The agency Big Hit Music announced on the 1st that J-Hope of the group BTS is enlisting as an active duty soldier. Among BTS members, he is second only to Jin, the oldest.
The agency announced through Weverse, a global fan community, that “J-Hope will enlist as an active duty soldier in the Army to fulfill his military service obligations.” However, the J-Hope unit is enlisting and the specific enlistment date was not revealed.
Big Hit Music said, “The entry ceremony at the boot training center is a place where a large number of soldiers and their families are together.” We ask that you give J-Hope a warm push and encouragement with only your heart.”
Previously, J-Hope announced through a live broadcast on Weverse on the 16th of last month, “The (enlistment) date has already come out, and it’s time to prepare.” Road to D-DAY)’ will be released in the first half of this year.
It captures Suga traveling in Seoul and San Francisco, USA, walking on the streets and driving, and will be released to the world at the same time through Disney + and Weverse.
Jimin’s first solo album ‘FACE’, released on the 24th of last month, sold 1,454,000 copies in the first week based on Hanteo Chart, setting a new record for a solo K-pop singer. As a K-pop solo singer, he surpassed the 1,102,000 copies of Im Young-woong’s debut album ‘IM HERO’, which came first in sales during the first week of its release.
This album sold 1,021,000 copies on the day of its release, setting a record for breaking the 1 million mark for the first time as a solo artist based on the Hanteo Chart.
Not only in Korea, but also in Japan’s Oricon Weekly Combined Rankings, “Face” ranked first with 231,501 points. It also topped the chart’s ‘Weekly Album Ranking’ and ‘Daily Album Ranking’. He also recorded 225,000 first week album sales in Japan, setting the highest record for a solo artist this year.
Thanks to this worldwide popularity, ‘Gwyneb’ is expected to enter the top of Billboard’s main album chart ‘Billboard 200’, which will be released on the 3rd of our time.
Senior Correspondent Lim Byung-son
