J-Hope Dominates iTunes With What May Be Another Future Smash

2025 has been another busy year for J-Hope. The BTS star has spent the past several months doling out multiple solo singles, and he recently returned with yet another cut, “Killin’ It Girl,” alongside rapper GloRilla. The two are hoping to turn the tune into a major hit on the Billboard charts after its first full tracking frame concludes, and a quick look at the iTunes ranking in the United States suggests that the musicians may succeed.

The South Korean singer and rapper has employed a familiar sales tactic — one that fans have enthusiastically supported. On Tuesday (June 17), J-Hope released an album full of remixes of “Killin’ It Girl.” The project includes 10 tracks, all of which are slightly altered versions of the single. For charting purposes, Billboard groups all versions of a title — including reworkings and those with additional featured artists — into one entity. That means sales and streams of all 10 tunes will count toward “Killin’ It Girl” and help it when it comes to debuting on the weekly rankings.

Fans of J-Hope have been quick to support the release in all its forms. All 10 iterations of the track appear on the iTunes Top Songs chart as of the time of writing. The original version sits inside the top 10, and it is currently sitting at No. 8. Several of the remixes — including those named with descriptors like Band, Electro Pop, West Coast, Soul, Boom Bap, and even the instrumental — are also present inside the top 40 on the tally.

It’s common these days for BTS members to drop a track and then share multiple new versions several days later when releasing solo material. This strategy has worked well for many of the seven singers in the past, and it often leads to impressive sales sums that propel tracks like “Killin’ It Girl” to rankings such as the Digital Song Sales chart and the Hot 100, which is certainly the goal for J-Hope and GloRilla.

“Killin’ It Girl” marks J-Hope’s fourth solo release of 2025. Throughout the spring, he dropped three tracks: “LV Bag” with Don Toliver, Speedy, and Pharrell Williams, as well as his own “Sweet Dreams” with Miguel and “Mona Lisa.” So far, he hasn’t announced a proper EP or album collecting all these cuts, but such a project could be in the works.