Jung Kook to cover Rolling Stone UK in global exclusive – pre order yours now

As 21st-century pop icons BTS prepare to make their grand return next year, the group’s youngest member Jung Kook has spoken to Rolling Stone in a global exclusive presented by Rolling Stone titles Japan, Korea, UK, India, France, Brazil, Philippines and China.

The cover will be available in print as three exclusive variant covers by Rolling Stone in Japan, Korea and the UK – to be revealed on December 8th 2025. For now, fans will have to simply do with our exclusive teaser cover. A pre-order link can also be accessed here for fans to buy the cover.

It comes after a massive year for the singer, in which he set a new digital streaming record with his 2023 solo single, ‘Seven’. In August, Big Hit Music confirmed that the singer’s debut solo track has passed over 2.5billion streams on Spotify and continues to grow. The impressive feat is the first time that a K-pop song has hit the huge milestone, beating BTS’ ‘Dynamite’ in doing so.

It was also revealed that Jungkook’s releases have racked up 9.4billion streams, which makes him the most-streamed K-pop solo act of all time.

The achievement comes after Jungkook was discharged from South Korea’s 18-month mandatory military service in June alongside his bandmate Jimin. This followed the band’s RM and V, who completed their service just a week previously.

Fans don’t have too long to wait for the group’s return either, having confirmed in June that they will return as a group next year following their period of national service.

“We’ll be releasing a new BTS album in the spring of next year. Starting in July, all seven of us will begin working closely together on new music,” they said in a livestream. Since it will be a group album, it will reflect each member’s thoughts and ideas. We’re approaching the album with the same mindset we had when we first started.”