BTS' J-Hope Reveals Mixtape Release Date

Two years since the last BTS mixtape, the group’s third rapper and lead dancer J-Hope has announced his own release at on March 2. Dubbed the “Hixtape” by fans who have eagerly anticipated its release, it is J-Hope’s first solo album.

J-Hope  has co-written and produced several songs for BTS.  

The band’s label Big Hit entertainment announced the March date on Feb. 22, just a day after Suga’s Agust D mixtape was added to American music sites and promptly entered the top 10 of the U.S. iTunes album chart.

J-Hope’s mixtape marks the first musical release by BTS in 2018. The official name of the mixtape has yet to be announced. 

To commemorate the news, the Korean star shared a video of the mixtape being prepared. Within 16 hours of the clip being shared, it had been viewed over 2.6 million times. 

Mix!!?? ~ing#HopeWorld #jhopeMixtape pic.twitter.com/myjEsMu3S0

— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) February 22, 2018

The third member to release a mixtape, J-Hope’s comes after RM’s eponymous 2015 effort and Suga’s Agust D 2016 mixtape.