Jungkook reacts after his solo Seven tops Billboard Hot 100; BTS' Jimin praises him, while RM gives celebration a twist

With Seven, Jungkook became the second BTS member to debut at number one on Billboard Hot 100. Jimin topped the chart with Like Crazy earlier this year.

Jungkook, the youngest member BTS, has reacted after his solo single Seven topped Billboard Hot 100. Earlier this month, Jungkook released the music video of his song Seven, which featured him alongside actor Han So-hee. The song also featured rapper Latto.

Jungkook reacts to Billboard's announcement

BTS' Jungkook spoke about himself recently.

Taking to Instagram on Monday evening, Billboard shared the chart and wrote, "The Hot 100 top 10 (chart dated July 29, 2023)." Taking to Weverse early on Tuesday, Jungkook, wrote as translated by Twitter user @BTStranslation_, “Let's go even higher.”

Jungkook is second BTS member to clinch top spot

Celebrating Jungkook's achievement, BTS member Jimin shared a post on Instagram on Tuesday. Sharing Jungkook's poster, he added grinning squinting face, clapping hands sign, party popper and confetti ball emojis. He also added the hashtags – JK and Seven. BTS leader RM aka Kim Namjoon shared Jimin's post on his Instagram Stories but didn't caption it. He also added a photo of his leg with several mosquito bites. Sharing it he wrote, "Mogiboard hot100 no.1" Mogi in Korean means mosquito.

Jimin and RM shared posts on Instagram.

The official Twitter account of BTS also shared a post on Twitter.

BTS also shares post

The official Twitter account of BTS also shared a post on Twitter. Reacting to Billboard Charts' tweet, it wrote, “Billboard #Hot100 No 1. Thank you very much to all the ARMYs around the world who loved Seven (feat. Latto) every day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Seven (feat. Latto) debuted #1 on the HOT 100! We're always grateful for your love and support #BTSARMY #JungKook #JungKook_Seven.” At the time of this report, the YouTube video of Seven shared by HYBE has 101 million views and 7.7 million likes.

Jungkook talked about Seven

Recently, Jungkook also said about Seven, "The key is originally this (sings the first line). But I have to do a test, see if I can do it or not since I have a cold right now. I can't do falsetto very well right now." Jungkook also added, "Whenever I get a cold it gets harder for me to control my voice. There are some people that sing better when they get a cold. But why am I like this?" Talking about the song, Jungkook also added, "The song is good, isn't it? I knew the response would be good. I just trust my gut."