j-hope

hile it is a special time for everyone, Christmas Eve is particularly poignant for j-hope. When he travelled from Gwangju to Seoul on December 24, 2010, to become a K-pop trainee, the worst cold spell in 30 years had just hit the country. What dreams was he having as he slept in the dark dormitory, a 16-year-old boy in a new environment? After along, cold winter, the era of BTS began to unfold. Excitement still hangs in the air from the debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, bringing him further global popularity. The music video for the track, featuring Becky G, has garnered over 316 million views. As well, he was one of the songwriters/composers of “My Universe,” a collaboration between BTS and Coldplay. And he holds the joint distinction, along with RM and SUGA, of being the first Korean musician with songwriting credits for three songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. BTS, the first Asian group to be named Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards, performed with Coldplay at the 2021 awards show. Coldplay’s Chris Martin expressed his excitement about collaborating with BTS by saying, “It’s like a dream coming true.” The singer of the famed British rock band also said j-hope’s was his favourite song. In the music video for the song, j-hope performs with dancers from over 50 countries while wearing a necklace with his childhood photo on it and wearing rings sporting Korea’s national flag on both hands. A top underground dancer, j-hope began dreaming of becoming a singer in sixth grade and became famous for his dancing on Geumnam-ro and Chungjang-ro streets, in Gwangju. Though lots has happened, his passion for dancing remains intact.