“Kombucha Pt 2”: BTS Jungkook’s Selling Power Might Just Become His Own Nemesis

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Serah S. Cherrie
Serah S. Cherrie

As the biggest boy group in the world, BTS‘s impact as a brand is undeniable. Each of the members carries a huge amount of brand value, and the group’s youngest, Jungkook, is notorious for his selling power. Though his influence as an ambassador is hugely profitable for luxury brands like Calvin Klein, the singer’s reach is so extensive that he often boosts sales of products he never even advertised commercially!

BTS’s Jungkook | Weverse

Jungkook’s title of “Sold Out King” actually came after the media started to notice that every time a product was seen being used by the idol, it would immediately sell out. The earliest example was when fans rushed to buy the same lip balm he was using in a behind-the-scenes video.

Jungkook accidentally sold out this chapstick, so Nivea ended up using his face on the product later | Twitter

After that, it was the Downey fabric softener incident. Jungkook mentioned that he uses the product for doing his laundry, and it ended up causing a temporary shortage of the product, causing him to even tweet about it.

ARMYs… I used up all of my fabric softener, so I have to buy more… but they’re sold out. #armyisimpressive.

—Jungkook

In more recent examples, the BTS maknae has sold out a glass beer mug and a thermos mug while being spotted using those during his laid-back livestreams from home.

The beer mug that Jungkook sold out
Jungkook used this exact color of the mug on his livestream, and it went out of stock for days

It didn’t take long for the famous “Jungkook effect” to strike again after his latest Weverse livestream. On June 30, KST, the singer went live to talk to fans about his upcoming solo single, “Seven.” In true Jungkook fashion, the livestream soon turned into a chaotic scene after he decided that there was nothing much to talk about and started working out in front of millions of fans instead.

But even amidst this heart-stopping surprise, fans took note of the drink in Jungkook’s hand. When someone in the comments asked if he was drinking alcohol, he clarified that it was sparkling water. Since the can was very clearly visible during the livestream, ARMYs had no problem figuring out that it was the lemon-flavored sparkling water from the brand called Cloop.

| Weverse

In less than 24 hours of this livestream, the product sold out on Coupang, one of the biggest e-commerce platforms in South Korea. The 12 and 24-pack sets of the drink still remain out of stock on the website at the time of writing this article. To put Jungkook’s brand influence into numbers, according to reports, the sale of this drink increased 100 times on the website compared to the previous day. Even in the physical Atem shops, the product’s sales spiked 12 times than the previous day.

 

Now that his favorite drink has sold out once again, ARMYs can’t help but joke that they’re about to get another sulky livestream from Jungkook, just like after the Kombucha incident a few years ago. Back in 2021, when Jungkook mentioned that he enjoyed drinking the lemon kombucha drink from a brand called TEAZEN, ARMYs rushed to buy it so fast that it sold out a month’s stock immediately. On the one hand, it was a miracle for the small business TEAZEN, which grew exponentially after the incident. But on the other hand was Jungkook’s suffering, who couldn’t buy his favorite drink for a long time because he underestimated his appeal. As a result, he did a livestream almost a month later and took his sweet time to sulk about it to fans.

Source: MHNS

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