What's particularly lovely about this: by collaborating with j-hope on this song, J. Cole has introduced BTS to a group of new listeners who checked out "on the street" and asked, "Who the hell is j-hope?" Some of them have since listened to j-hope's other solos, gone on to the rap line's songs released as BTS, then Agust D/SUGA's solos and RM's solos. They're sold. So there's now a tiny little nascent branch of ARMY made up of rap and hip hop heads who love J. Cole and wanted to know who this Korean boy was that J. Cole chose to work with, because J. Cole doesn't work with just anyone who happens to bump into him at Lollapalooza. He named himself j-hope's hyung, older brother. On the other side, there are j-hope fans who are now listening to J. Cole because he was so brilliant on this song and j-hope worships him. I won't even get into how gracefully and naturally all of this openness and exploration counters the tired old myth of Black vs. Asian racial tensions in America that white superiority racists have been so eager to perpetuate for so long. That's what music can do in this world.

Oh my... How adorable is J-Hope in this BTS Episode 🥰 like you said, it's just so cute, because at the end of the day, our idols are just like everyone else, they have their own idols, and they're so shy around them, it kills me 🥹 I'm so happy he was able to make this song with J. Cole. Our Hope, our sunshine 💜

We all think we're hard until Jhope unintentionally making us cry 🥲 those background vocals are so great

Oh Hobi, our sunshine. Imagine that after 10 years of fanboying BTS you get to wotk with them. I would be on the ground. J Hope danced amazingly to this beautiful song

The amount I’ve cried and yet like The Astronaut it’s a hope filled hug that says “till we meet on the other side”. I adore this man so much and JCole might have done my favorite verse of his (I’ve only listened to a little of his stuff though).

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who teared up to this beautiful song 😢 This song is everything 💜

Hobi has written a second verse, performed it on Jay Park ‘Drive’ in case the collaboration didn’t happen, it is so beautiful. Check it out for all the feels. He is a giant walking, dancing, loving HEART 💜

I cried too! A lot of reactions by guys who didn’t know Jhope are now falling down the rabbit hole

J-Hooooope! He’s my favorite human. I love him so much and happy for him. Sad he’s gonna be out of reach for awhile now. 💜💔 Thanks for reacting to this jewel.

This is just a F-ING amazing song, and the MV is perfection - every single element of it.

A big hug for you Alex. This was a dream come true for Hobi and for us, being a witness to greatness on this legendary collab! 💜

Awww really appreciate that you watched the behind the scenes

I love Hobi, my first and always bias and girl, I love you!

Been stuck in my head since I first heard it! Folks are still doing the dance challenge! Hobi said when he writes, he will whistle the song from his head before the lyrics are fully there! He kept it in the recording on this one! He also said he used up all his English just to talk with J Cole! Now it's about time you reacted to Jimins performance and new song Like Crazy on the Jimmy Fallon show this past Friday night! I swear you won't be well after watching!😂

Love your reaction to this and love this song collab! It is a bop and a love letter to Army as JHope heads off to the military. I will be listening to OTS for years to come 💜

this song is so wholesome and heartwarming!

I love this MV and behind combination 😊

I didn't ever think I'd miss Jin this much when he was leaving. There is a hole. There is going to be crater when this beautiful ray of sunshine is away.... 2025 all back safe & sound. Thanks for the reaction ! Didn't know there was a behind the scenes. Figured there would be but missed it dropping. This collab introduced me to JCole and he is brilliant.

I just found out this reaction (and your channel) and I can confirm this song still makes me cry in 2024. When J-Cole says "j-hope" at the end of his verse...the waves of proudness I feel. That's Hobi's idol. And its his feature!! I miss him so much😭

No Cap - cried my ARSE off, first time listening. "Like a Father, watching his daughter, walk down the altar" - SLAYED. ME. I ain't 'Murican but knowing the amount of my boys who get killed every day up in your streets? Don't matter what/where or who. How many of them get to 'live'....to walk their daughter down that alter. This just hopped up in my top 5 BTS songs of all time. Have seen you for a while now, Alex. Always stayed quiet. My BTS reactioners in here have over a million plus subs. Been with them for years. Seen their channels grow from ...zero to being able to fly to S.Korea and personally attend a BTS concert. Up close n personal. But love meeting new BTS reactioners. Perhaps that is not your goal, Alex. Either way...loving your content and how you do NOT hold back - f*ck yea 💜💜

This song is a vibe!

I feel all the emotions! I’ve watched many many reactions and what I love most is the love between cultures.

Feel better soon, ALex! 🫰🏻💜💜💜

Jcole singing in the last hook 💜💜💜💜

Gracias por reaccionar a este hermoso regalo de Hobi!!!💜💫

hope you check out all of Jack In the Box and Hope World by JHOPE too! He is a genius, amazing lyricist, wonderful artist, an ACE!

I'm not crying, you're crying. 😭😭😭😭😭

BTS J-hope 💜💜💜

Hi, i am back. Good reaction, ty. Classic JHope. i liked this. Great fit. Lots of memories. Made me nostalgic. J-Hope's dancing while J. Cole is rapping is really something special. This is my 2nd time listening to J Cole. Loved his flow. My 1st listen was Born Sinner. Remembered debut Danger BTS MV. Saw call backs to old BTS MVs. On my 2nd listen i was teary eyed. But i was fine with u. Been playing this song all day on Spotify. When i watched this I thought of my city NYC. But than i 2nd guessed myself and thought i was wrong. But a moot of mine msg me and she said the whole street area is around Chinatown and the train station J-hope was dancing in is at Delancey St and Bowery. And then he was riding those older trains that used to run b4. And he was walking out of the Bowery St station that had the J and Z trains on the sign b4 meeting up with J Cole near one of the NY bridges. Also I remember he had a couple of flights last year between Korea and NY/the US. Possibly the one after Lollapalooza was when he did the MV filming with J Cole. So i was right. This made me so happy. =0} It is NY. =0} The boy is army to me. Just like the girl in Jin's song was army. So glad u liked it. =0} He left us for the military but we will see him back in Oct 2024. This was his see u later to us.UwU Borahae. -NY USA 2019 Army💟 - air said on 3/4/23 He was dancing underground while J. Cole was rapping on the roof, and in the end, JHope comes to meet J Cole at the top. This may represents J-Hope's journey from the bottom to the worldwide top, from the time when he danced to J. Cole's rap even before joining BTS to the today when he can make music with his muse. I'm so happy for him. isa kotelec said on 3/6/23 A couple of things: the alley is the same alley seen in J Cole’s mv SIMBA & the subway station jhope is exiting at the end of the mv is the Bowery Station J -Z. This is where Jay Z took his name. There are other Easter eggs, too. FaceYourself said on 3/4/23 Some Easter Eggs and Info: On the Billboard is the Chicken Noodle Soup Car, and the Words ''It's my Call'' and he is walking the Streets, that J Cole walked in his Debut Music Video Simba. Hobi is wearing Military Dog Tags. Hobi used to dance to J Cole's Songs when he was still a Street Dancer, and after a listen to Friday Night Lights, he started writing songs and making his own Beats . He even named his first Mix Tape Hope-World after Cole-World, and his name is a play on J-Coles Name. That's also the reason he gave Jermaine so many bars in his Song, to represent his walk on the streets from where he started and to now, joining J Cole on Top of the Roof. @saiyongdawn7756 said 5/18/2023 I won't explain everything since viewers have touched on a lot already. But just wanted to add that when J-Cole at the end said, 'Cole World' it's a reference to J-Hope song 'Hope world' which Hope had gotten from 'Cole world'. Another thing is in the beginning of the scene in the alley is where J-Cole had done a mv of one of his own songs a while back. Also the little boy represents J-Hope as a child and also his Army fans whom he's saying goodbye to for now bc of military duty coming up soon. Notice the jackets they're all wearing from the past during the time period when J-Hope was dancing on the streets. J-Hope started from the ground up to the top where he meets J-Cole, thus the subway and the rooftop. I know the subway also represent where J-Hope started his street dancing which someone had already pointed out. There's a vid of J-Hope and J-Cole first meeting. J-Hope was fanboying like crazy. 😅 Anyways, Idk what else to add. Oh yeah, the flower scene in the beginning represent J-Hope leaving his fans temporarily for military duty. 😊 Btw, have you done a Reaction vid on SB19 Tony Talks where SB19 discuss their start in the industry? It was a rough period for the team, but they pulled through why they're called the PPOP KINGS. I hope you do check it out. You won't regret it. 😊 Great Reaction. Thanks. 🙏☝

I LOVE J-Hope's bit, and I like most of J. Cole except for the part where he calls me "stupid as Hell" for not being a believer... :p

Crying with you, Alex.

I love this song . . . J Hope and J Cole. J Hope is my bias and I don't know much about J Cole but he seems like a really nice man. Would you please react to J Hope, RM and Sugar 's performance of Ugh and Cypher 3 in Busan. I know you don't like rapping much but you might like this. This was at their concert last year.

Our Sunshine is going to join our Moon for sometime and I don’t know how to deal with just the thought of it 🥺

I’m a million years late to this video but I thought I’d tell you just how much detail that they put into this. Other people mentioned some of the video locations- the same alley as J Cole’s Simba video, the particular subway station- but the building they were on top of was on Jay St in Brooklyn. Fucking JAY street. j-hope & J Cole on Jay St.

I hope you feel better soon Alex! Thanks for posting this

omg finally a jhope reaction!!!! 🥺 Please also react to his solo album "Jack In the Box" and also "Hope World" when you can 🥺

Omggg thanks for uploading

get well soon, dear.

Alex, please stop!!! You make me cry 😢 and I’m on the train to go to work😢

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Omg Alex you have to react to Jimin "like crazy" the fucking whole mv and song its awesome! I swear its amazing.

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please react to the lyric videos of "Equal Sign", "P.O.P (Piece of Peace)", "Blue Side Extended Version" and "MAMA (choose the one by ashleygold25)" please!!!!!

I can wait for you to see MY UNIVERSE ☺️

Like crazy jimin❤

Isn't J-Hope going to the military next year? I think we still have him for a good year so there should be some new tracks coming out.

Jimin is my baias and JHope my wrecker baias I andestend you fillings for they thenks

You should to put you Why Don't We reactions up on youtube

Plz watch suga daechwita

Please reacting Letter from Jimin

💜ARMY BTS Jimin like crazy Jimmy Live 🙏🙏💜

React for another beautiful song written for Army "The Magic Shop" LIVE!!

What's gonna happen to her when she listens to Letter by Jimin? 🤷🏽‍♀💜

mind of mine - zayn malik plsss

Jimin mentioned for V and JK to appear on this show. It was so good. Acoustic Like Crazy & the host called Jimin Oppa . Host is male. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z92mrZuD2J3Il5c.html

React to faouzia elon and exothermic pleasee😊🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻