Jung Kook, the youngest member of the K-pop group BTS, released his triumphant debut solo album on Friday. The heavily Anglophonic “Golden,” a reference to his nickname of “the golden maknae," ("golden youngest" in Korean), is one of the strongest pop debuts of the year, a direct reflection of his love of retro-pop sounds.
There was a period this summer where Jung Kook's single with Latto, “Seven,” was inescapable; a sunshine-y UK garage number counting down all the days of the week in which he'll love you, girl — or maybe he'd do something else, depending on whether you're listening to the clean or explicit version of the track.
