BTS‘s Jungkook may be in the military right now, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking over the stage at KCON LA 2024! Fans often nickname the golden maknae the “idol of idols,” and nothing has proved that better than just how many artists chose to cover Jungkook’s songs over the first two days of the event.
Most notable was BTS’s HYBE LABELS junior group TWS, whose members Shinyu, Dohoon, and Jihoon delivered a full-scale performance of Jungkook’s chart-topper “3D.”
240728 KCON DAY 2 #투어스 #TWS #신유 #도훈 #지훈
🎧3D pic.twitter.com/GrCsoHe44B— 계란 (@myboyismeerkat_) July 28, 2024
It’s no secret that TWS are avid supporters of their sunbaenim; fellow member Kyungmin recently revealed that “Never Let Go” is the song he admires the most, previously mentioning how happy he was when he finally got to meet Jungkook himself. So, it comes as no surprise that the rookie group gave it their all for the special stage on KCON day two, with attendees deeming the performance “life-changing.”
SAI. WHAT THE FUCK. JIHOON DOHOON SHINYU’S 3D STAGE COVER WAS THE MOST LIFE CHANGING PERFORMANCE OF MY LIFE. #TWS #SAI #KCON #KCONLA pic.twitter.com/K8ZZT6UfEo
— dohoon’s megs 🐳 (@1mcmegs) July 28, 2024
But, TWS wasn’t the only group to bring Jungkook into the spotlight this weekend. Not one, but two ZEROBASEONE members also pulled out dance covers of Jungkook tracks for KCON LA‘s “Drop the Dance Connecting Stage.” Gunwook, for one, showed off his incredible skills with his rendition of “Standing Next to You.”
[🎥] KCON LA Drop the Dance CJ CONNECTING STAGE – #PARKGUNWOOK Standing Next to You Jungkook Cut (240726)
Gunwook as always danced so well 🤩🩷#박건욱 #パクゴヌク #ZEROBASEONE #ZB1 #제로베이스원 @ZB1_official pic.twitter.com/LVwo2K1aEa
— GUNWOOK GLOBAL (@PGW_GLOBAL) July 26, 2024
At this point, Gunwook is something of a Jungkook cover specialist, previously dancing to his tracks on multiple occasions.
gunwook’s seven, 3D and standing next to you cover in one go 💙
pic.twitter.com/eqvPSRMWcV
— ◟/ᐠ. .ᐟ🍞 (@gunwookiebb) November 20, 2023
Alongside him, Jiwoong killed it with a dance to “Seven.”
JIWOONG DANCING TO SEVEN OMFG pic.twitter.com/BFvXNZl2BH
— nori ✩ (@jiwoongiez) July 26, 2024
Back in their last appearance at KCON LA 2023, ZEROBASEONE danced to “Seven” as a full group, and it seems the earworm hasn’t left their playlist to this day!
🎬— #ZEROBASEONE guess the song
segment with zeroses at KCON LA• Seven by Jungkook#ZEROBASEONE_at_KCONLA#ZB1 #제로베이스원 @ZB1_official
pic.twitter.com/2S2GTTBEJ4— FOR ZE_ROSES (@rosesbaseone) August 20, 2023
And if that wasn’t enough Jungkook for the KCON crowd, INI (a Japanese boy group formed on Produce 101 Japan 2) was also there to bring in the “Seven” love, alongside their covers of aespa‘s “Armageddon” and ENHYPEN‘s “Bite Me.”
7/26 KCONLA：KCONSTAGE
Seven -JUNGKOOK
Funcam 📸アドラに続き２回めのSeven🌟#KCONLA2024 #KCON2024LA #INI #木村柾哉 #masayakimura #KCON @official__INI @kconusa pic.twitter.com/W3h0JarPYu
— わん 🍯 (@__Masa__1O1O) July 28, 2024
The overwhelming presence of Jungkook’s music at the event this year had fans joking that the K-Pop event had transformed into an impromptu “Golden” listening party.
The fact at the kcon LA 2024 was practically a jungkook concert since almost all idols covered his songs (snty,3d,seven)… oh jungkook you will be forever famous🔥 pic.twitter.com/92V7BPEnUw
— Carolyne🌱⁷⁼¹ (@mhereonlyforbts) July 28, 2024
Many also laughed about the sheer number of fellow idols they’ll have to compete with for solo concert seats after Jungkook finishes his mandatory military service in June next year — and if KCON LA 2024 was anything to go by, fans better start brushing up on their ticketing skills!
