Jung Ho-Seok, best known by the stage name J-Hope, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, dancer, and record producer. He debuted as a member of the South Korean boy band BTS under Big Hit Entertainment in 2013. In 2018, Hope World, a solo mixtape by the J-debutant Hope, was released. He became the highest-ranking Korean performer at the time as a result of this.
BTS’s J-Hope discussed how his rapper skills have matured as he’s learned more and more over the years as to which styles he needs to start and how to portray different emotions in an interview with Weverse Magazine. J-Hope didn’t have much rapping experience before joining BTS, despite having a background in street dance. He masters the skill so quickly that it is impossible to tell that he had less time to learn than the others.
“I’m constantly learning new techniques, and whenever I get a BTS song, I have an instinct about how I should approach it. There’s no particular reason for the change; I believe everything I’ve ever learned and all the energy I’ve absorbed just comes out intuitively at the moment.
“For Youth” gave me another opportunity to try something new. I considered writing melodic rap rather than focusing on the beat because I wanted to show a more mature side of myself.
I’m constantly changing and maturing musically, and the number of things I can express has grown. I believe that’s how I express myself—by employing skills I’ve acquired throughout my life and during my time with BTS. While working on Proof, I had gut feelings like, This might not be interesting the way it’s going.”