I really just canât contain myself and I just have to let this out.
Donât you think itâs amazing that the ONLY two K-soloists that have topped the Billboard Hot 100 are dating?
I really canât contain my head around it. Weâve given them a lot of nicknames to celebrate how theyâre a power coupleâace duo, Busanâs pride/princes/kings, main pop boy and it boy. Usually, it comes up when they, as a unit, are highlighted in front of everyone. For instance:
My absolute favorite: Black Swan Jikook
The Flying Yoga Run BTS episode
Topping Brand Reputation rankings as #1 and #2
Topping the charts as #1 and #2
I always feel a great amount of pride when stuff like this happens. It reinforces what an actual power couple they are. But god, this Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 achievement takes it to the next level.
Iâve seen dozens of posts and tweets today celebrating not just Jungkook, but Jimin too. And I know, I know, weâve never really needed all that external validation, but it FEELS SO NICE, doesnât it? To see non-Jikookers, non-fans, the media just keep repeating how Jimin and Jungkook are the only Korean soloists whoâve reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Do you see how hot this is?
Andâat least for us over hereâthey just happen to date each other? Do you see how fucking special that is? Itâs one thing for Koreans to celebrate two Korean idols topping the Hot 100. Itâs another thing for ARMYs to celebrate two idols belonging in BTS topping the Hot 100. Itâs another thing for Busan residents to celebrate two idols from their city topping the Hot 100.
Itâs another thing for Jikookers to celebrate that 2/2 of their ship are the only two K-soloists that have topped the Billboard Hot 100.
And as if thatâs not enough, Jimin just had to post Jungkookâs achievement on his IG. And Jiminâs dad just had to hold a surprise event today.
Jimin posting isnât unlike the other posts heâs made for the members. Thatâs not a Jikook-only event. Itâs the fact that BB Hot 100 No. 1 Artist Park Jimin posted about BB Hot 100 No. 1 Artist Jungkook. Doesnât that give you goosebumps? Itâs worth reporting!
I know it looks like Iâm inflating Billboard Hot 100 a little too much. But we know something like this means a lot to them. And I definitely think it means a lot more that both of them achieved it.
Imagine them just casually saying good night to each other last night, while cuddling.
âGood night, No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 artist.â
âGood night to you too, No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 artist.â
Because they are.
And all we can do is imagine, because obviously, thatâs not the kind of thing theyâd share with us. And thatâs the best part, you know? They get to be in their bubble and celebrate by themselves, the way they were in their bubble in NYC/CT.
Except now theyâre two No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 artists. And theyâre probably just eating cake or boxing or doing something familiarâand normalâtogether right now. Theyâll celebrate, and then theyâll just be.
We can all argue our asses off here. And they wonât care. And their akgaes and antis can keep blaming either half of Jikook for sabotage or favoritism, and Jikook wonât care.
[I do believe Jimin was wronged in the grand scheme of things, but Jeon âYou know Iâm-hyungâs fanâ Jungkook is NOT to be blamed.]
Jikook will be in their protective bubble, doing their own thing the way they did in Tokyo, in NYC, in Connecticut, the way they always do in Korea. Itâs a BTS thing and a Jikook thing.
They donât owe us photo dumps, and GCFs, and lives, and Weverse posts, and confirmations of relationships.
It reminds me of AO3 writer unconsciousâ description of Jikook in her canon compliant Taemin/Kai fic âthis love isnât crazyâ (yeah, itâs not Jikook-centric, and Iâm not even a Taekai shipper nor a stan of either, but the description stuck with me).
Hereâs an excerpt, from Taeminâs POV:
âBye, Yoongi,â Jeongguk says. He walks backward, tugging Jimin along, and offers Taemin a small smile over Jiminâs head. âBye, Taemin-hyung.â
Thereâs an ease to the way they touch each other: familiarity and laughter as Jeongguk wrestles a bedroom door open with his back to it and falls inside with Jimin nearly on top of him.
Taeminâs not that much older than them, really, but watching them he suddenly he feels older. Itâs a deep ache, affection and longing and something elseâsomething in between nostalgia and envy. Was this something he couldâve had? (He said no.) It seems impossible. What Jeongguk and Jimin have is bottled lightning, like everything else Bangtan touches: impossibly lucky, impossibly successful. It depends on that strange insularity Bangtan survives in. Theyâre in their own world, most of the time, working endlessly but also detached from the larger industry; they have a defensive bubble around them, so their personal defenses arenât so severe.
Not to discredit BTS or Jikook, but I do think thereâs a level of luck that played into it all at the start. Or fate. Maybe they were all fated to meet, but they definitely worked hard to get results consistently.
But maybe, as in Serendipity, all this is no coincidence? I mean, this one gave me goosebumps.
As if it isnât crazy enough that Hirai Saya looks so much like Jungkook, she just had to be born on the exact same day and year as Jimin? What?
I donât know where Iâm getting at. I just have so much love for Jikook and so much pride for what theyâve achieved on their own and together.
I cannot believe I just went from Billboard Hot 100 to Hirai Saya. Anyway, stream Seven and Like Crazy!
