BTS Open Up About Feeling Like Criminals Amid Work Stress in New Documentary

BTS has released their Netflix documentary “BTS: The Return,” marking their official comeback since military enlistments. Members discuss pressures fame brings.

RM, the group’s leader, describes daily life under constant output demands. He says, “I lost my sense of who we are as a team… I feel guilt if I express needing a break.”

Jung Kook compares work to a ‘factory,’ stressing about making music but now accepting failures without desperation.

The documentary precedes the release of their new album, Arirang, featuring 14 songs. A visual prologue on YouTube is available, inspired by The Washington Post’s 1896 article on seven Koreans in D.C., capturing first audio recordings and “Arirang.”