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BTS Jimin, the most amazing year-end cover song of all time, ‘Perfect Man’
Recently, Allkpop, an American Korean Wave media outlet, said, ''One of the highlights of the year-end festival is the special stages prepared by various idol groups. The cover stages of senior and junior artists prove their tremendous talent,' he said, adding that he selected a total of eight best year-end cover songs and announced them.
Among them, the first song introduced was BTS's 'Perfect Man' (Original song: Shinhwa), which was performed on the stage of the 2015 MBC Song Festival awards ceremony, and the media said, 'This cover song cannot be missed. He revealed that the reason for his selection was ''because Jimin dominated the popularity'' and said, ''You can't help but be fascinated by the all-black outfit and orange hair.''
On the 'Perfect Man' cover stage, Jimin exudes an overwhelming presence through sexy yet powerful performance, excellent vocals, and incomparable stage control. 'Perfect Man' itself is a record-breaking year-end performance that sets a milestone in K-pop. He was given the nickname ‘the one with the orange hair’.
As mentioned in the media, Jimin's immense popularity at the time created an explosive topic that dominated online communities, YouTube, Google, etc., and in last year's 'Run Bulletproof' He also pointed to Jimin with the subtitle, “He’s the head, that’s me.”
In the official YouTube video for the cover of 'Perfect Man', the part where Jimin takes off his jacket while singing is the most re-watched scene out of all the videos. In particular, Jimin's focus fancam was introduced by Japanese media as 'The best fancam of K-pop idols ever uploaded to YouTube.' It was so popular that it ranked first in the most popular views.
Also, American media Soompi said about Jimin's 'Perfect Man' fancam, "Jimin's all fancams leave me in awe every time," and "How did Jimin literally drive the crowd crazy as the legendary cover completely captured hearts and gained popularity? He praised it, saying, “It shows us accurately.”
In December of last year, Koreaboo also selected 'Perfect Man' as the first song to reexamine Jimin's 15 most iconic year-end award ceremony performances of all time, making it a legendary stage that is still talked about seven years later.
Jimin even created the modifier 'Year-end Jimin' through his unprecedented year-end stage, and even though there were no year-end stages in 2022, he is still receiving endless praise as a performer with that symbolism.
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
