Jungkook, Lea Salonga Praises "The Industry's Best Vocalist"... 'Like Animals' World Tour and Billboard Also Take Notice

BTS Jungkook received high praise as the ’industry’s best vocalist’ from Broadway musical actress Lea Salonga. Lea Salonga recently mentioned Jungkook as the most notable member in live performances on a podcast, describing him as ″one of the industry’s greatest (GOAT) vocalists.″ Salonga, a Tony Award winner and Broadway actress, also shared evaluations from music professionals who have worked with Jungkook. She revealed that a music director admired Jungkook’s vocal pitch and accuracy, saying he ″always sings consistently as if he swallowed the CD from the start.″ Jungkook’s vocal skills can also be confirmed in BTS’s 10th full-length album track ″Like Animals″ from ARIRANG. Jungkook leads the introduction of this song, which is included in the main setlist of BTS’s ARIRANG world tour and performed live. The American music media Billboard recently selected the ″Like Animals″ stage as one of the ″15 Best Moments″ from the MetLife Stadium performance. Billboard praised it as ″a welcome scene that once again confirmed how skillfully BTS’s youngest member (Jungkook) has honed his outstanding ’instrument,’ his voice.″ Additionally, Jungkook has showcased an impromptu passionate singing performance to the traditional folk song ″Arirang″ melody appearing in the latter part of ″Body to Body″ on the ARIRANG world tour stage. At the halftime show of the 2026 FIFA World Cup final held in New Jersey, USA, on the 19th of last month, he started the first verse of ″Dynamite″ without a long intro, and Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans was captured raising both hands and cheering upon hearing it.