J-Hope of the global group BTS is starting his full-fledged ‘solo sprint’.

J-Hope will release the digital single ‘Sweet Dreams’ at 2 PM on the 7th. The song is his first new song since being discharged from his military service in October of last year, and is garnering anticipation from critics at home and abroad as “J-Hope‘s new beginning signal”. It is also his first solo song in a year since the special album ‘Hope on the Street Volume 1’ released during his military service in March of last year, so it is garnering a lot of attention from global fans.

‘Sweet Dreams’ is an impressive song with a sweet and soft melody and lyrics containing a message about love. Pop star Miguel, who won the ‘Best R&B Song’ at the ‘Grammy Awards’ in 2013, participated as a featured artist, further amplifying the excitement of love.

J-Hope also held his first solo concert in 12 years since his debut to coincide with the release of his new song. From February 28 to March 2, he met with 37,500 ‘ARMY’ (BTS fandom name) through his new world tour ‘J-Hope Tour - Hope on the Stage in Seoul’, which was held at the KSPO DOME in Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul for three days.

In a performance that comprehensively covered his musical career from before his debut when he dreamed of becoming a singer while dancing street dance to recently, he caught everyone’s attention by expressing his belief that “The most important thing is the fans and the audience” in various ways.

In order to show his new song to his fans first, J-Hope made an unprecedented decision to unveil ‘Sweet Dreams’ for the first time at the concert venue, with only five days left until its official release. He also said, “I thought long and hard about what kind of music I should do after my discharge from the military, and I chose my first proper serenade for ‘ARMY’,” and personally introduced the process of creating the new song.

He also visited the press right before the third day‘s performance on the 2nd to express his gratitude. He greeted them by saying, “Thank you for coming in this bad weather. Please listen to the new song,” and handed out handwritten letters with different phrases to dozens of press members. The letter mainly emphasized the importance of the audience, saying, “Each and every seat comes together to become J-Hope’s driving force,” which caught people‘s attention.

In addition, J-Hope appeared on popular entertainment programs such as MBC’s ‘I Live Alone’ and JTBC‘s ‘Please Take Care of My Refrigerator’ on the 1st and 2nd, the weekend of the concert, and showed off his friendly charm, drawing explosive responses from viewers.

After the release of the new song, he plans to continue his world tour in 15 cities including Brooklyn, Chicago, and Mexico City. In July, he will headline the large-scale music festival ‘Lollapalooza Berlin’.


Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com

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