j-hope opens up about the motivation behind HOPE ON THE STREET and why he sought out Boogaloo Kin.
It’s already been 11 years since j-hope debuted. Though he’s been dancing for 17 years now, there’s still so much more he wants to know. Before jumping into the complexities of dance and life, he starts by revisiting something familiar: popping, the dance style he's known since childhood. Finding himself in Osaka, he meets a renowned popper as he digs around to satisfy his curiosity.
J-hope navigates when to lock, and when to unlock; he seeks wisdom from his first dance instructor.
With his heart set on learning the captivating dance style called house, j-hope heads to Paris; he starts out with only a passing knowledge of the style and moves from the fundamentals of house to more elaborate moves.
Aside from his beloved BTS members, j-hope has another soulmate: hip-hop; j-hope travels to New York to meet with a first-generation hip-hop dancing pioneer.
J-Hope wants to rediscover his dance roots by revisiting his influences; he travels to Osaka to dance with a master of popping; he goes to Paris, New York, Seoul and Gwangju to work with people he admires, to rediscover his sense of wonder.
J-Hope
Self
Park Joon-soo
Director
Yoon Ji-won
Producer
Son Hye-yeon
Writer