BTS Jungkook Reopens Personal Instagram After Two Years, Signals Return to Fan Communication

By Sohee, Kim

Jul 15, 2025

BTS Jungkook Reopens Personal Instagram After Two Years, Signals Return to Fan Communication



Jungkook of the group BTS (BTS) opened a new personal SNS account in about two years, signaling communication with fans.

Jungkook opened a new personal account on Instagram on the 15th. Earlier in February 2023, he suddenly deleted his existing account, which had about 52 million followers, causing fans to be disappointed. At the time, he erased " because he didn't do it. I deleted the app right away, and I don't think I'll have anything to do in the future" He also directly revealed the reason for his withdrawal.

However, in April 2024, Jungkook reappeared by opening a dedicated account for his dog 'Bam'.




Jungkook said, "I can't brag about myself now, so I have to brag about my baby. Have a good night from now on. He shared his daily life of his dog with the introduction, "Unity".

BTS Jungkook Reopens Personal Instagram After Two Years, Signals Return to Fan Communication
BTS Jungkook Reopens Personal Instagram After Two Years, Signals Return to Fan Communication
And about a year later, Jungkook opened a new personal account with the initials 'JK'. Currently, the account is only following 6 BTS members and BTS official accounts, and the number of followers has exceeded 800,000 immediately after its opening, increasing at a high speed.

Fans are enthusiastically responding to the news of Jungkook's account opening, such as "Thank you for coming back", "Finally Jungkook's personal account", "Let's go long this time".




Meanwhile, Jung Kook was discharged from the military on June 11 after completing his military service.

BTS, the group that Jungkook belongs to, officially announced its comeback in the spring of 2026 and began preparing in earnest.

BTS said in a live broadcast on the global superfan platform Weverse around 9:20 p.m. on the 1st that a group album will be released next spring. From July, we will stick together and start preparing. Since it's a group album, I think all the members' thoughts will go in. I'm going to go back to my original intentions and work on it." He also plans to do a world tour with his new album. I'm going to visit all over the world, so please look forward to it a lot."




In July, he announced a detailed plan that everyone would be transferred to the United States sequentially to work on music and prepare for performances. Currently, most of the BTS members gathered in the U.S. have already begun preparing for their new album.



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