"Oh He's a fan fr" — Fans react as Tom Cruise encourages BTS' Jin to become an IMF agent

On May 20, 2025, American actor Tom Cruise encouraged the K-pop boy band BTS' Jin to become an IMF agent during his appearance in episode 35 of the idol's variety series Run Jin, leaving the fandom amused. The episode, titled Mission: Jin-Possible, was uploaded on the band's official YouTube channel, BANGANTV.

During the conversation, BTS' Jin asked Tom Cruise what he could do to prove himself capable of becoming an IMF agent. In response, the actor provided him with several scenarios. He asked the idol if he wanted to participate in fighting, gymnastics, or technology. He also asked if the singer wanted to race cars, motorcycles, or jump off buildings.

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In response, the Rope It singer said that he would rather not do any of those. To that, Cruise said that he had watched the idol do gymnastics, run, jump, and climb. Jin further suggested that he would like to take on the role of the radio guy. In response, the action hero suggested some scenarios.

"The radio guy who is traveling in an airplane that's on fire as they're talking on the radio. And it's gotta land, but you gotta keep on the radio. Or in a car chase, and you gotta stay on the radio. And then, the guy who's driving gets shot, and then you have to take over," Cruise shared.

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BTS' Jin was stunned by Cruise's suggestion and stated he felt he could not become an IMF agent in that scenario. Then, Cruise presented a new scene where the radio guy would be in a musical number where he had to dance, sing, and write songs. The Running Wild singer agreed to it and stated he would try to do it.

Subsequently, the conversation went viral among the fandom, who were elated to see Tom Cruise's efforts in encouraging BTS' Jin to become an IMF agent. An X user tweeted that since the actor had suggested so many scenarios and recalled the singer's previous adventures, he must be a fan.

"Oh He's a fan fr, he wasn't playing," the user tweeted.

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The fandom observed and reacted to BTS' Jin's face as Tom Cruise mentioned the different scenarios of him being an IMF agent.

"His face getting cuter and cuter Oh i just know Tom had to hold himself back from having a cuteness aggression cz LOOK AT HIM AWWW😭😭😭," a fan reacted.

"Before this im thinking JIN will tease TOM CRUISE HAHAHA but its the other way around😂," a fan shared.

"the concept of tom cruise checking out run jin episodes before approaching him," a fan commented.

"Jin's face when tom cruise asked him in what way he wanna be the IMF agent is k!lling me🤣& the fact that tom cruise watched the past run jin eps of him doing gymnastics, climbing, running so he KNOWS jin got it like that😭😭😭," a fan mentioned.

Some of the internet users mentioned Tom Cruise might be watching Run Jin closely and hence he could imagine BTS' Jin in several scenarios.

"IJBOL THE WAY TOM CRUISE WAS SUGGESTING JIN IMF AGENT CATEGORIES AND AFTER HEARING HE WAS LIKE "I THINK I MIGHT BE BETTER AS OFF BTS"🤣They are just soo chaotic and amazing," a user reacted.

"This is like the cutest thing I've ever seen Seokjin my baby," a user shared.

"How closely has he been watching Run jin hhh," a user mentioned.

"Let's pretend to be shocked when we'll see him in a next mission impossible," a user commented.

BTS' Jin released his second EP, Echo

On May 16, BTS' Jin dropped his second extended play, Echo, through BigHit Music. The record featured seven tracks, which are listed below:

Don't Say You Love Me
Nothing Without Your Love
Loser (ft. Yena)
Rope It
With the Clouds (구름과 떠나는 여행)
Background
To Me, Today (오늘의 나에게)

The K-pop idol will also embark on a world tour titled #RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR this year, as revealed by BigHit Music through an X post in April 2025. The venue details have been provided below:

June 28 and June 29: Goyang, Goyang Auxiliary Stadium
July 5 and July 6: Chiba, Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 4-6
July 12 and July 13: Osaka, Kyocera Dome Osaka
July 17 and July 18: Anaheim, Honda Center
July 22 and July 23: Dallas, American Airlines Center
July 26 and July 27: Tampa, Amalie Arena
July 30 and July 31: Newark, Prudential Center
August 5 and August 6: London, The 02
August 9 and August 10: Amsterdamn, Ziggo Dome

BTS' Jin's variety series Run Jin's episode 36 is slated for release on May 27, 2025.

About the author

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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Edited by Ankita Barat