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BTS (BTS) member Jung-kook topped the global trends on social networking service (SNS) X (formerly Twitter) on September 1 to celebrate his birthday. Related hashtags and keywords also appeared in trending lists across multiple countries, extending birthday wishes both domestically and internationally.
Around midnight on September 1 (Korean time), 'jungkook' ranked first in the global trends on X. This was followed by '#AlwaysByYourSideJK' at second place, '#HAPPYJKDAY' at third, '#YouAreThatSomebodyJK' at fourth, and 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY JK' at eighth.

Around the same time, 'Jungkook' also topped the trending charts on X in the United States and United Kingdom. In Brazil, Peru, and Indonesia trends, '#HAPPYJKDAY', 'jungkook', and 'Jungkook' ranked first. In South Korea's real-time trends, '#JKsBirthdayMakesTheEarthShake' ranked first and '#BorderlessJKBirthdayCelebrationSquad' came in second.
On X, fans posted birthday messages such as "May every moment Jung-kook walks be filled with happiness," "Thank you for being born, Jung-kook," and "We will always support you from beside you, JK."

Fans around the world organized birthday support activities including large digital billboards, subway, bus, and taxi shelter advertisements, LED trucks, Jung-kook-themed buses, drones, fireworks, a 6-meter CKJK baby sculpture, birthday cafes, and donations in countries such as South Korea, the United States, China, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Hungary, and Vietnam.
Meanwhile, on August 31, one day before his birthday, Jung-kook released a cover video of Justin Bieber's "Lifetime" through the fan community Weverse.
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