Jung Kook Opens Up About Missing BTS & Their Return, Going Solo & Potential Other Careers
On being the youngest in BTS:
“I think there certainly was a special privilege for being the youngest and I had a lot of help in ways that I may or may not know. And the members are such nice people. I think I took a lot of great things from them. I got so much help from all six of them, it allowed me to grow to where I am today.”
On the band’s early days:
“Ah.. since it’s been more than ten years now, my memories are a bit sketchy. But I would say we were not that cool. Of course, at the time, the other members looked so cool to me. But honestly, I still can’t watch the footage from when we first debuted or even from a few years later. It makes me feel cringe and embarrassed. I’d think if only, what if? I’m thinking, if only I could have some of the emotions I feel now. What if? What could have been? We had that raw vibe for sure. It was just the seven of us all lacking something, but then trying to make it work just by ourselves. I think we are where we are today because of those days of being together and trying to make it work.”
On the members going solo:
“So you know the three rappers, RM, SUGA, j-hope they actually had a big influence on that because ever since they debuted they were working on their own thing and putting it out there. The vocal members actually got a lot of inspiration from that. There were lots of cover songs, fan songs, or holiday songs. So watching them, it became kind of natural, to do your own work and to put out your own work. So given various circumstances, we started working as solo artists on our own….but again, it happened very naturally. As for the reason, honestly, before I released the single “Seven”, I didn’t have any specific plans. When I listened to the piece and I felt, oh, I have to do this. And so that’s how it came through. But in any case, those three had a great influence for making it so natural to do so.”
On collaborating:
“Well, I enjoy doing my solo work. I also enjoy collaborating with others. But I think if anything, in terms of pressure, I feel more pressure with my outside work because it’s not purely mine. I get in this mindset that I shouldn’t be a nuisance to the music, so I get more nervous. When I went to shoot the music video for “TOO MUCH”, I was more nervous because you know, I couldn’t let them down. So if anything, I think I feel more pressure in those cases.”
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