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Taekook

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JUNGKOOK

About Taekook

Taekook is the most-shipped pairing in the global BTS fandom, pairing V (Kim Taehyung) and Jungkook (Jeon Jungkook), two of the group's youngest members. Fans gravitate to their easygoing, mischievous chemistry — within the group, the two are known as a pair who tend to get into lighthearted 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 collect: their fast custom handshake that has appeared consistently across BTS content, shared hobbies including gaming and visual art, and their reputation as a pair that almost never fights. V confirmed this himself in a V Live session, saying he and Jungkook have never once had a real fight — 'we always just get scolded together' — a quote widely cited by Taekook fans. For the BTS ARMY who ship Taekook, the pairing is less about any single headline and more about a steady accumulation of small moments that, stitched together, read as a warm and effortless 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

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.
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.
2015

The signature handshake

Their fast custom handshake, which fans read as a little friendship pledge, has appeared consistently across BTS content from the group's early years onward — one of the most recognized recurring gestures in the Taekook fandom.