"It's a project that I focused on for as long as it took": BTS' j-hope shares a handwritten letter addressing 'HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1' album release
O n March 29, 2024, BTS' j-hope released the much-awaited soundtrack album HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1 for his documentary film of the same name. It features six tracks and a docuseries which follows the idol's dance journey. It is the idol's first album in seven months after the release of his solo debut album, Jack in the Box (HOPE Edition) , on August 18, 2023.
NEURON (with Gaeko, yoonmirae) is the leading track of the album while other songs include on the street (solo version), i wonder (with BTS' Jungkook), lock/unlock (with benny blanco, Nile Rodgers), i don't know (with Huh Yunjin of LE SSERAFIM), and what if (dance mix with JINBO the SuperFreak).
Meanwhile, BTS' j-hope also shared a handwritten letter through Big Hit Music, addressing the release of his new album. He commented
"It's a project that I focused on for as long as it took."
BTS' j-hope penned down thoughts about dance and music
BTS' j-hope shared a heartfelt letter about the release of his album, HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1 He described how the recent project was prepared amidst the hectic schedule before his mandatory military service. The idol signed relief as his much-anticipated work was dropped after many twists and turns. The idol stated, as translated by @miiniyoongs on social media:
"This is the result of what i have somewhat hastily prepared during my busy and wrapped up time prior to my enlistment into military service. because of this, i was worried, but after many twists and turns, it's being released after all!! i've quickly prepared in a variety of ways, but as expected, work is something that has many things that are fluid and change!!"
BTS' j-hope further elaborated on his thoughts and stated, as translated by @miiniyoongs on X:
"Yet still, i've focused on this project throughout the time it took so perhaps that's also why i feel such a big affection towards it! I hope that this album and the content with it will be one where you can get to know this friend called j- hope, even better so than other content there are, and it's one of the traditions that that j-hope hopes to continue to lead together with!!!"
The idol shared about how good music could create good dance. He intended to showcase the meaning of street dance, and its charm through his recent album and stated, as translated by user @miiniyoongs on X:
"Good music will create good dance!' Our movements are connected to music, and ultimately, are naturally expressed with our bodies. Now it's almost the first where i'll show you the meaning of dance, the charm of street dance, this content and album!!"
He concluded his handwritten letter expressing his gratitude towards fans and hoping that they would his album and stated, as the translation by @miiniyoongs continues on social media:
"The excitement of me, letting out something that i've always wanted to express, is something so big and great!! Even now, i'm shaking!!!!! of course, though it may be an individual satisfaction, my 'goal' is to attempt to try aiming until the point where this individual satisfaction can become everyone's satisfaction! Thank you for always believing and relying on me, and thank you as well for waiting for this album and content!! Have fun and enjoy it!! Peace!!"
BTS' j-hope began his mandatory military service on April 18, 2023, and is expected to be discharged in October 2024.
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Five things we learned from ‘J-hope In The Box’, the new documentary about the BTS star
The BTS rapper's journey to his debut solo album and history-making Lollapalooza set are captured in a new, insightful Disney+ documentary
Last summer, J-hope became the first member of BTS to release a solo album with the stunning ‘Jack In The Box’ . Now, he’s gotten his own Disney+ documentary that charts his journey making the record, releasing it and making history at Lollapalooza .
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An insightful watch, J-hope In The Box takes you deeper into the star’s thought process, creative decisions and unrelenting passion for his craft. Here are five things we learnt about this era of the rapper’s career along the way.
J-hope first got the idea for ‘Jack In The Box’ not long after ‘Hope World’ was released
There might have been just over four years between J-hope’s debut mixtape, released in 2018, and his first full-length solo album, but ‘Jack In The Box’ was conceived not too long after ‘Hope World’’s release.
“It was about half a year after ‘Hope World’ dropped that the thought hit me,” the rapper explains in the documentary. “With ‘Hope World’, I was still inside the box – I always wondered if that was who I really was.” The idea came to him to explore other parts of his personality and show “a maturer side of me” – that is, to burst out of the box he’d been packaged in.
The ‘Jack In The Box’ listening party was meant to celebrate music and bring people together
Listening parties might be fairly commonplace in the west, but in Korea, they’ve yet to become a regular thing for musicians. Ever an innovator, J-hope decided to hold his own event the night before ‘Jack In The Box’’s release – and it wasn’t just an excuse to party.
“When you release music, it deserves a celebration,” he says. “And it should be enjoyed with others […] Music is supposed to connect everyone and be used as a means to communicate – a tool to bring people together.”
Preparing for Lollapalooza was a lonely experience – but Jimin’s company helped
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J-hope made history at Chicago’s Lollapalooza last year by becoming the first South Korean act to headline a main stage at a US festival. Trailblazing can be quite the solitary endeavour, though: “I’m alone here,” he says at one point in the documentary. “I feel lonely.”
Luckily, BTS’ Jimin flew out to be by J-hope’s side as his big day approached and, a couple of days after the performance, he reflected on the importance of having his bandmate’s support. “I was panicking and I could only shake off that fear thanks to Jimin,” he says. “Seeing him goof around as usual, I could forget that fear.”
- READ MORE: RM of BTS: “My whole twenties were an exhibition… but I chose to be a star”
J-hope thinks BTS members working on their own material will make the group even stronger
With the members of BTS taking time to pursue their own activities between completing their mandatory military service, it’s going to be a couple of years until all seven of them feature on new music together again. Their announcement that solo work was their plan for the foreseeable might have brought mass panic that this was the end of BTS, but J-hope sees it as quite the opposite.
Noting that he’s dedicated his twenties to the group, he reflects on the importance of “experienc[ing] something new to be able to appreciate what I have now”. “I’m sure this will bring us together as a team,” he says confidently.
J-hope was in two minds about including BTS songs in his Lolla set
As well as his solo material, J-hope’s triumphant Lollapalooza performance featured a smattering of BTS songs – largely his solo or rapline contributions to the group’s oeuvre. The second half of the set, though, kickstarted with the tropical remix of their record-breaking single ‘Dynamite’ – a move J-hope wasn’t overly sure about in the planning stages.
“What am I supposed to do – sing my part only?” he asks in one meeting. Although he acknowledged it was a “symbolic song”, he seemed torn about its potential to take away from his narrative arc and the focus on his own individual music. But as his performance in Chicago showed, he found a way around those worries – by getting the crowd to sing along while he showcased his dance skills.
J-hope in the Box is out now on Disney+
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How to Write a Scholarship Essay – What I Learned from BTS J-Hope
How would the soundtrack of your life sound like? What songs will be playing in the background of your life as you look back on the life you lead? What songs have been there for you through the toughest moments of your life? For me, one of the most impactful songs in my life is BTS’s “Dope.” Even though “Dope” is a fast-beat and playful song, the lyrics are incredibly meaningful.
And most importantly, this song accompanied through my final year in college, which was not a regular senior year by any stretch of the imagination. For an entire year, I toiled away at my 80-page honors thesis while juggling a full load of classes, and trying to launch my first company in both China and the United States at the same time. It was a grueling, emotionally-draining, and precarious time – but also a time of tremendous growth and character.
No other year in my life has been met with so much scrutiny and harsh criticism at the same time that I received unquantifiable amounts of love and support. All these years later, I am unsure about how I should feel I reminiscence about the stressful and high-pressured days in that final year. But one thing is for sure, I am unbelievably thankful for BTS to have released the music that they have.
It helped keep me company throughout this period of time in my life and it still brings me back flashbacks every time I listen to “Dope.”
OK 우린 머리부터 발끝까지 전부 다 쩌 쩔어 작업실에 쩔어 살어 청춘은 썩어가도 덕분에 모로 가도 달리는 성공가도
Ok we’re dope from head to toe Over half of the day, we drown in work Even if our youth rots in the studio Thanks to that, we’re closer to success BTS, Lyrics to “Dope”
Because of my appreciation for BTS, I was very eager to write a blog post about them. But instead of writing it about all of them, I decided to write on J-Hope today, who with his namesake has brought a tremendous amount of optimism and hope in my life. So this blog post will be dedicated to exploring J-Hope’s life and presenting it in the form of a scholarship essay. Hopefully, it will entertain you guys as you learn more about J-Hope’s life while also picking up some tips on how to write a killer scholarship essay. DISCLAIMER: I based the majority of this hypothetical scholarship on research I conducted on J-Hope’s life. But since I wasn’t able to directly interview J-Hope (maybe one day I will though!), I don’t know how accurate everything is. So take everything for a grain of salt! I am only writing this for educational purposes.
Scholarship Prompt
Describe a time when you demonstrated leadership abilities outside of school.
Suggested Essay Outline
Before I dive in to share my tips on how to write this scholarship essay, I would advise J-Hope (and anyone else that has a leadership story to share) to use this outline to structure your essay.
I don’t have enough time to go through each section individually to explain how you should write them, but this outline should help guide you through the writing process.
When it comes to this type of scholarship essay, there is only one “bulletproof” way of writing a bomb essay. And that is to select a killer leadership story to write about it. Picking a good story is not only half the battle, but a good story will also basically write itself without too much effort and will help guide you in laying out the rest of your essay. As you sit down to mull over which leadership story you want to write about, try to keep these qualities in mind:
- Presents a Clear Problem that You Need to Help Solve: The leadership story has a clear challenge that requires you to help solve.
- Requires teamwork: The leadership story is not a story about how you overcame obstacles on your own, it’s always about how you help lead a team of other people to defeat the challenge.
- The Story is Concise: Even though the challenge may be multi-faceted, the story is generally straightforward and easy to tell without having to explain an excessive amount of background information and characters involved. You don’t want a story that turns into 100 other little background stories before you can get to your main point.
- Had a Profound Impact on You: The leadership story needs to be meaningful to you and played a big role in influencing your leadership style.
- Bigger Implications: The leadership story is bigger than the story itself, its impact can extend to other areas of your life, career, and the people that you want to influence in the future.
When it comes to J-Hope, I think one of his most memorable leadership stories is about how he helped lead BTS members through some of the most difficult times before and after they first debuted.
One of my favorite BTS performances of all time is when they sang “DNA” at the American Music Awards (AMA) back in 2017.
Not only was it beyond incredible for BTS to be the first-ever Kpop group to perform at the AMAs, but their song, “DNA” was also a show-stopper with swoon-worthy lyrics:
우리 만남은 수학의 공식 종교의 율법 우주의 섭리 내게 주어진 운명의 증거, 너는 내 꿈의 출처
Our meeting is like a mathematical formula Commandments of religion, the providence of the universe; The evidence of destiny given to me You’re the source of my dream BTS, Lyrics to “DNA”
What I really like about these lyrics is that they are creative in describing how ingrained a feeling is. Instead of just saying, “I felt it in my gut and it felt right,” they turned to singing about mathematical formulas, religious commandments, laws of the universe, and their DNA to make a point. Similarly, you want to make sure you are equally creative when you explain how you stepped up as a leader. Here are some questions that you may want to answer in this section:
- How did you step up as a leader?
- What leadership qualities did you demonstrate?
- How did you lead your team?
- How did you convince your team to believe in you?
- What type of leader do you think you are?
- What insights did you gain about what it takes to be an effective leader?
Here’s how I think J-Hope can write about his leadership style and abilities:
As you near the end of your essay, take some time to write about the outcome of your story. Explain how your leadership skills helped the team overcome the big obstacles and share some details to illustrate how that looks like.
You can also talk about your grander leadership goals for the future or the challenges that you hope to be able to help tackle in the world. And then before you end your essay, make sure you leave a big “mic drop” moment for your readers.
Or in other words, leave a memorable last line or message to your reader that is so powerful that they are likely to keep thinking about it even after they’ve moved on to reading someone else’s essay.
Now that’s a real swag right there. #swagalicious This is how I think J-Hope could write his final few paragraphs:
And there you have it! I found J-Hope’s story extremely inspiring and it was a real honor to write about him!
Make sure you leave a comment for me down below and let me know which celebrity you’ll like me to write about next! Cheers!
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O n March 29, 2024, BTS' j-hope released the much-awaited soundtrack album HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1 for his documentary film of the same name. It features six tracks and a docuseries which follows ...
An insightful watch, J-hope In The Box takes you deeper into the star’s thought process, creative decisions and unrelenting passion for his craft. Here are five things we learnt about this era ...
Section 4: Leave a “Mic Drop” for your reader. -Leave a memorable last sentence or message for your reader. When it comes to this type of scholarship essay, there is only one “bulletproof” way of writing a bomb essay. And that is to select a killer leadership story to write about it.