Prior to launching his rap career, J-Hope was a member of the underground dance team Neuron, and was subsequently well-known as a competitive street dancer. This eventually led him to audition as a k-pop idol trainee, where he was discovered by Big Hit Entertainment CEO Bang Si-hyuk. J-Hope trained under Big Hit Entertainment for three years alongside members RM and Suga before making his debut as a member of BTS in 2013. Joining BTS as a dancer with no prior rap or music production experience, J-Hope initially did not care for music and found his eventual interest in songwriting and production surprising. He cited his experience coming to Big Hit as an idol trainee as major cause behind his eventual interest. In a broadcast for Naver's V Live, he explained that "I came to Seoul [as a dancer] and met many friends who could rap, like RM, Suga, and [Big Hit Entertainment producer] Supreme Boi, and learned so much from those friends... I think that's how I learned to really love music." Largely due to this inexperience, J-Hope felt that, since BTS' debut, he had been nervous about sharing his music publicly. The release of Hope World, however, felt like a "new beginning".
The first mention of a potential mixtape by J-Hope came in a concept book paired with the BTS album Wings, released on October 16, 2016. In an interview portion of the booklet, he was asked if he had any intention of releasing his own mixtape as the other rappers in BTS had done prior. He stated that he was "thinking about it". J-Hope later cited this interest in his solo work, as well as general praise for music he produced, as a major motivation for the creation of Hope World, labeling it "stimulating". The mixtape is intended to serve as an introduction to the rapper, and his musical style, as well as a culmination of his musical skills up to the point of release. on a personal level, he intended it to express the candid emotions he felt during his time as a producer:
On February 23, 2018, Big Hit Entertainment announced the release of J-Hope's debut mixtape set for March 2 via a press release. On March 2, 2018, Hope World was released for digital purchase and streaming and for free via links on BTS' Twitter in conjunction with a music video for "Daydream". J-Hope released a follow-up music video for "Airplane" on March 7. Aside from interviewing for Time, J-Hope did not further promote the mixtape.
Inspired by Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea which captivated J-Hope as a child, the groovy track "Hope World" opened the mixtape with the sound of someone submerging, serving as "an introduction to people who are brand new to [him] with [him] as Captain Nemo showing [listeners] around just as the submarine in the book cruised around the world's oceans." The following track "P.O.P (Piece of Peace) Pt. 1" embodied J-Hope's name and wish to "become...hope for someone in the world — not even some grandiose peace but just a small shard of it." In the 90s-vibing "Daydream" with its lazy vocals and bouncing bass line, J-Hope desired to emphasize "the ordinary guy named Jung Ho-seok" behind J-Hope's public persona and used the track as "an outlet to talk about the desires and wishes that every person in the world has but [he has] to hold down and cover up." Flexing over scratch sounds in the trap "Base Line", J-Hope revealed how he started in music and his gratitude for his life and work, leading into the track "Hangsang" where he playfully flaunted his success and his camaraderie with his bandmates. Inspired by an airplane flight in first-class where "it dawned on [him] that [he] was...in the seat and living the glorious life [he'd] only dreamed about when [he] was young, and had somehow gotten used to now", J-Hope reflected on his success in the track "Airplane" before closing the mixtape with the atmospheric, melancholic track "Blue Side (Outro)."
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
| 1 | "Hope World" | Docskim J-Hope | Docskim | 3:24 |
| 2 | "P.O.P (Piece of Peace), Pt. 1" | J-Hope Pdogg | J-Hope Pdogg | 3:01 |
| 3 | "Daydream" (백일몽; Baegilmong) | Pdogg J-Hope | Pdogg | 3:48 |
| 4 | "Base Line" | J-Hope Supreme Boi | J-Hope Supreme Boi | 1:29 |
| 5 | "Hangsang" (feat. Supreme Boi) (항상) | Supreme Boi J-Hope | Supreme Boi | 3:49 |
| 6 | "Airplane" | J-Hope Supreme Boi | J-Hope Supreme Boi | 3:17 |
| 6 | "Blue Side (Outro)" | Hiss Noise Adora J-Hope | Hiss Noise Adora | 1:30 |
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