Jungkook of BTS Is Chasing His Pop-Star Dream
When my video call with Jungkook begins, he has the look of someone roused too early from a good sleep. On camera, the youngest member of the South Korean pop group BTS is wearing a black zip-up, hood pulled over his head in a way that suggests he’d enjoy a nap—a little surprising, given his reputation among fans as an indefatigable “Energizer Bunny.” We’re less than two weeks away from the release of his first solo album, , and his days are packed with dance practices, rehearsals, video shoots, interviews with overseas press. The exhausting demands of promotion aren’t new to him—he’s been with , racking up best-selling albums, , sold-out stadium concerts, and . But this
