-Our next guest...
[ Screaming ]
Wow.
...is a five-time
Grammy-nominated artist
[ Drumroll ] and a global pop music icon
that you know from BTS.
His debut -- [ Screaming continues ]
His debut solo album,
"Face," is out now!
Please welcome
Jimin!
[ Screaming continues ] -♪ We'll go face-to-face ♪
♪ We'll go face-to-face ♪
[ Drumroll ]
-Wow! -[ Laughs ]
[ Screaming ] Wow!
-Wow.
[ Applause ] -Wow!
-Whoa!
[ Screaming ]
-Welcome -- yeah -- Jimin.
Jimin, welcome back to the show.
Thank you so much for being here.
-Thank you.
-The last time you were here
was a big deal.
It was the first time you were nominated for a Grammy.
And I think, the first time you were on our show,
you were like, "I really want a Grammy."
Now, you're five-time nominated
-Oh, wow. -for a Grammy. Come on.
[ Screaming and applause ]
-Congratulations! -Thank you.
Thank you, Jimmy.
We could be nominated thanks to fans' great support.
I appreciate them.
[ Screaming and applause ]
-Yeah.
I will say you have the greatest fans.
-Yeah. -You had -- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[ Screaming ]
More --
I'm sure more Grammy nominations on the way, by the way.
This is fantastic.
[ Screaming and applause ]
And thank you for always being supportive of us
because we have similar names,
[ Laughter ] so, I'm very, very excited, yeah.
But I know the rest of the guys are concentrating
on their solo projects, currently,
but are you in contact? Do you talk every day?
-We keep in touch. -Yeah?
[ Laughter ] With who, in particular?
-With J-Hope.
[ Screaming and applause ]
With Suga. Everyone.
-I want to talk about your new album, but I also --
[ Screaming and applause ] Yeah, "Face."
But I want to know more of your story, okay?
Was making music
[ Awws and screaming ] always the plan for --
-[ Laughs ]
[ Awws ]
-Look at this guy. -That's a kid.
-Yeah. -This is me.
[ Screaming and whistling ] -Yeah.
Was making music always the plan for this little man
and also, when did you realize how talented you were?
-When I was in middle school. -Yeah.
[ Cheering ] I found interesting dance
and since then, it was always my dream to perform onstage.
-Yeah, always.
And could you imagine how big it's gotten?
[ Laughter ]
No, no. It's the biggest thing in the world.
Jimin, you have a lot of nicknames, by the way.
Is it Mochi?
-[All] Mochi!
-Chim Chim?
-Chim Chim.
-Little Prince. [ Laughter ]
-Little Prince? -Yeah?
Yes. -Dooly.
-Dooly?
-Dooly, yeah. That's one of your --
Do you have a favorite nickname?
-My favorite nickname is
Jimin Fallon.
[ Laughter, cheering, and applause ]
[ Screaming ] [ Rimshot ]
-I didn't make you say that.
I did not make him say that.
That's so good. Thank you.
[ Laughter and cheering ]
Over the summer, you and the rest of the guys
got to go to the White House
[ Cheering and applause ] and...
meet with President Joe Biden.
That is such a big deal.
How important, how big, was this for you?
-Oh.
[ Cheering and applause ]
-People go nuts for you.
They freak out when they see you. I was --
[ Screaming ] -[ Laughs ]
-He's right here! I know!
[ Screaming continues ]
I freak out. I'm freaking out, too.
I'm freaking out right now. -[ Laughs ]
-Is there anyone that you -- that you have met
that you get starstruck when you met?
-Oh, first...
Jimmy Fallon? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[ Cheering and applause ] -[ Laughs ]
Maybe you're so funny and sweet.
[ Awws ]
-Thank you. -And --
-Who for real, though?
[ Laughter and applause ]
-And Halsey. -Halsey?
-Halsey. -Oh, really?
[ Cheering and applause ] -She has --
She has a big heart
and she has the talent
that make anyone starstruck.
-Yeah. [ Awws ]
-All our members love her.
-Yeah, everyone loves Halsey.
[ Cheering and applause ] We love Halsey, too.
Let's talk about your new album, "Face."
This is --
[ Screaming and applause ] It is officially out now!
It is out!
-Oh, no! -It's out!
[ Screaming ]
I know, Can you talk about the inspiration for this album
and what it represents to you?
-Absolutely. Yeah.
[ Cheering and applause ]
And when you have a new song,
do you play it for the rest of BTS?
And do you listen to anyone else?
-Uh-hmm.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, a little bit?
A little bit. -Maybe.
-I have a question for you. This is an honest question.
I didn't prepare this, but I have this problem
and I want to know if you can help me.
I go to a concert and I feel like I'm too old
[ Laughter ] to go to a show. I just don't know.
Well, here, help me out. I have a problem.
I go to a concert, I don't know how to dance at a concert
and I was wondering if you could maybe teach me a dance
that could be -- I could do anywhere.
-Oh, sure. -You could?
-Okay. Stand up.
Come on.
[ Screaming and applause ]
There.
Okay. -Okay. Yeah.
-Let's go. -Okay.
[ Music plays ]
-Come closer. -Uh-huh.
[ Laughter ] -Touch my hand.
And look at the camera.
That's it. -That's it?
Wow! -Let's go.
-I do that at a concert?
-Let's do it. -Alright. Ready?
♪♪
[ Screaming and applause ]
[ Voices overlapping ]
Jimin, everybody!
"Face" is out now!
[ Screaming and applause ]
We'll be right back with more "Tonight Show," everybody.
-Thank you.
-I love that. That's so good.
Just do it like that.
♪♪