Fans celebrate BTS member j-hope's win on MCountdown for his song MONA LISA.
BTS' member j-hope just celebrated coming first on the MCountdown for his song MONA LISA. This win continues his streak as a solo artist. The electrifying stage and performance captured the judges, coveting him the first spot. Though the singer couldn't himself be there live on the April 10th episode due to his ongoing tour, his performance still made quite an impact.
LE SSERAFIM’s HOT was the other contender in the competition and placed second to j-hope with 4930 points to the Arson singer's 7638 points. The singer's "main dancer" energy was palpable, along with the rhythm and flow of the music. The track “explores an infatuation towards a person whose beauty is one of a kind,” according to the company, BIG HIT. It depicts the uniqueness of one’s beauty and is categorised as a love song.
The song's popularity doesn't just stop here as the song was also voted number 1 on Billboard's favourite new music on the week of its release, garnering 90% votes from the fans, surpassing other music releases such as Jack Harlow and Doja Cat’s Just Us, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s I Said I Love You First, Morgan Wallen’s I’m a Little Crazy, and Jonas Brothers’ Love Me to Heaven, and more.
Fans react to j-hope's win
BTS army reacted quite enthusiastically to the singer's win sharing their adoration for the superstar as well as his new music.
"What omggg we won!!! Congratulation j-hope well deserved!!!"
"OMG!! Yay! Congratulations j-hope! I made sure to set my alarm to wake up at 5am to vote. 😴 So worth it. I’m so happy for Hobi!!"- one fan enthused.
"YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! MY GOSH! we worked so f***ing hard for this,"- another expressed.
An army exclaimed,- "Wowwww so happy and well deserved congratulations hobaaa."
"SOTY for a reason,"- another proclaimed.
"Yayyy congratulations j-hope First win in M Countdown,"- one user commented.
The singer has been working hard on his solo music and activities ever since being discharged last year. While waiting for the rest of the group to get back together after finishing their mandatory army service, the singer has been on his HOPE ON THE STAGE world tour. While the tour successfully finished their North American leg, they are just getting started with the Asian leg.
This episode also included performances from artists like BIGBANG’s Daesung, NCT’s Mark, NCT’s Ten, Billlie’s Moon Sua and Siyoon, MAMAMOO’s Solar, TEMPEST, TNX, xikers, ifeye, WHIB, and many more.