Jeon Jungkook 전정국 born September 1 1997 known mononymously as Jung Kook 정국 is a South Korean singer songwriter and record producer under BigHit Music He is the maknae of the boy group BTS Jung Kook has performed three solo songs as part of BTS discography Begin in 2016 Euphoria in 2018 and My Time in 2020 all of which charted on South Koreas Gaon Digital Chart He released two selfproduced digital singles Still With You in 2020 and My You in 2022 Jung Kook also recorded the soundtrack song Stay Alive for the BTSbased webtoon 7Fates Chakho In 2022 he featured on American singersongwriter Charlie Puths single Left and Right which peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Later that year he became the first South Korean artist to release an official song for the FIFA World Cup soundtrack with Dreamers which he subsequently performed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony In 2023 Jung Kook released his debut solo single Seven featuring Latto which simultaneously debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 the Global 200 and the Global Excl US charts making him the first Korean solo artist to do so It also became the fastest song in Spotify history to surpass 100 million streams on the platform His followup single 3D featuring Jack Harlow reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 and made Jung Kook the first South Korean solo artist to achieve two consecutive topfive entries on the UK Singles Chart In 2024 Jung Kook was promoted to full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association In 2018 he was awarded the fifthclass Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea along with the other members of BTS for his contributions to Korean culture