We are all familiar with other names of Jungkok such as his real name - Jeon Jungkook or cute nicknames like Kookie, Justin Seagull, Golden Maknae, etc. However, recently, fans when Jungkook officially debuted with a new stage name.
Even Jungkook himself revealed this interesting thing and it came with a special story that related to Tiktok. If fans don't spot it quickly, Jungkook will probably hide it for a while.
Here is the interesting story about Jungkook's new stage name and the secret behind it:
For K-pop artists, stage names are not uncommon. There are many K-pop artists who use their stage names instead of their real names because they can have a special meaning, good luck or to avoid having the same name or being easy to name.
BTS also has some members who use stage names in place of their real names. For example, SUGA chose to use this stage name along with another stage name, Agust D, while j-hope used his stage name with a connotation of hope and joy. V and RM are also stage names with many meanings in them.
Unlike the 4 members above, Jungkook uses his own real name to debut. However, in the process of preparing for the debut, he also thought of many other stage names but in the end did not choose it.
But recently, he's been using one of the stage names he's been targeting before his debut - Ian. A funny thing is that this stage name is used by Jungkook on Tiktok and ARMY was completely unaware of the existence of this account until he αccídєntally shared a clip on Tiktok on Weverse with his personal account.
It was only after fans spread about Jungkook using a tiktok nick named Ian that he became aware that his account was exposed. He was surprised but also embarrαssed because he υиєχρє¢тє∂ly revealed his "cute" stage name. Jungkook posted an article on Weverse to try to "save" the situation.
He wrote: "Ah everyone knows my tiktok account now because I shared the Tiktok link kekekekekekekeke (ah I made the nickname Ian… im embarrαssed…) that's right, that's me. But I'm not going to use it. It;s for monitoring use I quickly changed it to JK…But now that it;s known I'll just leave it as is kekekekeke it;s better this way".
Despite Jungkook's insistence, ARMY was determined not to pαss up this opportunity and tease him. It made Jungkook extremely shy and kept reminding fans to stop teasing him with the same name Ian. Jungkook repeatedly commented: "Ah… I'm embarrαssed…heh ah… don't make fun of me the next time we see each other", and "Don't make Ian jokes….!!!!!!! (in satoori)".
It is worth noting that after Jungkook's Tiktok account was revealed, the number of followers of his account increased rapidly after only a few hours even though the account did not share or post anything. But fans are also happy that Jungkook opened up to a new social media account since deleting his Instagram account earlier this year.
Even if Jungkook doesn't own a Tiktok account before, he has achieved many great achievements and records on this platform. In 2021, Jungkook used to be the most prominent person when he received more than 91 billion views for his personal hashtag. At that time, he was the first and only person in the world to achieve this achievement, surpαssing the two people with the largest number of followers on TikTok, Khaby Lame and Charli D'amelio.
Now, Jungkook has his own Tiktok account and it is sure to get a lot of attention. Whether or not Jungkook develops content on his own account in the future, this is definitely one of the standout accounts!
