Jung Kook

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1997-09-01 (27 years old)

Place of Birth Busan, South Korea

Also Known As Jeon Jung-kook, 전정국, 정국, BTS, 방탄소년단

Jung Kook

Biography

Jeon Jung-kook (전정국; born September 1, 1997), known mononymously as Jung Kook (정국), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer under BigHit Music. He is the maknae of the boy group BTS. Jung Kook has performed three solo songs as part of BTS' discography —"Begin" in 2016, "Euphoria" in 2018, and "My Time" in 2020— all of which charted on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. He released two self-produced digital singles, "Still With You" in 2020 and "My You" in 2022. Jung Kook also recorded the soundtrack song "Stay Alive" for the BTS-based webtoon 7Fates: Chakho. In 2022, he featured on American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth's single "Left and Right", which peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Later that year, he became the first South Korean artist to release an official song for the FIFA World Cup soundtrack with "Dreamers", which he subsequently performed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony. In 2023, Jung Kook released his debut solo single "Seven" featuring Latto, which simultaneously debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the Global 200, and the Global Excl. US charts, making him the first Korean solo artist to do so. It also became the fastest song in Spotify history to surpass 100 million streams on the platform. His follow-up single "3D" featuring Jack Harlow reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 and made Jung Kook the first South Korean solo artist to achieve two consecutive top-five entries on the UK Singles Chart. In 2024, Jung Kook was promoted to full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association. In 2018, he was awarded the fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea, along with the other members of BTS, for his contributions to Korean culture.

Known For

Actor

2024
2024
2023
2023
2023
2022
SUCHWITA

as Self

2021
Let's BTS

as Self

2021
2020
2020
The Rise of K-Pop

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Dear Class of 2020

as Self (BTS)

2020
2020
I-LAND

as Self

2018
Explained

as Self (archive footage)

2018
2017
BT21 Universe

as Himself

2016
Dining Together

as Himself

2016
2015
Prologue

as Jungkook

2015
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Musical Guest

2015
BTS GAYO

as Self

2015
Run BTS!

as Self

2013
BANGTAN BOMB

as Self

2013
BTS EPISODE

as Self

2011
Weekly Idol

as Self

2010
Running Man

as Self

2003
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

1974
American Music Awards

as Self [BTS]

Sound

2023
BASTIONS

as Theme Song Performance

2020
Your Eyes Tell

as Theme Song Performance

2020