Jin is drawing attention from ARMY as he announced his variety show activities after being discharged from the military. Jin will reportedly appear on MBC TV entertainment show “Half-Star Hotel in Lost Island,” which will be broadcast on August 19th. In addition, the first episode of Jin’s first solo reality show “Run Jin” will be released today (August 13). Jin was also selected as a new global brand ambassador for Italian luxury brand Gucci.
RM’s good personality was highlighted in a story revealed by rapper Sleepy on August 11th. Sleepy appeared on KBS2’s “Superman Is Back” and shared that RM transferred 10 million won to Sleepy to congratulate him on his wedding. Previously, on August 7th, RM’s second solo album “Right Place, Wrong Person” made it to the top 10 of the 25 best albums of 2024 selected by The Genius, an American music media outlet. He celebrated the news by sharing a related post on his Instagram story, but on the same day, Suga’s drunk driving controversy broke out and he quickly deleted the story. Fans speculated that RM might have deleted the story in consideration of Suga’s controversy.
The Disney+ original show “Are You Sure?!,” which features Jimin and Jungkook traveling together, has been released since August 8th and is receiving favorable reviews for showing the chemistry between the two. In addition, in the third episode, which will be released on August 15th, member V will participate as a guest, drawing more attention.
Meanwhile, Jungkook was nominated for two categories: “2024 MTV Video Music Awards” Best Collaboration and “Best K-Pop” with “Seven” (feat. Latto) released in July last year.
j-hope surpassed 200 million streams on Spotify on August 1st with his solo album “HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1” and on the same day, sightings of his training recruits before being discharged from the military at the training center spread to the online community. Him skillfully organizing crowds and taking pictures in order with fans has disappeared fans’ worries about his military life.
Suga however contrasts with their brilliant moves. Suga was found to have fallen near his house while drunk driving an electric scooter on the night of August 6th. His blood alcohol level at the time was 0.227%, far above the 0.08% standard for revocation of his license. Regarding the incident, Suga and his agency Big Hit Music explained that he rode an “electric kickboard,” but CCTV shows that it was an “electric scooter.”
Source: TenAsia
