{"id":154461,"date":"2025-04-29T18:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/29\/j-hope-of-bts-reflects-on-his-time-in-the-south-korean-military-ive-learned-a-different-life-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T18:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:06:11","slug":"j-hope-of-bts-reflects-on-his-time-in-the-south-korean-military-ive-learned-a-different-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/29\/j-hope-of-bts-reflects-on-his-time-in-the-south-korean-military-ive-learned-a-different-life-2\/","title":{"rendered":"J-Hope of BTS Reflects on His Time in the South Korean Military: \u2018I\u2019ve Learned a Different\u00a0Life\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAfter spending 18 months in the South Korean military, J-Hope<\/a> says he is a very different person now that he\u2019s back on the streets as a civilian.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn an interview with Apple Music 1\u2019s Zane Lowe, the BTS<\/a> star opened up about his time serving his county leading up to the day he was discharged<\/a> in October. J-Hope is only the second member of the boy band to finish his enlistment, following Jin; RM, Suga, V, Jimin and Jung Kook will return home from the military this June.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think it\u2019s only natural for young people in South Korea to take on this responsibility,\u201d the \u201cChicken Noodle Soup\u201d singer told Lowe. \u201cI thought it was a very important part of J-Hope\u2019s or Jung Ho-seok\u2019s life.\u00a0After all, I am a proud citizen of South Korea. I love my country. There are things that I cherish in this country.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a different experience,\u201d he continued. \u201cAlso, in reality, I\u2019ve learned a different life. And in many ways, I got to meet people from all walks of life and I received a lot of good energy. And I heard a lot of good things. But also, you know, a year and a half is actually not a very short time. That bit made me feel a lot of things. In the end, I think the most important thing was I realized how important the work I\u2019ve been doing for all these years is incredibly meaningful to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJ-Hope, who continued to release solo projects during his enlistment, added, \u201cEven though I was in the service, I think there was a part of me who never really let go of my love for music.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTheir collective service to the military has meant that the members of BTS have been on a break for about two years, last releasing an album in 2020, when Be<\/em> reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200<\/a>. Like Jimin, all of the other Bangtan Boys have also worked on solo releases throughout the band\u2019s time away.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe break will soon be over, however with J-Hope also teasing on Apple Music 1 that he and his bandmates plan to reunite pretty much as soon as possible. \u201cWe will quickly get together and talk about what BTS can do in the future,\u201d he told Lowe. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a massive energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch J-Hope\u2019s full interview with Lowe below.<\/p>\n

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