50 Fun Facts About Jungkook

Jungkook earned the nickname Sold Out King after which household product he was seen using sold out?

Fabric softener by Downy disappeared from shelves once fans learned he used it, and the same happened with wine, shoes and a book that became a best-seller in Korea and Japan.

Which Hollywood actor appeared at the 2022 opening ceremony in Qatar where Jungkook performed Dreamers?

Morgan Freeman held an on-stage conversation with Qatari motivational speaker Ghanim Al-Muftah, a centrepiece of the ceremony at Al Bayt Stadium.

Which agency did Jungkook choose from seven offers after a 2011 audition, won over by seeing trainee RM?

Big Hit Entertainment won out because of RM, the future leader of BTS, even though the talent show that drew the scouts had turned Jungkook down.

What is the name of Jungkook's dog, who joined the cast of BTS In the Soop for its second season?

Bam earned a cast credit beside the seven members for the season, filmed over four days at a private villa in the mountains. The Korean word soop means forest.

Which American rapper features on Seven, the debut solo single by Jungkook that opened at number one in the US?

Latto scored her first Hot 100 number one with the song, having peaked at number three with Big Energy the year before.

Jungkook performed Dreamers at the 2022 opening ceremony of which sports tournament, held in Qatar?

FIFA World Cup organisers put Dreamers on the tournament's official soundtrack, and he sang it at the opening ceremony with Qatari singer Fahad Al Kubaisi.

What is the title of the 2023 debut solo album by Jungkook, which entered the Billboard 200 at number two?

Golden draws on what the label called the golden moments of his solo career, and it nods to his fan nickname, the Golden Maknae.

Jungkook was born in 1997 in which South Korean port city, where he attended Baekyang Elementary School?

Busan was home until he became an idol trainee and transferred to a middle school in Seoul, a move he later sang about in one of his BTS solo tracks.

Which American fashion label named Jungkook a brand ambassador in March 2023, months before his solo debut?

Calvin Klein was later joined on his list of ambassador roles by Chanel's fragrance and beauty line and the Swiss watchmaker Hublot.

Which BTS bandmate enlisted alongside Jungkook in December 2023 under the South Korean army's buddy system?

Jimin and Jungkook entered the army together on 12 December 2023, a day after two other members, and both were discharged on 11 June 2025.

Which South Korean TV talent contest turned Jungkook away in 2011, though his audition drew seven agency offers?

Superstar K did not select him at its auditions in Daegu, but scouts who saw the schoolboy try out lined up to sign him anyway.

Which American rapper plays chess with Jungkook in the video for 3D, the second single from his solo debut?

Jack Harlow co-wrote 3D and raps his verses at a roadside cafe in the video, though a later remix swapped him for Justin Timberlake.

Which American singer duetted with Jungkook at a 2018 awards show and later featured him on Left and Right?

Charlie Puth sang We Don't Talk Anymore with him at the MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards, and their 2022 single went on to reach number 22 on the Hot 100.

Which R&B star, named by Jungkook as a musical inspiration, joined him on a remix of Standing Next to You?

Usher released the remix in December 2023 and later included it on Coming Home, his ninth studio album.

Which 2018 solo song by Jungkook, a future bass track, arrived with a nine-minute Love Yourself short film?

Euphoria later played in the season one finale of the HBO drama that shares its name, and searches for the word jumped when the song came out.

Fans call Jungkook the maknae of BTS; what does that Korean word say about his place in the group?

The youngest of the seven members, he was 15 when BTS debuted in June 2013 and had moved to Seoul for training as a middle-school pupil.

Which family name, shared with none of his six BTS bandmates, comes first in Jungkook's full birth name?

Jeon Jung-kook is the full name, with the family name first in the Korean order, so his stage name is simply his given name on its own.

Which Disney+ travel series follows Jungkook and a BTS bandmate through Connecticut, Jeju Island and Sapporo?

Are You Sure?! was filmed around their schedules before both men enlisted, and a second season took the pair to Switzerland and Vietnam days after their discharge.

Who produced Stay Alive, the 2022 soundtrack single Jungkook sang for the BTS-based webtoon 7Fates: Chakho?

Suga wrote the lyrics on a flight to the United States and liked Jungkook's first vocal take so much that he did not ask for a second session.

Every track on the 2023 debut solo album by Jungkook, including Seven and 3D, is sung in which language?

English is the language of all eleven tracks, whose guests include Major Lazer and DJ Snake.

Where in New York did Jungkook stage a surprise five-song concert in November 2023, announced 30 minutes ahead?

Times Square hosted the set on the TSX Entertainment stage, and anyone who missed the short notice could watch it streamed live on YouTube and Twitch.

Which voice type did critic Brian Hiatt assign to Jungkook, calling him extraordinarily soulful in that range?

Tenor is the highest of the common male voice types, and another critic praised how steady his pitch stays even while he is dancing.

At which ceremony did Seven by Jungkook win the Song of Summer prize in September 2023?

MTV Video Music Awards voters handed him the prize a week after Billboard ranked Seven the top worldwide song of the summer.

Which British singer-songwriter co-wrote and played guitar on Yes or No, a track on Jungkook's debut solo album?

Ed Sheeran left such a mark on the track that one reviewer heard Jungkook adopting his fast, rhythmic delivery; it went to Italian radio as a single in 2024.

Which self-produced song did Jungkook give away free on SoundCloud in June 2020 for BTS's debut anniversary?

Still With You stayed a free upload for three years, until it reached streaming services as an official single under his name in July 2023.

Which South Korean president decorated Jungkook and his bandmates in 2018, then named them special envoys in 2021?

Moon Jae-in awarded the band the Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit, then sent them out as presidential envoys for future generations and culture.

Which South Korean actress plays Jungkook's exasperated girlfriend in the music video for his single Seven?

Han So-hee is pursued through an earthquake, a flooding laundromat and a rainstorm in the video before she finally reaches for his hand.

Which solo track on the BTS album Wings has Jungkook singing about moving to Seoul as a boy?

Begin was also the first of the seven short films that introduced the album, and its words thank his bandmates for looking after him.

Which Australian artist released Too Much with Jungkook and British rapper Central Cee as a 2023 single?

The Kid Laroi put the song on his debut album The First Time, and Justin Bieber is among its credited writers.

To which American city did trainee Jungkook travel in summer 2012 for dance lessons at Movement Lifestyle?

Los Angeles was where he spent that summer sharpening his dancing, about a year before BTS debuted; the same year he danced backup for the group Glam.

On which South Korean singing contest did Jungkook compete in 2016 under the alias Fencing Man?

King of Mask Singer hides each contestant behind an elaborate mask so that fame and age cannot sway the vote, and reveals a face only after elimination.

Which magazine placed Jungkook 191st on its 2023 list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time?

Rolling Stone praised the way he hits high notes with ease and keeps audiences guessing with new ad-libs and unexpected vocal riffs.

Which part of Seoul National University received a ₩1 billion donation from Jungkook in April 2023?

The children's hospital put the money toward treatment bills for patients from low-income families and toward its integrated care centre.

Which single did Jungkook release in June 2024 as a tribute to fans, his first music out during military service?

Never Let Go arrived as part of the celebrations for the eleventh anniversary of BTS, about six months after he had entered the army.

Jungkook donated ₩1 billion in March 2025 for victims of which disaster in South Korea and for emergency crews?

Wildfires prompted the gift, split evenly between relief supplies for victims and better working conditions for firefighters, then the largest disaster donation by an individual Korean celebrity.

Whose record of two UK top-ten singles by a Korean soloist did Jungkook break in 2023 with Too Much?

Psy had reached the UK top ten with Gangnam Style, a number one in 2012, and with Gentleman the following year.

In the music video for Seven by Jungkook, the guest rapper performs her Saturday verse on top of which object?

A coffin is her stage because the Saturday scene is his own funeral, which he interrupts by coming back to life and greeting his girlfriend.

Which R&B solo on Map of the Soul: 7 has Jungkook reflecting on the teenage years his career cost him?

My Time reached number 84 on the Hot 100 and went on to spend 85 weeks on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart.

Which Britpop band's song Let There Be Love did Jungkook cover in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in July 2023?

Oasis got the nod in a London studio session, and the next day he performed Seven on The One Show from an outdoor stage beside the Thames.

Which charity music event on Central Park's Great Lawn did Jungkook headline in September 2023?

Global Citizen Festival billed him beside Red Hot Chili Peppers and Lauryn Hill, and the rapper featured on Seven made her first appearance on stage with him.

With which debut single album did Jungkook and BTS first appear in June 2013, led by the track No More Dream?

2 Cool 4 Skool leaned on a 1990s old-school hip-hop sound and opened a school trilogy, though it did not sell particularly well at first.

Seven by Jungkook reached a billion Spotify streams in 109 days, beating the 112-day record of which 2023 hit?

Flowers, by Miley Cyrus, also lost a second record to Seven, whose opening week narrowly became the biggest for a solo artist on Billboard's worldwide chart.

On which livestream app did Jungkook twice set all-time viewer records, drawing 22 million in March 2021?

V Live had logged 3.7 million real-time viewers for his earlier record broadcast in October 2018, a mark the 2021 stream beat nearly sixfold.

Which club genre underpins Seven, the Jungkook single Andrew Watt and Cirkut produced with acoustic guitar sounds?

UK garage drives what is at heart a serenade about wanting a lover's company every day of the week, the idea behind the title.

In which European capital did Jungkook film the Standing Next to You video, chasing a mysterious femme fatale?

Budapest is the backdrop for the dance-heavy video directed by Tanu Muino, which ends with Jungkook and the woman standing face to face.

Which fan-dedicated song on the BTS album Love Yourself: Tear lists Jungkook as its main producer?

Magic Shop was his second production credit for the band, following Love Is Not Over on a 2015 mini-album.

Which online institution gave Jungkook its President's Award when he completed a broadcasting degree in 2022?

Global Cyber University gave him its highest honour five years after he finished at an arts high school in Seoul and chose to skip the national college entrance exam.

Seven by Jungkook entered the UK chart at number three, a BTS best first reached by which 2020 single?

Dynamite set the mark, and Butter and My Universe matched it in 2021, so his first solo single equalled the best the group had managed there.

On which social network were Jungkook's posts the most reshared worldwide in 2019 and second in 2020?

Twitter had already counted his posts as the most shared in South Korea in 2018, while Tumblr ranked him first among K-pop stars three years running.

For which US television show's summer concert series did Jungkook first perform Seven live, in Central Park?

Good Morning America had him on stage the day the single came out, and a bandmate met him straight afterwards to start filming a travel series in New York.