BTS’ Jungkook revealed that after releasing his hit single “Seven (feat. Latto),” he is set to drop another song followed by a mini-album in November.
Jungkook became a guest on fellow BTS member Suga’s YouTube talk show “Suchwita” on July 29.
BTS' Suga (right) and Jungkook on “Suchwita” released on July 29 (Twitter)
The filming of the episode was done in June before Jungkook released “Seven” last July 14.
During the show, Jungkook and Suga talked about “Seven,” BTS and the former’s music plans.
Jungkook said promoting “Seven” would be like a debut for him and not a comeback.
“For my promotions it's not gonna be like a comeback. It'll be like a debut,” he said.
After listening to “Seven,” Suga predicted that the song would be No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which it eventually did.
“I'm getting a feeling already. Let's go, No. 1 on the Hot 100! I can tell just from the first verse that it'll be No. 1 on the HOT 100! Let's go!,” said Suga.
His prediction came true as “Seven” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated July 29.
Jungkook started promoting “Seven” by performing at the “Good Morning America” Summer Concert Series on July 14 in New York’s Central Park.
“I just want to do what I do best and be totally awesome at it,” he said.
Suga told him, “Everyone's been dying to see you. Everyone will go crazy.”
Jungkook said without “Seven,” he would still be on a break from music activities.
“The moment I heard it, I was like ‘I have to do this.’ Without the song ‘Seven’ I might've still been on a break right now. I loved being on a break. I was totally enjoying my time off and this song got me started again,” said Jungkook.
Jungkook recorded the song in the US and said, “And while I was there, I am proud to be a K-idol. So I worked really hard on the details as I was recording.”
Suga asked him what will be next for him after “Seven.”
“So, you have a digital single coming out. What's next after the single?” said Suga.
Jungkook replied, “After the single, I have another single And then, I'll be releasing a small mini album by November.”
When asked about the songs in his album, Jungkook said the songs were not ready yet (as of the filming of the episode).
“No. I have to start working on them now,” said Jungkook.
Suga again predicted that “Seven” would “be a huge, huge hit.”
“I want a song like this for my second single too but I haven't found it,” said Jungkook. Suga offered to write a song for Jungkook.
Suga told Jungkook, “I've mentioned this a lot on TV shows before but of all the vocalists I've ever met you're the most genius. That's what I said about you when I met other songwriters.”
“And people need to know this. Before he joined the agency he had never sung in his life. And I've seen everything you've gone through,” Suga added.
Jungkook replied, “Honestly, in the past hearing that was a lot of pressure and I didn't like hearing it. But I had to work even harder because people were saying that.”
“You just have to keep going. You were born with the talent. You're good at singing high notes too,” said Suga.
About BTS, Suga said, “Everyone on our team is a super hard worker. And it's been ten years now! Ten years! What's so interesting about our team is that we each have a clear role which is great. Roles that no one else can do. I think that really helps us complement each other. I love that about us.”
On doing a solo concert, Jungkook said, “The only concerts I've ever done are our team concerts and I was curious about my own abilities. I was curious whether I could put on a concert all on my own.”
Suga has his own “Suga Agust D Tour.”
“Solo concerts and team concerts are different because for team concerts, there's not much you can do regarding the production. So there aren't a lot of sets or things we can use. But if you do it alone you can do anything you want,” said Suga.
“What should I do for my concerts? Should I come up with ideas already?” asked Jungkook.
Suga told him, “When the time comes, I'll tell you all you need to know. I prepared for a really long time for my tour. I did run-throughs starting a month before. Three times a week. I did 28 concerts for my tour. And I did 20 run-throughs before starting the tour. I did it exactly like the real thing. Honestly, it was scary doing it alone.”
The July 29 episode of "Suchwita" garnered 3.4 million views as of this writing.
At the end of the show, Suga said, “This was so fun.”