 27th

‘Cruel’ song, Jackson, 28th

August

VOGUE Thailand (magazine), Mark, 1st

“GOT7 Youngjae’s Best Friend” radio show, Youngjae

SUGAR in Bangkok (concert, fansign), Youngjae, 6th-7th

‘IRREPLACEABLE’ song F.Hero x Youngjae feat the toys, 18th

Yugyeom Live in Manila, concert, 19th

Clash Magazine, Jackson

Head In The Clouds, music and arts festival, Jackson, 20th & 21st.

Awesome Music Festival, JayB, 21st

K-Producer Battle LISTEN UP, episode 3 with guest performer JayB, 22nd

‘Rocking chair’ song, JayB, 23rd

‘Closer’, Good Job OST, JayB and Youngjae, 24th

‘the other side’, album, Mark, 26th

“far away” mv, Mark 26th

Dazed Korea (magazine), Jinyoung.

Singles Korea (magazine), Jackson

ELLE Thailand (magazine ) Jackson

Billboard China (magazine) Jackson

Yugyeom in Bangkok, concert, 27th and 28th

September

MAGICMAN, full album, Jackson, 9th

Hyperound K-fest Abu Dhabi, JayB, 10th

Vogue Thailand (magazine), Jackson

Vogue Korea (magazine), JayB

“Be Yourself” 2nd EP JayB, 21st

Milan Fashion Week, Onitsuka Tiger SS23, Yugyeom, 20th

Lonely (rock version), Mark Tuan, 30th

October

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Manila Philippines, 1st.

The Other Side (tour) North America, Mark 3rd, San Antonio TX.

The Other Side (tour) North America , Mark 4th, Houston TX

The Other Side (tour) North America , Mark 6th Dallas TX

Daejeon O’clock Music Festival, JayB, 7th

The Other Side (tour) North America, Mark 8th, Atlanta GA.

Dazed (magazine), JayB

Vogue (magazine) Singapore “Rebirth”, Jackson, out from the 12th

The Other Side (tour) North America, Mark, 13th, Philadelphia, PA.

The premiere Kpop Music experience, Bambam, 15th-16th *APPEARANCE CANCELLED*

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Bangkok Thailand, 14th-16th

2nd Ep “Abandoned Love” Def 17th

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Jakarta Indonesia, 22nd.

November

Maps (magazine), JayB

L’Officiel Philippines (magazine), Jay B

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Tokyo Japan, 2nd.

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Mexico City Mexico, 23rd.

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Monterrey Mexico, 24th.

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Sao Paulo Brazil, 26th

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Santiago Chile, 28th

December

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Taipei Taiwan, 3rd.

L’Officiel Hommes Thailand (magazine), Mark

Christmas Carol (movie) Jinyoung, 7th

Marie Claire Korea (magazine) Jay B

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), London UK, 14th

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Paris France, 15th.

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Frankfurt Germany, 17th.

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Munich Germany, 19th.

Jay B Tape: Press Pause (tour), Amsterdam Netherlands, 20th

TBA

Hi5 (movie) Jinyoung