J-Hope Talks ‘Meaningful Moment’ Making Lolla Headlining Debut
This is the day before J-Hope’s headlining appearance in Lollapalooza, and if he is nervous, it doesn’t appear. Relax at Balenciaga Casual ‘Fit, he smiled as he pondered this historical moment. On Sunday, he became the first South Korean artist to become the headlines of the US Main Music Festival while also making his solo’s direct debut.
Even though his attitude was cold, he had worked tirelessly for tonight, and his hopes were high. “This is actually a big challenge for me as an artist J-Hope. This is a very important momentum to move forward, “he told Rolling Stone backstage through a translator in a pocket that was closed in the artist area. “So I really have to prepare very hard because this is a very meaningful moment and an important part of my art. After this performance, maybe I will feel many things. I am sure it will help me as an artist to take the next step. “
The preparation work includes diving in perfecting its direct shipping from the first two singles (“more” and “burning”) from his first solo album, Jack in the box, and they are the song he said the most eager to appear for the first time. “They are also songs that have a style that I have never done before,” he explained. “So I practice a lot because they are songs that are difficult to do directly.”
The singles, he said, needed a lot of energy, and he spent a lot of time training them. “I have to display these songs solely depending on my voice and vibration. Not an ordinary weapon that I have, who dances, “he added. “So in that sense, I focus a lot on the two main singles that are very meaningful for me.”
Going Solo also means training without six other BTS bands. His experience has “lonely,” he laughed. “I miss my members.” But it also presents a good challenge – physically, full of enthusiasm, and mentally – after working in the last 10 years in group arrangements. “[This] is very challenging, but also very fun. So actually, I think it’s very positive to face new challenges, [which] will actually help me as a person. So I really enjoyed the whole process. Every moment is very fun and very new and it makes me feel like I go back to the past. “
With Jack in the Box, J-Hope is the first member of BTS to drop the solo-and album is really solo, not having features. “I filled the whole album with only my voice. So I made this album so I can prove myself, you know? I want to show people that this is my music. This is the vibration I have. I want to let many other artists hear my music; That I want to tell the artists that, ‘Oh, J-Hope does this kind of music,’ “he said.” I am waiting for collaboration, so maybe I can do a very cool and amazing collaboration with other artists. Nothing has been set, but That’s just my brave ambition. I am open to future plans like this. If I do the next collaboration, it might display my main weapon, who dances. “
Only a few weeks since Jack in the box arrived, but J-Hope already has a big show under his belt and has time to contemplate some of the lessons picked.
“The most important thing is that I realize that taking this big task, it is a big challenge to do what I want to do right now. Looking back, actually, I think I realize that if not for now, I will not be able to release this album, “he said.” So I think it itself marked a big milestone in my music. Slowly started to set the direction where my music should go to the next. I learned that maybe I was a little arrogant, maybe I was a little less, and I was a little inexperienced. But I learned a lot through this album. In that case, I thought this album was very, very means for me. “
