Biography
Kim Seok-jin (Korean: 김석진; born December 4, 1992), also known by his stage name Jin/진 (JIN), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and member of the South Korean boy band BTS since June 2013. Kim has co-written and released three solo tracks with BTS: "Awake" (2016), "Epiphany" (2018), and "Moon" (2020), all of which have charted on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. In 2019, Kim released his first independent song, the digital track "Tonight". He also appeared on the 2016 Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth soundtrack alongside BTS member V. Kim has received critical praise for his falsetto and emotional range as a singer.
Apart from singing, Kim appeared as a host on multiple South Korean music programs from 2016 to 2018. In 2018, he was awarded the fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea along with the other members of BTS, for his contributions to Korean culture.
On October 1, 2021, it was confirmed that Kim would be singing the main OST theme song for the upcoming tvN drama Jirisan. A music video was released to accompany the song "Yours" for the drama, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Ju Ji-hoon.
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