Jung admits the positive reaction to his solo debut hit \u2013 which also topped the global charts, including the US Billboard Hot 100 \u2013 gave him a huge confidence boost.<\/p>\n
He explained: \u201cEverything felt like a hassle, [Then] Seven made me want to get back to it. I really loved Seven and felt confident performing it, but I was still surprised by how well it was received.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat reaction gave me even more confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2022, BTS had to put their careers on hold because of 18 months of military service \u2013 which is compulsory for all able-bodied men in South Korea.<\/p>\n
In July 2025, the boy band \u2013 formed of Jung Kook, Jin, 33, Suga, 32, J-Hope, 31, RM, 31, Jimin, 30, and 29-year-old V \u2013 reunited and revealed they are working on a new album, set for release in spring 2026, with a world tour to follow.<\/p>\n
With BTS creating new music, Jung Kook is evaluating himself on whether he will create new solo material.<\/p>\n
The star explained: \u201cThis is a time where I can evaluate whether I can take another leap forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cRather than doing the same kind of performances or similar songs repeatedly, I\u2019m trying new things and continuing to evolve so I can show different sides of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
And Jung Kook wants to go beyond boundaries with his career.<\/p>\n
Speaking about moving forward as an artist, he said: \u201cI\u2019ve always pursued change. I want to be an artist who doesn\u2019t get dragged by the flow, but creates the flow. I don\u2019t want to be confined \u2013 I want to be an artist without limits.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jung admits the positive reaction to his solo debut hit \u2013 which also topped the global charts, including…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[29161,427,6432,11009,93,82156,99051,61,60,36211,99049,99050,326,3268,5907,278,24945,8440,40009,4809,62421,8166,9315],"class_list":{"0":"post-182455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-after","9":"tag-and","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-care","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-feels","14":"tag-himself","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-journey","18":"tag-jung","19":"tag-kook","20":"tag-life","21":"tag-love","22":"tag-more","23":"tag-music","24":"tag-needs","25":"tag-new","26":"tag-on","27":"tag-self","28":"tag-seven","29":"tag-show","30":"tag-star"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}