J-Hope will officially kick off the
BTS solo era
with his debut album,
Jack in the Box, due 7/15 via
Big Hit/
Geffen. Lead single "More" arrives Friday. He is slated to headline
Lollapalooza's
main stage this summer, becoming the first Korean solo act to do so.
J-Hope released a mixtape,
Hope World, in 2018 and a solo single, "Chicken Noodle Soup" w/
Becky G, in 2019.
BTS dropped its anthology album,
Proof, two weeks ago. It debuted at #1 on the
HITS Top 50. Group members spoke of a possible "hiatus" during the album's release week, with
Proof being the end of one chapter and J-Hope's solo album the beginning of the next in the iconic K-pop act's story.