j-hope (BTS) officially debuted solo: Turning into a cool zombie, gaining great achievements

Having just debuted, j-hope (BTS) has quickly gained great achievements. It can be said that his solo debut with the title MV "Arson" is making fans stand still.

BTS has focused on group activities for 9 years, chapter 1 ends and chapter 2 begins, focusing more on solo activities to highlight each member's individuality. J-Hope's first solo album is the first shot, marking the beginning of a new journey for himself and BTS.

J-Hope's solo debut album - Jack In The Box includes 10 songs. j-hope is not only involved in the composing process, but also in the overall planning of the album, including concept and design. The male rapper of BTS also directly came up with ideas for the MV so that the debut product would have his own identity.

The opening songs "More" and "Arson" are the two title songs that carry the core message of the album with the same genre and consistent story line. Both of them were put passion, sincerity, and hidden corners in their mind by j-hope, in order to express their musical personality, their own never-before-seen ego.

And at exactly 11 am on July 15 (Vietnam time), j-hope officially fired the first shot for the personal promotion of 7 BTS boys. As previously announced, the solo album "Jack In The Box" and the title MV "Arson" will be released together in mid-July. Keeping the unique spirit of horror like the opening MV MORE released on July 1, Arson surprised fans more thanks to the image of j-hope. After more than 2 hours of release, the MV reached 2.8 million views.

No longer a scary clown in MORE, j-hope with Arson has switched to a script that makes fans "shiver". The main dancer of BTS excellently transforms into a zombie image containing many deep meanings. Along with the strange visuals, j-hope's music also makes people unpredictable with the hip-hop used throughout, proving his strong musical personality. However, it is also because the music is imbued with the personal impression of j-hope that it will be somewhat difficult to absorb with the majority.

Arson is the typical voice embodying the spirit of the album Jack In The Box, where j-hope expresses his aspiration, anguish and inner enthusiasm. Unique style, hip-hop music and meaningful lyrics, Arson has made the fan community explode and exclaim "j-hope is making the hair on the back of his neck". Besides, there is also no shortage of opinions that J-Hope's music is artistic, so it doesn't suit the tastes of the majority of listeners and doesn't focus on achievements like BTS' previous products.

However, j-hope still gained a series of remarkable achievements with this solo debut. Accordingly, the song "Arson" debuted at #1 on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart and quickly reached #1 on the Daily Billboard Hot. Meanwhile, MV Arson reached #1 Trending Youtube Worldwide.

In addition, the solo album Jack In The Box also debuted with 89 points on Metacritic and is the highest rated album for a Korean solo artist.

Previously, on July 1, j-hope released a solo MV titled "More". This is the opening song for the album "Jack In The Box", the music product marking the debut as a solo artist of male rapper BTS.

According to Soompi, after only 1 day of release, "More" by j-hope has reached the Top 1 position on iTunes charts in many countries around the world. As of 7 am (KST) July 2, "More" has topped the iTunes Top Songs chart in at least 84 different regions, including the US, Canada, Spain, France, and Denmark.

The song's MV released on Youtube also surpassed 10 million views within 10 hours and 11 minutes after its release. In this solo debut, j-hope is considered to have an amazing transformation, from music to image. Contrary to the bright guy in the past, j-hope transformed into a ghostly and somewhat scary image.

With masculine hip-hop material, pounding drums, "More" tells the story "inside the box", which is also the dark side of the man.

Upcoming, j-hope will appear as one of the main artists performing on the last day of the American music festival Lollapalooza (July 31). This is also the first time that a member of BTS has officially performed at an international music festival. New songs in the album Jack In The Box will be performed by j-hope at Lollapalooza.

Talking about why he chose to perform at Lollapalooza, the male rapper said, "I have prepared a lot of things... so if you guys can come to the place to see it, it will be great. Once After listening to the whole album, you will understand why I chose to perform at Lollapalooza festival and why I dare to challenge myself to perform there as a solo performer.

I was able to choose to perform in front of the fans who love me and my performance. However, I chose Lollapalooza to challenge my limits, perform in front of music lovers and even non-fans."

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