BTS jeans The Tonight Show? He will be there.
As host Jimmy Fallon announced in a video posted to the show's social media accounts on Tuesday (November 12), the 31-year-old K-pop star is set to make his solo debut on the late-night talk show. In the clip, the Saturday Night Live The alum opens a folder labeled “Top Secret” and feeds a disc into an ancient-looking computer.
Once it finally loads the contents of the disc, revealing a picture of Jin's face and the date of the upcoming Tonight show appearance — November 20 — Fallon's jaw drops with excitement.
The news comes nearly six years after BTS debuted as a full band on Fallon's show. In 2018, the group—which also consists of SUGA, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook—performed the Billboard Hot 100 No. 11 hits “Idol” and “I'm Fine”, as well as tried out that year's dance trend “Fortnite”.
In 2020, the boys did a series of Tonight show performances — including some mock musical numbers on the show to lighten ARMY's moods during the COVID-19 pandemic — before returning again in 2021 for performances of their No. 1 hits 'Butter' and 'Permission to Dance'. Jin's bandmates Jimin and SUGA have since made their own solo debuts on the show.
News of the “Super Tuna” singer's upcoming performance comes on the heels of his new single “I'll Be There,” which was released on October 25 ahead of his debut solo album, Happywhich arrives on Friday (November 15). In a recent interview, Jin said about the project, “I have a very clear idea of what kind of feelings I want to share with our fans… I want our fans, our ARMY, to be happy.”
Jin's solo era is unfolding as most of the BTS boys are still completing their mandatory service in the South Korean military, which the “Abyss” artist became the first to complete in June. J-Hope is the only other member of the group to have completed his since then. Full zone operations are on hiatus until next year.
Watch Fallon's announcement above.
