J-Hope names Rihanna as dream collaborator—Sexyy Red’s REACTION sends fans wild

BTS member J-Hope recently talked about his dream collaborations and more in an interview, sending fans into a frenzy. The artist successfully finished his HOPE ON THE STAGE tour recently and is planning on wrapping up the tour with special encore shows as well. The idol recently did an interview where he got up close and raw about his life as an idol as well as any new music that might be on the way.

J-Hope gets candid about his music career in an interview

The ‘Hope World’ idol recently sat down for an interview where he talked about what inspired his music as well as his performances. The idol shared during the interview with Billboard recently where he talked about all the artists that he would love to collaborate with.

J-Hope, who is no stranger to international collaborations, as he has previously released music with Becky G, Miguel, and J. Cole as a solo artist and has also worked with popular names like Nicki Minaj and Halsey as part of BTS, enthusiastically answered the question. A special mention of Rihanna made fans excited about the idol’s answers.

He shared that he adores the Grammy-winning artist Rihanna and that "She's an artist I've always loved since I was a kid." He also mentioned Doechii and Sexyy Red as “powerful rappers” who he has taken inspiration from and would like to collaborate with in the future.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JHOPE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JHOPE</a> said that he would love to collab with Rihanna, Doechii and Sexyy Red <a href="https://t.co/vOk6dkGidL">pic.twitter.com/vOk6dkGidL</a></p>&mdash; BTS Charts Daily (@btschartsdailyc) <a href="https://twitter.com/btschartsdailyc/status/1924833606746149306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Fans speculate whether the idol might be hinting at a possible collaboration

As soon as the video of the interview was released online, fans started speculating whether J-Hope may be hinting at a future collaboration between Rihanna and him or if any of the three artists he mentioned would be part of his new music.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What if one of the 3 will be the feature for his new single</p>&mdash; ꧁�� Hope⁷ ��꧂ ⟭⟬ ᶠᵉˢᵗᵃ (@VikkiHope17) <a href="https://twitter.com/VikkiHope17/status/1924834023374754297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Fans were also sent into another exciting frenzy as, after the video went viral, Sexyy Red ended up responding to the post. While quoting the original post using her social media account, Sexyy Red shared how she’s up for the collaboration, saying, “Awww, let’s do it.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Awww let’s do it �������� <a href="https://t.co/EsYYxbCXwT">https://t.co/EsYYxbCXwT</a></p>&mdash; Sexyy Red (@SexyyRed314_) <a href="https://twitter.com/SexyyRed314_/status/1925218348486295744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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