BTS J-Hope’s First Dance Practice Of “Killin’ It Girl” Draws Heated Reactions

BTS member J-Hope continues to make waves with his latest release, “Killin’ It Girl,” and this time, he’s going viral for his first attempt at the choreography for the track.

J-Hope | @uarmyhope/Instagram

Recently, J-Hope appeared on MBC‘s popular variety show, The Manager, where he shared several behind-the-scenes moments from his life post-military, including the preparation process of “Killin’ It Girl.”

J-Hope on “The Manager”

The episode revealed that the dancers who danced with J-Hope on the song were mostly solo dancers, handpicked by the idol himself through social media. He gathered them under one roof to create a crew that would meet his standard of energy and chemistry.

👤 These dancers are the people jhope-ssi himself gathered after looking up so much on SNS
👩 Really??
🐿 Yes, each and every one of them are solo dancers, and I thought it'd be good to do it with them
🐿 Energy & vibes are really important to me, so..pic.twitter.com/F1yKddubjy

— 💙 ᴮᴱ바다⁷ 💐 (SLOW) 💙 (@eternalhyyh) June 21, 2025

The episode also showed footage from the first dance practice of all these dancers together with the BTS rapper, leaving netizens stunned.

The footage, clicked on the very day all of them learned the routine for the first time, showed J-Hope and the dancers in perfect synergy. The idol and his dancers were perfectly in sync, within just six hours of practice.

This is on their first practice day and the video is taken after only 6 hours of practice. 😦
pic.twitter.com/C6aHLtdkFA

— fan account (@jhopewaist) June 21, 2025

The clip has gone viral on X, with fans left in awe of how well J-Hope selected the dancers and his own unmatchable dancing skills.

Explains why they were hand picked by him personally. They compliment each other so well and given he said chemistry between dancers is important to him it all adds up why these people in particular https://t.co/XbxO8TSzzM

— cleo (@espoirxhope) June 21, 2025

6 hours??!! Holy fucking shit and the routine looks so polished already? 😭 https://t.co/7BbbQDEUfe

— sheng (@sheenasame) June 21, 2025

hobi has an eye for talent the fact that he handpicked every dancer and they killed it in just 6 hours is crazy https://t.co/JYxCWD9Xtd

— bun⁷ (@rpwpluvrr) June 21, 2025

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