IN CONTROL

We’re not saying that Jung Kook is the biggest pop star in the world, but when he fell asleep at his laptop this summer, six million fans tuned in to watch. Now, having blown the doors clean off for east Asian artists in pop, he’s taking us down the rabbit hole with his ‘surprising’ new solo era

TAYLOR GLASBY

“I’m the type of person who is honest with their emotions. I change quickly. I have to do the things I wanted to do right now" Jung Kook, one of the world’s biggest K-pop idols and one of the world’s biggest pop stars, period, is attempting to describe what his gut feeling actually feels like. “It’s kind of like…,” he trails off, toying with the double piercing on the right side of his lip. A pristine white t-shirt makes the sleeve of tattoos on his right arm appear even darker. “It’s kind of indescribable.” And he laughs, giving himself a light palm-tap to the forehead. “I don’t get chills or anything like that, I just have that feeling, like, this is going to work, this is it.” It was back…

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Dazed & Confused (Digital) - 1 Issue, Autumn 2023

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