Black leather and a drum kit, a cream shirt in the grass, a three-piece suit: Vogue Korea's December issue gives Jungkook six faces and a Chanel Beauty backdrop.
Vogue Korea usually asks readers to pick a cover. For December, it asks them to pick a mood. Jungkook fronts the issue six times over, in a Paris shoot titled “JUNG KOOK IN 46 FRAMES”, and no two covers feel like they belong to the same afternoon.
The magazine called him the face to close out 2026 and put the Paris shoot on its December covers. The issue is a Chanel Beauty production, with Jungkook acting as the house’s global ambassador. It was photographed in July, revealed on November 11, and runs to 348 pages, 40 of them a Jungkook pictorial and interview.
Six covers, six moods
Start with the tough end of the range. Cover A is a tight close-up: his tattooed forearm lies across his forehead, he wears black textured leather, and a teal backdrop sits behind him. Cover B takes the leather further, with Jungkook perched on an amp beside a drum kit in black jacket and boots, in a white-paneled room that looks more Paris salon than rehearsal space.
Then the dial turns. On Cover C he lies in the grass in an open cream shirt. Cover D goes soft and airy: pale blue sky, tousled hair, silver hoops, leaves in the frame. Cover E is a straight-on stare in an open black jacket against green foliage, chest tattoo just visible. Cover F closes the set in a black three-piece suit with satin lapels and a centre-parted, neatly combed look, leaning on that same white wall.
That spread is the point. Vogue Korea framed the issue around the gap between a performer who commands a stage with real intensity and the quieter, easier presence he has in front of a lens. The magazine’s themes, as reported, include light and shadow, fleeting moments and eternity, and stillness and passion. Six covers let both sides get a turn without either one being the “main” Jungkook.
The Chanel thread
The fashion-house tie here runs through scent. Each look was built around one of three Chanel fragrances, and the colour and styling shift with the bottle.
Bleu de Chanel Parfum is the deep, woody one, a fragrance Chanel describes as a symbol of freedom, independence and a strong, self-made path. The pairing with Jungkook’s stage-side energy is deliberate. N°5 L’Eau is a fresh, modern reading of the house’s most famous perfume, with bright citrus and delicate florals. It is also the one Jungkook has reportedly worn for a long time, which gives the campaign a nice ring of the real thing. Les Exclusifs de Chanel 1957 is built on white musk, soft and skin-close. He only recently discovered it, and it stands for downtime and private time. That fits the grass and cream-shirt frames.
Vogue Korea also noted that December marks his first year as Chanel Beauty’s global ambassador, and it presented these covers as the next chapter of the partnership. Paris, where Chanel is at home, makes a sensible setting for that anniversary.
A cover-star moment, in context
Jungkook last fronted Vogue Korea in October 2023, so this is a return rather than a debut. What has changed is the scale of the idea. A single cover has become a six-part portrait, backed by a long pictorial and digital content that Vogue Korea is releasing on its website and social channels.
That structure suits how K-pop’s biggest names now work with luxury. The cover isn’t just a portrait of the star. It is an editorial that carries a house’s world with it, in this case perfume, Paris and a very deliberate range of wardrobe, from leather to tailoring to a simple open shirt. Everything is planned, yet nothing in the six frames looks stiff.
The interview carries a human note too. Jungkook said he is eager to see fans again: “I’ll be seeing you all very soon!” Vogue Korea’s own pull quote from him is more reflective. In Korean, he says that being able to spend 13 years together feels like a miracle in itself.
Vogue Korea’s December issue went on sale through online bookstores on November 11, and it reaches offline bookstores from November 25.
Via Vogue Korea
