Jungkook
Jungkook | |
|---|---|
전정국 | |
| Born | Jeon Jeongukk September 1, 1997 (Age 20) |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Citizenship | Korean |
| Education | SOPA |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Dancer, Songwriter |
| Years active | 2013-present |
| Label | BigHit Entertainment |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 전정국 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Jeonggu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chǒng Chǒngkuk |
| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 국 |
| Revised Romanization | Guk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tián Jiùguó |
Jeon Jeong-guk (Hangul: 전정국 ; born September 1, 1997) better known as Jungkook, is a South Korean singer, dancer, and songwriter. He is the main vocalist and lead dancer of the global sensation South Korean boy group BTS, managed under BigHit Entertainment.
Life and career
1997-2011: Beginnings
Jeon Jeong-guk was born on September 1st, 1997, in Busan, South Korea. Making him one of the one BTS members born in Busan. He comes from a family on four which includes his father, mother, and older brother called Jung-hyun along with a dog called Cloudy. He attended Baek Yang Middle School and took karate lessons, Jungkook holds a black taekwondo belt. Before debuting as a member of BTS, Jungkook had taken part in the Superstar K3 auditions in his hometown, Busan, in 2011 (where he sang IU’s ‘Lost Child’) but unfortunately failed to pass the elimination round because . On the way back home, he received offers from eight different entertainment agencies which included one of the big three entertainment companies of South Korean, JYP Entertainment and other companies such as FNC Entertainment, DSP Media Entertainment, Starship Entertainment, TS Entertainment, Cube Entertainment, Woolim Entertainment and finally his current agency BigHit Entertainment. He had chosen BigHit over the rest because:
"I thought RM-hyung was so cool, so I wanted to sign with them [BigHit]. I told my parents I wanted to join, and so I signed." - BTS's Jungkook
And later on became a BigHit trainee.
2011-2013:Trainee Life
BTS members have often said that Jungkook refused to sing when asked to, he'd often end up crying or it'll take around thirty minutes until he'd finally sing. When he was fourteen years it old, he had travelled to America with current BTS performance director and main choreographer Sun Song-deuk to learn dance. He stayed in America for around a month where he learned how to b-boy and break dance. Young Jungkook had fallen in love with dance and was so impressed with Song-deuk dancing that he was determined to quit being a trainee and become his dance apprentice but his fellow BTS member Jimin had stopped him from doing so. It was also revealed that Jungkook had cried when he heard that J-Hope was going to leave BigHit during their YouTube Red Reality Series Burn The Stage.
2013- present: BTS
Main article: BTS (band)
On June 13, 2013, Jungkook made his debut as a member of BTS on Mnet's M! Countdown with the track "No More Dream" from their debut single album 2 Cool 4 Skool. He was the speculated to be the fourth member to join the group as a trainee after RM, Suga and J-Hope. Although he isn't as heavily activate in the production of their music as the three others members, Jungkook has often expressed his desire to produce his own song all by himself which he has done in their third album Love Yourself: Tear where he produced an EDM track called Magic Shop, which was a song dedicated to their loyal fanbase, A.R.M.Y(Adorable MC For the Youth).
When deciding his stage name, his company had original suggested Seagull since he comes from Busan. Other suggests were Ian and Tattoo which as chosen by himself before deciding to just go with his original name, Jungkook.
Golden Closet
2017- present: G.C.F(Golden Closet Films)
On November 8th 2017, Jungkook had released a video call G.C.F in Tokyo. Jungkook is seen filming BTS member Jimin as they go around Tokyo, Japan, going shopping, eating at a restaurant then later on going to Disneyland Japan using Martin Garix featuring Troye Sivan "There For Me Too" as the BGM. The trip was a gift from Jungkook to him for his 23rd birthday. Many were impressed by the way the youngest member had edited the video and was able to captured so much emotions through a simple video, and didn't expect him to be so talented in the field of editing. The video generated a lot of buzz and trended on the main page of YouTube in many different countries and was popular topic among Korean news websites. It now has over nine million views on YouTube.
On April 30th 2018, Jungkook released another video called G.C.F in Osaka which was most likely filmed during their time in Osaka for their three day Japanese fanmeet, ARMY 5th muster Happily Ever After. This time most of the BTS members make a brief appearance except Jin and Suga, the video follows up with the maknae line(Jimin, Taehyung and Jungkook) exploring around Osaka similar to the Tokyo film. The video also trended on YouTube in various countries and even trended at number 1 Worldwide on Twitter.
Songs
Jungkook is famous for his cover songs that he executes perfectly. Covers like Roy Kim's Only Then and Lee Hi's Breathe are both made under the productions of the Golden Closet.
Pictures
He also releases pictures under the Golden Closet name. It is known when Jungkook exactly got his Golden Closet studio in the BigHit Entertainment building but fans assume it was either early 2018 or late 2017
Discography
See also: BTS discography
| Titlet | Originalr | Releasee |
|---|---|---|
| 일하는 중 | Zion T. | Digital Release
BTS OFFICAL SOUNDCLOUD PAGE |
| SOFA | CRUSH | |
| Lost Stars | Adam Levine | |
| Paper Hearts[ | Tori Kellye | |
| Fools(with RM) | Troye Sivan | |
| Nothing Like Uso | Justin Bieber | |
| Purpose | ||
| 2U | ||
| Oh Holy Night | ||
| Only Then | Roy Kim | |
| Breather | Lee Hie | Twitterw |