On October 8, the ninth episode of BTS' Jin’s RUN JIN was released on the official YouTube channel of BANGTAN TV. The latest episode was titled Blood, Sweat, & Peppers. As the name suggests, BTS' Jin was picking peppers in this episode of RUN JIN.
After collecting the peppers, Jin and the law students convened to organize their harvest. The students started chatting about Jin's major in theatre and film. Another student mentioned the name of Konkuk University, from which Jin graduated.
At that moment, the other student questioned Jin if he knew any renowned personality from the university. In response, Jin contemplated more famous people and mentioned My Demon’s Song Kang. Upon finding out Kang's name, the students said, "Wow."
BTS' Jin's fans appeared delighted about the singer's acquaintance with Song Kang.
“what do i have to do to get these two in one frame,” one X user said.
Many other responses from BTS' Jin and Song Kang’s admirers were seen on X. While some were reminded of Song Kang’s 2019 interview where he mentioned Jin, others stated that Kang had ‘Jin energy’ in his drama My Demon. Some other fans requested a drama featuring Kang and Jin together.
“OMG SEOKJIN AND SONG KANG CRUMBS??!! MY TWO FAVS,” an admirer stated.
“dude i literally said while watching my demon that song kang had such jin energy omg .... dont be shy star in a drama together ....” a fan remarked.
“i remember song kang mentioning seokjin before too, saying he was shocked by his visuals,” stated another fan.
Several fans anticipated Song Kang and Kim Seokjin’s meeting following the actor’s discharge from the military. For the unversed, Song Kang joined his compulsory military service on April 2, 2024.
“Pleaseee i want to see them together in a k drama,” another fan wrote.
“my 2 universes colliding omgg they did it for me, when song kang will be out from military pls world let the 2 of them meet,” expressed a fan.
“I hope seokjin will meet song kang after he gets discharged from military,” commented anothet X user.
Song Kang admired BTS' Jin’s visuals during his interview in 2019
On August 27, 2019, actor Song Kang gave an interview for his Netflix romantic drama Love Alarm. As reported by SBS News, in the interview, he discussed BTS' Jin, his university senior, and described Jin's appearance in real life.
"I met Jin sunbaenim once at school" and that "someone was walking towards me and he was so good looking that I asked a classmate who he was, and it was Jin sunbaenim. I thought 'you've got to look like that to be able to debut as a celebrity'!"
While Song Kang is serving his mandatory military term, BTS’ Jin finished his service in June 2024. Following his discharge from the military, Kim Seokjin started his vlog series, RUN JIN, on August 13. New episodes of the show are released on BANGTAN TV’s YouTube channel every Tuesday.