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J-Hope’s listening party for solo album sees star-studded guest list

Actor Uhm Jung-hwa's selfies with BTS members during the listening party for J-Hope's ″Jack In The Box″ [SCREEN CAPTURES]


A plethora of celebrities showed up to J-Hope’s listening party for his solo album “Jack In The Box” on Thursday night.

The list includes model Irene, artists Heize, Zico, Kid Milli, Sunmi, Jessi, HyunA, ph-1, Gaeko of Dynamicduo, Giriboy, Bibi and Tiger JK and actor Uhm Jung-hwa.

The celebrities posted selfies and pictures to their respective social media channels.

Some, like Uhm, uploaded a selfie with BTS member Jimin with the hashtag “how can you be so lovely?”


Concept photographs for J-Hope's "Jack In The Box" [BIGHIT MUSIC]


“Jack In The Box,” with the lead tracks “MORE” and “Arson,” dropped Friday afternoon. According to BigHit Music, the album breaks the mold and reflects J-Hope’s passion and contemplation about his future paths.

The hardcopy of the album goes on sale from July 29. Until then, listeners are able to stream it or purchase a digital version of the album on fan community platform Weverse. The Weverse album is a QR code-based service that provides listeners with digital versions of the pictures that are on the hardcopy album.

The album cover art was designed by the American artist KAWS, whose artworks J-Hope has consistently expressed his affection for over the years.

BY SHIN MIN-HEE [shin.minhee@joongang.co.kr]