SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of K-pop supergroup BTS shared his perspective on music and dance ahead of the release of his new solo album Friday, saying, “Good music makes good dancing.” “Our movement is linked to music and naturally expressed through the body,” the rapper-dancer said in his handwritten letter unveiled to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS and Le Sserafim’s Huh Yunjin collaborated with another BTS member J-Hope for his upcoming new solo album, the group’s agency said Tuesday. BigHit Music unveiled a preview of the special album, titled “Hope on the Street No. 1.” The highlight medley features clips from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ J-Hope will make a guest appearance on Tving’s original show “DNAcers,” the streaming service said Friday. The rapper-dancer will make a surprise appearance as a messenger to give missions to the participants of the dance battle show. Tving’s original show, set to premiere Monday, features competitions taking place [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – BTS’ J-Hope will drop a new album and a documentary about street dance, the rapper-dancer’s music roots, BigHit Music said Monday. The special album, titled “Hope On the Street VOL.1,” containing six tracks, will be released on March 29. Along with the album, a new documentary of the same [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Wednesday it has set up a garden named after J-hope, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, in collaboration with his fan club inside a park in Seoul. The 213-square-foot garden, known as the J-Hope Forest, has been created between the central pond and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member J-Hope’s debut solo album, “Jack in the Box,” has re-entered the top 10 of the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart this week, more than a year after its release, Billboard said Monday. The album ranked sixth on Billboard 200, with 50,000 equivalent album units sold during the [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of K-pop juggernaut BTS will release a CD edition of his debut solo album “Jack in the Box” released a year ago, the band’s agency said Monday. BigHit Music said the album’s “HOPE Edition” will be put out on Aug. 18. The edition will have three live tracks [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of globally popular K-pop boy group BTS will work as an assistant instructor at an Army boot camp during the remainder of his mandatory military service, sources in the music industry said Wednesday. The sources revealed the member has recently been chosen for the position at the recruit [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, said Wednesday he has completed five weeks of basic training as part of his mandatory military service. The dancer-rapper posted on Hybe’s K-pop fan community platform Weverse, sharing two photos of himself in a military uniform. “Your letters and words of [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – J-Hope of the K-pop supergroup BTS began military service Tuesday to become the second member of the group to do so. The 29-year-old entered an Army boot camp in Wonju, 87 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to begin five weeks’ basic training. In South Korea, all able-bodied men are required [...]