2023-11-03
Golden
Jungkook
By Maeve C.
“Seven”, with Latto, arrived in July 2023 as the first single from Golden, followed in September by “3D” with Jack Harlow. Jungkook made this English-language solo debut during the BTS hiatus, with Andrew Watt and Cirkut among the producers, Ed Sheeran among the writers of “Yes or No” and Shawn Mendes among those of “Hate You”.
The title borrows his nickname as the “golden maknae”, the youngest member of BTS. “Standing Next to You” was issued as a single on the day of release, and the album entered the Billboard 200 at number two and the UK chart at number three, the highest UK placing for an album by a Korean solo artist.
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Rights-holder Apple Music metadata (℗ 2023 BIGHIT MUSIC) gives release date November 3, 2023, 11 songs; editorial notes call it his solo debut made during the BTS group hiatus, English-language, and explain the title as his ‘golden maknae’ nickname. 2005+ release, used with the independent corroboration below.Independent, 3 October 2023: Jungkook “will release his first album on November 3 via BIGHIT MUSIC”; 11 tracks; ‘Seven’ (feat. Latto) and new single ‘3D’ (feat. Jack Harlow).
Corroborates 3 November 2023 (Big Hit Music). Credits: Andrew Watt and Cirkut produce ‘Seven’, ‘Standing Next to You’ and ‘Yes or No’; Ed Sheeran co-writes ‘Yes or No’; Shawn Mendes co-writes ‘Hate You’. Singles: Seven (14 July 2023), 3D (29 September 2023), Standing Next to You (3 November 2023). Billboard 200 debut No. 2; UK No. 3, highest-charting album by a Korean solo artist in the UK; title from ‘golden maknae’, youngest member of BTS. Only later variant: US ‘Voice Memo’ digital version on 4 November 2023, which does not affect the first-issue day.
MusicBrainz: every dated GOLDEN release event (US, JP, worldwide digital, CD versions) is 2023-11-03; no earlier event.