Suchwita: Episode 21 — SUGA with Jungkook II

Jungkook: "Without my aspirations to improve myself, I'm basically a dead man."

Yoongi: "Didn't you used to say that about passion?"

Jungkook: "... It's more or less the same thing..."

Yoongi: "Sometimes, when I hear you singing live, it's like you're on autotune. It just happened at some point."

Jungkook: "At some point? I think it was during 'Dynamite.'"

Yoongi: "Yes, that's it!"

Jungkook: "That was when I improved a lot."

Yoongi: "Yeah, like you broke through. That's what I thought."

Jungkook: "I'm making a new breakthrough again these days."

Yoongi: "Sure, you have to keep changing and try new genres."

Jungkook: "Right, right."

Yoongi: "We're not artists that do just one genre. When we can do various genres."

Jungkook: "I really like being able to do that."

Yoongi: "It's our weapon, our strongest weapon."

Jungkook: "I keep thinking about how fun it'll be when we're back together again and perform."

Yoongi: "When we do, we'll devour the whole world."

Jungkook: "I think this period in my life is the golden time for me."

Yoongi: "Nah, you'll have more times that are golden."

Jungkook: "I'm just saying, 'Seven' did so well so I don't want to miss out on this golden period in my life. That's what I wanted to capture in my album."

Yoongi: "In my opinion, two or three more times like this will come."

Jungkook: "I have to work for that. I have to work harder for that to happen."

Yoongi: "Also, as soon as I saw that album cover, I thought, 'He's a true pop star!'

Jungkook: "Yes!"

Yoongi: "We finally have an Asian pop star!"

Okay, I've been listening to GOLDEN on repeat since it was released yesterday and it's absolutely true what Yoongi said — the ability to do different genres really is BTS' strongest weapon. All 11 tracks on GOLDEN are totally different genres and Jungkook uses a huge range of vocal styles on each one — and he always sounds flawless. Jungkook's vocal ability has always astounded me; he never sounds out of place or awkward on any track he's ever been on, and he is absolutely BTS' main vocalist for a reason. As I predicted, "Standing Next to You," "Yes or No," "Hate You," and "Shot Glass of Tears" are the standouts for me, but there's not a single skippable song on this album — which is actually rare for me on a full album. At this point, it would surprise me if Jungkook didn't get at least one Album of the Year award.