Jin Talks About Rocking Out Solo, Extending BTS' Tour, and More | Cover Story

For Rolling Stone's eight-part May 2026 cover-story package, the seven members of ‪@BTS‬ met up in Seoul, South Korea in mid-February to talk with senior writer Brian Hiatt, both individually and as a group. In this solo interview, #jin talks about his love for ‪@coldplay‬, pushing to extend #bts' current tour, why he's not interested in acting, and much more. #btsarmy #jinbts Jin on being the eldest of BTS: "I am the eldest, but within the team, the members don’t really...treat me like the eldest? Is that weird to say? I guess they don’t think of me as the eldest. Nor do I act like it. But when they act all friendly, calling me brother, and they treat me comfortably, that’s what I like the most." Jin on acting: "I haven’t really been considering that possibility for years now. I guess I thought about how the timing wouldn’t be right. But I’m pretty convinced that the timing won’t be right for a very long time." Jin on creating his solo song "Loser": "I made more requests than usual. In the early stages, the song didn’t sound as intense, so I asked for things like, 'What if we amplified the shouting — what if we changed the sound?' I made a lot of adjustments." Jin on pushing to extend BTS' tour: "When we first got our tour plans, it didn’t have very many stops. And it was only going to last about three to four months. I said, 'Now that we’re back, we promised so many people that we would come and meet them, and I feel like this is breaking our promise. I’d like to restructure this tour so that we can touch on more cities than this.' So that’s how we landed on the final tour schedule. We were able to extend a four-month tour to over a year." Read the Rolling Stone interview with Jin here: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/mu... ON SALE NOW: 'BTS: The Cover Collection' brings all 8 covers together in one set, the best way to secure the full collection. Tap to shop, while supplies last: https://shop.rollingstone.com/ ⸻ Talent — Jin Interviewer & Senior Writer — Brian Hiatt Director of Social & Video — Waiss Aramesh Executive Producer & Shoot Director — Christopher Hwisu Kim Senior Producer — Viviane Feldman Producer & Colorist — Mitch Saavedra Social Video Producer/Editor — Sim Tumay Moktan Productions Video Director of Photography — Mike Beech Gaffer and Camera Operator — Wonman Kim Camera Operators — Byeong Hwi Min, Churl Gwon, Hyunsuh Paik DIT — Jiwoon Lee Sound Operator — Min Jae Lee Production Assistant — Seohyun Yoon Nuhana Executive Producer — Sooh Hwang Producer — Sebin Park Line Producer — Cherry Lee Translators Alex M. Lee, Sungbin Moon Creative Director — Joe Hutchinson Executive Music Editor — Christian Hoard Editors in Chief — Sean Woods & Shirley Halperin CEO — Julian Holguin    / rollingstone