J-Hope

**Jung Ho-seok** better known by his stage name **J-Hope** (stylized as **j-hope**), is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, dancer, and record producer. In 2013, J-Hope made his debut as a member of South Korean boy band BTS, managed under Big Hit Music.

J-Hope released his first solo mixtape, *Hope World*, worldwide on March 1, 2018. The album was met with a positive reception. His debut at number 63 (and subsequent peak at number 38) made him the highest-charting solo Korean artist on the *Billboard* 200 at the time of the mixtape's release. On September 27, 2019, he released his song ”Chicken Noodle Soup” featuring Becky G. On October 12, 2019, the solo single debuted at No. 81 on US *Billboard* Hot 100, which made him the first member of BTS with a Hot 100 hit under his own name.

## J-Hope

### Ocupation(s)

Rapper ・singer ・songwriter ・dancer ・ record producer

## Personal life

In 2016, he purchased a luxury apartment in South Korea worth US$1.6 million for his personal use. As of 2018, he lives in Hannam-dong, Seoul, South Korea with his bandmates. In March 2019, along with bandmates RM and Suga, he enrolled at Hanyang Cyber University for the Master of Business Administration program in Advertising and Media.

## Life and career

### 1994–2012: Early life

J-Hope was born as Jung Ho-seok (Korean: 정호석) on February 18, 1994, in Gwangju, South Korea, where he lived with his parents and older sister. Before debuting with BTS, he was part of the underground dance team Neuron and took dance classes at Gwangju Music Academy for six years, from 4th grade to his 1st year in high school, when he signed his contract with Big Hit Entertainment. J-Hope had been relatively well known for his skills in dance prior to his debut; he won various local prizes for dance, including placing first in a national dance competition in 2008. His skills in dance eventually led him to gain interest in singing, helping him to audition as an idol trainee. As a trainee, J-Hope was featured as a rapper in Jo Kwon's song "Animal", which was released in 2012.

### 2013–present: BTS and scheduled activities

On June 13, 2013, J-Hope made his debut as a member of BTS on Mnet's *M! Countdown* with the track "No More Dream" from their debut single album *2 Cool 4 Skool*. He was the third member to join the group as a trainee after RM and Suga. J-Hope has since been involved in the creation process of every album in BTS' discography.

On June 14, 2019, J-Hope, together with fellow BTS member V, collaborated with Zara Larsson on a soundtrack called A Brand New Day for a mobile game BTS World.

### 2018–present: Solo activities and first mixtape

J-Hope released his first solo mixtape, *Hope World*, worldwide on March 1, 2018. It was accompanied by a music video for the lead single "Daydream". A music video for the B-side "Airplane" was later released on March 6. The mixtape debuted at number 63 and peaked at number 38 on the *Billboard* 200, making him the highest charting Korean solo act on the chart up to that point. *Hope World* also peaked at number 35 on the Canadian Albums chart, and number 19 on the US Top Rap Albums chart. Three mixtape tracks, "Daydream", "Hope World", and "Hangsang", charted on the World Digital Songs Chart, at number 3, 16, and 24 respectively. The following week, the tracks rose to number 1, 6, and 11, with three additional tracks off of *Hope World*, "Airplane", "Base Line", and "P.O.P (Piece of Peace) pt. 1" arriving on the chart at number 5, 6, and 12, respectively. "Daydream" peaking atop the chart made J-Hope one of only ten Korean artists, including BTS, to reach number one. The success of his solo debut lead him to rank at number 3 on the Emerging Artists Chart, and 97 on the Artist 100 Chart for the week of March 10, later peaking at number 91 for the week of March 17. He is the fifth Korean artist, and the second Korean soloist after Psy, to place on the Artist 100. The mixtape charted in ten countries worldwide, with "Daydream" charting in three. It was ranked at number 5 on *Billboard* magazine's year-end World Albums Chart.

In 2019, J-Hope released a free collaboration single, "Chicken Noodle Soup", on September 27, featuring American singer, Becky G. The track debuted at number 81 on the *Billboard* Hot 100, with 9.7 million streams and 11,000 downloads for the week ending October 4, making J-Hope the first member of BTS to chart on the *Hot 100* as a solo artist outside of the group, the third Korean solo artist to rank on the chart (after Psy and CL), and the sixth Korean artist overall to do so. "Chicken Noodle Soup" also debuted at number 1 on the World Digital Songs chart and is J-Hope's second song to achieve this after 2018's "Daydream".

For the three-year anniversary of his mixtape, J-Hope released a full, three-minute long version of its closing track "Blue Side (Outro)" on March 1, 2021—it was uploaded to the BTS Soundcloud page for free.

## Discography

### As a member of BTS edit | edit source

#### Korean

* *Dark & Wild* (2014)
* *Wings* (2016)
* *Love Yourself: Tear* (2018)
* *Map of the Soul: 7* (2020)
* *Be* (2020)

#### Japanese

* *Wake Up* (2014)
* *Youth* (2016)
* *Face Yourself (2018)*
* *Map of the Soul: The Journey* (2020)

### Reissues[edit] edit | edit source

* *Skool Luv Affair Special Edition* (2014)
* *You Never Walk Alone* (2017)

### Compilation albums[edit] edit | edit source

#### Korean

* *The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever* (2016)
* *The Best of Bangtan Sonyeondan -Korea Edition-* (2017)
* *Love Yourself: Answer* (2018)

#### Japanese

* *2 Cool 4 Skool / O!RUL8,2?* (2014)
* *The Best of Bodan Shonendan -Japan Edition-* (2017)

### Extended plays[edit] edit | edit source

* *O!RUL8,2?* (2013)
* *Skool Luv Affair* (2014)
* *The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt 1* (2015)
* *The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt 2* (2015)
* *Love Yourself: Her* (2017)
* *Map of the Soul: Persona* (2019)

### Single albums[edit] edit | edit source

#### Japanese

* *No More Dream* (2014)
* *Boy In Love* (2014)
* *Danger* (2014)
* *For You* (2015)
* *I Need U* (2015)
* *Run* (2016)
* *Chi, Ase, Namida* (2017)
* *MIC Drop/DNA/Crystal Snow* (2017)
* *Fake Love/Airplane Pt. 2* (2018)
* *Lights/Boy With Luv* (2019)

## As lead artist[edit] edit | edit source

#### Korean

* *No More Dream* (2013)
* *We Are Bulletproof Pt. 2* (2013)
* *N.O* (2013)
* *Boy In Love* (2014)
* *Just One Day* (2014)
* *Danger* (2014)
* *War of Hormone* (2014)
* *I Need U* (2015)
* *Dope* (2015)
* *Run* (2015)
* *Epilogue: Young Forever* (2016)
* *Fire* (2016)
* *Save Me* (2016)
* *Blood Sweat & Tears* (2016)
* *Spring Day* (2017)
* *Not Today* (2017)
* *DNA* (2017)
* *Fake Love* (2018)
* *Idol (solo and featuring Nicki Minaj)* (2018)
* *Boy with Luv (featuring Halsey)* (2019)
* *Dream Glow with Charli XCX)* (2019)
* *A Brand New Day (with Zara Larsson)* (2019)
* *All Night (with Juice Wrld)* (2019)
* *Heartbeat* (2019)
* *Make It Right (featuring Lauv)* (2019)
* *Black Swan* (2020)
* *ON* (2020)
* *Life Goes On* (2020)

#### English

* *MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix) (featuring Desiigner)* (2017)
* *Dynamite* (2020)

#### Japanese

* *No More Dream* (2014)
* *Boy In Love* (2014)
* *Danger* (2014)
* *For You* (2015)
* *I Need U* (2015)
* *Run* (2016)
* *Chi, Ase, Namida* (2017)
* *MIC Drop* (2017)
* *DNA* (2017)
* *Crystal Snow* (2017)
* *Fake Love* (2018)
* *Airplane Pt. 2* (2018)
* *Lights* (2019)
* *Boy With Luv* (2019)
* *Idol* (2019)

## As featured artist[edit] edit | edit source

* *Ashes ((Lim Jeong-hee featuring BTS)* (2010)
* *Love U, Hate U (2AM featuring BTS)* (2010)
* *Bad Girl (Lee Hyun featuring BTS and GLAM)* (2011)
* *Because I'm a Foolish Woman (Kan Mi-youn featuring BTS)* (2011)
* *Song to Make You Smile (Lee Seung-gi featuring BTS and Hareem)* (2011)
* *Waste It on Me (Steve Aoki featuring BTS*) (2018)
* *Who (Lauv featuring BTS)* (2020)
* *Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) [BTS Remix] (Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo and BTS*) (2020)

## Promotional singles [edit]

* *Come Back Home* (2017)
* *With Seoul* (2017)

## Other charted songs [edit]

#### Korean

* *Like* (2013)
* *Intro: 2 Cool 4 Skool* (2013)
* *Interlude* (2013)
* *Skit: Circle Room Talk* (2013)
* *Outro: Circle Room Cypher* (2013)
* *Satoori Rap* (2013)
* *Attack on Bangtan* (2013)
* *We On* (2013)
* *If I Ruled the World* (2013)
* *Where You From* (2014)
* *Tomorrow* (2014)
* *Jump* (2014)
* *Spine Breaker* (2014)
* *BTS Cypher Pt. 2: Triptych* (2014)
* *Outro: Propose* (2014)
* *Intro: Skool Luv Affair* (2014)
* *Skit: Soulmate* (2014)
* *Miss Right* (2014)
* *Like (Slow Jam Remix)* (2014)
* *Rain* (2014)
* *Blanket Kick* (2014)
* *Let Me Know* (2014)
* *24/7=Heaven* (2014)
* *Look Here* (2014)
* *Would You Turn Off Your Cellphone?* (2014)
* *2nd Grade* (2014)
* *Hip Hop Lover* (2014)
* *BTS Cypher Pt. 3: Killer (featuring Supreme Boi)* (2014)
* *Intro: What Am I to You* (2014)
* *Outro: Does That Make Sense?* (2014)
* *Interlude: What Are You Doing* (2014)
* *Hold Me Tight* (2015)
* *Converse High* (2015)
* *Boyz with Fun* (2015)
* *Moving On* (2015)
* *Intro: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life* (2015)
* *Skit: Expectation!* (2015)
* *Butterfly* (2015)
* *Whalien 52* (2015)
* *Autumn Leaves* (2015)
* *Ma City* (2015)
* *Silver Spoon* (2015)
* *Intro: Never Mind* (2015)
* *Skit: One Night in a Strange City* (2015)
* *Love Is Not Over* (2016)
* *Run (Ballad Mix)* (2016)
* I *Need U (Urban Mix)* (2016)
* *I Need U (Remix)* (2016)
* *Butterfly (Alternative Mix)* (2016)
* *Run (Alternative Mix)* (2016)
* *21st Century Girls* (2016)
* *2! 3!* (2016)
* *Am I Wrong* (2016)
* *Reflection (RM Solo)* (2016)
* *BTS Cypher 4* (2016)
* *Intro: Boy Meets Evil* (2016)
* *Interlude: Wings* (2016)
* *A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone* (2017)
* *Outro: Wings* (2017)
* *Best of Me* (2017)
* *Pied Piper* (2017)
* *Go (Go Go)* (2017)
* *MIC Drop* (2017)
* *Outro: Her* (2017)
* *Skit: Billboard Music Awards Speech* (2017)
* *134340* (2018)
* *Paradise* (2018)
* *Love Maze* (2018)
* *Magic Shop* (2018)
* Anpanman (2018)
* *Airplane Pt. 2* (2018)
* *So What* (2018)
* *Outro: Tear* (2018)
* *Fake Love (Rocking Vibe Mix)* (2018)
* *I'm Fine* (2018)
* *Answer: Love Myself* (2018)
* *Trivia 承: Love (RM Solo)* (2018)
* *Idol (featuring Nicki Minaj)* (2018)
* *Mikrokosmos* (2019)
* *Make It Right* (2019)
* *Home* (2019)
* *Dionysus* (2019)
* *Intro: Persona* (2019)
* *Ugh!* (2020)
* *Louder Than Bombs* (2020)
* *We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal* (2020)
* *Respect* (2020)
* *Blue & Grey* (2020)
* *Telepathy* (2020)
* *Stay* (2020)
* *Dis-ease* (2020)
* *Skit* (2020)

### Japanese

* *Crystal Snow* (2017)
* *Let Go* (2018)
* *Intro: Ringwanderung* (2018)
* *Outro: Crack* (2018)

## Soundtrack appearances [edit]

* *Don't Leave Me (Signal OST (Japanese remake)* (2018)
* *Stay Gold (Spiral Labyrinth – DNA Forensic Investigation* *OST)* (2020)

## Other collaborations [edit]

* *Perfect Christmas (RM, Jungkook,Jo Kwon, Lim Jeong Hee, and Joo Hee of 8eight)* (2013)
* *Danger (MO-BLUE-MIX) (All & Thanh Bui)* (2014)

## As a member of the rap line

* *Cypher Pt. 1* (2013)

* *Intro: Skool Luv Affair* (2014)

* *Cypher Pt. 2: Triptych* (2014)

* *Cypher Pt. 3: Killer* (2014)

* *Intro: Never Mind* (2015)

* *Cypher Pt. 4* (2016)

* *Outro: Her* (2017)

* *Outro: Tear* (2018)

* *DDaeng* (2018)

* *UGH!* (2020)

## As a soloist

#### **Mixtapes**

* Label: Big Hit
* Format: Digital download, streaming

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Track listing

### As writer

Main article: List of songs written by J-Hope

## Filmography edit | edit source

### As a member of BTS edit | edit source

#### DVD & Blu-ray (BD) [edit] edit | edit source

* *2014 BTS [Now]: BTS in Thailand* (2014)
* *1st Japan Showcase –Next Stage– in Zepp Tokyo* (2014)
* *BTS 2015 Season's Greetings* (2014)
* *2015 BTS [Now2]: BTS in Europe ＆ America* (2015)
* *Rookie King Bangtan Boys Channel Bangtan (2015)*
* *1st Japan Tour 2015 Wake Up: Open Your Eyes* (2015)
* *BTS Memories of 2014* (2015)
* *BTS Summer Package in Kota Kinabalu 2015* (2015)
* *BTS 2016 Season's Greetings* (2015)
* *BTS Japan Official Fan Meeting Vol.2 –Undercover Mission–* (2016)
* *2015 BTS Live 화양연화 on Stage Concert DVD* (2016)
* *2015 BTS Live <花様年華 on stage> ~Japan Edition~ at Yokohama Arena* (2016)
* *2016 BTS [Now3]: BTS in Chicago – Dreaming Days* (2016)
* *BTS Memories of 2015* (2016)
* *BTS Summer Package in Dubai 2016* (2016)
* *BTS 2017 Season's Greetings* (2016)
* *2016 BTS Live <花様年華 on stage：Epilogue> ~Japan Edition~* (2017)
* *2016 BTS Live 화양연화 on Stage: Epilogue Concert DVD* (2017)
* *BTS 3rd Muster [Army.Zip+]* (2017)
* *BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.3 ～君に届く～* (2017)
* *BTS Memories of 2016* (2017)
* *2017 BTS Summer Package Vol.3* (2017)
* *2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III The Wings Tour in Seoul* (2017)
* *BTS 2018 Season's Greetings* (2017)
* *2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III The Wings Tour ~ Japan Edition ~* (2018)
* *BTS Memories of 2017* (2018)
* *2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode Ⅲ* (2018)
* *The Wings Tour in Japan –Special Edition– at Kyocera Dome* (2018)
* *2018 BTS Summer Package Vol. 4* (2018)
* *BTS 4th MUSTER [Happy Ever After]* (2018)
* *BTS 2019 Season's Greetings* (2018)
* *BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul* (2019)
* *BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in New York* (2019)
* *BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Europe* (2019)
* *BTS Memories of 2018* (2019)
* *2019 BTS Summer Package* (2019)
* *BTS World Tour: Love Yourself ~Japan Edition~* (2019)
* *BTS 2020 Season's Greetings* (2019)
* *BTS World Tour - Love Yourself: Speak Yourself in Sao Paulo* (2019)
* *BTS 2020 Winter Package* (2020)
* *BTS 5th MUSTER [Magic Shop]* (2020)
* *BTS World Tour 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' - Japan Edition* (2020)
* *BTS Memories of 2019* (2020)
* *BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.5 [Magic Shop]* (2020)
* *BTS World Tour 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' London* (2020)
* *BTS 2021 Season's Greetings* (2020)

## Music videos[edit]edit | edit source

#### As lead artist[edit]edit | edit source

* *No More Dream* (2013)
* *No More Dream (Dance Version)* (2013)
* *We Are Bulletproof Pt2* (2013)
* *N.O* (2013)
* *Boy In Luv* (2014)
* *Boy In Luv* (Dance Version) (2014)
* *Just One Day* (2014)
* *Just One Day (Dance Version)* (2014)
* *Just One Day (Facial Expression Version)* (2014)
* *Just One Day (One-Take Version)* (2014)
* *No More Dream (Japanese Version)* (2014)
* *Boy In Luv (Japanese Version)* (2014)
* *Danger* (2014)
* *War of Hormone* (2014)
* *Danger (Japanese Version)* (2014)
* *I Need U* (2015)
* *I Need U (Original Version)* (2015)
* *For You* (2015)
* *For You (Dance Version)* (2015)
* *Dope* (2015)
	+ *Run* (2015)
	+ *I Need U (Japanese Version)* (2015)
	+ *Run (Japanese Version)* (2016)
	+ *Epilogue: Young Forever* (2016)
	+ *Fire* (2016)
	+ *Fire (Dance Version)* (2016)
	+ *Save Me* (2016)
	+ *Blood Sweat & Tears* (2016)
	+ *Spring Day* (2017)
	+ *Not Today* (2017)
	+ *Not Today (Choreography Version)* (2017)
	+ *Blood Sweat & Tears* *(Japanese Version)* (2017)
	+ *Come Back Home* (2017)
	+ *DNA* (2017)
	+ *MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)* (2017)
	+ *MIC Drop (Japanese Version - Short Version)* (2017)
	+ *MIC Drop (Japanese Version)* (2017)
	+ *With Seoul* (2017)
	+ *Fake* *Love* (2018)
	+ *Fake Love (Extended Version)* (2018)
	+ *Idol* (2018)
	+ *Idol (Featuring Nicki Minaj)* (2018)
	+ *Airplane pt.2 (Japanese Version)* (2018)
	+ *Boy with Luv (featuring Halsey)* (2019)
	+ *Boy with Luv (featuring Halsey) (ARMY with Luv Version)* (2019)
	+ *Heartbeat* (2019)
	+ *Lights* (2019)
	+ *Make It Right (featuring Lauv)* (2019)
	+ *Make It Right (Vertical Version)* (2019)
	+ *ON Kinetic Manifesto Film : Come Prima* (2020)
	+ *ON* (2020)
	+ *Black* *Swan* (2020)
	+ *Stay* *Gold* (2020
	+ *Dynamite* (2020)
	+ *Dynamite (B-side)* (2020)
	+ *Dynamite ('70s remix)* (2020)
	+ *Dynamite (Choreography Version)* (2020)
	+ *Life* *Goes* *On* (2020)
	+ *Life Goes On:* *on* *my* *pillow* (2020)
	+ *Life Goes On: in the forest* (2020)
	+ *Life Goes On: like an arrow* (2020)

### As Featured Artist [edit] edit | edit source

* *Danger (Mo-Blue-Mix) (BTS and Thanh Bui)* (2014)
* *Waste It on Me (Steve Aoki featuring BTS)* (2018)
* *Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) [BTS Remix] (Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo and BTS)* (2020)

### Other videos [edit] edit | edit source

* *Debut* *Trailer* (2013)
* *O!RUL8,2? Comeback Trailer* (2013)
* *Skool Luv Affair 'Skool Luv Affair'* *Comeback* *Trailer* (2014)
* *DARK & WILD 'What Am I To You' Comeback Trailer* (2014)
* *2014 LIVE TRILOGY: EPISODE II. The Red Bullet Teaser* (2015)
* *2015 BTS LIVE TRILOGY: EPISODE I. BTS Begins Official Teaser* (2015)
* *화양연화 pt.1 '花樣年華' Comeback Trailer* (2015)
* *화양연화 on stage: prologue* (2015)
* *화양연화 pt.2 'Never Mind' Comeback Trailer* (2015)
* *WINGS Short Film #5 REFLECTION* (2016)
* *WINGS 'Boy Meets Evil' Comeback Trailer* (2016)
* *2017 BTS live Trilogy Episode III. The Wings Tour Trailer* (2016)
* *Love Yourself Highlight Reel '起'* (2017)
* *Love Yourself Highlight Reel '承'* (2017)
* *Love Yourself Highlight Reel '轉'* (2017)
* *Love Yourself Highlight Reel '起承轉结'* (2017)
* *LOVE MYSELF Campaign Video* (2017)
* *Euphoria: Theme of Love Yourself 起 'Wonder* (2018)
* *MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA 'Persona' Comeback Trailer* (2019)
* *LOVE MYSELF Global Campaign Video* (2019)
* *MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 'Interlude : Shadow' Comeback Trailer* (2020)
* *Black Swan' Art Film performed by MN Dance Company* (2020)
* *MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 'Outro : Ego' Comeback Trailer* (2020)

#### Film

* *Burn The Stage: The Movie* (2018)
* *Love Yourself: in Seoul* (2019)
* *Bring the Soul: The Movie* (2019)
* *Break the Silence: The Movie* (2020)

#### Television

* *Rookie King: Channel Bangtan (8 Episodes)* (2013)
* *BTS China Job (3 Episodes)* (2014)
* *American Hustle Life (8 Episodes)* (2014)
* *BTS GO! (Epsiode 7)* (2014)
* *Run BTS!* (2018-present)
* *In The SOOP BTS Ver. (8 Episodes)* (2020)

#### Online Shows

* *BTS Bokbulbok (5 episodes)* (2015)
* *BTS GAYO (18 episodes)* (2015-2017)
* *Run BTS!* (2018-present)
* *BTS: Bon Voyage* (2016-present)
* *Burn The Stage (8 episodes)* (2018)
* *Bring the Soul: Docu-series (6 episodes)* (2019)
* *Learn Korean With BTS (30 episodes)* (2020)
* *Break the Silence: Docu-Series (7 episodes)* (2020)
* *In The SOOP BTS Ver. (8 episodes)* (2020)