Jimin has had an enviably big year this 2023 not just in terms of his music career but in other fields as well, such as in luxury fashion and film. Music, film, and luxury fashion just so happen to be some of the biggest, most popular, and most profitable industries globally, all run by highly respectable and prominent individuals of major global influence, and Jimin was a top name involved in all 3 fields this year!

In music, this being the year he officially made his solo debut, Jimin became a history maker by attaining the biggest streaming debut for any Korean solo song in several of the top 10 biggest music markets worldwide and went on to register the biggest sales debut for any Korean soloist in the top 2 biggest music markets globally namely USA and Japan. Additionally, he became the first Korean soloist to reach #1 on Spotify Global Daily Top Songs chart [read here] and on Billboard Hot 100 and Artist 100 charts. In fact, he remains the only Korean soloist to reach #1 on Billboard Hot 100 with a Korean song, and the only one to ever rank #1 on Artist 100 both in the USA and Japan [readhere and here]. He also became the first artist in the world to have multiple songs reach #1 on iTunes in all 119 available countries [read more here]. This kind of success had him making headlines in domestic as well as international reputable media outlets, making it a big highlight of 2023. The Korean entertainment industry even witnessed a major stock surge in all four of the biggest entertainment companies in the country following Jimin's historic achievement [read here]. The New York Times gave him a special mention in its compilation of '20 things that happened for the first time in 2023.'

In Luxury fashion, Jimin became a Global Brand Ambassador for two of the biggest and most popular luxury brands, namely Dior and Tiffany & Co. The announcement of both partnerships sent the world into a frenzy as did Jimin's impact during his attendance of events by the brands in Paris [refer here] and New York [refer here]. Additionally, Dior's stock shot up to an all time high in the company's entire history [read here and here], and the internet was ablaze discussing how Jimin became the first Asian Global Ambassador for the #1 French luxury brand and #1luxury jewelry brand [refer here and here]. The announcement of Jimin as the face of Dior's Spring 2024 collection and Tiffany's fall collection equally created a big buzz [read here] and fans couldn't especially stop being in awe of the massive scale of Dior's global campaign fronted by Jimin [refer here]. 

It is for all these reasons and more, that men's luxury magazine 'AugustMan' ranked both of these fashion collaborations among the "10 Best Fashion Collaborations of 2023 that Redefined Style". Although he has always been a fashion icon having already been recruited into the BoF Class of 2019 for his impeccable and unique fashion sense [read here], Jimin's impact in the world of luxury fashion was truly felt and experienced this year, making these some of the biggest fashion moments in the world worth mentioning this year.

Finally, in film, Jimin has always been a favorite to many of the top actors, actresses and directors in Hollywood, and the fact that this year's biggest viral moment in film happened courtesy of him was not that strange a phenomenon but still very exciting for fans. 

Through the 'Barbie' movie's official SNS accounts, 'Ken' (played by Ryan Gosling) from the movie, which has been ranked as the biggest and highest-grossing movie of 2023 in Hollywood [read here], sent a video message to Jimin where he offers him a guitar that he terms as 'his most priced possession' as per the 'Ken-code', for having won an outfit similar to what Jimin had worn previously in a BTS music video. Jimin then replied with his own video message to Ken, saying he received the guitar indeed.

Fans were especially thrilled over this interaction as Jimin has stated before that he is a big fan of one of Ryan's older movies, 'The Note book', and has watched it numerous times. This heightened the excitement among fans as they talked about this dream come true, with the discussion taking over all the top trends on different social media platforms and making headlines in publications by different media outlets internationally [read here]. The biggest movie in the world with tons of publicity already, managed to get even more popular and gained a viral moment thanks to Jimin!

It is thus no surprise that 'Adweek' listed this interaction as the best use of 'Celebrity in an Experiential Activation' in 2023!

Below is the sequence of events for this viral moment and some publications on the same.

Indeed Jimin has been at the center of big moments in film, music, and fashion this year. His impact knows no boundaries and fans can only imagine how much more of an influence he can have in these major industries as the years go by!