BigHit Music Unveils the Reason Behind Breaking Their Own Rules to Recruit Jungkook
Over the past decade, the story of Jungkook receiving seven casting offers from entertainment companies —including some of the most prominent at the time, such as Cube Entertainment and Starship Entertainment —after being eliminted from Superstar K3 has become widely known within the fan community. ARMYs have also half-jokingly suggested that BigHit Music succeeded in recruiting him —despite being a relatively smaller company at the time —because he admired RM from their very first meeting. However, the story behind how BigHit Music convinced Jungkook to join is far more complex. In fact, the company even broke its own recruitment rules for him. An excludive interview with Noh Min-mi, who was directly involved in signing Jungkook 14 years ago, has revealed the fully story behind his highly valuable contract. First, casting director Noh Min-mi recalled her first meeting withJungkook: "The first artist for whom I personally conducted casting from the very beginning was Jungkook. H...