BTS Jin is starting his global solo journey.

According to his agency Big Hit Music on the 14th, Jin will appear on the popular NBC program ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘The Jimmy Fallon Show’) that airs on the 21st at 1:35 PM (Korean time) to perform ‘Running Wild’, the title song of his first solo album ‘Happy.

‘The Jimmy Fallon Show’ made Jin‘s visit official by uploading a teaser video for his appearance on the program’s SNS on the 13th. The teaser video was produced with an office reminiscent of the 1990s as the background. The show‘s host, Jimmy Fallon, discovers an envelope labeled ‘TOP SECRET’ on his desk.

He inserts the floppy disk labeled ‘SPECIAL GUEST’ into his computer. Soon, Jin’s new song ‘Running Wild’ starts playing, and the video ends with Jimmy Fallon‘s surprised expression when he realizes that the special guest is Jin.

BTS, which Jin is a part of, appeared on ‘The Jimmy Fallon Show’ in July 2021 and performed ‘Butter’ and ‘Permission to Dance’. Since then, Jimin, Suga, and Jungkook, who have released solo songs, have returned to the program to show off their great chemistry with Jimmy Fallon.

Jin will release his solo album ‘Happy’ simultaneously worldwide on the 15th at 2PM. Jin put his thoughts on happiness into this album and his hopes for people to be happy through music.

The album includes six tracks of various genres based on a band sound, including the title track ‘Running Wild’, ‘I’ll Be There’, ‘Another Level’, ‘Until I Reach You’, ‘Heart on the Window’ (with Wendy), ‘Grief’.

Meanwhile, Jin shared a message of happiness and support to the test takers by releasing a video cheering for the 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test on the team‘s official YouTube channel at 7 PM on the 13th.

Jin said, “The results are important, but I hope that the test takers who have been working hard for a long time eat lots of delicious food and have a good time with their families and friends after the test. I will sincerely cheer you on so that you all can get the results you want.”


Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com