Jungkook Birthday 2023: Tracing the BTS Golden Maknae’s meteoric rise to stardom

According to Korean culture the youngest in a family or group the maknae Jeon Jungkook is the youngest member of global music sensation BTS and thus has been dubbed Golden Maknae by the fandomOn an old episode of variety show Rookie King teenage Jungkook had described himself as an allrounder be it when it comes to visuals vocals creative skills or performance ldquoGolden Maknae Jeon Jungkook therersquos nothing he canrsquot dordquo he sang and every word was trueSince BTSrsquos debut in June 2013 Jungkook has grown from a doeeyed camerashy artist into a brilliant and confident performer who shines not only on stage but also in his innumerable other artistic and athletic endeavours Recently he released his debut solo digital single lsquoSevenrsquo that swept ARMY by storm It became the fastest song by a male artist in Spotify history second fastest overall to surpass 500 million streams The feat was achieved in 43 days lsquoSevenrsquo became the 2nd most streamed song by Korean soloist on Spotify dethroning BLACKPINKrsquos Jenniersquos debut single lsquoSolorsquoJungkook will soon celebrate his 26th birthday on September 1 2023 How the years have flown by ndash where did our little banana milkloving Kookie go To celebrate this special occasion lets rewind and take a look at Jungkooks rise as the Hwangum Maknae of BTS The signs of stardom had been there since the beginningJungkook is known as the main face of BTS even as his position within the group In a behindthescenes Bangtan Bomb where BTS was promoting their lead single Dope in 2015 Jungkook celebrated his casting day This was the day he was scouted by Big Hit entertainment the talent agency that manages the groupOn April 24 2011 14yearold Jungkook auditioned for the megahit survival program Superstar K3 with a rendition of IUs Lost Child He made it to the second round and while his footage was edited out of the show BigHit viewer scouts caught his performance and asked him to join their label Jungkook was a rookie at the time yet his melodious vocals swooned Kentertainment bigwigs like SM Entertainment JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment Although Jungkook received offers from six agencies he chose to join the smallest label BigHit and all because of leader Namjoon aka RMJungkook has often mentioned that RM is one of his biggest musical inspirations As a teenager he was blown away by RMs rapping skills and decided to join the thenstruggling BigHit because of the tobe leaders charisma Seems like some matching Virgo telepathy drew them together Two years later JK officially debuted as Jungkook of BTS in 2013Since BTSs inception Jungkook has not shied away from putting his exceptional and diverse talents on display Along with being a heavenly vocalist with an insane range Jungkook also flaunted his rapping skills during the groups early years when their music was more hiphop oriented During his training period Bang Si Hyuk BigHit CEO and the producer often regarded as the mastermind behind the groups rise to fame sent Jungkook to the US to sharpen his dancing skills and also undertake vocal training to bring greater emotion to his voiceAll that hard work paid off Jungkook is now part of BTSs dance line and is reaching unprecedented levels of success with challenging productions such as his performance of Dreamers at the Qatar World Cup and his allEnglish single Seven Being nurtured under the wings of the septet for over a decade has propelled him to grow as an individual creator and musicianEven as a solo artist Jungkook has displayed versatility and growth in his music Right from Magic Shop in early 2018 a track which Jungkook cowrote and coproduced to dazzling with his vocals and performance of Euphoria to recording the hauntingly beautiful piano ballad Still With You BTSs maknae has proven that he has a lot to offer as an individualJungkook is also a talented painter and photographer He seems to have drawn his artistic abilities from his father and often used to post snippets of his art on Twitter ARMYs also got to witness his abilities when he effortlessly painted landscapes during their pandemic reality show In The Soop After taking one look at his painting that depicted the expanse of the mountains and lake BTSs cabin overlooked in the show RM said I really want to know what is in his genes Us too Namjoon us tooJungkook also films and edits videos of his travels under the banner Golden Closet Films His videos depict a cleareyed sense of detail and curiosity in his surroundings as well as impeccable intuition of light angle and emotive frames that contribute to his cinematographyJK is also the resident muscle bunny of BTS he has had a longstanding commitment to fitness and is also great at any kind of athletics and sport Remember when Jungkook helped BTS bag the gold medal at the relay event at the Korean Idol Championships for three years in a row Apart from this it is also a running show within BTS and the fandom that there is no skill JK is objectively bad at His grasping power and ability to learn quickly is superhuman and you can be guaranteed that he will be above average at anything he does even if its for the first time BTS often call upon Jungkook to help them and the artist says that this makes him feel happy as he can be depended upon Yes we know it is unfair we dont have even a fraction of Jungkooks golden talentsIn an old episode of Run BTS the seven members gathered around a campfire and read selfwritten poems In Jungkooks poem titled GoldWhen I was in my mothers belly she dreamed of golden rainWhatever the rain touched everything became goldenI could not do anything but I met you in my golden timeI found myself starting to shineJungkook would no doubt be brilliant even if he had pursued a solo career from the start but his poem beautifully encapsulates that what makes him the Golden Maknae is his fateful journey with BTS and each of its members It was meant to be happy birthday Jungkook