{"id":156403,"date":"2026-01-11T11:33:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=156403"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:33:43","slug":"bts-jungkook-reflects-on-his-military-journey-in-new-rolling-stone-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-jungkook-reflects-on-his-military-journey-in-new-rolling-stone-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 Jungkook reflects on his military journey in new Rolling Stone interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are still so many questions surrounding <strong>BTS<\/strong>\u2019 <strong>Jungkook<\/strong>, the BTS member who spent the past 18 months largely out of the spotlight, fulfilling his military duties with the South Korean army. Yet, when the idol meets the press in a sunlit New York studio for a major cover shoot for Rolling Stone, his focus is firmly on the present.<\/p>\n<p>The idol made a major surprise to all of his fans, better known as ARMY, with an appearance at Calvin Klein\u2019s Spring\/Summer show, also represented during his photoshoot. The global ambassador spoke candidly about life after enlistment, his evolving mindset, and what lies ahead for both his <strong>solo career<\/strong> and<strong> BTS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-156423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTS-confesses-he-missed-making-music-during-his-military-sessions.jpg\" alt=\"Jungkook unveils plans for his solo career!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTS-confesses-he-missed-making-music-during-his-military-sessions.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTS-confesses-he-missed-making-music-during-his-military-sessions-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTS-confesses-he-missed-making-music-during-his-military-sessions-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTS-confesses-he-missed-making-music-during-his-military-sessions-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTS-confesses-he-missed-making-music-during-his-military-sessions-1100x733.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTS-confesses-he-missed-making-music-during-his-military-sessions-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTS-confesses-he-missed-making-music-during-his-military-sessions-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since completing his service, the Golden Maknae has embraced discipline and simplicity. However, <strong>he confessed that what he missed the most during his long journey in the military: making music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cDuring my time in the military, I couldn\u2019t work on music even when<strong> I wanted to<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Fortunately, that stillness<strong> reignited<\/strong> his longing to create. Musically, he remains in motion; the idol is back in the studio, reuniting with his bandmates, confirming his work is underway on the next BTS album, alongside continued explorations as a solo artist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are still so many questions surrounding BTS\u2019 Jungkook, the BTS member who spent the past 18 months largely out of the spotlight, fulfilling his military duties with the South Korean army. Yet, when the idol meets the press in a sunlit New York studio for a major cover shoot for Rolling Stone, his focus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":156404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49,933],"class_list":{"0":"post-156403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-jungkook"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}