He singled out "Equal Sign" and "Safety Zone" as the "rays of light" countering "the gloomier pits" of the rapper's personality in "the rest of the album's darkness.

It contains 10 tracks, including the lead single, " More", which preceded it on July 1, and the follow-up single, "Arson", which was released the same day as the album, together with an accompanying music video.Arson" was revealed as the second single from the album, [15] after J-Hope posted a silent video of himself on July 7 sitting before a black box with the word "ARSON" written on the front.

Big Hit Music confirmed this as the single's title in the text of the label's own posts of the concept images uploaded to its social media that same day. The rapper made his solo performance debut at Lollapalooza on July 31, as the headlining act for the final day of the event, and became the first South Korean artist to headline a main stage at a major United States music festival [49]—the hour-long setlist included several songs from the album. In November, J-Hope headlined day two of the MAMA Awards in Japan, performing a medley of "More", "Arson", and "Future".

Future projects would be released as commercial albums, complete with promotional activities, instead of as free or unpromoted mixtapes. Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 we are informed by our postal service partners, that shipments and tracking may experience heavy delays. In a 5-star review for NME, Rhian Daly wrote that the album was "smartly presented with a clearly signposted narrative" and "flows in a way that makes it a treat to enjoy from start to finish rather than dipping into songs at random. An accompanying music video premiered simultaneously on YouTube in conjunction with the single's global digital release on July 1. It also entered the corresponding issue of the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart at number 11, [65] and was the best-selling digital album of the week, topping the component Download Albums chart with 2,425 sales.

If no unboxing video has been submitted within 7 days upon receipt, complaint will not be entertained. An "eerie" 23-second-long visualizer, titled Hope In The Box, of a jack-in-the-box cranking itself to the tune of a "somewhat sinister melody", was released on July 5. Jack in the Box debuted at number three in South Korea, on the week 31 issue—for the period dated July 24–30, 2022—of the Circle Album Chart [61] and subsequently ranked at number eight on the monthly album chart for July, having sold 472,385 cumulative copies.A 15-second video teaser, of a "silver key with the song's title etched into its face" backed by a percussive "'90s-inspired beat", containing a preview of the song's lyrics—the rapper is heard shouting the line "'Cause I want some more!