Seoul, Mar 17 (EFE).- J-Hope, a member of the popular K-pop boy band BTS, will release his new single, “Mona Lisa,” on Mar. 21, his management agency, BigHit Music, announced Monday.
The song, which will be available starting at 1 pm on Friday, compares a love interest to Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting.
Through this song, which combines hip-hop with R&B, J-Hope expresses that the charm that truly moves the heart is each person’s uniqueness, not their external beauty.
The singer-rapper, who contributed to writing the song, will drop a new version of “Sweet Dreams,” which he released on Mar. 7, at 1 pm on Tuesday.
This version, arranged by Australian music production duo FNZ, blends funky rhythms with a bass sound and soulful piano performances, the agency said.
J-Hope will also headline the Lollapalooza music festival in Berlin in July.
Before his Berlin performance, the artist will kick off his solo world tour with three concerts at the KSPO Dome in Seoul and will visit a total of 15 cities, including New York City and Chicago in the US, Mexico City, Manila, in the Philippines, and Saitama, in Japan.
J-Hope, whose real name is Jung Ho-seok, completed his 18-month mandatory military service in South Korea in October.
He becomes the second member of the group to do so, after Jin, before the band – also composed of Suga, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook – reunites in 2025.
Both Jin and J-Hope are expected to focus on their solo careers until the group’s official return.
In 2022, BTS announced that it would be taking a hiatus until at least 2025, a period its seven members have been using to focus on personal projects and perform their military service. EFE
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