j-hope enlisted in April last year, becoming the second BTS member to enlist after Jin. He served as a trainer at the 36th Infantry Division's Recruit Training Center in Wonju, Gangwon Province.
After 1 year and 6 months, j-jope returned to his fans in October 2024. j-hope's return not only brought happiness to his fans but also raised their anticipation for the content he is about to release.
One of the most notable news recently was about his collaboration with singer Anitta on a new album. ARMYs' reactions to the news were quite mixed:
On these days, j-hope is on vacation in Los Angeles, USA after being discharged from the army. He explained that the reason for coming to the US in the past few weeks is to rest and balance his life after a long period of military service. More than expecting j-hope to return to activities soon, fans respect and hope that he has a good time off.
However, during that Weverse Live broadcast, fans discovered that j-hope was still quietly working on music during the vacation. This comes from the fact that they noticed 'Capital Audio' placed in the hotel room. Each 'Capital Audio' box contains professional music making equipment that is no different from a personal studio to serve musicians in production. So, they believe that t was rented by j-hope to serve the music needs
Fans guess that he might be working on new music or preparing music for an upcoming event. Meanwhile, some news about j-hope starting a solo world tour next year has been sparked. Joyce A. Ramirez - the Founder & Lead Publicist of PUBLICITYASIA who was responsible for SMART + BTS (2021), SMART x TinyTan, and TXT's projects in the Philippines leaked: "Ang confirmed for concert next year PH is j-hope".
But it doesn't stop there, it seems like j-hope has more in store than fans expected. Twitter's UpdateCharts account reported this morning that there are rumors that j-hope will be collaborating with вяαzιℓian artist Anitta on a new project. The rumor gained even more attention from fans when Spotify Brasil's account teased: "Don't know if the world is ready for this (não sei se mundo tá pronto pra isso)".
Well, "There's no smoke without fire"! It's clear that ARMYs have reason to believe that this collaboration will happen. Many fans are excited about j-hope's new project:
- I'm ready, very ready CAN COME ON
- OKAY BRAZIL PRINCE LETS GOOOO??Brasil fans and artists loving him and JHope knowing that he is loved by them makes me so happy
- JUNG HOSEOK WHAAATTT?? OMGGGGG
- WTFFFFFF OMGGGGG I HOPE IT"S NOT A RUMOR
- Are we gonna get that CNS vibes again???
- I like it hahaha I feel like if it's true the song would be good too if there's choreography and they both know how to dance the video would be great Jhope and Anitta's collaboration would be as good as Megan and RM's collaboration
- HOBI AND LATIN WOMEN COLLABS
- Omgggggggggg urghhh!! If this is trueeee?!! I’m dancingggg so hard! Like yesss! Her au∂ιєnce is also part of Hsks booming market as well
Meanwhile, many fans reacted in the opposite way, they were not happy if j-hope collaborated with Anitta. The reasons most fans objected are the inappropriate behavior of the female artist to her male partner and her ŕäċïṩṃ:
- she's яα¢ιѕт and her songs sucks
- If it’s true watch this fandom move for him not because it’s him but they don’t want embarrαѕѕment
- No, her songs literally do suck αѕѕ
- The biggest reason I don't want this collab is because her fandom has always been яα¢ιѕт towards some members, the tweet was already full of hate towards him
- Her fans have always been xenophobic and яα¢ιѕт towards BTS and its members on every pop music portal in вяαzιℓ.
- I don't like this, because I want to protect j-hope, I don't want the collaboration to happen. What will she show in front of him?
