Jimin (BTS)

*See also: His KProfile and BTS Wiki Page*

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**Park Jimin** (박지민; born on October 13, 1995), better known mononymously as **Jimin**, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and dancer. In 2013 he debuted as a member of the South Korean boy band BTS, under the record label Big Hit Entertainment.

## Life and career

### Early life and education

Jimin was born on October 13, 1995 in Geumjeong District, Busan, South Korea. His immediate family includes mother, father, and a younger brother. When he was a child, he attended Busan's Hodong Elementary School and Yonsan Middle School. During middle school, he attended Just Dance Academy and learned popping and locking dance. Prior to becoming a trainee, Jimin studied contemporary dance at Busan High School of Arts and was a top student in the modern dance department. After a teacher suggested he audition with an entertainment company, it led him to Big Hit Entertainment. Once he passed the auditions in 2012, he transferred to Korean Arts High School, graduating in 2014. Jimin is currently enrolled at Global Cyber University.

### BTS

On June 12, 2013, Jimin made his debut as a member of BTS with the release of the single "No More Dream". In the group, Jimin holds the position of vocalist and dancer. Under BTS, he has released two solo tracks: "Lie" and "Serendipity". The song "Lie" was released in 2016 in the album *Wings*. It was described as stunning and dramatic, conveying dark undertones and emotions that helped reflect the overall concept of the album. In contrast, "Serendipity" from the album *Love Yourself: Her* released in 2017 was soft and sensual, unraveling the joy, conviction, and curiosity of love.

Both of Jimin's solos "Serendipity" and "Lie" surpassed fifty million streams on Spotify, a first record in five years by a K-pop solo song after Psy's "Gentleman". The songs were also the only solo songs by a BTS member in Official Chart's 20 most streamed BTS songs in the UK. Jimin's song "Promise" (2018) saw Soundcloud's Biggest 24-Hour Debut Ever, surpassing the record set by Drake's "Duppy Freestyle", according to SoundCloud. It is currently the most streamed K-pop song on the platform.

In 2018, he was awarded the fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea along with other members of the group.

### Solo work

In 2014, Jimin collaborated with fellow member Jungkook for "Christmas Day", a Korean rendition of Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe", the Korean lyrics being written by Jimin. Later on, Jimin collaborated with Jungkook again by releasing a cover of "We Don't Talk Anymore", originally by Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez, released on June 2, 2017.

Jimin began participating in a variety of shows such as *Hello Counselor*, *Please Take Care of My Refrigerator*, and *God's Workplace* in 2016. In the same year, he began hosting as a special MC at shows such as *Show! Music Core* and *M Countdown*. During December he also participated in a duet at the KBS Song Festival with Taemin from Shinee.

Jimin released his first solo song outside of BTS releases, "Promise", on December 30, 2018, for free on BTS' SoundCloud page. The song, described by *Billboard* as a "mellow pop ballad", was composed by Jimin and Big Hit Entertainment producer Slow Rabbit, with the latter also producing the track. "Promise" features lyrics written by Jimin and fellow BTS member RM, and cover artwork photographed by bandmate V.

### Philanthropy

From 2016 to 2018, Jimin supported graduates of Busan Hodong Elementary School, his alma mater, by covering uniform expenses. After news of the school's closing was released, he donated summer and winter middle school uniforms to the final graduates and gifted autographed albums to the entire student body. In early 2019, Jimin donated 100 million Korean won (roughly 88,000 US dollars) to the Busan Department of Education to help support lower income students. Of the total, ₩30 million (roughly US$23,000) went to Busan Arts High School, Jimin's alma mater.

## Artistry

Jimin's vocals have been described as delicate and sweet. He is regarded as an exceptional dancer among the members of the group and in K-pop in general. Noelle Devoe of *Elite Daily* wrote that he is often praised for his "smooth and elegant movements" as well as his charm on stage. In the BTS documentary *Burn the Stage*, Jimin said that he thinks of himself as a perfectionist, stating even the smallest mistakes on stage makes him feel guilty and stresses him.

He has cited singer Rain as one of his inspirations and reasons why he wanted to become both a singer and performer.

## Impact and influence

In 2016, Jimin was ranked as the 14th most preferred idol in a survey conducted by Gallup Korea. In 2017 he came in at 7th and in the 2018 survey he ranked at number 1.

In 2018, Jimin was the ninth most tweeted about celebrity and the eighth most tweeted about musician in the world. He was picked as the seventeenth best boyband member in history by *The Guardian*. From January to May 2018, Jimin won the monthly *Peeper x Billboard* Award for "Top K-Pop Artist Individual". *Peeper x Billboard* is a collaboration between the *Peeper* social media app and *Billboard* Korea, where it collects fan votes for their favorite K-pop artists and announces monthly winners. The prize was a donation to the charity UNICEF in his name.

In 2019, he received a plaque of appreciation from the Cultural Conservation Society for performing buchaechum, a traditional Korean fan dance, during the 2018 Melon Music Awards. He received the award for helping spread the dance outside of Korea.

### Writing credits

All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless otherwise noted.

 2014
 2015
 2016
 2018

## Trivia

* His family consists of his father, mother, and younger brother.
* Jimin entered Busan High School of Arts as the top student in Modern Dance but later transferred to Korea Arts High School with V.
* Jimin was valedictorian and class president for 9 years.
* Jimin was the last member to join BTS.
* Jimin appeared in GLAM's Party (XXO) MV.
* His favorite colors are blue and black.
* His favorite number is number 3.
* He used to think of himself as "fat" and he was very self-conscious about his looks, especially his cheeks.
	+ He used to suffer from depression and starved himself until Jin helped him get out of it and made him eat regularly.
	+ He is most confident in his eyes.
* His favorite foods are pork, duck, chicken, fruit, and kimchi jjigae.
	+ However, Jimin doesn't like spinach.
* He prefers sunny, cool weather.
* He jokingly hits his fellow members as a way of showing his affection for them.
* Whenever music starts playing, he will begin to dance no matter where he is.
* Jimin became interested in a singing career after watching a Rain performance.
* Jimin and Wanna One's Woojin and Daniel participated in a dance competition called "2011 Busan City Kids Vol. 2". Jimin's team beat Woojin's team in the semifinal, while in the finals Jimin's team confronted Daniel's.
* Once he wrote some lyrics and gave them to Suga, who was shocked to see that they resembled a children's songs' lyrics. Suga asked him to redo the lyrics but, in the end, they were still unusable.
* Jimin's role models are Rain, Taeyang from BigBang, and Chris Brown.
* He feels sorry for having to kick his members during the "No More Dream" choreography.
* He enjoys reading comic books. He said that comic books influenced him a lot.
* According to Jimin, the requirements for his happiness are love, money, and being on stage.
* Jimin has a black belt in taekwondo.
* Jimin is close friends with SHINee's Taemin, EXO's Kai, VIXX's Ravi, Wanna One's Sungwon and HOTSHOT's Timoteo.
* Jimin usually solves his problems himself. If he can't solve it on his own, he will share it with V and ask for his advice.
* Jungkook is always teasing Jimin about his height.
* In 10 years, Jimin wants to be a cool singer who enjoys the stage.
* In the dorm, Jimin is in charge of the kitchen.
* Things he wants to steal from the other members include RM's height, V's talent and gaze, J-Hope's cleanliness, and Suga's diverse knowledge.
* Money is important to Jimin.
* Jimin once jokingly said that if he'd get a day off, he'd want to go on a date with Jungkook while holding hands together. And when Jungkook talked about his wishes, Jimin shouted: "Live happily together with me!"
* He felt a bit hurt when Jungkook ranked him the last in terms of looks. Jimin thinks the 1st is Jin while the 7th is Suga. He was going to rank RM as the 7th but changed his mind saying that recently RM got better-looking.
* He has to use eyeliner while practicing a choreography or else he can't seem to show strong expressions and will get shy.
* Jin chose Jimin as the member who has changed the most since their debut.
* His hobbies include reading books, staying on his phone for hours, and relaxing and hanging out with friends.
* Three things he likes are Jungkook, performing, and receiving attention.
* Three things he dislikes are V, Jin, Suga.
* Jimin was ranked 64th in the "Top 100 Handsome Faces of 2017".
* Jimin was ranked 25th on TC Candler's "The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2018".
* His "Fake Love" fancam has over 29.3 million views on YouTube, which makes it the most viewed fancam in kpop.
* In the dorm, he shares a room with J-Hope.
* Jimin's ideal type is a nice and cute girl who is smaller than him.

## Quote

**RM:** Basically kind and gentle. Is very considerate. Isn't as timid as you would think. Likes clothes and style, same as me. But even though he responds well, there are many times where he doesn't actually do it. Is quite stubborn. Is the effort-type.
**Suga:** Follows the hyungs' words well, isn't the personality where he'll receive dislike somewhere, puts in effort to live his hardest.
**J-Hope:** Is kind, listens to his hyungs well, has a lot of greed, and has a personality where he makes sure to do his part, and he has a really good personality where he likes me the most and his faith towards me is very strong~~
**Jungkook:** He's the effort-type along with being a triple blood-type A, timid, shameless, and hates losing.
**V:** Cute. Only the amount of him losing his temper is excessive, he's kind and a friend that's trustworthy. I talk to him the most, and if I have any worries, he's the friend that I tell it first to.

## Notes

1. ↑ Song was released under BTS but is a solo performed by Jimin.
2. ↑ Also later released as just "Serendipity", as an extended version. The track was released on *Love Yourself: Answer*.
3. ↑ Reached by the full-length version.