Jungkook, who is currently serving in the military, held a live show with his fans last night. More than 20 million people watched his live broadcast, showing his popularity despite his military service.
Not only did Jungkook surprise fans with his υиєχρє¢тє∂ live broadcast, he also surprised them with his interesting answer. Meanwhile, some fans think it is related to the recent situation.
Here are some of the moments Jungkook made ARMYs most confused during yesterday's wonderful evening:
On the 18th, Jungkook left a message on the fan community platform Weverse: "Knock knock...Has everyone been well?.. Are you healthy?...Don't get sick and make sure youre eating your meals. I miss you". In the same evening, he personally visited his ARMYs as an early Christmas present.
Starting the broadcast that lasted about 2 and a half hours, Jungkook appeared in a beanie and sweetly said, "It's been a long time. I really missed you. It's been a while so I'm a little nervous. I don't know what to say at first." He added about his current situation: "Currently, my rank is Corporal, Paygrade 4. I think I’ll probably be promoted to Sergeant, Paygrade 1 in March next year."
Even as Jungkook rambled on about his current situation from being on vacation, moving to a new house to revealing his thoughts after enlisting, it seemed like many ARMYs still couldn't believe they could meet him now. Of course! He's still serving in the military, the last time they saw him was before he enlisted - over a year ago. Who would believe that someone who needs at least 6 months to be discharger could be sitting and singing here?
So an ARMY left a comment "Is this the real Jungkook?" and he saw it right away. He even teased ARMYs making them more confused by explaining: "No, I’m actually a fake. fake fake!". Oh this man is so funny!
ARMYs couldn't stop laughing happily on such a night and left comments:
- “smile if you’re real” moment
- Like seriously Man ,but I can feel the ops question! ,this man becomes drop ∂єα∂ silent and came back as nothing happens just gone& just came back like...." HELLO IM HERE jkk
- i feel like i was transported back to his back to back lives last year when i opened the notif
- PLS HES SO SILLY I LOVE HIM. DOE EYES
- he doesn't know we're going insane
- HE IS SO CUTEEE HELPPP I'LL KMS
- OH MY ROUNDIE jungkook!!
- I still can't believe he's really live MY LOVE
- he’s just a cutie patootie
- he will never not be funny. I love him so much I'm gonna cry
Some others even thought that Jungkook's funny answer might be related to the recent situation. ARMYs all know that Jungkook and his solo нιт GOLDEN were just blatantly plagiarized, completely by a newly debuted Vietnamese singer - Gemini Hung Huynh. The plagiarism was so serious that fans had to report it to HYBE & Big Hit Music and create a trend on SNS to ask the rookie to remove the product. In the end, the Vietnamese singer deleted the MV and inactivate his Youtube channel.
Meanwhile, the rest of Jungkook's live broadcast last night was his typical mini concert after a long time. He sang 'Winter Ahead' by member V, 'APT.' by Rosé, 'Goodbye' by Park Hyo-shin, 'Snow' by Zion T, 'Where Are You' by Block B, 'Let's Stop' by Roy Kim, and 'HOME SWEET HOME' by G-Dragon... His broadcast нιт a record of 20 million views, surprising the public.
This year, Jungkook continued to achieve great success despite being in the military. According to the '2024 Spotify Wrapped 2024' campaign, Jungkook is is the only Asian act to chart multiple songs on Spotify’s Top 50 most streamed songs in 2024 globally, and the first Asian soloist in history to simultaneously chart multiple songs on the platform’s global year-end list with “Seven” (no.28) and “Standing Next to You” (no.34).
Jungkook is also crowned as the most streamed K-pop Soloist Globally in 2024 on Spotify, holding the record for 3 consecutive years. Seven became the first song by a k-pop act to surpαѕѕ 2 billion Spotify streams. At the 2024 Billboard Music Awards held on December 13, Jungkook won Top K-Pop Album for “GOLDEN” and Top Global K-Pop Song for “Standing Next to You”.
Although he has not made an official comeback, these achievements show that his influence and popularity have not decreased during his 1-year hiatus!
