In 2019, American singer Ariana Grande stunned her fans when she shared a photograph of her and BTS member Jungkook on her Instagram account. The K-pop star Jungkook attended her Los Angeles live 'Sweetener Tour' performance.
A year afterward, supporters strongly suspect that the two will work on a collaboration song!
On September 20, a video was posted on Twitter by Spin or Bin, which started the unconfirmed gossip. During the first part of the clip, Jungkook was seen singing and vibing with a sneak peek of the unreleased track, but the clip seems to be imitated from a K-pop artist's recent recording appearance.
In the second part of the clip, netizens noted that an unreleased Ariana Grande track was played to the same tone Jungkook was rehearsing to in the studio clip.
The tweeted video caught the eye and attention of ARMYs and Arianators worldwide, stirring hype and are now expecting a collaboration from the two artists. Lyrics LOL has launched two new lyric pages for American singer Ariana Grande and BTS's Jungkook. Both tracks were "NOT US" with a Korean title added.
Fans are now expecting that the collaboration is possibly in the works. On September 20, Jungkook had become a linked search for Ariana Grande, rumors about a joint project between the famous artists gradually went viral on the internet.
In recent years, Jungkook has been very appreciative of Ariana Grande and even conveyed his admiration using social media platforms. He mentioned before that Ariana Grande is the singer he wished to see while on a conversation with the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan in 2015. (via Kpopstarz)
Four years later, that dream was fulfilled at the Staples Center in Los Angeles throughout Ariana Grande's performance. Both artists went into social media, with Jungkook claiming he liked the concert of Ariana Grande and how this pushed him to be even more effective on his career through a Twitter tweet.
Ariana Grande, in response, thanked Jungkook for his appearance in her show.