{"id":29098,"date":"2022-07-17T12:24:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T19:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=29098"},"modified":"2023-01-16T00:04:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T08:04:10","slug":"j-hope-explains-why-he-was-the-first-bts-member-to-release-his-solo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/j-hope-explains-why-he-was-the-first-bts-member-to-release-his-solo\/","title":{"rendered":"J-Hope explains why he was the first BTS&#8217; member to release his solo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The members of <strong>BTS<\/strong> have started to focus more on their <strong>solo<\/strong> careers in recent times.<strong> J-Hope<\/strong> was the first of the K-Pop group to participate in this new phase, releasing last Friday, July 15th, the album &#8220;<strong>Jack in the Box<\/strong>&#8220;. And now he told how he feels about the &#8216;new title&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Although the other members, including J-Hope himself, have released <strong>mixtapes<\/strong> and singles in the past, he is the first to release a full-length album. In an interview with <strong>Rolling Stone<\/strong>, he shared how the decision was made.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201c<em><strong>Instead of thinking about a &#8216;who would release first&#8217; request while promoting as BTS, I asked myself, &#8216;What kind of music can I do as J-Hope from BTS?&#8217; I always ask myself that question, I always come up with a plan.<\/p>\n<p> I think by doing that naturally my &#8216;Hope World&#8217; (2018) mixtape came out<\/strong><\/em>\u201d, he explained.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RollingStone\/status\/1548669381114269702\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JHope?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JHope<\/a>\u2019s new album <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JackInTheBox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JackInTheBox<\/a> is raw, sincere, and above all, darker than what we might be used to: \u201cI wanted people to realize that J-Hope isn\u2019t limited to bright things. He can do these concepts and has a wide spectrum.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/faXdE67T7X\">https:\/\/t.co\/faXdE67T7X<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xHDrKaKEs0\">pic.twitter.com\/xHDrKaKEs0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RollingStone\/status\/1548669381114269702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You may also like: <\/p>\n<p>As time passed, &#8220;<em><strong>I realized that I wanted to show more dance<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; and J-Hope released the single &#8220;<strong>Chicken Noodle Soup<\/strong>&#8221; in 2019, it was not enough for him. \u201c<em><strong>I started to think that J-Hope needed to show more sincerity in the song and that&#8217;s what I focused on when I approached &#8216;Jack in the Box&#8217;<\/strong><\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201c<em><strong>I think in terms of timing, I ended up being first because I was constantly preparing. I did not think of the project with the desire to be the first in mind<\/strong><\/em>\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The members of BTS have started to focus more on their solo careers in recent times. J-Hope was the first of the K-Pop group to participate in this new phase, releasing last Friday, July 15th, the album &#8220;Jack in the Box&#8220;. And now he told how he feels about the &#8216;new title&#8217;. 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