Documentary and original soundtrack by j-hope of BTS, available on Prime and TVING.

j-hope’s new documentary Hope on the Street and its accompanying original soundtrack, Hope on the Street Vol. 1, mark a new high for the rapper, dancer, and member of the South Korean band BTS. Directed by Park Jun Soo, the six-part series, released on March 27, is an aesthetic and narrative triumph.

Created by j-hope as a final project before enlisting in the military to fulfill his mandatory service, Hope on the Street follows his quest to reconnect with his dancing roots after a decade of building a musical career as a member of BTS. To do this, j-hope calls on one of his first teachers, Boogaloo Kin (Kim Haknam), a South Korean dance champion, to guide him and help him connect with some of the best street dancers and teachers around the world. 

In their journey, j-hope and Boogaloo Kin explore a style of street dance in five different cities: Popping in Osaka, locking in Seoul, house in Paris, hip hop in New York, and finally, a return to Neuron, the dance crew he studied with in his teens in his native city, Gwangju. Throughout, Boogaloo Kin accompanies j-hope as a friend, dance teacher and life mentor. 

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