“The life in the city keeps revolving with much chaos. Life of Jungkook’s who has been traveling many different cities all over the world might be passing by even faster than others. Despite the rapid changing times, Jungkook realized now was the time. He filled this special time with golden hours with the music that he wanted to do in this given time. GOLDEN was condensed with Jungkook's own musical preference, intuition, experience and endeavor he's been absorbing as a member of BTS, and pours out explosively. As if he engraved the attribution of pop into his own DNA, Jungkook made even the littlest elements into his very own and performed charismatically. With lyrics, sentiment, his own pronouncing method for lyrics, and additional remixes, Jungkook became a part of pop culture himself. Surpassing the music that's scanned through history of pop, Jungkook was able to re-live some of the historical popstars into his own stages. With just one album alone, Jungkook performed on various stages in his hometown Korea as well as US talk shows and NY Times Square. Jungkook becomes a star once again on top of being an established star. It is indeed a different light compared to the prior starlight.” (Translated by JK_Glitters)
Shin, Samyi - music critic and reviewer, global contemporary and modern rock division (stated in KMA 2024 under list of 55 judges)
