Music / V (Singer)

I wish you would love me again.

Kim Tae-hyung (born December 30, 1995), known professionally as V, is a South Korean singer best known for being a member of the boy band BTS. From 2019, V had released a handful of solo non-album singles and soundtrack appearances before making his proper solo debut with his 2023 album Layover. V's solo work, especially on Layover, is prominently jazz-influenced and largely in English.

Solo discography:

Studio Albums

• Layover (2023)

Non-Album Singles

• "Scenery"
• "Winter Bear"
• "Snow Flower" (featuring Peakboy)
• "FRI(END)S"

Solo Soundtrack Appearances

• "Sweet Night" (Itaewon Class)
• "Christmas Tree" (Our Beloved Summer)

Notable acting roles:

• Hwarang as Seok Han-sung (2016-17)
• "Love Wins All" (music video by IU) as IU's love interest (2024)

Maybe we could be slow troping:

• Alone Among the Couples: This is exaggerated in the first part of the "FRI(END)S" video, with everyone around V being paired up and showing affection. This becomes inverted in the second part of the video: after V gets hit by a car, he wakes up with a girlfriend who is happy with him while everyone around them is fighting.
• Beach Episode: The "Slow Dancing" video has V take a trip with some friends to a beach in a mountainous area and later spend the evening on a boat at sea.
• Break-Up Song: "Love Me Again"
  "You left me
  Took those memories with you
  But even now, I can't let you go, let you go"
  (English translation)
• Canine Companion: V's Pomeranian dog Yeontan appears with him in the loosely connected Anachronic Order series of Layover videos (albeit played by a different dog) and on the album cover. "Blue" ends someone sending him the dog to help him get over an apparent breakup. The dog quickly becomes his best friend, appearing in all but one of the remaining videos ("Love Me Again"), and is the only character besides V in the "Rainy Days" video.
• Christmas Songs:
  • Averted with "Christmas Tree" from the K-drama Our Beloved Summer. Despite being released around Christmastime, Christmas trees are only mentioned in passing.
  "They're singing like Christmas trees for us"
  • Played straight with "Snow Flower"
  "Did you see the snow?
  Like your eyes
  Believe in Santa Claus?"
• Colorful Song: "Blue"
  "What if I show you and make it all new?
  Green, yellow, red, blue
  Whatever seems good to you"
• Deliberately Monochrome: The "Blue" video is in black and white.
• "Groundhog Day" Loop: The "FRI(END)S" video has V repeating the same day with a twist and getting hit by a car. First he is Alone Among the Couples, and then he is the only one in a happy relationship while everyone else fights. The video ends with him waking up with a copy of himself, implying he realizes he only needs himself to be happy.
• Lighter and Softer: Downplayed compared to the solo albums of the other BTS members. The mix of jazz, pop, and R&B on Layover is lighter than the hip-hop solo albums of rap line (j-hope, Suga, and RM) and especially Face by Jimin, but not to the extent of the straight-up pop of Golden by Jung Kook.
• Limited Lyrics Song: "For Us" has just a sped-up intro passage, a middle verse sandwiched between the choruses, and a slightly different reprise of the intro lyrics.
• Long-Distance Relationship: "For Us"
  "Now I'm in California
  I'm still waiting for ya
  Will you change your mind?
  I would give it all up
  For us"
• Longest Song Goes Last: Layover ends with "Slow Dancing (Piano Version)" (3:08), though it is only very slightly longer than "Slow Dancing".
• Master of the Mixed Message: "FRI(END)S" addresses a friend who gives mixed signals that could be interpreted as wanting something more.
• Performance Video: The centerpiece of the Layover video series is V performing "Love Me Again" in a cave.
• Rearrange the Song: "Slow Dancing (Piano Version)" has a different intro and replaces the outro flute solo with a piano solo.
• Recycled Title: "FRI(END)S" shares its title with "Friends", his duet with Jimin on the BTS album MAP OF THE SOUL : 7.
• Rhyming with Itself: "Rainy Days"
  "Don't tell me it's over, we can start it over"
• Self-Titled Album: Layover is stylized as Layo(v)er.
• Title-Only Chorus: "Blue"
  "Blue, Blue
  Blue, Blue
  Bluuuue
  Bluuuue"
• A Wild Rapper Appears!: Peakboy appears in "Snow Flower", the only song in V's solo discography to have any rapping in it.

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