June is definitely BTS month. They just keep getting busier and more relevant as time passes.
ARMYs are literally over the moon as the annual U.S. music festival Lollapalooza announced on June 8, 2022, that BTS member J-Hope will be headlining on its last day, July 31, 2022. His presence at Lollapalooza marks the first time that a South Korean artist will be headlining the main stage at a big music festival in the U.S.
Along with J-Hope, affectionately known as “Hobi” in the ARMY fandom, labelmates TXT (Tomorrow x Together) was also included in Lollapalooza’s line-up for its third day, July 30, 2022. Their appearance at the Lollapalooza music festival marks the 5-member group’s U.S. music festival debut.
According to a statement made by Perry Farrell to Variety, he described J-Hope and TXT as “artists that have been given great gifts in communication. Their global audience speaks different languages but possesses an intense passion for their music.”
Continuing with his statement, Farrell said, “Lolla is the place where all music genres live in harmony. These (J-Hope, TXT) are the superstars of the global phenomenon of K-Pop, and we are so excited to have them at this year’s festival.”
The Lollapalooza music festival is set to happen from July 28 to 31, 2022 at the Grant Park in Chicago. On July 31st, J-Hope will be headlining the main stage along with Green Day, Jane’s Addiction, The Kid Laroi, and Charli XCX. The first 3 days of the festival will be headlined by artists like Dua Lipa, Metallica, Machine Gun Kelly, and J. Cole.
The inclusion of J-Hope and TXT to Lollapalooza’s lineup comes after Doja Cat canceled most of her summer festival performances due to throat complications and recovery from tonsil surgery.
Elated and excited over the news of Hobi performing at Lollapalooza, ARMYs were so quick to dub their festival “Hopepalooza”. ARMYs are hoping to hear J-Hope perform his songs from his album “Hope World” and are possibly awaiting for new songs from the rapper.
*✧⋆ HOPEPALOOZA ⋆✧* pic.twitter.com/34TcffpRN2
— ace ⁷ (@honsoeul) June 8, 2022
CAN U IMAGINE JUNG HOSEOK AT THE MAIN STAGE ON LOLLAPALOOZA FOR 1 HOUR OH GOD pic.twitter.com/Cff2z4jgd9
— hourly j-hope (@hourlyhobi) June 8, 2022
hoseok is the hottest headliner at lollapalooza 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/gdvasR3Vb2
— ً (@archiveforhobi) June 8, 2022
Jung Hoseok’s stage presence is out of the world, are we ready for JHOPE at Lollapalooza??pic.twitter.com/SmG69wt3aS
— Bella⁷ ✨🍷| BTS DAY (@gguksthetix) June 8, 2022
when the music got cut off during Jhope’s MAMA performance but he still slayed, oh hoseok is gonna own Lollapaloozapic.twitter.com/1w9VaRVBIJ
— Bella⁷ ✨🍷| BTS DAY (@gguksthetix) June 8, 2022
j-hope on lollapalooza✈️✈️#BTS #jhope #JHopeOnLollapalooza pic.twitter.com/H8389TMjXV
— kiky (@btsyoomgi) June 8, 2022
WAIT A FREAKIN MINUTE RIGHT ABOUT NOW DID I JUST READ THIS RIGHT JHOPE HEADLINING LOLLAPALOOZA?!! IM SCREAMING THAT MEANS HOPE WORLD AND MAYBE HOPE WORLD 2 LIVE I CANNOT DO THIS RIGHT NOW SOMEONE HOLD ME
— José/JK Mixtape⁷ (@TheJose8A) June 8, 2022
MBC News reported about #jhope being the headliner at Lollapalooza!
“This is the first time for a Korean artist to perform in a major American music festival, His performance will be recorded in history." #제이홉 #JHOPE pic.twitter.com/UPKhvWrVK4
— J-HOPE TRENDS 🌐 #HOBIPALOOZA (@jhope_trends) June 9, 2022
imagine you're at lollapalooza watching jhope perform when you notice two guys run up on stage to dance with him and it's jimin and jungkookpic.twitter.com/Ls4pyONKNg
— Yolaa ☽⁷ (@gcftgkk) June 9, 2022
#JHOPE Makes History As He’s Set To Headline Lollapalooza #제이홉
📎 https://t.co/KnJcNxLS1p pic.twitter.com/D59TXmp8ti
— HOPE LINE TEAM 🌞 #HOBIPALOOZA (@hopelineteam) June 8, 2022
“hoseok, jhope and hobi” are still trending on twitter worldwide and have been since the Lollapalooza announcement yesterday!
maybe we went a little crazy #제이홉 #정호석 #JHOPE pic.twitter.com/fE5zlxjzif
— ✧ #HOBIPALOOZA (@jhscentric) June 9, 2022
Congratulations to J-Hope and TXT for making history and another breakthrough for K-Pop in the west! It truly feels like a “Daydream” to see this actually coming together.
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