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Taekook

Taehyung & JUNGKOOK

Taehyung

Taehyung
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JUNGKOOK

JUNGKOOK

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  • Abeeha Bihuu

    I am ship them as best friends and brothers

  • Julia Reyes

    Army let's vote our legendary ship TAEKOOK

  • Rashmi Meena

    Ship them but as a friend not any thing or else.

About Taekook

Taekook is the most-shipped pairing in the global BTS fandom, pairing V (Kim Taehyung) and Jungkook, two of the group's youngest members. Fans gravitate to their easygoing, mischievous chemistry, the duo members themselves jokingly call the pair most likely to get into trouble together, and the way their friendship shows up naturally across years of Run BTS! episodes, concert backstage footage, and behind-the-scenes vlogs. Much of the affection centers on small, recurring rituals fans love to collect: their fast custom handshake, shared hobbies like gaming and visual art, and their reputation as a pair that almost never fights. V has said publicly that the two have never had a major falling-out, which has only deepened the fandom's reading of them as an effortless duo. For fans, Taekook is less about any single headline and more about a steady drumbeat of small moments that, stitched together, read as a warm long-running friendship between two people who grew up inside the same group.

The name 'Taekook' fuses 'Tae' (Taehyung) and 'Kook' (Jungkook). Fans ship them for their playful, low-drama chemistry and shared hobbies, treating them as the group's mischievous-but-inseparable duo.

Fun facts

  • ✦ Taekook combines 'Tae' from Kim Taehyung (V) and 'Kook' from Jeon Jungkook, and it's the most popular BTS ship in global fandom.
  • ✦ They're sometimes grouped together by age (V born 1995, Jungkook born 1997), close enough that fans treat them as a pair.
  • ✦ Both share a love of gaming, anime, and visual art, and both have publicly shared their own paintings and artwork.
  • ✦ V has said publicly that he and Jungkook have never had a major fight.
  • ✦ Their fast custom handshake has appeared across BTS content since the group's early days and is a fan-favorite recurring detail.

Moments

  1. 2017

    Run BTS! pairings

    Across many episodes of the group's variety show, V and Jungkook were frequently paired up, generating countless fan-made highlight compilations.

  2. 2016-12

    Hwarang drama era

    V made his acting debut in the KBS historical drama 'Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth' (aired Dec 2016 to Feb 2017); fans noted the supportive group dynamic during this period.

  3. 2013

    The signature handshake

    Their fast custom handshake, which fans read as a little friendship pledge, has appeared consistently in BTS content since the group's early days.

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