j-hope
Jung Ho-seok, known professionally as j-hope, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer under Big Hit Music. He is a member of the boy group BTS.
j-hope released his first solo mixtape, Hope World, in 2018. It was received positively by critics and peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard 200, the highest-charting album by a Korean solo artist at the time. He became the first member of BTS to enter the Billboard Hot 100 as a soloist in 2019, when his single Chicken Noodle Soup, featuring singer Becky G, debuted at number 81. In 2022, j-hope released his debut studio album, Jack in the Box. In 2023, he released his collaboration single On the Street with J. Cole. In 2024, j-hope released a six-part docuseries titled Hope on the Street, accompanied by the special album Hope on the Street Vol.1, both centered on his artistic roots and street dance background. In 2025, he embarked on his first solo concert tour, Hope on the Stage.
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. In 2020, j-hope was promoted to a full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association.
Photos
Movies (127)
![BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in São Paulo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kK5wiFE800cMVIjsj2TTyLCQqZo.jpg)
BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in São Paulo
2026 · Self

BTS: THE RETURN
2026 · Self

HYBE CHEERING PARTY
2026 · Self (archive footage)
![BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Buenos Aires](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kK5wiFE800cMVIjsj2TTyLCQqZo.jpg)
BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Buenos Aires
2026 · Self
![BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Los Angeles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gw11XbT6V8eREVFeH4f8RrPE9CU.jpg)
BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Los Angeles
2026 · Self
![BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Busan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uVGuW7CJpAhd5RCMaQ5z6Hfke2g.jpg)
BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Busan
2026 · Self
![BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Japan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iNBzpdLRX7OfajlnwNdJNlW0bCB.jpg)
BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Japan
2026 · Self
![BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Goyang](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4fS3f4trmRXN8uX5onh4paymU2Z.jpg)
BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Goyang
2026 · Self

BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG
2026 · Self

j-hope Tour 'HOPE ON THE STAGE' THE MOVIE
2025 · Self

BTS 2021 MUSTER SOWOOZOO Remastered
2025 · Self

BTS 2016 Live The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage: Epilogue Remastered
2025 · Self

BTS 2017 Live Trilogy EPISODE III THE WINGS TOUR THE FINAL Remastered
2025 · Self

BTS 2019 WORLD TOUR 'LOVE YOURSELF: SPEAK YOURSELF' LONDON Remastered
2025 · Self

BTS ARMY: FOREVER WE ARE YOUNG
2025 · Self

j-hope Lollapalooza Berlin
2025 · self

BTS MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E
2025 · Self

j-hope Tour 'HOPE ON THE STAGE' FINAL
2025
![J-hope TOUR [HOPE ON THE STAGE] in Japan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tHQyHo9MyrLBVa3KLssu2h0frMt.jpg)
J-hope TOUR [HOPE ON THE STAGE] in Japan
2025 · Self

J-hope Tour 'HOPE ON THE STAGE' in SEOUL Day 3
2025 · J-hope

J-hope Tour 'HOPE ON THE STAGE' in SEOUL Day 2
2025 · J-hope

J-hope Tour 'HOPE ON THE STAGE' in SEOUL Day 1
2025 · J-hope

Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2025 : Le concert événement
2025 · Self - Guest

Tapis Rouge Gala Des Pièces Rouge
2025

HYBE CINEMA NORAEBANG
2024 · Self (archive footage)

Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024 · Self (archive footage)

PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE in THE US
2024 · Self

Seotaiji 25 Live Time : Traveler
2023 · Self

TOMORROW X TOGETHER: OUR LOST SUMMER
2023 · Self

King of Clones
2023 · Self (archive footage)

j-hope IN THE BOX
2023 · Self

BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas
2023 · Self
![BTS Love Yourself : Speak Yourself [The Final]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bWgOjwvWxgKKD3n4VehAn466dsI.jpg)
BTS Love Yourself : Speak Yourself [The Final]
2022 · Self

BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage - LA
2022 · Self

BTS Memories of 2021
2022 · Self

BTS 2021 MUSTER: SOWOOZOO
2022 · Self

BTS Permission to Dance on Stage - Las Vegas
2022 · Self

BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage - Seoul
2022 · Self

BTS 2022 Season's Greetings
2021 · Self

BTS Permission to Dance On Stage
2021 · Self

Coldplay x BTS Inside ‘My Universe’ Documentary
2021 · Self

BTS MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E DVD
2021 · Self

BTS Memories of 2020
2021 · Self

A Butterful Getaway with BTS
2021

BTS 2021 Muster: Sowoozoo Day 2
2021 · Self

BTS 2021 Muster: Sowoozoo Day 1
2021 · Self

Friends: The Reunion
2021 · Self

SIGNAL: The Movie – Cold Case Investigation Unit
2021 · Theme Song Performance

BTS 2021 WINTER PACKAGE in Gangwon
2021 · Self

MTV Unplugged Presents: BTS
2021 · Self

2021 NEW YEAR’S EVE LIVE presented by Weverse
2020 · Self

BTS 2021 Season's Greetings
2020

Your Eyes Tell
2020 · Theme Song Performance

BTS Map of the Soul ON:E Day 2
2020 · Self

Map of the Soul ON:E
2020 · Self

BTS Map of the Soul ON:E Day 1
2020 · Self

BTS World Tour 'Love Yourself -Speak Yourself' London
2020

BTS World Tour 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' London
2020

Break the Silence: The Movie
2020 · Self

BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.5: Magic Shop
2020 · Self

The Rise of K-Pop
2020 · Self (archive footage)

BTS Memories of 2019
2020 · Self

BTS: Global Takeover
2020 · Self

BTS MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 ~The Journey~
2020

BANG BANG CON The Live
2020

Dear Class of 2020
2020 · Self (BTS)

BTS 5th Muster Magic Shop in Seoul
2020

BTS WORLD TOUR ‘LOVE YOURSELF: SPEAK YOURSELF’〜JAPAN EDITION〜 at 大阪 ヤンマースタジアム長居 全曲ノーカット版
2020

BTS 5th Muster: Magic Shop in Busan
2020 · Self

BTS 2020 Winter Package in Helsinki
2020

BTS World Tour ‘Love Yourself: Speak Yourself’ São Paulo
2019

BTS 2020 Season's Greetings
2019 · Self

Melon Music Awards 2019 - BTS Live Performance
2019 · Self

BTS World Tour 'Love Yourself - Speak Yourself' (The Final) Seoul Live Viewing
2019 · Self

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself - Japan Edition
2019 · Self
![BTS WORLD TOUR [LOVE YOURSELF : SPEAK YOURSELF] in Seoul (The Final)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xRfEVy67oc6xR5H0WUfeJxhmLHt.jpg)
BTS WORLD TOUR [LOVE YOURSELF : SPEAK YOURSELF] in Seoul (The Final)
2019 · Self

BTS 2019 SUMMER PACKAGE in Korea
2019 · Self

BTS JAPAN OFFICIAL FANMEETING VOL.5 "MAGIC SHOP" in Osaka
2019

BTS Memories of 2018
2019 · Self

Bring the Soul: The Movie
2019 · Self

BTS WORLD TOUR ‘LOVE YOURSELF’~JAPAN EDITION~at Fukuoka
2019

BTS BTS 5th Muster: Magic Shop in Busan
2019

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Europe
2019

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in New York
2019

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Asia
2019 · Rapper, Dancer

BTS World Tour Love Yourself Hong Kong
2019 · Rapper, Dancer

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul
2019 · Self
BTS World Tour: Love Yourself 2019 #BTSinNAGOYA
2019

BTS 2019 Season's Greetings
2018 · Self

BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.4 ~Happy Ever After~
2018 · Self

Burn the Stage: The Movie
2018 · Self

BTS 4th Muster: Happy Ever After
2018 · Self

BTS 'LOVE YOURSELF' SEOUL
2018

BTS 2018 SUMMER PACKAGE in Saipan
2018 · Self

BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour in Osaka
2018 · Self

BTS Sweets Party in Harajuku Japan
2018

BTS Memories of 2017
2018 · Self

BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour in Seoul
2018 · Self

BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour in Saitama
2017 · Self

BTS 2018 Season's Greetings
2017 · Self

BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour in Seoul (The Final Chapter)
2017 · Self

BTS 2017 SUMMER PACKAGE Vol.003
2017 · Self

BTS Memories of 2016
2017 · Self

BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.3: Reaching You
2017
![BTS 3rd Muster: [ARMY.ZIP+]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3bJkMCb1rw5OHHwaKravwldGO4A.jpg)
BTS 3rd Muster: [ARMY.ZIP+]
2017

BTS Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Epilogue
2017

BTS Most Beautiful Moment in Life: EPILOGUE -Japan Edition-
2017

BTS 2017 Season's Greetings
2016 · Self

BTS 3rd Muster: ARMY.ZIP +
2016

BTS Summer Package in Dubai
2016

BTS Memories of 2015
2016 · Self

BTS NOW3: BTS in Chicago
2016 · Self

2016 BTS LIVE The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage: Epilogue
2016 · Self

BTS Live: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage
2016 · Self

BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.2: Undercover Mission
2016

BTS 2016 Season's Greetings
2015 · Self

2015 Dream Concert
2015 · Self

Prologue
2015 · J-Hope

BTS 2015 Summer Package in Kota Kinabalu
2015

BTS Memories of 2014
2015 · Self

BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet
2015 · Self

BTS 1st JAPAN TOUR 2015「WAKE UP:OPEN YOUR EYES」
2015

BTS Live Trilogy Episode I: BTS Begins
2015 · Self

BTS NOW2: BTS in Europe & America
2015 · Self

BTS 2015 Season's Greetings
2014 · Self

BTS 1st Japan Showcase –Next Stage– in Zepp Tokyo
2014 · Self

BTS NOW: BTS in Thailand
2014 · Self
TV shows (63)
BTS: The Best Talk Show!
2026

BTS 7 Moments
2025

Run Jin
2024 · Self

BTS BANG BANG CON
2024 · Self

Hope on the Street
2024 · Self, Creator

Sana’s Fridge Interview
2024 · Self

BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star
2023 · Self

BASTIONS
2023 · Theme Song Performance

BT21 INSIDE MANG
2023 · Self, Creator

The Seasons
2023 · Self

SUCHWITA
2022 · Self

Just an Excuse
2022 · Self

BTS X Cookie Run: Kingdom
2022 · Self
Give Me a Minute
2022 · Self

&Audition - The Howling
2022 · Self

Let's BTS
2021 · Self

The Game Caterers
2021 · Self

Next Entertainment, Visionary
2021 · Self

BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.5: Magic Shop
2020

IU's Palette
2020 · Self - Guest

BTS In the SOOP
2020 · Self

I-LAND
2020 · Self

Break the Silence: Docu-Series
2020 · Self

Bring The Soul: Docu-Series
2019 · Self

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul
2019

BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.4 ~Happy Ever After~
2018

You Quiz on the Block
2018 · Self

BTS COMEBACKSHOW - HIGHLIGHT REEL
2018

En pocas palabras
2018 · Self (archive footage)

BTS: Burn the Stage
2018 · Self

BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.3: Reaching You
2017

New Yang Nam Show
2017

BTS: Bon Voyage
2016 · Self

Men on a Mission
2015 · Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Musical Guest, Self

BTS GAYO
2015 · Self

Run BTS!
2015 · Self

BTS: Lucky Draw
2015 · Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self

Hot Ones
2015 · Self

Chef & My Fridge
2014 · Self

The Choice of 100 People - Best Ramen
2014 · Guest
Food Bank Delicious Sharing Concert
2014

American Hustle Life
2014 · Self

American Hustle Life
2014 · Self

BTS: China Job
2014 · Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self, Self - Guest / Musical Guest

Rookie King
2013

Radio Disney Music Awards
2013 · Self

Home Alone
2013

Weekly Idol
2011 · Self

Running Man
2010

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
2008 · Self

El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self

Star King
2007

Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self

MTV Europe Music Awards
1994 · Self

SBS Eight O'Clock News
1991

MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self

Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest

American Music Awards
1974 · Self [BTS], Self

The Grammys
1959 · Self

