“My hearing has deteriorated”: BTS singer can barely hear in his right ear

What a shame! One of the singers of the most popular boy band in the world can almost only hear in his left ear. Kim Tae-hyung, known as V within the group BTS, revealed on Wednesday to his fans, the “Army”, that he has been suffering from hearing loss in his right ear for two and a half years. In comments relayed by The Korean Times and the press agency Yonhapthe thirty-year-old artist explains hearing “100% left ear”but only “30% on the other side”. “I never told our fans about ithe added. But I take medication regularly to try to treat this health problem. »

The South Korean singer says he will “regularly in the hospital” to take treatments. According to him, the problem would have been “aggravated” when he went to do his compulsory military service in South Korea in December 2023. “Everyone there was into the sport, so when I talked about it, they told me it was all about mental strength.narrates Kim Tae-hyung. So I ended up convincing myself that I had a mental strength problem…”

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Viral sequence in Munich

At the beginning of July, BTS fans had asked many questions about the state of health of singer V, known for his unique voice within the K-pop group. During a concert in Munich, Germany, the South Korean artist seemed to have to turn his head to the right to hear the other musicians. In a video widely relayed on social networks, one of them whispers a few words into his right ear before realizing that he cannot hear them. The same scene was repeated in Boston, United States, a few weeks later.

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This hearing problem does not slow down the BTS machine. Launched in April in Goyang to defend their latest album Arirangthe first in four years, their new world tour fills the biggest stadiums in the world. In Paris, on July 17 and 18, the group brought together more than 90,000 spectators each evening in the Stade de France. Even Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron went there for the first of the two dates. That day, the Head of State, in the midst of the clamor of the Army, was able to imagine what a strained hearing represents. Unless you have brought earplugs…