In March 2023, Jungkook debuted as Calvin Klein’s brand ambassador—and the internet went crazy. The news was revealed through a series of photos that were dropped on Instagram, and a campaign teaser of the singer bare-chested while wearing ’90s style straight jeans, and an oversized denim jacket from the American fashion brand’s 2023 spring/summer collection.

The Calvin Klein x Jungkook official teaser video on YouTube boasted more than 20 million views and nearly three-quarters of a million likes within 24 hours of being posted on Calvin Klein’s YouTube channel.

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BTS’s youngest member made history on November 20, 2022 in Qatar by becoming the first Korean artist to perform at the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony.

He sang Dreamers—produced by the famous Moroccan singer, songwriter and producer RedOne—along with Qatari artist Fahad Al Kubaisi. Of course, BTS fans across the globe responded with unadulterated joy when video of this performance dropped on FIFA’s official YouTube channel—today, it stands among the top 10 most-watched videos on the channel, with 51 million views.

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He showed his tatoo OMGGGGGG I LOVE IT @BTS_twt #JUNGKOOK https://t.co/Hiy3FNH1Tr

— Alex Armanto Rinn (@dungle264) June 13, 2021

In September 2019, Jungkook was spotted by BTS fans—who call themselves ARMY—with several small tattoos on his hands, including one that spelt “ARMY” on his knuckles.

While the singer hid his tattoos for a few months by wearing long sleeves and bandages, he finally revealed his body art during a live concert dedicated to the boy band’s eighth anniversary in June 2021. As tattoos are still taboo and illegal if not performed by a doctor in South Korea, many of his fans took over the internet to show their support.

According to news portal Vice Asia, Google trends showed that the day following the singer’s tattoo reveal, the term “Jungkook Tattoo” was searched on Google more than 10,000 times. 

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Earlier this year, on April 18, the Seoul National University Children’s Hospital revealed on the front page of its monthly newspaper that the singer had donated 1 billion won (around HK$6 million) to support treatment costs for children of low-income families. The singer said in a press statement: “I hope my donation can be a bit of a help to children in danger, and I hope children can smile happy”.

While the donation itself and the announcement in the hospital’s newspaper were done discreetly, as soon as the news spread, thousands of fans took to Twitter to praise their idol.

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Jungkook is the only person to have 6 Tweets in the list of the Top 30 Most Retweeted Tweets of All Time, all with over 1M Retweets. @BTS_twt #JUNGKOOK #정국 #JK pic.twitter.com/4169ispoVN

— Golden JK Universe (@GoldenJKUnivers) April 18, 2021

In March 2021, the singer broke the record for the most number of simultaneous viewers on the South Korean video streaming platform V Live.

Around 22 million people simultaneously watched the live-stream of his interaction with fans. That same year, he also became the first person on Twitter to have the most number of tweets with over 1 million retweets.

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