On August 1, 2023, BTS' Jungkook shared Enhypen's TikTok video link featuring the group members Jungwon and Jay doing the singer's Seven Challenge.
Many fans clicked on the link and discovered that it was shared from the idol's hidden TikTok account named Ian. Fans noticed that if they open the link in a browser, the user who shared the link is visible on top of the content but not in the application.
Jungkook later admitted that Ian is his TikTok account, and he was a bit embarrassed about the username. He posted:
"Ah, everyone knows my TikTok account now because I shared the TikTok link kekekekekekekeke (ah, I made the nickname Ian... I'm embarrassed...) that's right, that's me."
As Jungkook accidentally revealed his TikTok account, he was highly embarrassed about his nickname and later changed his TikTok username to JK. Fans noticed that the account had zero followers and wasn't following anyone.
The idol also mentioned in his post that he had the aforementioned account just for monitoring purposes and that he doesn't use it often. He said since everyone knows about his secret account, he won't do anything and will keep it that way by changing the name to JK. He captioned it:
"Thats right, thats me. But I'm not going to use it. Its for monitoring use. I quickly changed it to JK...but now that its known I'll just leave it as is kekekekeke its better this way."
Later, Jungkook also updated fans with two consecutive posts where he requested that they not make fun of him the next time he comes live on Weverse.
When the idol accidentally revealed his TikTok account, fans were worried if he had turned off his mentions and tags, as they knew there would be many weird people tagging him in inappropriate things. Others found it hilarious and stated that only Jungkook could do this because it's ingrained in his nature.
Currently, Jungkook is gaining an immense number of followers on his TikTok account and has already crossed the milestone of over 1 million followers since his account became public. He again changed his account's username to "letjungcook7." Meanwhile, the idol has also followed the HYBE artists accounts, including New Jeans, fromis_9, SEVENTEEN, BOYNEXTDOOR, and others.
The idol is now the fastest artist to reach 1 million followers on TikTok, surpassing his own group, BTS. Additionally, he holds the record for being the fastest solo artist to reach 200K & 100K followers.
