Makin dekat jelang agenda wajib militer, single terbaru J-Hope BTS bertajuk "on the street" akhirnya rilis pada, Jumat (03/3/2023) pukul 14.00 KST atau 12.00 WIB. Awal muncul kabar new single dari anggota Bangtan Sonyeondan ini cukup mengejutkan penggemar, apalagi saat melihat J-Hope menggandeng sang idola J. Cole seorang rapper ternama Amerika Serikat.
Awal pertemuan J-Hope dengan J. Cole
J-Hope sempat menyebutkan, jika awal pertemuannya dengan J. Cole adalah saat ia mengisi line-up bersama di festival musik Lollapalooza. Barulah dari pertemuan tersebut, keduanya sepakat untuk mengerjakan proyek single ini. J-Hope menyempatkan waktu dari bulan Oktober 2023 untuk mengerjakan "On The Street" dan beberapa kali telah melakukan syuting untuk MV-nya.
Perilisan single "on the street (with J. Cole)" ini lengkap dengan musik video yang secara resmi ditayangkan lewat kanal YouTube HYBE LABELS dengan durasi sekitar empat menit. Kolaborasi ini menghadirkan kesan mendalam bagi penyanyi bernama asli Jung Ho-seok, karena ini jadi salah satu wishlist-nya yang terkabul. Mengingat, dalam beberapa kesempatan J-Hope mengaku kalau sosok J. Cole jadi salah satu musisi yang menginspirasinya dalam bermusik.
Lagu mengartikan perjalanan karier J-Hope
Sementara jika melihat penggarapa lagu "on the street", sebenarnya menjadi sebuah lagu yang menggambarkan perjalanan yang dilewati J-Hope dan para penggemar dalam bermusik. Terlebih, saat melihat konsep MV-nya ternyata menyimpan makna tersendiri. Banyak fans yang menyebut, dalam MV Jung Ho-seok kali ini menyiratkan beberapa tanda perpisahan karena tugas wamil yang bakal dilakukannya.
Hal tersebut, seperti hampir mirip dengan pesan di klip milik Jin BTS yang telah lebih dulu merilis lagu tanda perpisahan jelang keberangkatan wamilnya. Rasa haru yang kiranya makin dirasakan para penggemar saat menyaksikan MV "on the street". Langsung saja, nyanyi bareng yuk, Bela.
Lirik "on the street" – J-Hope BTS feat J. Cole
"on the street - with J.Cole"
Every time I walk
Every time I run
Every time I move
As always, for us
Every time I look
Every time I love
Every time I hope
As always, for us
(On the street, I’m still)
nae du bareun seontteut georeo, anywhere
J in the air
ganeun giri huimangi doegoja hayeo, na gutaeyeo
Even my walk was made of
your love and your faith
bodabeul hae, jeo meolliseorado nabiga doeeo
Now just walk lightly, whenever you want
go on hopefully, wherever you walk
nugungaui sumi gisdeureo issneun geori
nae yeonghongwa yeongwoneul dameulge
Everywhere (I’ll be)
Every time I walk
Every time I run
Every time I move
As always, for us
Every time I look
Every time I love
Every time I hope
As always, for us
(On the street, I’m still)
All hail the mighty survivor of hell,
Plopped down from heaven to sell
Holy water that I scooped from the well
Fought tooth and a nail,
Just to prevail mongst it’s ruthless
As I move through the field
Feelin worried
In a hurry like a 2 minute drill
To make a couple mil
Off a lucrative deal
Selling train of thought,
Name a artist who could derail
You’ll never see it
like a n**** hula hoopin in jail
I got a friend smart as f***,
but he stupid as hell
He swear that God ain’t real
Since it ain’t no way to prove it his self
As if the universe ain’t enough,
as if the volcanoes ain’t erupt
As if the birds don’t chirp,
as if a trillion nerves don’t work
in the human body
Who would I be?
Without the creator of this theater
Beside me to gently guide me?
Somedays I wonder if I need to
pick a different hobby
I’m deep in with this rappin
It’s all a n**** know
I never didn’t nothin better,
it’s hard to let it go
But like a father, watching his daughter,
walk down the altar,
With tears in his eyes,
you gotta let her grow
And so I shall,
but first I been honing my style
Coldest around, with more quotables
than what the quota allows
You see a top 10 list
I see a Golden Corral, n****
As the moon jumps over the cow
I contemplate if I should wait to
hand over the crown
And stick around for a bit longer
I got a strange type of hunger
The more I eat the more it gets stronger,
The more it gets stronger
I said the more it gets stronger
J-Hope
Cole World
Every time I walk
Every time I run
Every time I move
As always, for us
Every time I look
Every time I love
Every time I hope
As always, for us
(On the street, I’m still)
Every time I walk
Every time I run
Every time I move
As always, for us
Every time I look
Every time I love
Every time I hope
As always, for us
(On the street, I’m still)