Everything a BTS Fan Should Know About Jeon Jung-Kook

Everything a BTS Fan Should Know About Jeon Jung-Kook

Jeon Jeong-guk, better known by his stage name Jung Kook, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer under Big Hit Music. He is a vocalist, the center, a dancer, a visual, and the Maknae of BTS. He has delivered his first self-created melody "Still With You" in 2020, as a solo artist.  


Jeon Jung-wacko was brought into the world on September 1, 1997, in Busan, South Korea. His family comprises his folks and a senior sibling. He went to Baekyang Elementary and Middle School in Busan. At the point when he turned into a student, he moved to Singu Middle School in Seoul. Jung Kook at first fantasized turning into a badminton player when he was youthful, yet subsequent to seeing G-Dragon perform "Heartbreaker" on TV, it affected him to need to turn into a vocalist.


In 2011, Jung Kook tried out for the South Korean ability show Superstar K during its tryouts in Daegu. However he was not chosen, he got projecting proposals from seven amusement organizations. He in the end decided to turn into a student under Big Hit Entertainment in the wake of seeing RM, presently his kindred musician and pioneer in BTS, perform. To deal with his dance abilities in anticipation of presentation, he went to Los Angeles throughout the late spring of 2012 to get dance preparing from Movement Lifestyle. In June 2012, he showed up in Jo Kwon "I'm Da One" music video and furthermore filled in as a reinforcement artist for Glam before his presentation. He moved on from Seoul's School of Performing Arts, an expressions secondary school, in 2017. In November 2016, he chose to renounce taking the CSATs, Korea's cross country college selection test. Starting at 2020, he is enlisted at Global Cyber University, studying Broadcasting and Entertainment.


On June 12, 2013, Jung Kook made his introduction as an individual from BTS (otherwise called Bangtan Boys) with the arrival of the single 2 Cool 4 Skool Under BTS, he delivered two performance tracks; the first was a pop track named "Start" on the 2016 collection Wings, about moving to Seoul to turn into an icon and meeting BTS individuals. The second, a future bass track named "Happiness", was initially delivered as a component of a BTS short film named "Elation: Theme of Love Yourself 起 Wonder" and later on Love Yourself: Answer. Happiness, co-created by DJ Swivel, graphed #5 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles outline and has diagrammed for quite some time on the Gaon Digital Chart, the longest out of BTS individuals' solo tunes.


Jung Kook has likewise been credited as the fundamental maker on a couple of BTS' melodies, including "Love isn't Over" and "Wizardry Shop". On October 25, 2018, Jung Kook (along with the remainder of the BTS individuals) was appointed with the fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea. individuals from the gathering. 


In a 2019 survey led by Gallup Korea, Jung Kook was positioned as the third most-cherished superstar of the year in South Korea. He appeared on the rundown in 2016 at twentieth, then, at that point, positioned seventeenth in 2017, and afterward eighth in 2018. In 2018, Jung Kook put first for a considerable length of time for magazine Hi China, under the most cherished famous people list in China. Jung Kook is additionally amazingly famous via online media among fans. In December 2018, a video of him singing in the studio turned into the most retweeted tweet in South Korea that year. Different craftsmen have referred to him as an impact and good example, for example, Kim Dong-han and Hyeongseop X Euiwoong. Jung Kook has referred to Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, and Usher among his melodic motivations.


In June 2021, a lawmaker of the Justice Party used photos of him to promote the legalization of tattoos in South Korea, which works under regulations. The posts were widely condemned by netizens, who accused the lawmaker of taking advantage of Jung Kook's fame for political purposes.

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