“The Astronaut” that was released earlier in the day. Following the release of “The Astronaut,” Jin is set to give a premiere performance with Coldplay, whom he co-wrote the song with, at the band’s concert in Argentina.
                                                         

On October 28, Jin held a Weverse live broadcast where he spoke about his new solo single
Jin revealed that within a few days of his return to Korea from Argentina, he will likely be writing documents for his upcoming military enlistment. Earlier this month, BIGHIT Music shared an official statement that the members of BTS were gearing up to fulfill their military services.

Regarding the various changes that occurred ahead of this announcement, Jin shared, “I originally planned to enlist in June but in order to be courteous to fans, I waited until our October performance [in Busan]. I didn’t want a tearful performance so my [enlistment] announcement was delayed.”                                               

As he stated, BTS’s official announcement came two days after their October 15 Busan concert. Jin added that after “Dynamite” was even more successful than they could’ve imagined, BTS thought it was best to release “Butter” and “Permission to Dance” for fans too. He shared, “As the two songs did well, I honestly think it was right that I didn’t leave during that time.”

Once promotions for “Permission to Dance” came to an end, the group decided that they would at least hold a concert before enlisting, but were then scheduled for the Grammy Awards. Following the Grammys is when Jin shared that he began enlistment preparations. He explained, “I don’t like cold weather so I got the ‘okay’ from the agency to go [enlist] in the summer between May and June. In June, we released the video about halting group [promotions] and focusing o n solo [activities]. We were indirectly sharing that we were going to the military.”

                                                     


 However, there was still one more change to Jin’s plans: BTS’s World Expo 2030 Busan Korea concert. As he mentioned earlier, Jin shared that he wanted to enlist in the spring or summer, or fall at the latest. Despite his wishes and plans, BTS’s concert was scheduled for October and seemed like the group’s final chance to perform together before enlisting.

Jin continued, “I thought a lot about whether to be courteous to fans and go to the military when it’s cold, or not perform and go during the warm weather that I like.” Eventually, Jin chose to prioritize fans. Regarding why he decided to announce his enlistment after the concert, Jin shared, “I didn’t want fans to watch our performance while being sad that we said it was the last.”