Jeon Jungkook lives an arcane life because he has a secret that he wishes to hide from the world, and he enjoys anonymity, which could otherwise be an unaffordable luxury in his kind of life. He fears that stepping out of the shadows could potential...
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Jungkook
“Is it time already?” I ask Taehyung when he enters my office, announcing the interview with the weekly magazine that is scheduled for today.
“Yeah, if you’re ready, I can let them know right away. We’ll wind it up, and I think I might need to leave soon. My head is exploding,” he complains, dragging a chair to sit beside me.
“Oh, try drinking iced coffee. It works for any kind of headache,” I offer my two cents, knowing that he would turn it down anyway.
“Nah,” he rejects right away, making gagging noises. “I’m good without coffee. I’ll just grab some painkillers and a good night’s sleep. That will do,” Taehyung replies, placing a set of papers on the table thereafter.
“So, here’s the list of questions. I’ve reviewed them all, and it’s only the usual ones. Nothing out of the ordinary,” he declares in an unimpressed tone.
“That’s okay. Not many interviews have interesting and impressive questions. Let them know I’m ready,” I request him to proceed with the next steps.
We take a couple of minutes to go over the questions, after which we receive a call from the interviewer assigned to us from the weekly magazine.
“Hello, Jake. It’s a privilege to be interviewing you today. My name is So-Won, and I’ll be heading this session.” A lady with a heavy voice announces over the call.
“Hello, So-Won-ssi. It’s good to talk to you.” I respond with a smile.
“First of all, fans are extremely thrilled seeing the cover of the album and the tracklist of ‘Criss Cross’. Many congratulations on that. Can we know more about the cover design? It’s the first time there are people on the cover of your album, and that includes a baby as well. Would you like to tell us the significance?” She puts forth her first question.
“Yes, that’s right. This is the first time I have added a photo with people on the album cover. I wanted this cover to reflect the theme of the album, which is extremely personal to me. The cover image has all the elements that define me and mean a lot to me. So I have gone with it, and it is in grayscale, which portrays the gloomy emotions exhibited by the majority of the songs in this album.” I answer her, without giving any specifics about the photo.
“That sounds very intriguing. By personal elements, do you mean the tattoos on the arm and the baby in the photo? Fans are already making theories about the tattoos and connecting them to the song titles. Do the tattoos belong to Jake? There is also a lot of speculation about some news in the pipeline that, maybe, Jake wants to be a father very soon. Or is it possible that marriage or the arrival of a child is on the cards?” She giggles when she asks that, and it makes me laugh too.
“I’ll pass these questions. Some things are better left to the imagination of fans, and being open-ended is still a good thing,” my answer leaves her dumbfounded for a while, and Taehyung softly chuckles beside me.
