Whereas BTS simmers, Jung Kook is crimson scorching.
After the onerous work, the Okay-pop star can now watch the numbers trickle in following the discharge of Golden, his debut solo album. Based mostly on midweek knowledge, it’s set to debut at No. 3 within the U.Okay., for what can be the best charting solo launch from a BTS member. The album consists of “Seven” with Latto, which final month set a brand new file for the quickest entry into Spotify’s one billion streams membership, at 108 days. As at Monday, Nov. 6, the one is platinum licensed by RIAA.
Anticipate an entire lot extra to return.
Jung Kook stopped by NBC‘s The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday for a chat, a dance, a slice of pizza, and a glimpse on the highway forward.
“After all I need to do a world tour as a solo artist, however I don’t suppose I’ve sufficient songs for that,” he tells the late-night host. “So I need to complement them extra and make extra songs. And perhaps once I’m prepared, I can do the tour in full swing.”
That mission assertion ought to get ARMY buzzing. Golden is right here, now, and it’s received one thing for everybody, he assures Fallon. Certainly, it tops this week’s new music ballot on Billboard, with 88% of the vote.
“I wished to have this common emotion, love. Everybody can relate to it,” he says of the album. “I wished to point out the change of this emotion. And likewise by way of the flexibility. I wished to turn out to be a solo artist who can pull off plenty of genres and that’s what I attempt to do right here.”
Throughout his visitor spot, the pop star mentioned the origin of the identify “Golden” (he’s the “golden youngest” in BTS, a nickname coined by RM), his proudest achievements (ARMY and BTS. “If it weren’t for them I’d not be what I’m right now”), and the response from his fellow bandmates when he first performed them the LP (“They only stated, ‘It’s nice.’”).
Yung Kook additionally joked in regards to the shock hit that was the Weverse video of him sleeping, a clip that captured some six-million units of eyeballs. These people who tuned in, it was “one thing somewhat surprising,” he explains in English, earlier than switching to his native tongue: “truly its’ somewhat embarrassing”.
The 26-year-old artist additionally caught round to carry out album monitor “Standing Subsequent to You,” a track that “might greatest present my vocals and efficiency as an artist. After all it needed to be the primary monitor for my album,” he reckons.
Watch the interview and efficiency beneath.
