With the discharge of Jack within the Field on July 15, J-Hope, most well-known for his work with BTS, has develop into the primary member of the group to debut a full-length solo album as a part of BTS’s “Chapter Two.”
The 2 music movies that accompany the album’s tracks — “MORE” and “Arson” — additionally embody a darkish aesthetic and gritty narrative.
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Should you’re solely accustomed to BTS’s current Billboard pop hits like “Dynamite” or “Butter,” or J-Hope’s fame because the at all times blissful and brilliant “sunshine” member of the group, Jack within the Field may come as a shock.
However, whereas being very recent, Jack within the Field can be the pure fruits of J-Hope’s profession so far; from his early roots in dancing, to his decade in BTS, and the solo tasks he has already labored on prior to now. This is a bit look again at his journey thus far…
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J-Hope, whose actual identify is Jung Ho-seok however who is usually referred to as “Hobi” by each BTS and followers, received his begin in road dance. He was a part of an underground dance group earlier than becoming a member of Massive Hit Leisure as a trainee in 2010, when he was simply 16 years previous.
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J-Hope was added to BTS as a rapper, becoming a member of RM and Suga (vocalists Jin, Jimin, V, and Jungkook have been added shortly after). Throughout his time as a trainee, he featured on Jo Kwon’s music “Animal,” earlier than lastly debuting along with BTS in 2013 with the album 2 Cool 4 Faculty and its lead single “No Extra Dream.”
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This was the primary album in BTS’s Faculty Trilogy, a hip-hop-focused physique of labor which explored all the things teen — from schoolboy crushes to huge ideas and emotions about societal ills and oppressive methods. It was adopted by the Youth Trilogy, which examined coming-of-age rising pains.
As one of many group’s rappers, J-Hope participated in songwriting throughout nearly all of BTS’s music from the very starting, and likewise received concerned in producing. J-Hope additionally grew to become dance chief, enjoying a a key function within the group’s spectacular choreography and performances.
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Each his dance and rap abilities (to not point out darker facet) have been showcased in J-Hope’s first solo music inside BTS: 2016’s “Intro: Boy Meets Evil” off the group’s second studio album Wings.
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J-Hope co-wrote the music with RM and Massive Hit producer Pdogg, and it served as an intro to Wings, establishing the themes of seduction, greed, and temptation.
J-Hope’s different solo songs for BTS are all brighter in nature, though not at all times in material. He explores his relationship together with his mom in “MAMA” (additionally on Wings); the sensation of falling for somebody in “Trivia 起: Simply Dance” (from the Love Your self album sequence); and the questions of id and the longer term that come up once more in Jack within the Field in “Outro: Ego” (from Map of the Soul: 7).
One other necessary a part of attending to know J-Hope’s work (apart from diving into, like, the complete discography of BTS) is the subunit songs he is achieved inside the group — particularly together with his fellow rappers RM and Suga.
J-Hope has additionally launched solo tasks earlier than Jack within the Field, together with 2015’s “1 Verse” and a mixtape in 2018 referred to as Hope World.
Hope World and its two music movies, for “Daydream” and “Airplane,” have a much brighter vibe than Jack in the Box — but even here, J-Hope explores not just his hopes and his happiness but his fears and pain, too. He further interrogated his feelings of longing and regret in the full version of the mixtape’s outro, “Blue Side,” which he released on the third anniversary of Hope World in 2021.
But J-Hope’s most famous solo project before Jack in the Box was perhaps “Chicken Noodle Soup,” a collaboration with Becky G, in which he paid homage to his street dance roots.
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Now is the perfect time to get caught up — J-Hope will be headlining Lollapalooza this year, and it’s sure to be a performance that gets everyone talking.
What is your fave J-Hope track? Let us know in the comments!
