“On the Street is coming”: ARMYs excited as BTS’ J-Hope set to release his new solo single

On February 26, Bighit Entertainment made an official announcement that BTS’ J-Hope is set to release his new solo single On the Street.

On the same day, the agency made the announcement that BTS’ J-Hope has started his military enlistment process and also applied for the termination of his enlistment postponement. In South Korea, it is mandatory for every able-bodied male citizen to serve in the military as the country is still in discord with North Korea.

Fans are excited to listen to the upcoming solo single of the idol with a heavy heart as this will be his last song before his enlistment in the army.

“Last gift from J-Hope before Military service”: Fans are both excited and sad for the BTS member’s upcoming single

In a statement released by Bighit Entertainment, the agency mentioned that the idol has written the track to share his real feelings with fans. The song title refers to his roots, which inspired him to dream of becoming an artist. The agency stated:

The agency further shared that they hope the song will be a meaningful gift to everyone who supports the artist. Fans are expressing their concerns at the idol’s military enlistment but are elated to receive the last gift from the idol before he leaves them for some time.

Following the idol’s military announcement, the member also went live on the South Korean social media app Weverse, where he shared that he loves his fans very much.

This made fans more emotional as he asked them to fill the comment section with purple hearts to support him. After watching the Live, one fan tweeted:

Meanwhile, the official Twitter accounts of BTS have changed their layout ahead of J-Hope’s upcoming solo single On the Street. The new layout is in yellow, with J-Hope’s new song’s name written on it.

BTS’ J-Hope recently became the brand ambassador for Louis Vuitton

The BTS member was recently announced as the newest brand ambassador for the luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton. He also attended the brand’s 2023 Fall-Winter Men’s collection.

Back in 2021, the brand Louis Vuitton signed BTS for the first time as their House Ambassador, which set the K-pop community abuzz.

J-Hope’s upcoming solo single, On the Street, is slated to premiere on March 3, 2023, at 2 pm KST.

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Kirti holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism & Mass Communication and has been a Kpop writer at SK POP since 2022. She has been following Kpop and Kdramas since the last 6 years and but has worked in the genre only in the last 3-4 years donning several several caps - social media intern, copywriter, article writer and academic writer.

Kirti likes to pen down insightful features based on Korean dramas, especially the 'Ending Explained' categories. It gives her the satisfaction of creating the most authentic content rather than simply replicating what media outlets generally do.

Her process of creating content is time-consuming, yet methodical; she prefers to use original sources of information, which in her case are Korean outlets. She watches entire episodes, writes them down, cross-checks/fact-checks the details/event timelines off the web and eventually creates her copy.

Kirti likes Lee Je-hoon, IU, and Kim Seon-ho since she feels that their dramas are inspiring and have good plotlines. When she is not writing about K-dramas, she can be found watching them.

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